Holland Engineering, Inc.

What Holland Engineering, Inc. does

Holland Engineering, Inc. (HEI) is a privately held multi-discipline engineering, surveying, and environmental services firm founded in 1977 in Holland, Michigan. Operating from offices in Holland and Southfield, the company delivers integrated services across five divisions — Civil Engineering, Energy, Environmental, Geospatial, and Land Surveying — for clients in the Energy, Civil Infrastructure, and Government markets. The Energy division is the largest disclosed book of work, providing pipeline survey, design, FERC permitting, HDD design, environmental compliance, and pipeline integrity management for utility and midstream operators including Consumers Energy, DTE Energy, Enbridge, SEMCO Energy, Equitrans LP, Dominion East Ohio, TC Energy, and Michigan Gas Utilities. Civil and local survey work anchors the West Michigan market through municipal, school district, developer, healthcare, and small property-owner engagements.

Service delivery rests on an in-house geospatial technology stack that includes Mobile LiDAR (Leica Pegasus: Two Ultimate), unmanned aerial systems using DJI Matrice 300 RTK drones (in operation since 2013), 3D laser scanning, photogrammetry, and cloud-based ArcGIS Server with an online LiDAR viewing portal. The firm is professionally licensed in more than 30 states and field-deploys traveling survey crews nationwide for energy clients while maintaining a Local Survey Group for West Michigan property owners via an online survey request form.

Revenue is earned through project-based professional services engagements, including fixed-fee and time-and-materials contracts for design, surveying, permitting, and construction-phase services. The go-to-market model is consultative and relationship-driven, supported by website content, LinkedIn presence, community involvement (USDA wetlands field days, an annual $2,500 scholarship), and direct outreach from the two Michigan offices. As of January 1, 2026, HEI transitioned from sole private ownership under Jerry Ford, P.S. to an employee-led ownership group headed by President Eric Osterhaven, P.S. and Vice President Sherry Slocum, with Ford remaining as Board Chairman.

Name

Holland Engineering, Inc.

Legal name

Holland Engineering, Inc.

Website

https://hollandengineering.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Holland Engineering is a 1977-founded, multi-discipline engineering, surveying, and environmental consulting firm serving Energy, Civil Infrastructure, and Government clients nationwide from two Michigan offices, with deep pipeline, geospatial, and permitting expertise.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineering Consulting Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Water, Wastewater & Hydraulics Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAD), Construction Engineering & Constructability Consulting (BPAHAIAN), Geotechnical & Subsurface Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAB)

Keywords

• Engineering consulting services
• Land surveying services
• Environmental permitting support
• Pipeline integrity management
• Geospatial mapping solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Holland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Engineering and Consulting Services: HEI generates revenue by providing fee-based professional engineering, surveying, environmental, and field services to clients across the Energy, Civil Infrastructure, and Government markets. Revenue is earned through project-based engagements, time-and-materials consulting, and fixed-fee contracts for design, surveying, permitting, and construction phase services.
2. Survey Services: Land surveying services including ALTA/NSPS surveys, boundary surveys, topographic surveys, hydrographic surveys, construction layout, and easement exhibits. Both local survey group serving West Michigan property owners and pipeline survey group serving energy clients nationwide generate revenue through project fees.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Holland Engineering, Inc. is a multi-discipline engineering consulting firm offering Civil Engineering, Energy (pipeline), Environmental, Geospatial, and Land Surveying services. The firm delivers integrated surveying, engineering design, permitting, environmental compliance, and construction-phase support to energy companies, developers, and government/municipal clients nationwide, and to West Michigan property owners locally.

Product overview

Holland Engineering, Inc. (HEI) is a full-service engineering consulting firm offering integrated multi-discipline services across five core divisions: Civil Engineering, Energy, Environmental, Geospatial, and Land Surveying. Founded in 1977, the company provides comprehensive project management, engineering design, land surveying, environmental, and field services throughout the energy, civil infrastructure, and government markets. Rather than a unified software product, HEI operates as a service-based consultancy where each division delivers specialized expertise—civil engineering for development and infrastructure projects, energy services for pipeline consulting, environmental for compliance and permitting, geospatial for advanced surveying technologies (Mobile LiDAR, UAS, laser scanning), and land surveying for property and construction surveys. These divisions work collaboratively to provide end-to-end solutions from initial survey through design to construction support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Civil Engineering Services Professional civil engineering solutions for private and commercial development, municipal services, and landfill support, including design, construction-phase services, and permitting assistance for clients in West Michigan and beyond.
• Energy Services Comprehensive pipeline consulting services for oil, petrochemical, and natural gas companies, including survey, engineering design, environmental compliance, HDD design, pipeline integrity management, and FERC filing support across the United States.
• Environmental Services Environmental compliance support including planning and permitting, construction compliance, site feasibility studies, FERC filings, wetland delineation, threatened and endangered species surveys, and field surveys for energy, civil infrastructure, and municipal sector clients.
• Geospatial Services Advanced geospatial solutions including Mobile LiDAR scanning, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAS/drones), 3D laser scanning, orthophotography/photogrammetry, and GIS/ArcGIS Server-based mapping services for detailed site surveys and data collection across energy, civil, and government projects.
• Land Surveying Services Professional land surveying services for West Michigan property owners and nationwide energy clients, including ALTA/NSPS surveys, boundary surveys, topographic surveys, hydrographic surveys, land divisions, construction layout, easement exhibits, elevation certificates, and Letters of Map Amendment.

Quantifiable outcome

• Saginaw Trail Pipeline: $610 million five-year project supported across engineering, surveying, construction, and environmental services
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Stantec: Global engineering consulting firm with significant Energy & Resources practice covering pipeline, environmental, and surveying services for utilities and midstream operators — directly comparable to HEI's pipeline and civil infrastructure work, but at vastly greater scale across North America.
• Tetra Tech: Engineering and consulting firm focused on water, environment, and sustainable infrastructure with strong utility and pipeline client base — overlaps with HEI's environmental, civil infrastructure, and energy divisions on regulated client work.
• Burns & McDonnell: Large, employee-owned engineering firm with deep pipeline, environmental, and survey practices serving gas utilities, midstream operators, and industrial clients — provides the same suite of survey-to-construction services HEI delivers, but with national footprint and far deeper bench.

Direct peers

• TRC Companies: Mid-to-large engineering and consulting firm serving the energy and infrastructure markets with pipeline integrity, environmental, and engineering services — most directly comparable peer on services mix, client profile (utilities/pipelines), and use of integrated environmental and engineering delivery.
• Kleinfelder: Engineering, environmental, and construction services firm with significant pipeline, utility, and infrastructure practice — comparable scale and overlapping service lines including geotechnical, survey, environmental, and pipeline integrity work.
• ENTRUST Solutions Group: Engineering and consulting firm focused on utility and pipeline clients with services spanning pipeline design, integrity management, environmental, and survey — closely mirrors HEI's energy and civil infrastructure delivery model for natural gas utilities and midstream operators.
• NV5 Global: Technical engineering and consulting firm with infrastructure, environmental, and geospatial services — comparable mix of surveying, civil engineering, and utility/infrastructure clients to HEI, though more weighted to public infrastructure markets.

Regional players

• Fishbeck: Michigan-based engineering, architecture, environmental, and surveying firm serving clients in the Midwest — closest geographically and size-comparable peer with overlapping civil, environmental, and surveying capabilities for utilities, municipalities, and developers in West Michigan.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/hollandengineeringservices
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/845367

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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