What KPFF Consulting Engineers does

KPFF Consulting Engineers is a privately held, multi-office engineering consulting firm headquartered in Seattle, Washington, that delivers three core professional services — structural engineering, civil engineering, and survey engineering — to general construction, community development, and sustainable construction clients across the United States. The firm's structural practice encompasses building analysis, design, and consulting across a range of structural systems, supported by differentiated expertise in Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) and mass timber engineering (bearing walls, floor and roof diaphragms, customized connections, hidden structural connections for exposed wood) and in adaptive reuse of shipping containers (foundation pad footings and seismic "stitching" of containers for public-use structures). Its civil practice covers site development, infrastructure design, and land development planning, while its survey practice delivers boundary, topographic, and construction surveying. The firm is organized around a broad-based partnership/ownership model — with ownership group having expanded from 60 to over 100 members under the prior CEO's 14-year tenure — and sells primarily through direct project-based engagements to enterprise, nonprofit, and community clients, supported by content marketing via its website project portfolio and LinkedIn presence. Revenue tripled, offices doubled, and headcount doubled over that 14-year period, and in June 2025 Scott Kuebler succeeded John Gavan as President and CEO, with Gavan moving to Executive Chair to preserve continuity.

Name

KPFF Consulting Engineers

Legal name

KPFF Consulting Engineers

Website

https://kpff.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

KPFF Consulting Engineers is a privately held, Seattle-headquartered multi-office firm delivering structural, civil, and survey engineering services to general construction, community development, and sustainable construction clients across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineering Consulting Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Engineering Services (541330), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Construction Engineering & Constructability Consulting (BPAHAIAN), Geotechnical Design, Engineering & Consulting (Analysis, Design, Peer Review) (IMAFAOAK), Product Design & Mechanical Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAJ)

Keywords

• Structural engineering services
• Civil engineering consulting
• Survey engineering services
• Mass timber design
• Construction engineering consultancy

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consulting Services: Professional engineering services including structural, civil, and survey engineering for various construction and development projects

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

KPFF Consulting Engineers is a structural, civil, and survey engineering firm that delivers professional engineering consultancy services across the United States. The firm provides structural analysis and design for buildings, civil site development and infrastructure design, and survey services including boundary, topographic, and construction surveying. It is differentiated by specialized expertise in sustainable construction methods, notably Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) and mass timber design as well as adaptive reuse of shipping containers for community and sustainable projects.

Product overview

KPFF Consulting Engineers is a structural, civil, and survey engineering firm offering professional engineering consultancy services. The company operates as a unified engineering practice with three core service areas: Structural Engineering (building structural analysis and design), Civil Engineering (site development and infrastructure), and Survey Engineering (property and construction surveying). Projects include community-focused developments like the Santa Ana Land Trust Farm using shipping container structures and sustainable mass timber bunkhouse designs using Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) construction. KPFF is organized into teams across multiple office locations, providing multidisciplinary engineering services to clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Structural Engineering Structural engineering services for buildings, including analysis, design, and consulting for various structural systems, delivered to property owners, developers, architects, and contractors.
• Civil Engineering Civil engineering services including site development, infrastructure design, and land development planning, delivered to owners, developers, and community organizations.
• Survey Engineering Survey engineering services for property boundary determination, topographic surveys, and construction surveying, delivered to owners, developers, contractors, and community organizations.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered project-level.

• City Fabrickproject-levelStrategic or Co-development PartnerNonprofit architecture organization based in Long Beach that served as lead architect for the Santa Ana Community Land Trust Farm project. KPFF provided structural engineering services as part of the project team assembled by Thrive Santa Ana.
• Ardurraproject-levelStrategic or Co-development PartnerCivil engineering firm that served as civil engineer for the Santa Ana Community Land Trust Farm project. Part of the collaborative project team assembled for the community development initiative.
• All American Construction Solutionsproject-levelImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConstruction contractor that built the Santa Ana Community Land Trust Farm. KPFF provided structural engineering for the shipping container-based structures.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Arup: Global engineering, design, and consulting firm offering structural, civil, and infrastructure services. Competes with KPFF on large commercial and institutional projects, especially those requiring mass timber and sustainable design expertise.
• Stantec: Global engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firm. Broad incumbent competing with KPFF on buildings, civil infrastructure, and survey engineering engagements.
• WSP: Global professional services firm providing engineering, design, and consulting across infrastructure, buildings, and environment. Broad incumbent that competes with KPFF on large-scale multidisciplinary building and infrastructure projects.
• Tetra Tech: Large consulting and engineering services firm with water, environmental, and infrastructure practices. Indirectly comparable as a larger incumbent that competes with KPFF on civil and infrastructure engineering projects.

Direct peers

• Coughlin Porter Lundeen: Pacific Northwest-based structural and civil engineering firm with a similar size, ownership structure, and service mix. Direct peer competing for the same regional commercial and infrastructure clients.
• Degenkolb Engineers: Employee-owned structural engineering firm focused on seismic design, new construction, and adaptive reuse. Highly comparable to KPFF's structural engineering practice and employee ownership model.
• DeSimone Consulting Engineers: Structural engineering consulting firm with expertise in high-rise, complex, and sustainable building design. Directly comparable as a structural engineering specialist serving similar commercial and institutional clients.
• Walter P Moore: National structural engineering and diagnostics firm with comparable civil and structural engineering services. Directly comparable as a structural engineering specialist serving similar commercial, institutional, and infrastructure clients.
• Martin/Martin: Employee-owned civil and structural engineering consulting firm with comparable service offerings across building and infrastructure markets. Direct competitor in the structural engineering consulting space.
• Magnusson Klemencic Associates: Seattle-based structural and civil engineering consulting firm with a comparable service portfolio to KPFF, including work on mass timber, commercial buildings, and infrastructure. Highly comparable as a similarly sized, employee-owned competitor in the Pacific Northwest.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kpff-consulting-engineers

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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