Alpha Associates

What Alpha Associates does

Alpha Associates, Inc. is a privately held, integrated architecture and engineering firm founded in 1969 and headquartered in Morgantown, West Virginia, with a second office in Martinsburg. The firm delivers five core professional services — Architecture, Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Surveying, and state-mandated Above Ground Storage Tank Inspection — applied across six verticals: Academic, Commercial, Healthcare, Government, Sports & Recreation, and Historic Preservation. Its technology stack centers on Building Information Modeling (BIM) for architectural coordination, AutoCAD Civil 3D for civil/site design, and total stations with electronic distance measurement (EDM) plus GPS for surveying and stake-out.

Revenue is generated entirely through project-based professional services fees, priced via custom quotes with no standardized rate card disclosed publicly. The go-to-market motion is enterprise field sales: direct client engagement for private work and competitive bidding (supported by an online bid-center portal) for public sector contracts. Customer segments skew heavily toward West Virginia public-sector and institutional anchors — notably West Virginia University, Jefferson County Schools, Monongalia County Schools, West Virginia state agencies (e.g., the $24.9M Clarksburg State Office Building), and healthcare providers such as Monongalia General Hospital ($70M addition) and WVU Hospitals. Service geography spans West Virginia and adjacent Mid-Atlantic states (Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, Virginia).

The firm is management-led, with no external private equity or venture capital investors indicated. Leadership comprises President/COO Richard Colebank (with the firm since 1985), Principal Senior Civil Engineer Chuck Branch, Principal Structural Engineer Matthew Echard (joined 2016), and Director of Architecture Rebecca Key (joined 2000). Notable strategic positioning includes a design-collaboration partnership with POPULOUS on the WVU Hazel Ruby McQuain Equine Education & Research Center, evidencing Alpha's ability to anchor specialized national-firm collaborations as lead architect and project engineer.

Name

Alpha Associates

Legal name

Alpha Associates, Inc.

Website

https://thinkalphafirst.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Alpha Associates is a Morgantown, West Virginia-based integrated architecture and engineering firm founded in 1969, serving public agencies, educational institutions, healthcare systems, and private developers across West Virginia and adjacent Mid-Atlantic states with architecture, structural, civil, surveying, and storage tank inspection services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural & Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Architectural Services (541310), Building Inspection Services (541350)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Structural engineering services
• Civil engineering services
• Land surveying services
• Historic preservation design

Headquarters

HQ city

Morgantown

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architecture Services: Project-based fees for architectural design services including schematic design, design development, construction documents, and construction administration for commercial, institutional, and government buildings
2. Civil Engineering Services: Engineering fees for site development, stormwater management, infrastructure planning, and land planning projects
3. Structural Engineering Services: Engineering fees for structural design, foundation design, structural assessments, and seismic retrofitting for buildings and bridges
4. Surveying Services: Land surveying and construction stake-out services using advanced GPS and EDM technology
5. Above Ground Storage Tank Inspection: Inspection and registration services for above-ground storage tanks as required by West Virginia state regulations, including paperwork handling

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Alpha Associates, Inc. is an integrated architecture and engineering firm providing architectural design, structural engineering, civil engineering, land surveying, and above-ground storage tank inspection services. The firm delivers multi-discipline design solutions for academic, commercial, healthcare, government, sports & recreation, and historic preservation projects, primarily across West Virginia and surrounding states, using BIM, AutoCAD Civil 3D, GPS, and EDM-based surveying technology.

Product overview

Alpha Associates is an architecture and engineering firm offering integrated professional services rather than a software product platform. The core offering consists of Architecture Services and Structural Engineering Services supported by Civil Engineering Services, Surveying Services, and Above Ground Storage Tank Inspection. These services are applied across six distinct industry verticals: Academic Projects, Commercial Projects, Healthcare Projects, Government Projects, Sports & Recreational Projects, and Historic Preservation Projects. The firm's integrated approach enables collaboration between architects, civil engineers, and structural engineers on projects from concept through construction.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Services Comprehensive architectural design including innovative, sustainable design solutions tailored to client vision, space planning, and aesthetic integration for commercial, government, healthcare, and academic projects.
• Structural Engineering Services Expert structural engineering for robust, safe, and cost-effective structures, including foundation design, structural assessments, bridge design, seismic retrofitting, and multi-span bridge projects.
• Civil Engineering Services Civil engineering specializing in site development, infrastructure planning, stormwater management, and land planning tailored to West Virginia terrain and environmental needs.
• Surveying Services Precise land surveying and construction stake-out services using state-of-the-art equipment including total stations with EDM, GPS, and AutoCAD Civil 3D software.
• Above Ground Storage Tank Inspection Comprehensive inspection and registration of above-ground storage tanks as required by the State of West Virginia, including paperwork handling and state-mandated registration.

Quantifiable outcome

• 95% of building materials salvaged and recycled during Clarksburg State Office Building demolition
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments6 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

One partnership is on record.

• POPULOUSsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPOPULOUS, described as world-renowned in equine facilities, partnered with Alpha Associates as a design collaborator on the WVU Reedsville Farm Hazel Ruby McQuain Equine Education & Research Center project. Alpha served as lead architect and project engineer while leveraging POPULOUS's specialized expertise in equine facility design.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Strengths4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/thinkalphafirst
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/alpha-associates-incorporated

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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