What PND Engineers, Inc. does

PND Engineers, Inc. is a privately held civil engineering consultancy founded in 1979 and headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska. The firm delivers specialized waterfront, coastal, arctic, structural, geotechnical, civil, and environmental engineering services to federal, state, local, and tribal government agencies, public and private port authorities, oil and gas operators, construction contractors, and Alaska Native communities. Its core work is the design, retrofit, and rehabilitation of marine infrastructure — piers, wharves, docks, harbors, breakwaters, and bridges — in extreme environments including arctic permafrost, large tidal ranges, seismic zones, and remote cold-climate sites. PND operates nine offices across Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Texas, and British Columbia, and has completed more than 1,000 waterfront engineering projects over its history, including over 250 proprietary OPEN CELL SHEET PILE™ (OCSP™) installations across nine countries.

The firm's technical differentiation rests on three proprietary platforms: the patented OPEN CELL SHEET PILE™ sheet-pile soil-retaining system (US Patents 10,024,017 B2 and 10,145,076 B2; Canadian Patent 2,714,679), which has saved project owners an aggregate of over $150 million versus alternative designs; the trademarked SPIN FIN™ piles with angled plate fins that increase foundation capacity in soft soils; and Partially Penetrating Wave Barriers, which reduce both construction cost and marine-life impact. Supporting capabilities include an AASHTO-accredited laboratory with cold-room testing, finite-element analysis, LiDAR/bathymetric surveying, and 1D/2D hydrologic and river modeling. The firm received the NOVA Award from the Construction Innovation Forum in 1998 for OCSP™, has won 30+ additional industry awards, and was recognized with an American Institute of Steel Construction Prize Bridge Award for the Nigliq Bridge.

PND operates a project-based professional services business model, earning revenue through consulting fees, design services, and construction-support contracts awarded via direct business development, RFP response, and long-term client relationships. Pricing is quote-based and project-specific, with no published rate card. The firm is independently owned with no disclosed private-equity or venture-capital investment, no parent company, and no M&A activity. Its go-to-market combines top-of-funnel industry-conference participation and content marketing with bottom-of-funnel direct engagement of government agencies and enterprise clients through its distributed nine-office field-sales footprint.

Name

PND Engineers, Inc.

Legal name

PND Engineers, Inc.

Website

https://pndengineers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

PND Engineers, Inc. is a privately held Alaska-founded civil engineering consultancy (est. 1979) delivering waterfront, coastal, arctic, and structural engineering services to government agencies, ports, and industrial clients across the US and Canada, differentiated by patented sheet-pile and pile technologies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Engineering Services — Waterfront and Marine Infrastructure

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133)

akta.pro primary industry

Geotechnical Design, Engineering & Consulting (Analysis, Design, Peer Review) (IMAFAOAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Piling & Deep Foundations (Driven, Bored, CFA, Micropiles) (IMAFAOAA), Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

Keywords

• Waterfront engineering
• Coastal engineering
• Arctic engineering
• Civil engineering services
• Structural engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

Anchorage

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consulting Services: Professional engineering services including waterfront engineering, coastal engineering, arctic engineering, civil engineering, structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, hydrology & hydraulics, land surveying, environmental consulting, construction engineering, and contract administration. Revenue generated through project-based consulting fees, design services, and construction support.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

PND Engineers is a civil engineering consultancy that provides design, retrofit, and rehabilitation services for waterfront, coastal, arctic, civil, structural, geotechnical, surveying, environmental, and construction engineering projects. The firm is differentiated by its proprietary patented OPEN CELL SHEET PILE™ retaining structure and trademarked SPIN FIN™ pile system, which it deploys within project-based consulting engagements for government and enterprise clients in extreme environments.

