Ragan Smith Associates

What Ragan Smith Associates does

Ragan Smith Associates is a Nashville, Tennessee-based engineering firm founded in 1933 that provides land surveying, civil engineering, architectural, and environmental consulting services. The firm serves government and municipal agencies as its primary customer segment alongside private sector clients, with project work concentrated in water, transportation, and power infrastructure markets across the United States.

The firm's service portfolio spans civil engineering design, environmental consulting, surveying, and architectural work delivered through project-based engagements. RaganSmith operates with a workforce of 101-250 employees and maintains a primary Nashville office. No proprietary software platforms, patents, trademarks, or technology products are disclosed; service delivery rests on the firm's professional engineering talent and accumulated project expertise rather than codified technology assets.

Revenue is generated through professional services contracts priced per project scope, with no public pricing disclosures. The go-to-market model is enterprise field sales directed at government infrastructure buyers and private developers, supported by an organic social media presence across LinkedIn, Facebook, X, Instagram, and YouTube for top-of-funnel brand awareness. In 2024, RaganSmith merged with Pape-Dawson and now operates as a subsidiary under the Pape-Dawson brand, with integrated teams, processes, and systems enabling nationwide service delivery with Nashville serving as a regional hub.

Name

Ragan Smith Associates

Legal name

Ragan Smith Associates

Website

https://ragansmith.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1933

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Ragan Smith Associates is a Nashville-based civil engineering firm founded in 1933 providing land surveying, engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting services to government and private sector clients in water, transportation, and power infrastructure markets. The firm was acquired by Pape-Dawson in 2024.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Engineering Consulting Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Water, Wastewater & Stormwater Compliance (BPAHAJAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG)

Keywords

• Civil engineering services
• Environmental consulting
• Land surveying
• Infrastructure engineering
• Architectural services

Headquarters

HQ city

Nashville

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Engineering and Consulting Services: Engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting services provided to government agencies and private sector clients. Revenue is generated through project-based professional service engagements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Ragan Smith Associates is a civil engineering, environmental consulting, and architectural services firm that delivers professional engineering and consulting services to government agencies and private sector clients. The firm's work focuses on water, transportation, and power infrastructure projects through project-based professional engagements. Following its 2024 merger with Pape-Dawson, the combined entity now provides nationwide engineering and consulting services with Tennessee operations serving as a key regional hub.

Product overview

RaganSmith is an engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firm that merged with Pape-Dawson in 2024. Following the merger, the combined entity offers expanded capabilities in civil engineering, water, transportation, and power markets. The company provides comprehensive consulting services to clients, with teams across the United States serving projects in Tennessee and beyond.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Civil Engineering and Infrastructure Consulting
• Environmental Consulting Services
• Architectural Services
• Land Surveying Services

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Pape-DawsoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024RaganSmith merged with and joined Pape-Dawson in 2024. The firms have worked closely to integrate their teams, processes, and systems, allowing seamless collaboration and comprehensive service delivery to clients. The partnership brought expanded capabilities, resources, and fresh ideas to project teams, resulting in added value for clients and employees.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Burns & McDonnell: Employee-owned engineering, architecture, and construction firm with strong practices in water, power, transportation, and environmental compliance. Overlaps with RaganSmith's core vertical mix and enterprise sales motion targeting municipal and private clients.
• HDR Inc. National architecture, engineering, and environmental services firm with major practices in transportation, water, and power — the same verticals RaganSmith serves. Larger scale and broader portfolio, but operates in the same enterprise engineering services category.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting and engineering firm with major water, transportation, and environment practices. Larger scale and broader portfolio, but directly comparable service offering targeting the same public and private infrastructure clients.
• Stantec: Global engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firm with significant U.S. water, environmental, and infrastructure practices that compete directly for the same municipal and private-sector RFPs. Larger and broader but directly comparable in service lines.
• WSP USA: Global professional services firm with U.S. operations in transportation, water, environment, and power infrastructure consulting. Competes for mid- and large-scale government infrastructure engagements overlapping with RaganSmith's core verticals.
• CDM Smith: International consulting, engineering, and construction firm with deep water, environmental, and transportation practices. Competes for the same large public-sector water and environmental infrastructure programs that RaganSmith serves within Pape-Dawson.

Direct peers

• Kimley-Horn: One of the largest privately held U.S. engineering, planning, and design consultancies with deep practices in water, transportation, environmental, and land development. Directly comparable to RaganSmith in service portfolio, client mix (public + private), and project-based revenue model.
• Pape-Dawson Engineers: Parent company/acquirer of RaganSmith since 2024, Pape-Dawson is a Texas-based civil engineering and environmental consulting firm with overlapping water, transportation, and land development practices. Both firms share the same project-based professional services model and serve government and private-sector clients on infrastructure work.
• Gresham Smith: Tennessee-headquartered architecture, engineering, and consulting firm with strong water, transportation, and infrastructure practices. Geographic and capability overlap with RaganSmith makes it among the closest direct competitors in the Nashville/Tennessee market.
• Barge Design Solutions: Nashville-based multi-discipline engineering and architecture firm with practices in water, transportation, environmental services, and land development. Competitor of comparable size serving overlapping municipal and private-sector clients in Tennessee.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ragansmithassoc
• Facebookfacebook.com/ragan-smith-associates-1492091721107797
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/1588921

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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