What Uzun + Case does

Uzun + Case is a structural engineering consultancy founded in 1993 in Atlanta by Tamer Uzun, Jim Case, Martin Cuadra, and Larry McDowell. The firm provides structural design, analysis, and construction administration services for commercial, healthcare, higher education, hospitality, civic, and mixed-use projects. It has completed more than 11,000 projects across 42 states and the Caribbean, with project construction costs ranging from $8 million to over $550 million and footprints from 5,000 to over 2.5 million square feet. The firm has 70+ employees including 12 partners across three offices (Atlanta headquarters, Raleigh opened 2014, Chicago opened 2025).

The firm's core offering is delivered as professional services revenue, with fees structured per project based on scope, complexity, and construction cost. Core technical capabilities span high-rise design, prestressed and post-tensioned concrete, structural steel, seismic and wind engineering, progressive collapse analysis, vibration analysis, and structural investigation/forensic work. Production is built on REVIT Structure BIM with parametric modeling and structural optimization techniques; the firm is an early BIM adopter (first REVIT project in 2006) and joined the SE 2050 Commitment Program in 2021 to advance embodied-carbon reduction and low-carbon concrete specification. Notable signature projects include the Georgia Aquarium ($290M, 2005), NCR Headquarters, 1105 West Peachtree (Google), Microsoft Atlantic Yards, Piedmont Atlanta Hospital Marcus Tower, Midtown Union (MetLife), Truist Securities Headquarters, and Georgia Tech Kendeda Building (LBC 3.0 certified).

The go-to-market is enterprise field sales through direct engagement with developers, owners, architects, and general contractors during design phases, supported by a 150+ design award portfolio, professional society participation (SEAOG, ACI, AISC, ACEC, ASCE, International Code Committee), and community outreach programs. Customer mix is diversified across Healthcare (Piedmont, Grady, CHOA), Higher Education (Georgia Tech, UNC, Emory, Kennesaw State), Technology (Google, Microsoft, NCR), Financial Services (Truist, MetLife), Hospitality (FORTH, Omni, Wind Creek, Thompson Nashville), and Sports/Entertainment (Atlanta United FC, Georgia Aquarium). The firm operates as a privately held LLC with no external parent, private equity, or venture capital backing; ownership transition has occurred through founder retirements (Tamer Uzun 2018, Larry McDowell 2023) and expansion of the principal group.

Name

Uzun + Case

Legal name

UZUN + CASE, LLC

Website

https://uzuncase.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Uzun + Case is a private structural engineering consultancy founded in 1993 in Atlanta, providing design, analysis, and construction administration for commercial, healthcare, higher education, and hospitality projects. The firm employs 70+ staff across three U.S. offices and has completed 11,000+ projects across 42 states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Structural Engineering Consulting Services: Professional services revenue generated through structural engineering design, analysis, and construction administration services for commercial construction projects. Projects range from $8 million to $550 million in construction cost. Revenue is project-based, earned through design fees on major construction projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Uzun + Case provides structural engineering consulting services including design, analysis, and construction administration for commercial, institutional, healthcare, higher education, hospitality, mixed-use, and residential buildings. Services span all major construction materials (concrete, steel, masonry, timber, mass timber) and structural systems, with specialized capabilities in post-tensioned concrete, seismic and wind engineering, sustainable design, progressive collapse analysis, vibration analysis, and forensic investigation of existing structures. The firm also delivers projects through design-build and integrated project delivery methods.

Product overview

Uzun + Case is a structural engineering firm offering comprehensive engineering services as a single integrated practice. The firm's core offering consists of structural engineering design services encompassing all building types (commercial, healthcare, higher education, hospitality, mixed-use, residential, and institutional) and construction materials (concrete, steel, masonry, timber, and mass timber). Their service portfolio includes specialized modules such as Advanced Structural Analysis (including BIM/REVIT parametric modeling and vibration analysis), High-Rise Building Design, Prestressed/Post-Tensioned Concrete Design, Sustainable Design Services (with SE 2050 Commitment and Carbon Cure low-carbon concrete implementation), Seismic Engineering, Wind Engineering, Structural Investigation/forensic analysis, Progressive Collapse Analysis, and Structural Steel Design. The firm delivers projects through traditional design-bid-build and Design-Build delivery methods, with services spanning from conceptual design through construction administration. Founded in 1993, the firm has over 70 employees across offices in Atlanta, Chicago, and Raleigh, completing more than 11,000 projects across 42 states.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Structural Engineering Design and Consulting Services Comprehensive structural engineering services including design, analysis, and construction administration for commercial, institutional, healthcare, higher education, hospitality, mixed-use, and residential buildings across all major construction materials and structural systems.
• Structural Investigation and Forensic Assessment Forensic investigation and structural assessment services for existing buildings including condition assessments, structural restoration design, and rehabilitation engineering for renovation, retrofit, and adaptive reuse projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• Completed 11,000+ projects with construction costs exceeding $500 million
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Walter P Moore: Walter P Moore is a national structural engineering and diagnostics firm with comparable scope across high-rise, healthcare, sports, and higher education projects. Its diagnostics/investigation practice closely mirrors Uzun + Case's forensic work.
• Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA): MKA is a structural and civil engineering consultancy with deep expertise in high-rise, seismic, and innovative structural systems, directly comparable to Uzun + Case's high-rise and prestressed concrete portfolio.
• Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH): SGH is a structural engineering firm with strong investigation, failure analysis, and adaptive reuse practices that closely parallel Uzun + Case's forensic and renovation capabilities.
• Thornton Tomasetti: Thornton Tomasetti is a global structural engineering firm with comparable high-rise, forensic, and advanced-analysis services. Operates at larger scale and broader service breadth than Uzun + Case.
• Severud Associates: Severud is a New York-based structural engineering consulting firm of similar scale, focused on innovative structural design for complex buildings — a direct analog in size, scope, and project complexity.
• DeSimone Consulting Engineers: DeSimone is a structural engineering firm with comparable high-rise, mixed-use, and hospitality expertise and similar size, headquartered in NYC with multiple U.S. offices.
• Datum Engineers: Datum Engineers is a mid-size structural engineering consultancy serving commercial, healthcare, and higher education clients in the U.S., with comparable project scale and delivery model.
• Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates (WJE): WJE is a structural engineering firm with a particularly strong forensic investigation and existing-structure assessment practice — closely aligned with Uzun + Case's "structural investigation" and forensic service line.
• KPFF Consulting Engineers: KPFF is a large U.S. structural and civil engineering firm operating across multiple West Coast and U.S. offices, comparable in service mix and project type (commercial, healthcare, education).

Broad incumbents

• Buro Happold: Buro Happold is a global engineering consultancy with a significant structural engineering practice serving high-rise, cultural, and education projects — operates at much larger scale and broader service portfolio than Uzun + Case.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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