JQOL

What JQOL does

JQOL is a privately held, MBE/DBE-certified civil and structural engineering firm headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Founded in January 2019 by Jarvis Jointer, PE, the firm operates from three offices — Indianapolis, Louisville, and Savannah — and serves public-sector and institutional clients across Indiana, Kentucky, Georgia, and South Carolina. Core service lines are Site Engineering, Structural Engineering, Construction Administration, Transportation Engineering, Survey Services, and Landscape Architecture + Sustainability Services. Marquee engagements include structural engineering on IU Health's $1.6B Adult Academic Health Center, INDOT's $30M I-70 bridge and road improvements, a $130M renovation of North Central High School for MSD of Washington Township, a $54M new Northview Middle School, and the $18M Frederick Douglass Park Family Center for Indy Parks and Recreation. Technology is a stack of standard industry engineering tools — Building Information Modeling, structural analysis and design software, and CAD systems — with no proprietary platform disclosed.

Revenue is generated on a project-by-project, fee-based professional services model — fixed-fee or cost-plus engagements for design, inspection, and construction administration — with no recurring subscription or productized component. Go-to-market is principal-led and consultative: JQOL pursues public infrastructure work via competitive bidding and maintains prequalifications with INDOT (eight work categories), KYTC (seven categories), and GDOT for highway and pedestrian facility design, plus selected structural work with institutional clients. The firm segments its book primarily by vertical — Government/Municipal (primary), Education, Healthcare, and Nonprofit/Community Organizations — and is one of only three African American-owned civil engineering firms in Indiana, an MBE/DBE status that is the firm's primary qualifying differentiator on diversity-goal public solicitations. Headcount grew from a single founder to 50+ employees in roughly five years, augmented by the January 2021 acquisition of Owensboro, Kentucky-based HRG Surveying & Engineering (now 'HRG, a JQOL Company'), which added in-house surveying capabilities and the Kentucky DOT prequalifications. Marketing is driven by a content blog, organic social channels (LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram), and STEM community initiatives under the J-JQOL Foundation.

Name

JQOL

Legal name

JQOL

Website

https://jqolusa.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

JQOL is an MBE/DBE-certified civil and structural engineering firm headquartered in Indianapolis with offices in Louisville and Savannah, providing site, structural, transportation, surveying, construction administration, and landscape architecture services to government, education, healthcare, and nonprofit clients across the Midwest and Southeast.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil and Structural Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Landscape Architectural Services (54132)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Design-Build / EPC General Contracting (IMAFAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Construction Program Management (Multi-site/Portfolio) (IMAFAAAF)

Keywords

• Civil engineering services
• Structural engineering services
• Transportation engineering
• Construction administration
• Survey services

Headquarters

HQ city

Indianapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering Professional Services: JQOL generates revenue through fee-based professional engineering services including structural engineering, civil/site engineering, transportation engineering, construction administration, surveying, and landscape architecture. Projects are typically fixed-fee or cost-plus engagements for design and inspection services. Revenue is project-based with no recurring subscription component.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

JQOL is a professional engineering firm delivering civil and structural engineering services for public and institutional clients. Its core offerings span site engineering (feasibility studies, grading, stormwater, utilities), structural engineering (analysis, design, BIM, historic preservation), construction administration (inspection, value engineering, materials testing), transportation engineering (road/highway design, complete streets, roundabouts), survey services (topographic, ALTA/NSPS, construction staking), and landscape architecture with LEED/sustainability consulting. Projects are delivered on a project-by-project fee basis to government agencies, school districts, healthcare systems, and nonprofits.

Product overview

JQOL is an MBE/DBE-certified civil and structural engineering firm offering a comprehensive suite of professional engineering services. The company provides Site Engineering, Structural Engineering, Construction Administration, Transportation Engineering, Survey Services, and Landscape Architecture + Sustainability Services as its core service offerings. These services are tailored to meet the needs of each client across projects spanning transportation infrastructure, buildings, parks, libraries, and community facilities. The company operates from offices in Indianapolis, Louisville, and Savannah, serving projects in Indiana, Kentucky, Georgia, and South Carolina.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• J-JQOL Foundation: Foundation dedicated to improving quality of life by advancing access, education, and innovation in STEM. The foundation aims to expand access to STEM education, empower future generations through mentorship and scholarships, drive innovation, and strengthen communities.

