Architects Design Group

What Architects Design Group does

Architects Design Group (ADG) is a privately held architectural design firm founded in 1971 and headquartered in Winter Park, Florida, with a secondary office in Dallas, Texas. The firm specializes exclusively in the planning and design of public safety and municipal facilities in the United States, with a practice encompassing law enforcement facilities (police headquarters, precincts, evidence and detention spaces), fire-rescue stations and administration buildings, emergency operations centers and 911 dispatch / PSAP facilities, police and fire training facilities (including firing ranges and tactical training rooms), and combined or civic public-safety complexes.

The firm operates a professional services model, generating revenue primarily through project-based architectural fees tied to multi-year capital projects. Pricing is set via competitive government procurement (RFPs, RFQs, design competitions) or direct engagement with municipal clients, with no standard published pricing. ADG supplements revenue with industry thought leadership — articles in Police Chiefs Magazine, Firehouse Magazine, Florida Police Chief Magazine, and other trade publications, plus co-hosted public safety planning seminars.

ADG markets through a content-and-association-driven go-to-market: trade publication authorship, seminars co-hosted with the Center for Public Safety, and active membership in IACP, APCO, Florida Sheriffs Association, IALEP, ICMA, the National Hurricane Conference, and multiple state-level police and fire chief associations. National reach is delivered via partnerships with local architecture firms (e.g., Pellham Phillips Architects Engineers in Missouri, Fleischman Garcia Architects in Sarasota) combined with construction-firm design-build collaborations (Balfour Beatty Construction on the Cape Coral Police Facility, which delivered under the $23M cap by $4.6M and in under one year). The firm is family-owned under the Reeves family, holds Florida Architecture Firm License AR94944 and Texas License BR 1177, and operates with 45+ staff whose sole focus is public safety facility design.

Name

Architects Design Group

Legal name

Architects Design Group

Website

https://adgusa.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1971

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Architects Design Group is a U.S. architectural design firm, founded in 1971 and headquartered in Winter Park, Florida, that exclusively designs public safety facilities — including law enforcement, fire-rescue, EOC/911 dispatch, and police and fire training buildings — for state and local government clients across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services for Public Safety Facilities

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Architectural Services (541310), Interior Design Services (54141), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

Keywords

• Public safety architecture
• Law enforcement facility design
• Fire-rescue facility design
• EOC 911 dispatch design
• Municipal architecture services

Headquarters

HQ city

Orlando

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: ADG generates revenue through professional fees for architectural design services, including spatial needs assessments, master planning, design development, construction documents, and construction administration for public safety and municipal facilities. Revenue is project-based, typically awarded through competitive government procurement processes (RFPs, design competitions) or direct engagement with municipal clients.
2. Seminars and Publications: The firm conducts industry seminars on public safety facility planning and publishes content in public safety trade publications, positioning the firm as a thought leader while generating supplementary revenue through speaking engagements and educational programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Architects Design Group provides architectural planning and design services for public safety and municipal facilities, including law enforcement headquarters, fire-rescue stations, emergency operations centers (EOC), 911 dispatch/PSAP facilities, and police/fire training facilities. With over 50 years of exclusive focus on public safety architecture, the firm delivers full-service design from spatial needs assessments and master planning through construction documents and construction administration for government clients nationwide.

Product overview

Architects Design Group (ADG) is an award-winning architectural design firm specializing exclusively in public safety and municipal facility architecture. Founded in 1971 and headquartered in Winter Park, FL with an office in Dallas, TX, the firm offers a comprehensive suite of design services including Law Enforcement Facility Design, Fire-Rescue Facility Design, EOC/911 Dispatch Facility Design, Police and Fire Training Facility Design, Civic Facility Design, and Combined Public Safety Facilities. With over 50 years of experience and over 450 public safety facilities designed nationwide, ADG provides full-service architectural planning from spatial needs assessments through design, permitting, and construction administration. The firm also contributes to industry knowledge through publications on public safety architecture and emergency management facility design.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Law Enforcement Facility Design Specialized architectural design for police headquarters, precinct stations, evidence facilities, detention holding, booking/intake areas, and crime labs, serving municipal and county law enforcement agencies.
• Fire-Rescue Facility Design Architectural design of fire stations, fire headquarters, and fire-rescue facilities including apparatus bays, crew quarters, training towers, and emergency operations support spaces for fire departments.
• EOC / 911 Dispatch Facility Design Design of Emergency Operations Centers and 911 PSAP (Public Safety Answering Point) communications facilities with hardened infrastructure, redundant systems, and 24/7 operational capability for emergency management agencies and consolidated communications centers.
• Police and Fire Training Facility Design Design of dedicated training facilities including firing ranges, tactical training areas, defensive tactics rooms, classrooms, and multi-purpose training venues for law enforcement and fire-rescue agencies.
• Civic Facility Design Architectural design for municipal complexes, public works facilities, and civic administration buildings for local government entities.
• Combined Public Safety Facilities Integrated design of multi-purpose public safety complexes housing police, fire-rescue, and emergency management operations within a single consolidated facility.

