Brown + Kubican

What Brown + Kubican does

Brown + Kubican, PSC is a privately held structural engineering professional services firm founded in 2000 by Dan Kubican, PE, and Craig Brown, PE. The firm provides comprehensive structural engineering design, analysis, and investigation services across the building lifecycle, including new building design, component engineering, condition assessments, forensic investigations, value engineering, load testing, and litigation support. Headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky with regional offices in Louisville, KY and Chattanooga, TN, Brown + Kubican employs 55 people, including 28 professional engineers, and is the largest Kentucky-based structural engineering firm in the state, with engineers actively licensed in 31 states and territories.

The firm operates a horizontal segmentation strategy spanning more than 16 project categories, with primary focus on civic/community, office/retail, higher education, K-12 education, and healthcare. Named clients include the University of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University, UofL Health, UK Healthcare, Norton Healthcare, Shriners Hospital, the Kentucky State Capitol, Galt House Hotel, ALOFT Hotel, Bluegrass Station, E.W. Brown Generating Station, Alltech, and the Commonwealth Emergency Operations Center. Core technical capabilities span multiple material systems (timber, concrete, masonry, steel, ICF, aluminum, cold-formed metal), BIM-integrated design coordination, embodied carbon assessment under the SE 2050 commitment, steel connection delegated design, and storm shelter design.

Revenue is generated through project-based professional services fees, with project delivery through fast-track, design-bid-build, design-build, and public/private partnership methods. The firm emphasizes consultative sales via direct engagement with architects, contractors, building owners, and developers, supported by referral-driven growth within the A/E/C ecosystem, regional events (e.g., SEAoK Conference), and a multi-channel digital presence (website, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter). Notable partnership alliances include Koetter Woodworking (KRAX barrel storage/rickhouse turnkey solution), AMVIC and NUDURA (ICF wall systems), and the National Ready Mix Concrete Association's Build with Strength Campaign.

Name

Brown + Kubican

Legal name

Brown & Kubican, PSC

Website

https://brownkubican.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Brown + Kubican, PSC is a privately held structural engineering firm providing design, analysis, and investigation services for buildings across 16+ project categories, with 55 staff including 28 licensed engineers and offices in Kentucky and Tennessee.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Structural Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG)

Keywords

• Structural engineering services
• Building design analysis
• Construction support engineering
• Forensic structural investigation
• Value engineering consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Lexington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Structural Engineering Consulting: Professional consulting fees for comprehensive structural engineering design, analysis, and investigation services. Revenue generated through project-based billing for building structure engineering, component design, support engineering, and related services.
2. Specialized Engineering Services: Additional fees for specialized services including condition assessments, forensic investigations, litigation support, value engineering, and load testing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Brown + Kubican is a structural engineering consulting firm that provides comprehensive structural engineering design, analysis, and investigation services. Core offerings are organized into Building & Component Engineering (structural design for building structures, foundations, ICF walls, steel, timber, concrete, masonry, cold-formed metal framing, and specialty structures) and Support Engineering (condition assessments, forensic investigations, value engineering, load testing, vibration studies, litigation support, and storm shelter design). Services are delivered across market sectors including civic, education (K-12 and higher ed), healthcare, commercial office and retail, hospitality, housing, industrial, parking, recreational, religious/cultural, renovation, and defense/critical facilities.

Product overview

Brown + Kubican is a structural engineering firm (not a technology company) that provides comprehensive structural engineering design, analysis, and investigation services. Their core service offerings consist of two main categories: Building & Component Engineering (covering structural design for various building types and material systems including timber, concrete, masonry, and steel) and Support Engineering (covering condition assessments, forensic investigations, value engineering, and specialized analysis). The firm organizes its portfolio into project categories spanning civic/community, civil/geostructures, defense/critical facilities, education (K-12 and higher), healthcare, hospitality, housing, industrial, office/retail, parking structures, recreational/sports, religious/cultural, renovation, repair/restoration, residential, specialty structures, and projects in development. Engineers are licensed in 31 states and territories across the United States.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• BK + Green: Sustainable Design Committee committed to SE 2050: Net Zero Embodied Carbon by 2050

