Apex Engineering Group

What Apex Engineering Group does

Apex Engineering Group is a privately held civil engineering consulting firm founded in November 2010 and headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota. The firm delivers planning, design, and construction-administration services across seven practice areas — water (wastewater, drinking water, water resources), transportation, municipal, environmental, survey, electrical, and right of way — for municipal, county, and state government clients across North Dakota and Minnesota. Notable technical differentiators include horizontal directional drilling (HDD) trenchless installation work on wastewater collection systems, GIS analysis capabilities, and recognized innovation on marquee projects such as the first-of-its-kind Dickinson Water Reclamation Facility and Moorhead's 750,000-gallon tank (2021 Tnemec Tank of the Year).

The company operates through seven offices (Fargo HQ, Bismarck, Dickinson, Minot, Detroit Lakes, St. Cloud, and Minnetonka) and has grown from a founding team to 100+ employees. Revenue is generated on a project-based professional services model under competitive bidding processes (e.g., QuestCDN for public works), targeting the procurement budgets of government entities rather than commercial customers. Long-duration client relationships span core accounts such as the Cities of Fargo, Minot, Dickinson, and Moorhead alongside the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) and Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT).

Ownership is private with apparent employee-shareholder participation (Brent Muscha became an associate owner in 2018; Derek Anderson became a partner/owner in 2021; Michael Quamme became a shareholder in 2022). No parent company, institutional investor, or acquisition activity is disclosed. Growth has been organic and consistently recognized externally: the firm has placed on the Prairie Business 50 Best Places to Work list for nine consecutive years (2017-2025), received back-to-back PSMJ Premier Client Satisfaction Awards (2024-2025), and accumulated numerous ACEC, APWA, NDSPE, and Tnemec industry honors.

Name

Apex Engineering Group

Legal name

Apex Engineering Group

Website

https://apexenggroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Apex Engineering Group is a Fargo, ND-based civil engineering consulting firm providing planning, design, and construction-administration services in water, transportation, municipal, environmental, survey, electrical, and right-of-way for municipal, county, and state DOT clients across North Dakota and Minnesota.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Engineering Consulting

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Construction Management & Delivery (EPCM/CMAR/Design-Build Oversight) (EUANALAE)

Keywords

• Civil engineering consulting
• Water resource engineering
• Transportation engineering
• Municipal infrastructure
• Land surveying services

Headquarters

HQ city

Fargo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consulting Services: Professional engineering services billed on a project basis for municipal, county, and state government clients. Services include planning, design, and construction administration for water, transportation, municipal, electrical, environmental, and survey projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Apex Engineering Group is a civil engineering consulting firm that delivers planning, design, and construction administration services across water, transportation, municipal, environmental, survey, electrical, and right-of-way practice areas. The firm serves municipal, county, and state government clients across North Dakota and Minnesota, executing project-based infrastructure work from water towers and wastewater treatment facilities to highway reconstruction and municipal utilities.

Product overview

Apex Engineering Group is a civil engineering consulting firm that provides comprehensive engineering services across multiple practice areas. The company operates a multi-service platform offering Water, Transportation, Municipal, Environmental, Survey, Electrical, and Right of Way engineering services. These service lines work together to deliver integrated infrastructure solutions for clients across North Dakota and Minnesota.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Water Engineering Services
• Transportation Engineering Services
• Municipal Engineering Services
• Environmental Services
• Survey Services
• Electrical Engineering Services
• Right of Way Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 9 consecutive years on Prairie Business 50 Best Places to Work list
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• City of FargocoreOthers · 1 April 2026Long-term municipal client relationship with multiple project awards including the 2.5 MG water tower, 13th Avenue South, and 32nd Avenue South projects. Apex provides comprehensive engineering services from planning through construction.
• City of MinotcoreOthers · 1 April 2026Municipal client for major infrastructure projects including Burdick Expressway Reconstruction, wastewater collection system with trenchless technology, and 16th Street SW Reconstruction. Multiple award-winning projects.
• North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT)coreOthers · 1 April 2026State agency client for transportation infrastructure projects. Collaborative relationships on major road reconstruction and transportation projects throughout North Dakota.
• Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT)coreOthers · 1 April 2026State agency client for transportation projects in Minnesota including Highway 2 projects and various MnDOT district projects.
• City of DickinsoncoreOthers · 1 April 2026Municipal client for award-winning projects including the first-of-its-kind Water Reclamation Facility and Dickinson Reuse Booster Station.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• KLJ Engineering: Bismarck-headquartered civil engineering firm offering water, transportation, municipal, environmental, and survey services across the Upper Midwest. Direct regional competitor for the same municipal and DOT clients Apex serves.
• Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services (AE2S): Grand Forks, ND-based civil/environmental engineering firm with strong municipal water and wastewater practices in North Dakota and Minnesota. Highly comparable on service mix and client base.
• Houston Engineering, Inc. Fargo-area civil engineering and surveying firm with water resources, transportation, and municipal practices serving ND/MN governments. Directly comparable regional competitor.
• Moore Engineering, Inc. West Fargo-headquartered civil/environmental engineering firm focused on water, transportation, and municipal infrastructure across ND and MN. Same client segments and service lines.
• Bolton & Menk: Minnesota-based civil engineering and surveying consultancy with multiple MN offices and a strong municipal/water practice. Directly comparable as Apex expands into the Twin Cities via Minnetonka.
• WSB: Minnesota-headquartered engineering firm with broad transportation, water, municipal, and environmental services across the Upper Midwest. Increasingly relevant peer as Apex enters the Twin Cities.

Broad incumbents

• HDR Inc. Large national A&E firm with a Fargo office and broad water, transportation, and municipal practices. Competes on the same DOT and municipal RFPs but with vastly greater scale and service breadth.
• Stantec: Global A&E firm with strong municipal water and transportation practices in the Upper Midwest. Competes on larger programs but does not focus exclusively on the ND/MN regional market.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm active on major transportation and water programs in ND/MN via state DOT and federal contracts. Larger-scale incumbent competing on flagship programs.
• Kimley-Horn: National planning/engineering firm with growing presence in the Twin Cities and broader Midwest. Competes for transportation and land development work, increasingly relevant to Apex's MN growth strategy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/apexenggroup
• Facebookfacebook.com/Apex2010
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/apex-engineering-group-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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