Alliance Consulting Engineers, Inc.

What Alliance Consulting Engineers, Inc. does

Alliance Consulting Engineers, Inc. is a privately held civil and environmental engineering consulting firm headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina, founded in 2004 by Deepal S. Eliatamby, P.E. The firm provides fee-for-service professional engineering consulting across nine core service lines: Construction Services, Grants administration, Industrial Services, Land Planning & Site Design, Railway Design, Roadway Design, Solid Waste Management, Stormwater Management, and Water & Wastewater. Service delivery spans the full project lifecycle from conceptual planning through design, permitting, and construction administration, with the firm particularly differentiated by 200+ years of combined staff experience in land planning and site design and 20+ years of landfill monitoring expertise.

The firm's underlying technology stack is built on industry-standard civil engineering design tools — AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Land Development software, and NRCS hydrologic modeling methodology — applied to projects ranging from one-acre sites to industrial parks exceeding 1,000 acres and facilities over two million square feet. The firm holds professional engineering licensure across South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee, and maintains established working relationships with Class I railroads CSX and Norfolk Southern for railway design work.

Alliance Consulting Engineers generates revenue through project-based professional service fees quoted per engagement based on scope, complexity, and regulatory requirements. Its customer base spans four primary vertical segments: government entities (county governments, municipalities, school districts), industrial clients (ranging from family-owned operations to Fortune 500 companies), residential developers, and commercial developers. The firm operates from five regional offices (Columbia, Charleston, Greenville, Bluffton in SC; Charlotte in NC) and pursues clients via direct enterprise field sales, professional association participation, economic development event sponsorship, and earned-media recognition including repeated Inc. 5000 and Engineering News-Record top design firm rankings.

Name

Alliance Consulting Engineers, Inc.

Legal name

Alliance Consulting Engineers, Inc.

Website

https://alliancece.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Alliance Consulting Engineers is a privately held civil and environmental engineering consulting firm serving government, industrial, commercial, and residential clients across the Southeastern United States from five offices in South Carolina and North Carolina.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bluffton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 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 Consulting Services: Fee-for-service professional engineering consulting covering planning, design, permitting, and construction administration for civil engineering projects including site development, water, wastewater, roadway, storm drainage, and solid waste facilities

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Alliance Consulting Engineers, Inc. is a multi-disciplined civil and environmental engineering consulting firm providing planning, design, permitting, and construction administration services. Core offerings include Land Planning & Site Design, Water & Wastewater, Roadway Design, Railway Design, Stormwater Management, Solid Waste Management, Industrial Services, Grants Services, and Construction Services for government entities, developers, and industrial clients across the Southeastern United States.

Product overview

Alliance Consulting Engineers, Inc. is a multi-disciplined civil engineering and environmental engineering firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of services organized into core service lines and sub-services. The firm's core offerings include Construction Services, Grants Services, Industrial Services, Land Planning & Site Design, Railway Design, Roadway Design, Solid Waste Management, Stormwater Management, and Water & Wastewater services. Industrial Services encompasses Design (Distribution Centers, Speculative Buildings), Master Planning & Design, and Site Certification. Land Planning & Site Design is the largest category covering Commercial (Automobile Dealerships, Financial Institutions), Environmental Assessments, Industrial, Institutional (Administrative/Municipal, Educational, Medical, Parking Garages, Religious), Recreational, and Residential (Single-Family, Multi-Family) site design. Water & Wastewater includes Water Supply & Treatment, Water Distribution & Storage, Wastewater Collection Systems, Wastewater Treatment, Wastewater Disposal, Master Plan & Feasibility Studies, and Financial Analysis & Rate Studies. Solid Waste Management covers Landfill Facilities, Landfill Monitoring, Solid Waste Management Plans, and Specialized Solid Waste Facilities. The firm operates from five regional offices serving the Southeastern United States.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Construction Services
• Grants Services
• Industrial Services
• Land Planning & Site Design
• Railway Design
• Roadway Design
• Solid Waste Management
• Stormwater Management
• Water & Wastewater

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully completed industrial facilities up to 2 million square feet for Fortune 500 companies
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 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

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC)minorOthersNational membership organization for the engineering industry; Alliance Consulting Engineers maintains membership and participates in ACEC activities and events
• American Public Works Association (APWA)minorOthersProfessional association for public works professionals; company maintains membership and participates in APWA at national and state chapter levels (North Carolina and South Carolina)
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)minorOthersProfessional society for civil engineers; company and leadership maintain active involvement including Zone II representation, committee participation, and younger member forums
• American Water Works Association (AWWA)minorOthersProfessional association for water works professionals; company maintains membership and participates in AWWA at national and state levels
• U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)minorOthersOrganization promoting sustainable building practices; company provides LEED certification assistance services and staff familiar with LEED requirements and point systems
• CSXcoreTechnology or IntegrationMajor railway corporation provider; Alliance Consulting Engineers has established and maintains an excellent ongoing working relationship with CSX for railway design projects
• Norfolk SoutherncoreTechnology or IntegrationMajor railway corporation provider; Alliance Consulting Engineers has established and maintains an excellent ongoing working relationship with Norfolk Southern for railway design projects

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Davis & Floyd: South Carolina-based civil engineering firm with comparable service lines including water/wastewater, transportation, and site development. Direct regional competitor in the Carolinas market.
• Thomas & Hutton: Southeast-based multi-discipline engineering firm with comparable civil engineering, water/wastewater, land planning, and site design services across SC, NC, GA, and surrounding states.
• Seamon, Whiteside & Associates: South Carolina-headquartered civil engineering and land planning firm. Direct competitor in land planning, site design, and infrastructure services across the Carolinas.
• ESP Associates: Charlotte, NC-headquartered multi-discipline engineering firm serving Carolinas and Southeast. Overlapping service lines in civil engineering, site design, and infrastructure.

Broad incumbents

• Woolpert: National architecture, engineering, and geospatial firm with significant Carolinas presence. Overlaps with Alliance on civil engineering, water/wastewater, and site design, but operates at substantially larger scale.
• Kimley-Horn: National planning and engineering consulting firm with deep Carolinas presence. Competes on site design, transportation, water/wastewater, and land development, but as a much larger multi-region platform.
• Stantec: Global engineering, architecture, and environmental firm. Competes on water/wastewater, infrastructure, and environmental services in the Carolinas as a broad incumbent with vastly greater scale.
• HDR Inc. Global engineering and architecture firm. Overlaps on water/wastewater, transportation, and solid waste engineering work in the Southeast, but serves a much broader national portfolio.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with active water, environment, and transportation practices in the Carolinas. Represents large-scale competition for major municipal and industrial infrastructure work.

Regional players

• W.K. Dickson & Co. Southeast-focused utility and infrastructure engineering firm with deep water/wastewater expertise. Direct overlap on municipal water and wastewater consulting, primarily serving clients in the Carolinas and Mid-Atlantic.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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