Products and services

• Building & Component Engineering Comprehensive structural engineering design services including building structure engineering, foundation design, aluminum design, cold-formed metal framing, ICF wall systems, industrial structures, pole barns and timber frame, rickhouses, repair and restoration, sculptures, segmental retaining walls, single beam/column/footing design, slotted metal channel framing, sports backstop and light foundations, steel connection delegated design, and stair and rail design. Intended for architects, contractors, building owners, and developers requiring structural engineering consulting for commercial, institutional, and specialty building projects.
• Support Engineering Engineering consultation and analysis services including condition assessments, erection shoring and bracing, feasibility studies, field corrections, forensic investigations, litigation support, load analysis, load testing, OSHA pre-demolition surveys, proprietary system co-development, storm shelter design or peer review, value engineering, and vibration studies. Intended for building owners, contractors, attorneys, and developers needing structural investigation, construction-phase support, or expert analysis.

Quantifiable outcome

• Case study: City Center redesign achieved 6 months schedule reduction and $3 million in savings through value engineering

Named customers16 records

Segments17 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Koetter Woodworking (Koetter Construction)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrown + Kubican partners with Koetter Woodworking through their subsidiary for KRAX barrel storage and rickhouse buildings. This partnership offers a turn-key engineered solution for rickhouse buildings and portable racking through www.kraxbarrelstorage.com.
• National Ready Mix Concrete Association (NRMCA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner through NRMCA's Build with Strength Campaign for ICF wall design services, promoting sustainable concrete construction.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves2 records

Direct peers

• Schaefer (an IMEG company): Structural engineering firm (now part of IMEG) with parallel building-sector expertise including healthcare, higher education, and adaptive reuse. Demonstrates the typical acquisition path for a mid-sized structural consultancy and a comparable operating profile.
• Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates (WJE): National structural engineering consultancy of similar professional-services character, with comparable investigation, forensic, condition assessment, and value engineering offerings. Overlapping service lines and similar project-based delivery make WJE a direct comparable in scope and mix.
• Datum Engineers: Structural engineering consultancy serving commercial, healthcare, and institutional clients with comparable design and investigation services. Similar firm profile in size and service offering mix.
• Wallace Engineering: Structural and civil engineering consultancy with healthcare, education, and civic practices. Operates at a similar size and end-market profile to Brown + Kubican, making it a strong regional comparable.
• Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH): Mid-to-large structural and building envelope engineering firm with parallel investigation, design, and rehabilitation practices. Closely aligned with BK on multi-material structural design (steel, concrete, masonry) and forensic/investigative work.
• Walter P Moore: Structural and civil engineering consultancy serving institutional, healthcare, sports, and civic clients with comparable design and value-engineering services. Larger in scale, but highly analogous in end-markets and delivery model.
• Martin/Martin: Mid-sized structural and civil engineering firm with similar building-type mix including healthcare, education, and civic projects. Closely comparable to BK in size and service breadth, with comparable regional build-out.

Broad incumbents

• Thornton Tomasetti: Global structural engineering consultancy with strong investigative/forensic and large-institutional practices. Competes with BK on larger higher-ed, healthcare, and civic projects and represents the next-tier competitor BK may face as projects scale.
• KPFF Consulting Engineers: Large U.S. structural and civil engineering firm with deep institutional and healthcare practices. Direct overlap in core structural services, though at materially larger scale and broader geographic footprint than BK.
• Arup: Global engineering consultancy with substantial structural design and sustainability practices, including embodied carbon work. Competes on the larger end of BK's institutional pursuits and is a benchmark for sustainability-led engineering delivery.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/brownkubican
• Facebookfacebook.com/brownkubican
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/brown-and-kubican-structural-engineers-psc
• Instagraminstagram.com/brownkubican

Compliance1 record

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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