Cranston Engineering Group

Name

Cranston Engineering Group

Legal name

Cranston Engineering Group

Website

https://cranstonengineering.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1967

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cranston Engineering Group is a private civil, structural, and water-resource engineering and surveying firm serving municipalities, private developers, and institutional clients across Georgia and South Carolina through nine integrated service lines, operating since 1967 as part of the HFW Companies network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil and Structural Engineering Consulting Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction (237110)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction (1623)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Water, Wastewater & Hydraulics Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAD), Construction Management (Agency/Owner’s Rep) (IMAFAAAC)

Keywords

• Civil engineering services
• Structural engineering consulting
• Land surveying services
• Landscape architecture planning
• Municipal infrastructure design

Headquarters

HQ city

Augusta

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. Engineering and Design Services: Professional services revenue generated from civil engineering, structural engineering, landscape architecture, land surveying, and planning engagements with municipalities, private developers, and government clients. Services are billed on a project basis with fees determined by scope, complexity, and project duration.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Cranston Engineering Group is a civil and structural engineering consulting firm that delivers integrated infrastructure design services — civil engineering (municipal, private development, transportation, water resource), structural engineering, landscape architecture and planning, land surveying, construction engineering and inspection, and capital funding program management — to municipalities, counties, private developers, and institutional clients across the Southeastern United States. Projects span roads and bridges, stormwater systems, dams and levees, parks, water/wastewater, land development, and grant-funded public infrastructure, with over $100 million in grant funding facilitated to date.

Product overview

Cranston Engineering Group is a civil and structural engineering, landscape architecture, surveying, and planning firm serving Southeast communities since 1967. The company offers an integrated continuum of infrastructure design solutions through nine distinct service offerings: Civil Engineering/Municipal, Civil Engineering/Private Development, Civil Engineering/Transportation, Civil Engineering/Water Resource Management, Structural Engineering, Landscape Architecture & Planning, Land Surveying, Construction Engineering & Inspection, and Capital Funding Program Management. These services work together to provide comprehensive infrastructure solutions for municipalities, developers, and communities across Georgia and South Carolina.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Civil Engineering/Municipal Civil engineering services for municipalities including site design, water distribution, wastewater collection, pump stations, storm drainage, dams, levees, parks, and public facilities. Targeted at city and county governments across the Southeast.
• Civil Engineering/Private Development Land development engineering services including land use plans, storm drainage, dams, levees, water systems, wastewater systems, transportation, flood plain studies, permitting, and construction observation. Serves real estate developers, builders, and private investors.
• Civil Engineering/Transportation Transportation infrastructure design including roads, bridges, roundabouts, rail yards, parking decks, aviation facilities, and pedestrian/bicycle trails.
• Civil Engineering/Water Resource Management Water resource management services including stormwater systems, dam and levee inspection and design, water treatment systems, hydraulic modeling using PCSWMM, ICPR, HEC-RAS, Innovyze, and WaterCad, plus coastal resilience work.
• Structural Engineering Structural engineering for buildings, bridges, boardwalks, K-12 and higher-education facilities, churches, medical facilities, athletic facilities, and historical rehabilitation projects.
• Landscape Architecture and Planning Landscape architecture and planning services including public parks, amphitheaters, hospital grounds, waterfront parks, trails, greenways, and urban streetscapes.
• Land Surveying Land surveying services including ALTA/ACSM surveys, topographic maps, cadastral surveys, subdivision surveys, wetlands mapping, GPS surveys, GIS data collection, and hydrographic charting.
• Construction Engineering and Inspection Construction engineering and inspection services including contract administration, job site inspections, material testing, drone-based inspections, and GDOT Worksite Erosion Control Supervision.
• Capital Funding Program Management Grant funding facilitation and program management services helping communities identify and apply for state and federal grants, and manage spending, compliance, and reporting requirements for infrastructure projects. Cranston has facilitated over $100 million in grant funding for community infrastructure projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $100 million in grant funding facilitated for community infrastructure projects

Named customers6 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

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• The HFW Companies (HFW)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022CRANSTON formed a strategic growth partnership with The HFW Companies in 2022. HFW is a St. Louis-based premier national network of architecture and engineering (AE) firms founded in 2020. The partnership provides CRANSTON with an operations platform and resources to create greater long-term value for the firm, its employees, clients, investors, and communities. HFW leverages the network's collective AE expertise to offer comprehensive infrastructure solutions nationwide. CRANSTON maintains its brand identity and leadership while benefiting from HFW's shared expertise, best practices, and collaborative project opportunities.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Hussey Gay Bell: Mid-sized Southeast AE firm providing civil, structural, environmental, and surveying services to public and private clients—comparable in size, regional focus, and integrated service model.
• WK Dickson: Southeast-focused engineering firm specializing in water, wastewater, stormwater, and infrastructure design for municipalities—directly comparable to Cranston's water resource management and municipal practice.
• Davis & Floyd: South Carolina-based engineering and consulting firm providing civil, structural, water, and transportation services across the Carolinas—direct peer with overlapping Southeast geography and municipal client portfolio.
• Thomas & Hutton: Multi-disciplinary engineering, planning, and surveying firm headquartered in Savannah, GA with strong Southeast regional presence serving municipalities and private developers—directly comparable to Cranston's service mix, customer base, and geography.
• Goodwyn Mills Cawood (GMC): Southeast-focused architecture and engineering firm offering civil, structural, transportation, and water resources services to public and private clients—directly comparable in service offerings, regional footprint, and municipal client base.
• Crawford, Murphy & Tilly (CMT): Mid-sized engineering consulting firm providing aviation, transportation, water, and municipal infrastructure services across the Midwest and Southeast—comparable in scale and public-sector client mix.

Others

• The HFW Companies: Parent network/holding company of Cranston—a St. Louis-based national network of AE firms founded in 2020 that provides operational platform and shared resources to partner firms including Cranston.

Broad incumbents

• Stantec: Global engineering, architecture, and environmental services firm with major presence in the Southeast—competes for the same municipal, water, and infrastructure design work but at much larger scale.
• Mead & Hunt: National AE firm with significant Southeast presence serving transportation, water, and municipal infrastructure clients—a larger, established player in many of the same practice areas as Cranston.
• Kimley-Horn: One of the largest privately held AE consulting firms in the US with extensive Southeast offices, competing for the same municipal, transportation, and land development engagements as Cranston.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/cranstonengineering
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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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