Trudell Consulting Engineers

What Trudell Consulting Engineers does

Trudell Consulting Engineers (TCE), founded in 1975 and headquartered in Williston, Vermont, is a multi-disciplinary civil and environmental engineering firm operating across four integrated practices: civil engineering, environmental consulting, land surveying, and landscape architecture. The firm serves private developers, retailers, resorts, renewable energy operators, and municipal clients throughout Vermont, with a lifetime project volume exceeding 5,000 engagements and a dedicated stormwater client base of more than 100 active accounts.

The firm's core work centers on site development from feasibility through permitting and construction support. Civil engineering covers site layout, grading, utility design, roadway, and stormwater system design; environmental consulting spans permitting under Vermont-specific regulatory frameworks (Act 250, Act 248, Section 404 wetland permits) and contaminated-site assessment; land surveying employs GPS/GIS and drone-based data capture; landscape architecture provides site planning, planting, and 3D visualization renderings. Service offerings include free initial consultations on a transactional basis and a complementary solar site design practice serving the renewable energy vertical.

The business operates on a professional services, fee-for-service model with project-based billing tied to scope, complexity, and regulatory intensity. Go-to-market is primarily referral-driven and reputation-driven, anchored by long-tenured staff, multi-decade client relationships, and third-party recognition (Best Places to Work in Vermont, Best Engineering Firm to Work For, ACEC and APWA awards). On February 5, 2024, Trudell was acquired by Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: BWMN) alongside VT Underground Locators, and the practice rebranded under the Bowman name in February 2025, integrating the firm into a national engineering platform while preserving its Vermont-licensed, regionally rooted delivery capability.

Name

Trudell Consulting Engineers

Legal name

Trudell Consulting Engineers

Website

https://tcevt.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Trudell Consulting Engineers is a Williston, Vermont-based civil, environmental, surveying, and landscape architecture firm serving private developers, retailers, municipalities, and renewable energy clients statewide. Now part of Bowman Consulting Group, the firm delivers site development, permitting, and stormwater design across Vermont.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Engineering Consulting

NAICS

Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Engineering Services (541330), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Water, Wastewater & Hydraulics Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Water, Wastewater & Stormwater Compliance (BPAHAJAJ)

Keywords

• Civil engineering services
• Land surveying services
• Environmental consulting
• Landscape architecture
• Permitting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Williston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: Fee-for-service professional consulting revenue from civil engineering, environmental consulting, land surveying, landscape architecture, and permitting services delivered to municipalities, developers, businesses, and individual clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Trudell Consulting Engineers (TCE), now operating as Bowman, is a multi-disciplinary consulting firm providing civil engineering, environmental consulting, land surveying, landscape architecture, and permitting services. The firm delivers project-based professional services spanning site design, water supply/wastewater, stormwater management, transportation engineering, septic design, and solar site assessment for commercial, industrial, residential, and resort clients across Vermont.

Product overview

Trudell Consulting Engineers (TCE, now operating as Bowman) is a multi-disciplinary consulting firm offering civil engineering, land surveying, environmental services, and landscape architecture as a unified suite of professional consulting services. The core offering centers on Civil Engineering (site design, water resources, stormwater, transportation) integrated with Environmental Services (wetland, wildlife, ecology, GIS), Land Surveying (boundary, topographic, construction layout, drone surveys), and Landscape Architecture. Supporting services include Septic Design, Stormwater & Erosion Control, Construction Field Services, Permitting Services, Solar Site Assessment, Site Lighting Design, and Underground Utility Locating through the VTUL subsidiary. The firm serves municipalities, developers, landowners, and businesses across Vermont with project types spanning commercial, industrial, residential, and resort developments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Vermont Underground Locators (VTUL): A subsidiary of Bowman providing underground utility locating services, power fault detection, water leak detection, and pipe camera inspection services.