Quantifiable outcome

• First LEED-certified police headquarters in Florida (Sarasota Police Department)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Fleischman Garcia ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerADG worked in association with Fleischman Garcia Architects on the Sarasota County EOC, Communications, and IT Facility project. This partnership combined ADG's specialized public safety design expertise with local architectural knowledge and building code familiarity.
• Balfour Beatty ConstructioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerADG partnered with Balfour Beatty Construction for the Cape Coral Police Facility project. Balfour Beatty served as construction manager while ADG provided architectural design services. This design-build partnership delivered the project in under one year and $4.6M under the $23M budget cap.
• Project Development International (PDI)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSarasota Police Department retained PDI as owner's representative to assist with the new headquarters project. ADG worked with PDI during the site selection and design phases.
• Pellham Phillips Architects EngineerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerADG partnered with Pellham Phillips Architects Engineers for the Greene County Public Safety Center in Springfield, Missouri. The local firm provided site-specific expertise while ADG contributed specialized public safety facility design knowledge.
• Local Architecture Firms (Various)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOver 49 years, ADG has partnered with many local architects on public safety facilities nationwide. This strategic collaboration combines ADG's specialized design expertise with local firms' knowledge of site conditions, zoning, codes, and client relationships.
• Center for Public SafetycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerADG is associated with the Center for Public Safety, a research and planning firm that provides preliminary planning information for law enforcement and emergency management agencies. ADG co-hosts the Public Safety Facilities Planning Seminar with this organization.
• Architectural InteriorsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFor the Cape Coral Police Facility, ADG's interiors group (Architectural Interiors) was hired to handle the furnishings package, providing a complete interior design solution for the client.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Woolpert: Woolpert is an architecture, engineering, and geospatial firm with a government and public safety practice. It overlaps with ADG on municipal public safety facility design but operates at substantially greater scale across multiple verticals.
• SmithGroup: SmithGroup is a large national architecture firm with an established public safety / civic practice serving municipal and federal clients. It competes with ADG on larger public safety commissions while also operating across higher education, healthcare, and workplace.
• DLR Group: DLR Group is a large integrated design firm with civic and public safety work, including justice and emergency operations centers. It overlaps ADG in government and public safety sectors but competes at significantly larger scale and broader portfolio.
• HDR Inc. HDR is a large architecture/engineering/consulting firm with a public safety and justice practice serving federal, state, and municipal clients. It competes with ADG on EOC/911 communications and justice facilities as part of a much broader infrastructure portfolio.

Emerging players

• Moody Nolan: Moody Nolan is the largest African-American-owned design firm in the U.S., with a growing civic and public safety practice. It competes with ADG on municipal government commissions and is expanding its public safety capability nationally.
• Heery International: Heery is a project management and architecture firm owned by Balfour Beatty that delivers civic and public-sector facilities, including public safety work. Its construction-administration depth and Balfour Beatty ties make it both a potential partner and competitor for design-build commissions ADG pursues.

Regional players

• Moye | Moye + Associates: Moye is a Florida-based architecture firm focused on public safety, civic, and education facilities, with significant overlap in the Florida municipal market where ADG is headquartered. It is a direct competitor in the same geography but lacks ADG's national reach.

Direct peers

• LEO A DALY: LEO A DALY operates a dedicated public safety / civic practice designing police, fire, and justice facilities for municipalities nationwide. It is one of the most directly competitive national firms to ADG in the law enforcement and public safety architecture market.
• BRPH Architects-Engineers: BRPH is a closely comparable mid-sized U.S. firm specializing in architecture and engineering for highly technical, mission-critical facilities (aviation, aerospace, public safety, government). Like ADG, it competes in niche public/civic sectors with a specialized, technically demanding project mix.

Others

• Center for Public Safety: The Center for Public Safety is a planning and consulting firm that advises law enforcement and emergency management agencies on facility programming and site planning — adjacent to ADG's design practice. ADG co-hosts the Public Safety Facilities Planning Seminar with this organization, indicating strong ecosystem partnership.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/adgusa

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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