Product overview

PND Engineers, Inc. is an engineering firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of 11 core engineering services combined with 3 proprietary technologies. The services span waterfront, coastal, arctic, civil, structural, geotechnical, hydrology/hydraulics, land surveying, environmental consulting, construction engineering, and contract administration. The proprietary technologies include OPEN CELL SHEET PILE™ (OCSP™), a patented sheet-pile retaining structure developed in 1980 with over 250 installations globally; SPIN FIN™ Piles, trademarked foundation piles with angled plate fins developed starting in 1983; and Partially Penetrating Wave Barriers for wave protection. The services and proprietary technologies work together to address challenging engineering environments, particularly in waterfront, coastal, and arctic conditions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Waterfront Engineering Design, retrofit, and rehabilitation of piers, wharves, docks, small boat harbors, mooring structures, boat launches, and related waterfront infrastructure for government and enterprise clients operating in extreme tidal, seismic, cold-climate, and marine habitat conditions.
• Coastal Engineering Engineering services for shore protection, breakwaters, wave barriers, and coastal zone management, including metocean science, physical and numerical modeling, and environmental permitting for tidal, wave, and current challenges in sensitive marine environments.
• Arctic Engineering Civil design, construction support, and operational methods for arctic and subarctic environments, including site civil infrastructure, ice-resistant structures, permafrost geotechnical engineering, and hydrology tailored to North Slope conditions.
• Civil Engineering Multidisciplinary civil engineering services from planning through construction management, including demolition, site development, remediation, roadways, transportation, stormwater management, and water/wastewater systems.
• Structural Engineering Comprehensive structural design services for bridges, buildings, and marine facilities, including cable-stayed, arch, plate girder, box girder, orthotropic, pre-stressed/post-tensioned concrete, truss, movable, and floating bridges designed for severe environmental conditions.
• Geotechnical Engineering Investigation, exploration, and testing services for foundation design, including permafrost characterization, pile adfreeze design, soil improvement, seismic site-specific analysis, finite element analysis, and AASHTO-accredited laboratory testing including cold-room facilities.
• Hydrology & Hydraulics Field-tested hydrology and hydraulics services, including bridge/culvert hydraulics, erosion control, fish passage design, flood modeling, drainage/stormwater design, and hydrologic monitoring using acoustic Doppler current profilers and 1D/2D river modeling.
• Land Surveying Professional land surveying services, including topographic/design/as-built surveys, terrestrial and aerial LiDAR/3D laser scanning, bathymetric seafloor mapping, right-of-way/boundary surveys, subdivisions, and Alaska State land/tideland surveys.
• Environmental Consulting Regulatory navigation services, including NEPA assessments, protected species coordination, wetland assessments, land/water use rights, climate change analyses, water resources/coastal design, and environmental permitting and monitoring during construction.
• Construction Engineering Temporary structure design for construction projects, including temporary work bridges, excavation support, vertical falsework/shoring systems, cofferdams/flow diversion systems, personnel access/staging, and construction stormwater pollution prevention plans.
• Contract Administration & Construction Support Services Project management and quality assurance services, including cost estimating, grant writing/administration, alternative project delivery methods (design-build, public-private partnerships), bid support, constructability/value engineering review, and construction observation/special inspections.
• OPEN CELL SHEET PILE™ (OCSP™) Patented proprietary sheet-pile soil-retaining structure used for waterfront projects; retains earth heights up to 75 feet, offers site versatility and low-cost construction, and is sold/licensed as a design solution within PND's engineering consulting engagements.
• SPIN FIN™ Piles Trademarked pile technology with angled plate fins creating a localized screw-shaped tip, increasing apparent end-bearing and surface friction area of pile tips to resist higher tension and compression loads; enables fewer and shorter piles for cost savings in bridge and waterfront foundation designs.
• Partially Penetrating Wave Barriers Proprietary wave barrier system that protects facilities from moderate-height waves with a minimized structural footprint, reducing both construction costs and marine life impact compared to fully penetrating barriers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Saved project owners over $150 million in construction costs over other designs
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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AI maturity

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Feature3 records

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• GHD: GHD is a global engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firm with waterfront, coastal, and infrastructure capabilities serving government and private clients. It competes with PND on similar civil/structural and water-related projects but at significantly larger scale.
• Stantec: Stantec is a large North American engineering, architecture, and environmental services firm with a coastal/waterfront practice serving municipal and federal clients. It competes with PND on civil/structural and water-related infrastructure but is a much broader, publicly traded firm.
• Jacobs Engineering: Jacobs is a major global engineering and technical services firm with significant federal contracting and infrastructure capabilities, including coastal and maritime work. It competes with PND for federal waterfront and infrastructure contracts but offers a much broader portfolio.
• AECOM: AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting firm with major waterfront, port, coastal, and geotechnical engineering capabilities serving federal, state, and private clients. It is a broad incumbent that competes with PND on large government and port authority contracts while offering a much wider service portfolio.
• HDR Inc. HDR is an employee-owned engineering, architecture, and consulting firm with strong water, transportation, and infrastructure practices serving federal and municipal clients. It is a broad incumbent that overlaps with PND on civil/structural and waterfront infrastructure work.
• WSP Global: WSP is a major global engineering consultancy with strong waterfront, marine, and structural engineering practices acquired through multiple roll-ups. It pursues the same government and port authority clients as PND but operates at far larger scale across many disciplines.
• Tetra Tech: Tetra Tech is a large global engineering and consulting firm with deep waterfront, coastal, and arctic practices and significant federal government contracting. It competes with PND on NOAA, U.S. Army Corps, and municipal waterfront RFPs but operates across a much broader portfolio including water, environment, and energy.

Direct peers

• Moffatt & Nichol: Moffatt & Nichol is a global infrastructure advisory specializing in waterfront, port, marine, and coastal engineering — directly comparable to PND's core waterfront, coastal, and arctic engineering services. They serve similar government, port authority, and private-sector clients on dock, harbor, breakwater, and terminal projects.
• R&M Consultants: R&M Consultants is an Alaska-based engineering firm offering civil, structural, geotechnical, and surveying services with a similar focus on arctic and remote infrastructure. It is a regional direct peer competing with PND for Alaska-based municipal, state, and federal clients.

Emerging players

• Kleinschmidt Group: Kleinschmidt specializes in water resources, fish passage, and hydropower engineering with overlap to PND's hydrology/hydraulics and fish passage design services. It is comparable on the water-resources and environmental consulting axis though narrower on marine/waterfront work.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Investors

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M&A

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