SCM Architects

What SCM Architects does

SCM Architects (legal name: Steelman Connell Moseley Architects) is a private architecture and interior design firm founded in 1985 by Mike Steelman in Little Rock, Arkansas. The firm provides integrated design services across four primary verticals: higher education (residence halls, academic buildings, student centers, recreation facilities, Greek housing), commercial development (corporate offices, dealerships, amphitheaters, restaurants, animal shelters), historic preservation (exterior restoration, adaptive reuse, Secretary of the Interior Standards compliance), and interior design (space planning, finishes, furnishings, lighting). Service delivery runs from concept through construction administration, and the firm maintains LEED-accredited sustainable design expertise, evidenced by a LEED Silver-certified corporate campus for Garver USA.

The firm operates two studios: the home office at 1400 Kirk Road in West Little Rock (relocated in 2016) and the Fayetteville Studio at 28 East Center Street (launched June 2011 to serve Northwest Arkansas). Headcount sits in the 11-50 range, organized around six principals (John Connell, Brad Place, Ken Amburgy, Jonathan Nichols, Scott Leonard, and Diane Vandenberg) who lead specialized studios including historic restoration, medical design, food service, and the Fayetteville operation. The firm leverages industry-standard design and CAD software, with Jared Davenport leading design technology and digital documentation.

Revenue is generated through project-based professional services fees negotiated per engagement, with no public pricing tiers. GTM is direct relationship-driven sales to university administrators, corporate clients, municipal governments, and institutional buyers in Arkansas, secured through reputation, referrals, and competitive bidding for public-sector work. The firm is privately held by its principals with no institutional investment, no parent company, and no public listing. Notable project scale includes the $17.2M Hotz Honors Hall renovation at the University of Arkansas (Phoenix Award recipient, 2013), the LEED Silver Garver USA corporate campus, and the Huckeba Field House at Harding University (77,000+ SF, largest NCAA Division II indoor practice facility).

Name

SCM Architects

Legal name

Steelman Connell Moseley Architects

Website

https://scmarchitects.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Interior Design Services (54141)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

Keywords

• Architecture design services
• Higher education facilities
• Historic building restoration
• Commercial architecture design
• Interior design services

Headquarters

HQ city

Little Rock

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Professional architecture fees charged for project design, ranging from small residential and commercial projects to large-scale higher education facilities, historic restorations, and commercial developments. Revenue is project-based with fees negotiated per engagement.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SCM Architects is a professional architecture and design firm that delivers integrated architecture, interior design, historic restoration, and commercial development services from concept through construction administration. The firm's core offerings span education facilities (residence halls, academic buildings, student centers, recreation facilities, Greek housing, dining venues), commercial developments (corporate offices, dealerships, amphitheaters, restaurants, animal shelters), interior design across commercial/educational/residential spaces, and historic preservation work meeting the Secretary of the Interior Standards. Services are billed as project-based professional architecture fees negotiated per engagement.

Product overview

SCM Architects is an architecture and design firm offering a unified suite of services including Education Architecture, Commercial Development, Interior Design, Historic Restoration, and Dining Facilities Design. Founded in 1985 and celebrating 40 years in business, the firm operates from two Arkansas studios (Little Rock and Fayetteville) and serves clients across higher education, healthcare, commercial, and public sectors. The company's integrated service approach combines architectural design with interior design capabilities, providing comprehensive project delivery from concept through construction administration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Education Architecture Services Design and development of educational facilities including universities, colleges, and schools. Services encompass new construction, renovation, and adaptive reuse of residence halls, academic buildings, student centers, recreation facilities, Greek housing, and campus dining facilities.
• Commercial Development Architecture Design services for commercial properties including corporate offices, retail spaces, animal shelters, automotive dealerships, and amphitheaters. Includes sustainable-certified (LEED) commercial design and adaptive reuse of existing commercial structures.
• Interior Design Services Interior design services for commercial, educational, and residential spaces including space planning, finishes, furnishings, and lighting design. Provides integrated architecture-plus-interiors delivery as part of SCM's unified service model.
• Historic Restoration Services Historic preservation and restoration services for aging structures, including exterior restoration and adaptive reuse projects compliant with the Secretary of the Interior Standards. Led by the Historic Restoration Studio under Principal John Connell.
• Dining Facilities Design Specialized design of dining venues including campus bistros, restaurants, and food service facilities, led by Associate Diane Vandenberg. Includes food service planning, dining room layouts, and kitchen support space design.

Quantifiable outcome

• Phoenix Award from Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce for Hotz Honors Hall $17.2M renovation project
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Shelter Planners of AmericaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSCM collaborated with Shelter Planners of America on the Springdale Animal Shelter project. Together they developed a needs assessment and feasibility study for the City of Springdale to replace their existing shelter, resulting in a spacious new facility.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• SmithGroup: National integrated design firm with deep higher education and campus planning practice; competes on larger university commissions that fall outside SCM's scale ceiling.
• Wight & Company: Mid-sized architecture and engineering firm with a higher education and community-focused portfolio; overlaps with SCM on campus student life and dining facility design at comparable mid-market scale.
• Lake|Flato Architects: Texas-based architecture firm nationally recognized for sustainable design and contextual regional modernism — comparable philosophy and LEED expertise, though broader geographic reach and larger project scale.
• Perkins&Will: Global architecture practice with a dominant higher education practice; frequently retained by universities for major campus projects that compete with the institutional work SCM pursues at the mid-market level.
• Moody Nolan: Largest African-American-owned US design firm with substantial higher education practice; competes on university student centers, residence halls, and recreation facilities at the larger end of the market.
• HKS Architects: Major US architecture firm with one of the largest higher education and healthcare practices; competes with SCM on university student life and residence hall projects at larger scale.

Direct peers

• Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects: Little Rock-based architecture firm with comparable higher education, civic, and commercial portfolios across Arkansas. Most direct regional competitor with similar size, two-office Arkansas presence, and overlapping institutional client base.
• Allison+Partners Architecture: Arkansas architecture firm working in higher education, healthcare, and commercial sectors — direct regional overlap with SCM on university and institutional commissions.
• Crafton Tull & Associates: Arkansas-headquartered architecture and engineering firm serving higher education, healthcare, and commercial clients across the state. Comparable scale and full-service design capabilities.
• Witsell Evans Rasco Architects/Preservation Services: Little Rock historic preservation architecture firm that overlaps directly with SCM's Historic Restoration Studio on adaptive reuse, Secretary of the Interior Standards work, and Arkansas institutional restoration projects.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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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