What William A. Kibbe & Associates does

William A. Kibbe & Associates, Inc. (WAK) is a private, employee-owned architectural and engineering design firm founded in 1981 in Saginaw, Michigan by Bill and Elaine Kibbe. Originally a four-person structural engineering consultancy, the firm has grown into a multi-discipline design practice offering architecture, structural, civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering, BIM/3D laser scanning, surveying, sustainability, investigative (forensic) engineering, and specialized cannabis-industry facility design. WAK is ISO 9001:2015 registered and operates from three Michigan offices — Saginaw (headquarters since 1997), Grand Rapids (opened 2014), and Traverse City — having previously opened and closed a Defiance, Ohio satellite.

WAK serves B2B clients across five primary verticals: industrial/manufacturing (notably automotive — Magna MEVS, Gestamp North America), healthcare (Covenant HealthCare/Mary Free Bed, St. Mary's of Michigan), education K-12 and university (Walled Lake Consolidated Schools, Port Huron Northern, Troy School District), municipal/government (Saginaw County, City of Bay City), and religious/nonprofit (Cathedral of Mary of the Assumption). Notable project values range from $4.7M (historic cathedral renovation) to $70M (Magna 350,000 SF EV manufacturing facility) and $316M (Walled Lake school bond program spanning multiple buildings). Its core technology stack centers on Autodesk BIM (Revit), AutoCAD, Navisworks, 3ds Max, and 3D HD laser scanning for existing-conditions documentation in renovation work.

The firm operates a project-based, fee-for-service professional services model with quote-driven, project-specific pricing and no publicly disclosed tiers. Revenue is generated through direct client engagement, competitive bidding on public-sector work, and repeat business from established customers across Michigan and selectively in Tennessee and Ohio. WAK is employee-owned with no disclosed institutional investors, and is led by President Dan Miller, Vice Presidents Greg Bator, Jay Wheeler, and Eric Mannor (also Principal), supported by discipline department heads in Mechanical and Electrical engineering.

Name

William A. Kibbe & Associates

Legal name

William A. Kibbe & Associates, Inc.

Website

https://kibbe.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

William A. Kibbe & Associates is an employee-owned, ISO 9001:2015 registered multi-discipline architectural and engineering design firm in Michigan serving automotive, healthcare, education, municipal, and religious clients with structural, civil, mechanical, electrical, BIM, and surveying services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Saginaw

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Design Services: Fee-for-service professional services revenue from providing architectural, engineering, surveying, and design services on a project-by-project basis. Projects range from small renovations to multi-million dollar facility developments. Revenue is project-based and cyclical with construction industry conditions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

William A. Kibbe & Associates is an ISO 9001:2015 registered multi-discipline architectural and engineering design firm that provides Architecture, Structural, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Surveying, BIM, Sustainability, and Investigative Engineering services. The firm delivers integrated design solutions for commercial, educational, healthcare, industrial, municipal, worship, and cannabis industry facility projects, from programming and conceptual design through construction administration.

Product overview

William A. Kibbe & Associates (WAK) is an ISO 9001:2015 registered architectural and engineering design firm offering multi-discipline design services. The company operates as a single integrated service portfolio rather than separate product modules, providing Architecture, BIM + Design, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Structural, Surveying, Sustainability, Cannabis Industry, and Investigative Engineering services. Projects span commercial, educational, healthcare, industrial, municipal, and worship sectors across Michigan with additional offices in Grand Rapids and Traverse City.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Services

Quantifiable outcome

• $40M Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital completed with civil, structural, electrical, and surveying services
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• AKT Peerless Environmental & Energy ServicesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint effort on Webber Elementary & Middle School demolition project. AKT Peerless supplemented WAK's bid documents with pre-demolition hazardous material surveys for each school.
• WielandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConstruction management partner for Gestamp North America $55M expansion project in Chattanooga, TN. Wieland constructing two new automotive stamping facilities designed by WAK.
• R.C. Hendrick & Son, Inc.coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor for Cathedral of Mary of the Assumption $4.7M renovation project. Coordinated construction efforts for the 8-month project.
• J.R. Dahn Construction LLCminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor for Brian's House hospice renovation project in Essexville, MI. Construction began March 2016.
• J.R. Heineman & Sons, Inc.minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor for Saginaw Spirit locker room addition and renovation project at Dow Event Center.
• Wm. Bronner and Son, Inc.minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerBuilder for Kawkawlin Community Church design-build project. WAK provided A/E Design services.
• Shaheen DevelopmentcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerOwner/developer of H Residence project in Midland, MI ($25M mixed-use building). WAK providing structural engineering and condo documentation services.
• Three Rivers CorporationminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerArchitectural design and construction management for H Residence project in Midland, MI.
• Andrus ArchitectureminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign Architect for Saginaw Spirit locker room addition project providing design support.
• St. Jude Liturgical Arts StudiominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvided guidance and recommendations for liturgical aspects of Cathedral of Mary of the Assumption renovation. WAK coordinated their design input.
• Blue Sky ArchitectureminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner architecture firm for Saginaw County Animal Care and Control Resource Center project.
• TMP ArchitectureminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm for Troy School District Early Childhood Center project. WAK providing structural engineering services.
• Freiwald/Staudacher Design, Inc.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPreliminary design for Brian's House hospice renovation project.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Bergmann: Bergmann is an architecture, engineering, and planning firm operating across the Midwest and Northeast. Comparable as a multi-discipline A/E competitor, though larger and with a broader geographic footprint than WAK.
• AECOM: AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting firm offering architecture, engineering, and program management for large industrial, healthcare, and education clients. Represents the large-incumbent tier that WAK competes against on bigger healthcare and industrial design pursuits.
• Alfred Benesch & Company: Benesch is a multi-state engineering, architecture, and planning firm with significant Midwest operations. Larger and more diversified than WAK, but competes for many of the same transportation, municipal, and education A/E engagements in Michigan and neighboring states.

Regional players

• Tmp Architecture: TMP Architecture is a Michigan-based architecture and engineering firm specializing in K-12 and higher education design. Already a partner of WAK on the Troy School District project and directly comparable in education vertical and Michigan geography.

Direct peers

• Hubbell, Roth & Clark: Hubbell, Roth & Clark is a Michigan-based consulting engineering firm providing civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering to municipal, industrial, and education clients. Directly comparable as a long-standing Michigan multi-discipline A/E competitor.
• Wightman: Wightman is a Michigan-headquartered architecture, engineering, and surveying firm serving municipal, education, healthcare, and commercial clients. Closely comparable to WAK in discipline breadth, geography, and project types (especially K-12 and municipal work).
• Fishbeck: Fishbeck is a Michigan-based engineering, environmental, and architectural firm offering multi-discipline A/E services to industrial, municipal, and education clients. Directly comparable as a Midwest integrated A/E competitor of similar scale and client mix to WAK.
• SME: SME (formerly Mannik & Smith) is a Michigan-based engineering, environmental, and surveying firm serving industrial, education, municipal, and energy clients. Comparable multi-discipline A/E model and overlapping client base in Michigan.
• DLZ Corporation: DLZ is a Midwest engineering, architectural, and surveying firm with strong presence in Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan. Comparable in offering integrated A/E services for transportation, municipal, education, and industrial clients across similar geographies.

Others

• AKT Peerless Environmental & Energy Services: AKT Peerless is a Michigan environmental and energy services firm that partnered with WAK on pre-demolition hazardous material surveys. Comparable as a complementary Michigan A/E-adjacent services provider that often co-serves the same K-12 and municipal clients.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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