Allana Buick & Bers, Inc.

What Allana Buick & Bers, Inc. does

Allana Buick & Bers, Inc. (ABB) is a privately held architectural engineering and building-envelope consulting firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California, founded in 1987 by Karim Allana as Roofing Services and Consultants and rebranded to its current name in 2005. The firm delivers a multi-disciplinary services portfolio spanning new construction design and commissioning, renovation and capital improvement, forensic investigation and expert witness work, building enclosure (roofing, waterproofing, façade, curtain wall, glazing), HVAC and plumbing engineering, energy consulting, and fire and life safety. ABB also operates a wholly owned construction management subsidiary (ABBCM) and offers a proprietary web-based Asset Management Program (AMP) for portfolio-wide condition assessment, cost prediction, and 24/7 emergency response, backed by an in-house Durability Lab in Austin, Texas for non-destructive forensic testing using portable x-ray, infrared, XRF, and electronic leak detection tools.

The firm serves building owners, developers, general contractors, architects, attorneys, HOAs/AOAOs, and government agencies across more than eight vertical markets including multi-family residential, hospitality, healthcare, education, government, data centers, real estate, and industrial. With 23 offices across the United States plus Mexico City and Guam, ABB provides locally managed, project-based professional services through a sales-led, enterprise field-sales go-to-market model in which principals are directly engaged on every project. Headcount stands at approximately 250 professionals holding credentials such as Registered Roof Consultant (RRC), Registered Waterproofing Consultant (RWC), Registered Building Envelope Consultant (RBEC), and LEED AP, supported by CEO Karim Allana's 20 state engineering licenses and nearly 1,000 construction-defect expert-witness engagements.

Revenue is generated through fee-for-service professional engagements under a quote-based pricing model with no publicly disclosed rates, supplemented by direct HVAC equipment procurement as a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE). Over its 39-year history the firm has completed more than 20,400 projects, manages several billion dollars annually in new construction oversight and over $100 million annually in remedial work, and has executed two strategic acquisitions, The Conley Group in 2019 and Building Diagnostics, Inc. in 2022, while expanding organically into new geographies and service lines. The company is nationally certified as an MBE by the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC), a credential that supports preferential access to federal and municipal RFPs.

Name

Allana Buick & Bers, Inc.

Legal name

Allana Buick & Bers, Inc.

Website

https://abbae.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Allana Buick & Bers is a privately held architectural engineering firm delivering building envelope, HVAC, plumbing, energy, fire protection, and forensic consulting services to building owners, developers, contractors, architects, and attorneys across 23 offices in the U.S., Mexico, and Guam.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Palo Alto

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices23 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering and Consulting Services: Professional architectural engineering and consulting services including building envelope consulting, roofing, waterproofing, forensics, mechanical systems, and testing. Revenue generated through fee-for-service professional service engagements with building owners, developers, contractors, architects, and attorneys.
2. Construction Management: Construction and project management services through their subsidiary ABB Construction Management. Includes scope development, construction/project management, warranty management, and material/equipment procurement services.
3. Asset Management Services: Building asset management program providing portfolio-wide condition assessments, capital planning, and project management. Services result in cost savings on construction through overseeing labor-only installations.
4. HVAC Equipment Procurement: Direct HVAC equipment procurement and drop shipment through registered Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) status.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ABB is an architectural engineering and consulting firm providing building envelope, roofing, waterproofing, forensics, HVAC, plumbing, fire protection, and energy consulting services to building owners, developers, contractors, architects, attorneys, and government clients across 23 U.S. offices plus Mexico and Guam. The firm delivers Engineer/Designer of Record services, third-party design review, building enclosure commissioning, condition assessment, asset management, and expert witness/litigation support.

Product overview

Allana Buick & Bers, Inc. (ABB) is an Architectural Engineering firm that operates as a multi-service professional services company offering a comprehensive portfolio of engineering and consulting services rather than a software product. The service portfolio consists of interconnected service categories including New Construction Services (Engineer/Designer of Record, Third-Party Design Review, Building Enclosure Commissioning, and Construction/Project Management), Renovation/Capital Improvement Services (Condition Assessment, Conceptual Design, Asset Management Program), Forensics Services (Expert Witness, Forensic Investigation and Testing), Building Enclosure Services (Roofing Systems, Exterior Facades & Cladding, Curtain Wall & Glazing), HVAC & Plumbing Services, Energy Consulting Services (Whole Building Energy Analysis, Energy Conservation Design), and Fire & Life Safety Services. These services work together to provide holistic building performance solutions from design through construction to ongoing asset management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ABB Construction Management (ABBCM): Subsidiary providing construction management services including scope development, construction/project management, warranty management, and material and equipment procurement.

Products and services

• New Construction Services
• Renovation / Capital Improvement Services
• Forensics Services
• Building Enclosure Services
• HVAC & Plumbing Services
• Energy Consulting Services
• Fire & Life Safety Services
• Construction Management (ABB Construction Management / ABBCM)
• Asset Management Program (AMP)
• Expert Witness Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 30% savings on construction costs through labor-only installation oversight
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers23 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves26 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates: WJE is the most prominent US structural and building enclosure forensics, engineering, and consulting firm, with deep overlap to ABB's expert witness, building envelope, and failure analysis work. Both firms serve attorneys, owners, and contractors on construction defect cases nationally.
• Building Diagnostics Inc. BDI was founded by David H. Nicastro and merged into ABB in 2022; it was a direct peer in building envelope and forensic consulting with overlap in The Durability Lab and Mexico operations prior to integration.
• Morrison Hershfield: Morrison Hershfield is a North American engineering and management consulting firm with strong building science, enclosure, and forensics capabilities, and a comparable mix of new construction and capital improvement work.
• Pie Consulting & Engineering: Pie is a building science, enclosure, and MEP engineering firm offering forensic, commissioning, and energy services with similar client profiles to ABB across the Western US.
• Walter B. Satterthwaite Associates: WBSA is a building envelope and structural forensic engineering firm on the West Coast focused on construction defect litigation, similar in size and specialty to ABB's forensics practice.
• Simpson Gumpertz & Heger: SGH is a national engineering firm specializing in building envelope, structural, and building science consulting with a strong forensics and litigation support practice. It is a closely comparable peer to ABB in scope of services, project types, and client base.
• RDH Building Sciences: RDH is a building science and building enclosure consulting firm specializing in roofing, waterproofing, and facade consulting across North America. It directly overlaps with ABB's roofing systems, exterior facade, and condition assessment practices.

Broad incumbents

• Terracon Consultants: Terracon is a large US engineering consulting firm offering geotechnical, environmental, and building envelope services. It competes with ABB on multi-site national accounts and forensic work, but as a broader, multi-discipline incumbent.
• Bureau Veritas North America: Bureau Veritas is a global testing, inspection, and certification firm with a building and infrastructure practice that overlaps ABB's commissioning, asset management, and forensic testing services at much greater scale.
• ECS Group of Companies: ECS is a much larger national geotechnical, environmental, and building envelope consulting firm. While broader than ABB, it competes in condition assessment, construction materials testing, and forensics with similar enterprise clients.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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