Ericksen Roed & Associates

What Ericksen Roed & Associates does

Ericksen Roed & Associates, doing business as ERA Structural Engineering, is a privately held structural engineering firm founded in 1984 and headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, with a second office in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The firm provides structural engineering design, peer review, specialty precast engineering, steel connection engineering, and construction administration services across twelve market sectors including healthcare, education, retail, residential, hospitality, fitness/arts/recreation, government, industrial/data centers, life sciences/laboratory, religious, office, and energy. With 80+ employees and engineering licensure in all 50 states, ERA delivers both Engineer-of-Record and specialty precast engineering roles in-house, enabling single-vendor project execution. Its proprietary ER-POST™ precast truss system is a registered trademark used to create column-free long-span construction in hotels, parking structures, and residential developments.

The firm operates an enterprise field-sales go-to-market model, with principals and senior partners maintaining direct relationships with developers, healthcare systems, educational institutions, and large retail chains. Notable long-tenured clients include Target (structural engineer of record on 500+ facilities), Life Time (decades-long multi-campus partnership), HealthPartners, Hennepin Healthcare, Avera Health, Cabela's (28 stores over two decades), the City of Minneapolis/Timberwolves (Target Center arena), and the University of Minnesota. Revenue is generated through project-based professional services engagements with quote-based pricing; the firm does not publicly disclose revenue.

ERA's technology stack centers on Autodesk Revit-based BIM workflows, an internally championed Edge platform for precast design, and proprietary BIM tools developed by Sr. Partner Jamie Richardson (co-author of Mastering Revit Structure). The firm markets through a project portfolio website, AIA-accredited continuing education courses for architects and engineers, industry award submissions (NAIOP, NCSEA, AIA), and LinkedIn-driven employee advocacy. It holds no outside investment, is partner-owned, and has expanded nationally — with active project delivery in 16+ states — while remaining concentrated in the upper Midwest.

Name

Ericksen Roed & Associates

Legal name

ERA Structural Engineering

Website

https://eraeng.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

ERA Structural Engineering is a privately held, 40-year-old structural engineering firm with 80+ employees across two Upper Midwest offices, licensed in all 50 states, providing design, precast specialty, and construction administration services to enterprise clients in healthcare, retail, education, residential, and commercial sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Structural Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Structural & Seismic Retrofit Services (EDAEABAF)

Keywords

• Structural engineering services
• Precast concrete engineering
• BIM structural design
• Building structure analysis
• Construction administration

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Paul

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Structural Engineering Services: Professional structural engineering services including structural design, peer review, specialty precast engineering, and construction administration for commercial and residential projects across various market sectors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ERA Structural Engineering (Ericksen Roed & Associates) is a privately held structural engineering firm providing comprehensive structural design, analysis, peer review, specialty precast engineering, steel connection engineering, and construction administration services for buildings across market sectors including healthcare, education, retail, hospitality, residential, religious, fitness/arts/recreation, government, industrial/data centers, and life sciences. The firm operates from offices in St. Paul, MN and Eau Claire, WI, is licensed in 50 states, and supports projects nationwide through its proprietary ER-POST precast truss system and BIM-based workflows.

Product overview

ERA Structural Engineering is a structural engineering firm offering comprehensive engineering services for the built environment. The company's core offering is structural engineering design and analysis, supplemented by proprietary products like the ER-POST precast truss system and specialty services including steel connection engineering and precast specialty engineering. Services span multiple market sectors including healthcare, education, residential, commercial, hospitality, retail, religious, fitness/arts/recreation, government, industrial/data centers, life sciences/laboratory, and energy. The firm operates from two offices (St. Paul, MN and Eau Claire, WI) and is licensed in 50 states.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ER-POST: ERA's proprietary precast system used in hotel and parking structure construction, enabling rapid construction with flexible architectural and functional requirements.
• ER-POST Truss System

Products and services

• Structural Engineering Services Comprehensive structural engineering services covering design, analysis, and construction administration for buildings and structures across healthcare, education, retail, hospitality, residential, religious, fitness, government, industrial, and life sciences sectors.
• ER-POST Precast Truss System Proprietary precast truss system that allows rapid construction while maintaining flexibility for various architectural and functional requirements, used for long-span applications in hotels, apartments, parking structures, and commercial buildings.
• Specialty Precast Engineering

Quantifiable outcome

• Completed 500+ facilities designed around the country
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• TargetcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerERA has served as structural engineer for over 500 Target facilities across the United States, including new store construction, renovations, and the Katy, TX 145,000 sf store project. This long-term relationship demonstrates ERA's capability to deliver large-scale retail projects consistently.
• Life TimecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDecades-long partnership providing structural engineering for Life Time fitness facilities nationwide including corporate campuses, tennis complexes, and athletic venues. ERA has delivered multiple Life Time projects including Beaverton (OR), Lakeville (MN), Walnut Creek (CA), Chanhassen headquarters, and fitness headquarters projects.
• RSP ArchitectsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on Target stores and the Mills Fleet Farm Parking Garage project adjacent to US Bank Stadium. ERA served as structural engineer while RSP provided architectural design.
• Various Precast ManufacturersmajorTechnology or IntegrationPartnership with precast manufacturers including Molin Concrete, Wells Concrete, Fabcon Precast, and others for precast specialty engineering using ERA's ER-POST system and general structural design services.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Arup: Global engineering consultancy with deep structural engineering capabilities across healthcare, sports, education, and high-rise sectors. Comparable on complex structural design and adaptive reuse work but at materially larger international scale.
• WSP: Global multi-discipline engineering platform that competes for large healthcare, education, transportation, and commercial projects. Represents the broader-incumbent competitive threat for mega-project and multi-discipline work.
• Thornton Tomasetti: Global engineering consultancy with a large structural engineering practice spanning buildings, sports venues, and forensics. Competes for the same complex healthcare, sports, and large-scale commercial work but operates at materially larger scale internationally.

Emerging players

• Ruby + Associates: Structural steel connection and specialty engineering firm. Highly comparable on the steel connection / specialty structural engineering service line that ERA offers through Adam Lindberg and team.

Direct peers

• KPFF Consulting Engineers: Large US structural and civil engineering firm with deep specializations in healthcare, education, retail, and residential sectors. Closely comparable in sector mix, repeat-client model, and Engineer of Record delivery.
• Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA): Seattle-based structural and civil engineering consulting firm of comparable scope across buildings and infrastructure. Most directly comparable structural-only peer at similar size and market-sector breadth.
• Walter P Moore: National structural engineering and diagnostics firm serving healthcare, sports, education, and commercial markets. Comparable in sector mix (healthcare, sports arenas, adaptive reuse) and in delivering Engineer of Record plus specialty engineering.
• Meyer Borgman Johnson: Mid-sized structural engineering firm with a comparable mix of healthcare, education, commercial, and adaptive reuse projects. Direct peer in scale and Midwest-adjacent positioning.
• Datum Engineers: Structural engineering firm with strong portfolios in healthcare, education, sports, and commercial sectors. Closely comparable in project types and Engineer-of-Record-plus-specialty delivery model.
• DCI Engineers: Structural engineering consultancy with comparable sector breadth across healthcare, multifamily, education, and mixed-use. Direct peer in scale and market-sector focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/214557

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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