Richard Brady & Associates

What Richard Brady & Associates does

WHB Engineers, the operating trade name of Richard Brady & Associates, is a privately held civil and structural engineering firm headquartered in San Diego, California, founded in 1999 with 101–250 employees. The firm specializes in water and wastewater infrastructure, delivering integrated planning, design, permitting, and construction management services to municipal water utilities, city and county governments, and industrial/commercial developers. Its service portfolio spans foundational disciplines — civil, structural, and electrical engineering, construction management, program management, environmental permitting, and surveying — alongside specialized water offerings including treatment and purification (notably PFAS), wastewater treatment and reclamation, water infrastructure and distribution (pipelines, storage tanks, pump stations), sustainable solutions (water reuse, leak detection, green infrastructure), and facility upgrades with SCADA-integrated asset management.

The business operates as a project-based professional services firm, generating revenue through long-term infrastructure design and construction oversight contracts. Customers are acquired via direct sales engagement, with named public-sector clients including the Cities of San Diego, Oceanside, Upland, Redlands, Fountain Valley, and Huntington Beach, plus commercial work such as the Otay Crossings Commerce Park sewage pump station. Geographic reach is anchored in California with a stated worldwide service claim, supported by a project-portfolio website, blog, and active social media presence on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. The firm is led by Bill Siegel as Executive Chairman; ownership and founding details beyond the 1999 establishment date are not publicly disclosed, and no parent company, venture capital backing, or M&A activity is indicated in the available data.

Name

Richard Brady & Associates

Legal name

WHB Engineers

Website

https://richardbrady.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

WHB Engineers (Richard Brady & Associates) is a San Diego-based civil and structural engineering firm, founded 1999, specializing in water and wastewater infrastructure design, permitting, and construction management for California municipalities, utilities, and commercial developers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water and Wastewater Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330), Engineering Services (54133)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Water, Wastewater & Hydraulics Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAD)

Keywords

• Water and wastewater engineering
• Civil structural engineering
• Municipal infrastructure design
• Water treatment plant design
• Wastewater treatment engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Engineering Services: Professional engineering services including civil engineering, structural engineering, electrical engineering, construction management, program management, permitting, and survey services for water infrastructure projects. Revenue is generated through project-based engagements, typically long-term contracts for infrastructure design and construction oversight.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Richard Brady & Associates is a civil and structural engineering firm that provides planning, design, and related engineering services for water and wastewater treatment plants, pipelines, and related municipal infrastructure projects, primarily serving public agencies and utilities in the San Diego, California region.

Product overview

WHB Engineers is a civil and structural engineering firm offering an integrated suite of water infrastructure services. The core portfolio centers on water and wastewater engineering, including water treatment and purification, wastewater treatment and reclamation, water infrastructure and distribution, sustainable water solutions, and facility upgrades with asset management. These are delivered alongside foundational engineering services including civil engineering, structural engineering, electrical engineering, construction management, program management, permitting, and survey. The firm operates as a unified service offering rather than discrete product modules, combining planning, design, permitting, and construction management capabilities to deliver end-to-end infrastructure solutions for communities, utilities, and industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Design
• Water and Wastewater Conveyance System Design
• General Civil and Structural Engineering Services

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• AECOM:
• Stantec: Global multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy with a substantial North American water practice — overlaps with WHB on municipal water/wastewater design and program management but at much larger scale and broader portfolio.
• Jacobs Solutions: Large global professional services firm with significant water and advanced facilities practices — competes for major California water program management contracts alongside WHB.
• Tetra Tech: Engineering and consulting firm with leading water, environment, and sustainable infrastructure practices — directly comparable to WHB in water/wastewater expertise but with global scale and federal exposure.
• Black & Veatch: Major employee-owned infrastructure firm with a flagship water business — competes with WHB on water treatment, conveyance, and EPC-adjacent program management for utilities.
• HDR: Multi-disciplinary engineering firm with a strong water and wastewater group serving municipalities — comparable to WHB on California water programs but at significantly larger scale.

Direct peers

• Carollo Engineers: Large U.S. engineering firm exclusively focused on water and wastewater — direct peer in scope, client base (municipal utilities), and service mix (planning, design, construction management) to WHB Engineers.
• Brown and Caldwell: Specialty environmental and water/wastewater engineering consultancy serving municipal and industrial clients — competes head-to-head with WHB on California utility treatment, conveyance, and reuse projects.
• Hazen and Sawyer: Employee-owned water and wastewater engineering firm with deep municipal relationships — directly comparable in offering water treatment, storage, and distribution design and CM services.

Regional players

• GHD: Global engineering and advisory firm with a growing California water practice — comparable in water infrastructure focus and target clients, with overlapping pursuits in the Western U.S.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php?id=61552046682706
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/whb-engineers
• Instagraminstagram.com/whbengineers

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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