The H.L. Turner Group

What The H.L. Turner Group does

The H.L. Turner Group is a privately held architectural and engineering firm headquartered at 27 Locke Road in Concord, New Hampshire, with over 35 years of operating history. The firm delivers project-based professional services spanning architecture, engineering, construction support, and master planning for municipal, educational, and public infrastructure clients across the New England region. Its work covers municipal buildings, K-12 educational facilities, and infrastructure assets such as roads, bridges, and dams, with the New Allenstown K-8 School master planning engagement for SAU #53 cited as a representative flagship project.

The firm's underlying capability is a multidisciplinary professional services platform rather than a software product; delivery rests on credentialed staff, stakeholder engagement processes, and project-specific design and engineering work. Service revenue is generated via project-by-project quoting for municipal, institutional, and infrastructure engagements, with no standardized pricing, software licensing, or recurring subscription component disclosed. The go-to-market motion is sales-led and direct, with projects secured through client selection processes (for example, selection by SAU #53) and no intermediate channel partners identified.

The Turner Group is independently owned with no disclosed parent, venture backing, or public market listing. Recent organizational activity through early 2026 includes the promotion of Carole Zielinski to Chief Financial Officer in February 2026, the March 2026 hire of Senior Architect Jonathan Smith (AIA) to expand healthcare and institutional design expertise, employee appointments to industry and municipal boards recognized in April 2026, and an ongoing regional scholarship program. Marketing and client engagement are concentrated on the firm's corporate website (ttgae.com), which hosts expertise pages, portfolio highlights, news, and career information; the firm maintains no disclosed mobile applications, API surface, AI/ML capabilities, patents, trademarks, certifications, or partnership alliances.

Name

The H.L. Turner Group

Legal name

The Turner Group

Website

https://hlturner.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The H.L. Turner Group is a privately held architectural and engineering firm based in Concord, New Hampshire, with over 35 years of experience serving municipal, educational, and public infrastructure clients in New England through architecture, engineering, construction support, and master planning services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural and Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Architectural Services (54131), Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (236220)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction Management (Agency/Owner’s Rep) (IMAFAAAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA), Project Management & Owner’s Rep Services for School Capital Projects (EDAEABAN)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Engineering consulting
• Construction administration
• Master planning services
• Municipal facility design

Headquarters

HQ city

Concord

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. Professional Services - Architecture and Engineering: Project-based professional services revenue derived from architectural design, engineering solutions, and construction support for municipal buildings, educational institutions, and infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges, and dams.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

The H.L. Turner Group is an architecture and engineering firm headquartered in Concord, New Hampshire, that delivers architectural design, engineering, and construction support services for municipal buildings, educational facilities, and public infrastructure projects including roads, bridges, and dams. With over 35 years of experience, the firm provides master planning and project coordination for clients such as school administrative units (SAU #53) and local government entities. The team engages community stakeholders, school administrators, and municipal officials throughout the design and construction process to ensure projects reflect local needs and regulatory requirements.

Product overview

The Turner Group is an architectural and engineering firm offering a unified suite of professional services rather than a software platform. The core offerings consist of Architecture Services, Engineering Services, and Construction Support, which work together to deliver comprehensive project solutions from design through construction completion. An additional sub-service, Master Planning Services, supports clients in understanding long-term needs through stakeholder engagement and existing conditions analysis. The firm specializes in municipal buildings, educational institutions, and infrastructure projects including roads, bridges, and dams.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Services

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Harriman Associates: Harriman is a closely comparable NH/New England architecture and engineering firm with offices in Auburn, ME and Portsmouth, NH. Like Turner Group, it serves municipal, educational, and institutional clients with integrated AE services, making it the most direct regional peer in the same competitive set.
• Black River Design: Black River Design is a Vermont-based architecture firm specializing in educational facility design for K-12 and higher education clients. Its focus on school master planning and stakeholder engagement closely mirrors Turner's work on the SAU #53 Allenstown K-8 project, making it a direct peer in the same niche.
• CannonDesign: CannonDesign is a national architecture and engineering firm with a strong institutional and educational practice. The Turner Group's recent healthcare and institutional design expansion (e.g., the Jonathan Smith hire) places it in overlapping competitive territory with CannonDesign on school and healthcare projects.
• SMRT Architects & Engineers: SMRT is a New England-based architecture and engineering firm serving public, institutional, and commercial clients from offices in Maine and Massachusetts. Its integrated AE delivery model and Northeast regional focus directly parallel Turner's positioning.
• WBRC Architects: WBRC is a Portland, Maine-based architecture firm with strong K-12 and municipal practice areas in New England. The firm competes with Turner for school district and municipal building work across the region and is a comparable scale match.
• Lavallee Brensinger Architects: Lavallee Brensinger is a Manchester, NH-based architecture firm serving educational, healthcare, and municipal clients in New Hampshire. It is a direct in-state peer to Turner, often competing head-to-head on NH school district and municipal projects.
• Tecton Architects: Tecton Architects is a Manchester, NH-based architecture firm specializing in K-12, higher education, and municipal projects. Its in-state NH presence and educational facility focus make it one of the most direct competitors to Turner for school district work.

Regional players

• Tighe & Bond: Tighe & Bond is a Northeast-focused engineering firm providing civil, environmental, and facilities engineering services to municipal and institutional clients. Although larger than Turner, it competes for the same municipal infrastructure, water, and roadway projects in New England.

Broad incumbents

• Vanasse Hangen Brustlin (VHB): VHB is a major New England-headquartered engineering, planning, and design firm with deep municipal and transportation infrastructure practices. It is a broad incumbent that competes with Turner on municipal buildings, schools, roads, bridges, and dam-related projects across the region.
• Stantec: Stantec is a global architecture and engineering firm with a substantial New England presence serving municipal, educational, and infrastructure clients. As a broad incumbent, it competes with Turner on larger-scale municipal and school district procurements while offering a much broader service portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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