Products and services

• Civil Engineering Civil engineering services including site design, planning, water supply, wastewater, stormwater management, transportation engineering, and construction field services for commercial, industrial, residential, and resort projects throughout Vermont.
• Environmental Services Environmental consulting including wetland delineation and restoration, wildlife studies, ecological assessments, rare/threatened/endangered (RTE) plant surveys, GIS mapping, and ecological restoration services.
• Land Surveying Professional land surveying services including boundary surveys, ALTA/NSPS surveys, topographic surveys, construction layout surveys, aerial drone surveys, and GPS surveys throughout Vermont.
• Landscape Architecture Landscape architecture services including master planning, site design, streetscape design, site grading, landscape plans, visual impact analysis, renderings, and aesthetics analysis for Act 248 and Act 250 permitting.
• Septic Design & Engineering Septic system design services for single-family homes, communities, and businesses ranging from 400 to 40,000 gallons per day, including in-ground conventional systems, at-grade systems, mound type systems, and innovative/alternative systems.
• Stormwater & Erosion Control Stormwater management and erosion control services including treatment design, modeling, basin planning, Flow Restoration Plans, LID/green practices, and ongoing inspection and reporting for over 100 Vermont clients.
• Construction Field Services Construction phase engineering services including contract administration, value engineering, precision construction surveying, full-time construction observation, erosion prevention and sediment control, quality assurance/control, and permit compliance/annual inspections.
• Permitting Services Comprehensive permitting services including local permits, wetland permits, wastewater permits, Act 250 permits, stormwater general permits, water supply permits, and Shoreland Protection Permits throughout Vermont.
• Solar Site Assessment & Permitting Solar site assessment and permitting services including topographic and boundary surveys, wetland delineation and permitting, rare plant surveys, visual/aesthetics analysis, wildlife assessments, stormwater mitigation, and Act 248 testimony for residential and commercial solar projects.
• Transportation Engineering Transportation engineering services including intersection analysis, traffic data collection, crash rate analysis, traffic impact studies, parking studies, traffic signal design, VTrans permitting, pedestrian and bicycle facility design, and transportation studies.
• Site Lighting Design Exterior site lighting analysis and design services including parking area lighting, canopy lighting, streetscape lighting, visual analysis, sign lighting, LED conversion assistance, and expert witness testimony for compliance with local zoning and IESNA Dark Sky Guidelines.
• Vermont Underground Locators (VTUL) Underground utility locating services beyond Dig Safe limitations, including private utility locating, power fault detection, water leak detection, pipe camera inspection, and utility mapping for future reference.
• GIS Mapping & Spatial Analysis Geographic Information Systems services including GPS data collection, land cover mapping, utilities inventory mapping, spatial analysis (slope analysis, visibility studies, watershed delineations), field data collection with Trimble GPS units, and site layout maps for presentations.
• Water Supply & Wastewater Water resource management services including water supply and distribution systems, wastewater treatment systems, stormwater modeling, hydrologic and sediment load modeling, FEMA permitting, and green infrastructure/LEED-compliant BMPs.
• 3D Architectural Renderings

Named customers15 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

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SLR Consulting: Global environmental and advisory consulting firm with a New England environmental practice. Competes with TCE on environmental permitting, wetland, ecological, and site assessment work.
• Stantec: Global engineering consultancy with strong New England practice delivering site/civil, environmental, water, and surveying services to municipal and private clients. Same services as TCE but at vastly greater scale and broader geographic reach.
• VHB: Northeast-focused engineering, planning, and environmental firm offering site design, transportation, water resources, and permitting services. Comparable service mix with significantly larger footprint and resources.
• Tetra Tech: International consulting firm with deep environmental and water-resources practices serving municipal and private clients. Overlaps directly with TCE's stormwater, water supply, wastewater, and environmental compliance offerings.
• Weston & Sampson: Northeast-based engineering firm specializing in water, wastewater, stormwater, and site civil services for municipalities. Closely comparable service stack to TCE, particularly on the water resource side.

Emerging players

• Environmental Restoration, LLC: Vermont-based environmental field services firm where TCE's Eric Licho previously worked. Adjacent competitor on the environmental/stormwater field-services portion of TCE's offering.

Direct peers

• Krebs & Lansing: Vermont surveying and engineering firm where TCE team members previously worked. Competes directly with TCE on boundary, topographic, and construction layout surveying across Vermont.
• Dubois & King: New England-based civil/transportation/municipal engineering firm with a Vermont presence. Directly comparable services across site design, transportation, water resources, and municipal infrastructure.
• Cross Consulting Engineers: Vermont-based civil/surveying firm where TCE's Survey Assistant PM Jonathan Norwood previously worked. Directly competes with TCE on Vermont municipal and private surveying and site design work.
• Lamoureux & Dickinson Consulting Engineers: Pre-merger (May 2022) direct peer — a Vermont civil engineering firm founded in 1985 that TCE consolidated with. Today part of TCE/Bowman, it represents the closest historical comparable in terms of services, geography, and client base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles23 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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