DSM Design Group

What DSM Design Group does

DSM Design Group, LLC is a privately held, female-owned small business Enterprise headquartered in Jasper, Alabama, that provides professional civil engineering, environmental, mining, structural, and land surveying services. The firm operates as a multi-disciplinary engineering practice organized around six service departments — Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Mining Engineering, Structural Engineering, Laboratory Services, and Land Surveying — delivering site planning, subdivision layout, drainage and roadway design, wetland delineation, NPDES and Section 404/402 permitting, mining permits (ASMC, ADEM, MSHA, USACE), structural foundation and framing design, geotechnical and environmental laboratory testing, and GPS, topographic, boundary, and construction layout surveys.

The firm's underlying technology stack is conventional engineering infrastructure rather than software: AutoCAD Map 5 and serviced XML for construction drawings, GPS and robotic surveying instrumentation for field data capture, color graphic printing for design plots, and electronic file/data transfer capabilities including CD-ROM output. The company is led by founder/owner David Marx and draws on what it describes as over 40 years of combined engineering experience across the team and over 30 years within the Civil Engineering Department.

DSM Design Group generates revenue through project-based professional services contracts — consulting fees, design contracts, permitting engagements, and surveying work — with custom quote-based pricing and multi-year contract cadences. Its go-to-market is sales-led and direct, relying on its website, phone, and email inquiries rather than broad digital marketing. The firm serves commercial and residential developers, government and public-sector clients (including schools and municipalities), and mining and quarry operators primarily across Alabama and the broader Southeast United States. No funding rounds, acquisitions, partnerships, patents, or leadership changes beyond the founder were disclosed in the source materials.

Name

DSM Design Group

Legal name

DSM Design Group, LLC

Website

https://dsmdg.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

DSM Design Group is a female-owned Alabama engineering and surveying firm delivering civil, environmental, mining, structural, laboratory, and land surveying services to commercial developers, government entities, and mining operators across the Southeast US.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Engineering Services

NAICS

Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (54137), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Geotechnical & Subsurface Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAB), Water, Wastewater & Stormwater Compliance (BPAHAJAJ)

Keywords

• Civil engineering services
• Land surveying services
• Environmental consulting
• Mining engineering
• Structural engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

Jasper

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Engineering Services: DSM Design Group generates revenue through providing professional engineering and surveying services including civil engineering, environmental consulting, mining engineering, structural engineering, laboratory testing, and land surveying. Revenue is project-based, earned through consulting fees, design contracts, permitting services, and surveying work for government and commercial clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

DSM Design Group, LLC provides professional civil engineering and land surveying services through six departments: Civil Engineering (site planning, drainage, roadway design, subdivision layout, stormwater permitting), Environmental Engineering (wetland delineation, Section 404/402 permitting, NPDES, Phase I/II assessments), Mining Engineering (mine design, ASMC/ADEM/MSHA permitting, production estimates), Structural Engineering (foundation design, framing analysis, inspections), Laboratory Services (soil classification, concrete testing, NPDES monitoring), and Land Surveying (GPS, boundary, topographic, construction layout, hydrographic surveys). Services are delivered under project-based consulting contracts for commercial, residential, government, and mining clients.

Product overview

DSM Design Group, LLC is a female-owned small business providing professional engineering and surveying services. The company offers six core service departments: Civil Engineering Services for site development and infrastructure design, Environmental Engineering for mitigation and permitting, Mining Engineering for quarry consulting, Structural Engineering for building design, Laboratory Services for geotechnical testing, and Land Surveying for GPS and boundary surveys. These services operate as an integrated professional engineering practice supporting commercial, residential, and industrial development projects throughout Alabama.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Civil Engineering Services Comprehensive civil engineering services including site planning, subdivision layout, drainage structure design, detention/retention pond design, erosion and sediment control plans, flood evaluation and analysis, geotechnical investigation, grading plans, recreational facility design, retaining wall design, roadway analysis and design, sediment basin design, storm water permitting and inspection, traffic engineering, water/gas/sewer design, and wetland delineation for commercial and residential projects.
• Environmental Engineering Services Environmental consulting and mitigation services including wetland delineation, Section 404/402 permitting, NPDES permitting, Phase I/II site assessments, and underground storage tank management for construction and development projects.
• Mining Engineering Services Mining and quarry consulting services including permitting through ASMC, ADEM, and MSHA, mine design and layout, production estimates, MSHA impoundment designs, and blasting plans for mining companies and quarry operators in Alabama.
• Structural Engineering Services Structural consulting and design for commercial and residential applications including structural foundation design, framing analysis, existing structure inspection, and prefabricated metal building foundation design.
• Laboratory Services Geotechnical and environmental laboratory testing including soil classification, concrete testing, sieve analysis, hydrometer analysis, water analysis, and NPDES monitoring supporting engineering departments and construction projects.
• Land Surveying Services Professional surveying services including GPS surveys, land boundary surveys, topographic surveys, construction layout surveys, mine surveys, FEMA LOMA applications, and hydrographic surveys using state-of-the-art robotic and GPS instrumentation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 40 years of combined engineering experience available to accommodate design demands
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 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

Feature4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Neel-Schaffer: Jackson, Mississippi-headquartered engineering firm with Alabama offices providing civil, environmental, structural, and surveying services across the Southeast. Direct competitor for Alabama DOT, municipal, and developer contracts.
• T. Baker Smith: Louisiana-headquartered multi-discipline engineering and surveying firm with offices across the Gulf Coast. Comparable in full-service civil/surveying practice serving developers and public-sector clients in adjacent Southeastern markets.
• Volkert Inc. Mobile, Alabama-headquartered engineering, environmental, and construction services firm with a strong Southeast footprint. Direct peer given overlapping civil, environmental, mining-related, and surveying capabilities serving Alabama clients.
• Goodwyn Mills Cawood (GMC): Alabama-based architecture and engineering firm providing civil, environmental, structural, and surveying services across the Southeast. Closely matches DSM in geographic focus and integrated design service offering.
• Building & Earth Sciences: Birmingham, Alabama-headquartered geotechnical, environmental, and materials engineering firm with civil engineering support. Comparable in Alabama base, mining and construction-sector clients, and laboratory service line.
• Sain Associates: Birmingham, Alabama-based civil and structural engineering firm with surveying capabilities. Comparable in size, geography, and multi-discipline service mix targeting Alabama developers, municipalities, and institutions.
• Thompson Engineering: Mobile, Alabama-headquartered multi-discipline engineering firm offering civil, environmental, structural, and surveying services across the Gulf Coast and Southeast. Directly comparable to DSM in geography, service mix, and target clients (commercial developers, government, industrial).

Broad incumbents

• Terracon Consultants: National geotechnical, environmental, and construction-materials engineering firm with Alabama offices. Overlaps with DSM's geotechnical investigation, lab testing, and environmental services but at much greater scale across multiple states.
• Kleinfelder: National engineering, environmental, and infrastructure consulting firm with a strong presence across the Southeast. Overlaps with DSM's environmental, civil, and geotechnical capabilities but as a broad, diversified practice.

Emerging players

• TTL (Tecta Total Land & Engineering, Inc.) / TTL Inc. Multi-discipline engineering, environmental, and surveying firm in the Southeast offering geotechnical, civil, and laboratory services similar to DSM, but operating across multiple offices rather than a single regional base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dsm-design-group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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