Products and services

• Site Engineering Site engineering services including feasibility studies, site assessments, grading plans, stormwater design and management, utility coordination and design, and trail and pedestrian facility design for public infrastructure and institutional facility projects.
• Structural Engineering Structural engineering services including building review and assessment, structural analysis and design, condition inspection, historic preservation, building information modeling, and building envelope analysis and reports for buildings and infrastructure.
• Construction Administration Construction administration services including construction inspection, construction project administration, program management, value engineering, and materials testing for public infrastructure and building projects.
• Transportation Engineering Transportation engineering services including local road and highway design, complete street design, corridor studies, roundabout design, and pavement design and assessments for state DOTs and municipal clients.
• Survey Services Survey services including right-of-way engineering/easement preparation, topographic surveying, subdivision layout, ALTA/NSPS land title surveys, route surveys, construction staking, as-built surveys, and drainage surveys.
• Landscape Architecture + Sustainability Services Landscape architecture and sustainability services including environmental design, LEED consulting, sustainability goal setting workshops and reporting, construction waste management, indoor air quality management, and sustainability plan review and optimization.

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Latinas Welding GuildminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 April 2024JQOL provided structural engineering services for the 2024 US Olympic Swim Trials Eiffel Tower replica project. The Latinas Welding Guild was tasked with creating the 66-foot-tall replica structure. JQOL performed structural analysis, design, and permitting within compressed timeline.
• HRG Surveying & EngineeringcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 January 2021JQOL acquired Kentucky-based HRG Surveying & Engineering, which now operates as 'HRG, a JQOL Company'. This acquisition added surveying capabilities to JQOL's service offerings and expanded the firm's geographic footprint into Kentucky. HRG brings over 50 years of business experience in Kentucky, serving clients with surveying and engineering services.
• F.A. Wilhelm ConstructionminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerF.A. Wilhelm joined the Eiffel Tower replica project team to complete construction, working hand-in-hand with Indiana Sports Corp and JQOL's structural team to ensure on-time completion for the US Olympic Swim Trials.
• Indiana Sports CorpminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganized the 2024 US Olympic Swim Trials event and coordinated with JQOL for the Eiffel Tower replica structural design and construction support on Georgia Street.
• Intertek PSIminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeotechnical engineers consulted by JQOL for the Eiffel Tower replica foundation design, helping find unique solutions for temporary foundations that wouldn't damage pavement.
• Axis ArchitectureminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJQOL partnered with Axis Architecture as Structural Engineer of Record for the Damien Center new construction project in Indianapolis.
• ArcDesignminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJQOL partnered with ArcDesign for the Center for Leadership Development project, providing site and civil engineering for urban building renovation.
• CE SolutionsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJQOL assisted CE Solutions in the structural design of the new E.S. Witchger School of Engineering building for Marian University.
• MKSK and WSPminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMKSK, WSP, and JQOL team was selected by the NW Indiana Redevelopment Authority to update the Region's 20-Year Master Plan for infrastructure, transportation, and development analysis.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Garver: Garver is a privately held, multi-discipline US engineering consultancy with comparable mid-size scale, multi-state DOT prequalifications, and a similar mix of transportation, structural, civil, and surveying services — making it one of the closest peers to JQOL.
• Lochmueller Group: Lochmueller Group is an Indiana/Midwest-headquartered engineering firm with comparable size, similar service breadth in transportation and infrastructure, and overlapping state DOT relationships — a directly comparable regional peer.
• Kimley-Horn: Kimley-Horn is one of the largest privately held US engineering consultancies, offering the same multi-discipline services (transportation, structural, civil, landscape) at greater scale — a benchmark for the upper end of JQOL's competitive set.
• Crawford, Murphy & Tilly (CMT): CMT is an employee-owned Midwest-based engineering consultancy providing transportation, structural, and civil/site services to public agencies — a comparable mid-size professional services peer in adjacent geography.
• VS Engineering: VS Engineering is an Indianapolis-headquartered firm providing civil, transportation, structural, and surveying services to Indiana municipalities and INDOT — a tightly comparable regional peer with overlapping prequalifications.
• Beam Longest Neef (BLN): BLN is an Indianapolis-based engineering firm with deep Indiana DOT experience and similar service lines to JQOL, making it the most direct geographic peer for public-sector transportation and site engineering work.

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting firm that competes with JQOL on large transportation, structural, and community-building engagements as a broad incumbent rather than a niche specialist.
• HNTB: HNTB is a large US infrastructure-focused engineering firm with extensive state DOT relationships across the country; it directly competes on the same transportation/bridge scopes but operates at far greater scale and geography.
• WSP: WSP is a global engineering consultancy; the firm's US infrastructure and transportation practices pursue the same INDOT/INDY/state agency work as JQOL, providing a broad-incumbent benchmark for scale and capability.
• Stantec: Stantec is a global engineering and design firm whose North American Infrastructure practice directly competes with JQOL on transportation, structural, and community infrastructure projects, though within a vastly broader portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/jqolusa
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jqol
• Instagraminstagram.com/jqolusaengineer

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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