What FELSBURG HOLT & ULLEVIG does

Felsburg Holt & Ullevig (FHU) is a privately held, employee-owned multidisciplinary engineering and environmental consulting firm founded in 1984 in Colorado. The firm delivers transportation planning, traffic engineering, environmental services, civil and structural engineering design, transit and rail planning, water resource engineering, construction management, and emerging mobility/electrification advisory services. Its primary customers are public-sector entities — state departments of transportation (notably CDOT), counties, municipalities, regional transportation districts (including RTD), and select higher-education institutions — across Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, and Utah, with 11 physical offices supporting those geographies and active project work reportedly spanning 9 states and 27 communities.

FHU operates as a professional services organization rather than a product platform, generating revenue through negotiated consulting contracts awarded via RFPs, on-call agreements, fixed-fee engagements, and time-and-materials arrangements with government clients. The firm has executed marquee assignments such as CDOT's Transit Zero Emissions Vehicle Roadmap, the Reimagine RTD long-range transit study, the City of Colorado Springs' 30th Street at Garden of the Gods transformation, and Denver's $78 million 39th Avenue Greenway design-build. Marketing is conducted primarily through a corporate website, blog content, and social channels; distribution is direct, built on incumbent relationships and prequalification on state and municipal procurement lists. Internally, FHU has begun deploying generative AI tools for drafting project descriptions, personnel bios, and contract review.

The firm is governed by an employee-ownership model with a structured Principal and Shareholder program that has expanded each year since 2023. Holly Buck serves as President (since 2022), Kyle Anderson as Chairman of the Board, Patrick Stein as Executive Vice President (since 2025), and Chad Jenkins as CFO (since 2025). No external parent company, private equity, or venture capital ownership is identified; financial details including revenue are not publicly disclosed.

Name

FELSBURG HOLT & ULLEVIG

Legal name

Felsburg Holt & Ullevig, Inc.

Website

https://fhueng.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Felsburg Holt & Ullevig is a privately held, employee-owned engineering and environmental consulting firm serving state DOTs, counties, municipalities, and regional transit agencies across the Mountain West and Great Plains with planning, design, environmental, and construction management services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Transportation Engineering Consulting

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Support Activities for Transportation (488)

SIC

Transportation Services (4700), Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Site Works EPC (Earthworks, Roads, Drainage, Foundations) (EUAEADAA)

Keywords

• Transportation engineering consulting
• Traffic engineering services
• Environmental services consulting
• Civil engineering design
• Transit planning services

Headquarters

HQ city

Greenwood Village

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Government Consulting: Revenue generated through professional consulting services contracts with government clients including state Departments of Transportation, counties, municipalities, and regional transportation districts. Services include planning, design, environmental permitting, and construction management delivered through time and materials contracts, fixed-fee agreements, and on-call consulting arrangements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

FHU is a multidisciplinary consulting firm delivering transportation and environmental engineering and planning services to government clients. The firm provides planning, design, environmental permitting, water resource engineering, structural design, construction management, and transit/rail planning through professional consulting contracts with state DOTs, counties, municipalities, and regional transportation districts.

Product overview

FELSBURG HOLT & ULLEVIG (FHU) is a multidisciplinary consulting firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of professional services focused on transportation and environmental engineering. The firm operates as a unified service organization rather than a product-based platform, delivering services across twelve core areas including Transportation Planning and Policy, Traffic Engineering, Environmental Services, Civil Engineering Design, Structural Design, Construction Management, Transit Planning and Design, Rail Services, Water Resource Engineering, Advanced Mobility and Electrification, Data and Technology Services, and Transportation Operations and Safety. FHU's services are delivered through its team of engineers, scientists, planners, and technical professionals who work collaboratively across multiple offices in Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, and Utah. The firm also showcases completed projects including the Transit Zero Emissions Vehicle Roadmap, the 30th Street Garden of the Gods transformation, Reimagine RTD, and the 39th Avenue Greenway.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Transportation Planning and Policy Comprehensive transportation planning services including long-range planning, regional transportation plans, sub-area network analyses, freight planning, and statewide transportation planning delivered to state agencies and regional transportation authorities.
• Traffic Engineering Traffic engineering services including traffic signal design, signing and striping plans, traffic impact analysis, intersection capacity analyses, and safety studies for various roadway facility types serving municipalities and state DOTs.
• Environmental Services Environmental compliance and permitting services including NEPA documentation (EISs, EAs, CatExs), ecological services, wetland delineation, cultural resources, and regulatory compliance across multiple environmental laws for transportation projects.
• Civil Engineering Design Full-service civil engineering design including roadway design, interchange design, roundabout design, drainage design, and constructability review for urban, suburban, and rural transportation projects.
• Structural Design Structural engineering services including noise walls, bridge design, bridge rehabilitation, retaining wall design, box culvert design, and prestressed/post-tensioned concrete design for transportation projects.
• Construction Management Construction engineering services including bid phase management, constructability reviews, construction phasing, cost estimating, PS&E package quality control, construction observation, and claims reviews.
• Transit Planning and Design Transit planning services including systems planning, route structuring, transit feasibility assessments, rail and bus transitway design, station area design, and BRT corridor planning for transit agencies and regional transportation districts.
• Rail Services Railroad services including rail track and structure design, railroad coordination, and quiet zone analysis and design for both freight and passenger rail projects.
• Water Resource Engineering Water resources services including stormwater management, floodplain analysis, stream restoration, hydraulic modeling, detention basin design, and watershed management planning.
• Advanced Mobility and Electrification Advanced mobility services including zero emission vehicle (ZEV) planning, electrification strategy, electric vehicle infrastructure planning, and emerging transportation technology advisory for transit agencies and state DOTs.
• Data and Technology Services Data science and GIS services including geospatial modeling, database design, hydrologic modeling, 3D flythrough animation, travel demand modeling, and data analytics for transportation planning.
• Transportation Operations and Safety Transportation operations and safety services including intersection capacity analyses, signal optimization, safety studies, regional safety studies, work zone traffic analysis, and bottleneck analysis for state and local agencies.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 660 projects completed in 2024 alone across 27 communities and 9 states
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• RS&H: Employee-owned engineering and architecture firm specializing in transportation infrastructure, environmental services, and construction management for state DOTs, airports, and transit agencies — closely aligned with FHU's service portfolio.
• KL Engineering: Mid-size transportation-focused civil engineering consultancy providing planning, traffic, and design services to state and local agencies — closely comparable niche focus and scale.
• Kimley-Horn: Large, employee-owned engineering consulting firm with deep transportation planning, traffic engineering, and environmental practices serving public-sector clients across the U.S. — directly comparable service mix and ownership structure to FHU.
• Mead & Hunt: Mid-size employee-owned engineering and architecture firm with a comparable mix of transportation, environmental, water resources, and structural services for public-sector clients.
• Fehr & Peers: Specialized transportation planning and traffic engineering consultancy serving public agencies; comparable in scale, ownership model, and emphasis on multimodal planning.
• Benesch: Employee-owned engineering firm with strong transportation, structural, environmental, and water resources practices serving DOTs and municipalities across multiple U.S. regions — directly comparable discipline mix to FHU.

Broad incumbents

• Stantec: Global engineering and environmental consulting firm with significant U.S. transportation, water, and environmental practices that compete with FHU on government infrastructure projects.
• WSP: Global professional services firm with a large U.S. transportation and environmental practice competing for state DOT, transit, and municipal infrastructure work alongside FHU.
• HDR: Global engineering, architecture, and consulting firm with a major transportation and environmental practice that competes with FHU on state DOT, municipal, and transit projects, but at materially larger scale.
• Michael Baker International: Large U.S. engineering consulting firm with a transportation-focused practice serving state DOTs, transit agencies, and municipalities — overlapping with FHU's core services at greater scale and broader geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FHUEngineering
• Facebookfacebook.com/felsburgholtullevig
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/felsburg-holt-&-ullevig
• Instagraminstagram.com/fhuengineering

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles20 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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