What Civiltech Engineering does

Civiltech Engineering, Inc. is a privately held civil and transportation engineering firm founded in 1988 and headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, with additional offices in downtown Chicago and Milwaukee (opened October 2024). The firm serves exclusively government and municipal clients across the Chicago metropolitan area and southeastern Wisconsin, including the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Illinois Tollway, the City of Chicago, Cook County, Will County, and dozens of villages and cities. Civiltech operates under a fee-for-service professional services model, acquiring work through competitive bidding on public sector RFPs, on-call program management contracts, and long-term municipal relationships. Services span the full project lifecycle, from transportation planning, environmental studies, and grant writing through detailed roadway, bridge, traffic, drainage, and structural design, to construction engineering and inspection.

The company's core technical stack consists of industry-standard engineering analysis tools rather than proprietary software, including Highway Capacity Software, Synchro, SimTraffic, VISSIM microsimulation, the Highway Safety Manual, IEPA SWMM hydrologic and hydraulic models, Building Information Modeling, and 3D project deliverables. Civiltech is IDOT prequalified across the majority of service categories, a regulatory credential that gates eligibility for major Illinois transportation projects. The firm is organized into approximately a dozen service-line departments, with three new departments launched in 2023-2024: Landscape Architecture (August 2023), Nature-based Solutions (August 2024), and Transportation Planning Services (October 2024). Revenue is not publicly disclosed; the firm employs 101-250 people across its three offices and reported helping clients secure over $21 million in grant funding in 2022.

Name

Civiltech Engineering

Legal name

Civiltech Engineering, Inc.

Website

https://civiltechinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Civiltech Engineering is a privately held Illinois-based civil and transportation engineering firm founded in 1988, serving government and municipal clients across Chicagoland and southeastern Wisconsin with planning, design, and construction engineering services through its Itasca, Chicago, and Milwaukee offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil & Transportation Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330), Engineering Services (54133), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Transportation & Traffic Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

Keywords

• Transportation engineering services
• Civil engineering consulting
• Traffic engineering design
• Construction engineering services
• Municipal infrastructure planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Itasca

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consulting Services: Civiltech generates revenue through fee-based engineering consulting services rendered to government agencies, municipalities, counties, and other public sector clients. Projects are typically awarded through competitive bidding or on-call contracts and billed on a project-by-project basis. The firm has secured millions in funding for clients through grant applications, demonstrating expertise in navigating public funding mechanisms.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Civiltech Engineering provides comprehensive transportation and civil engineering services for government and municipal clients across the Chicago metropolitan area and Wisconsin. The firm delivers full-lifecycle engineering consulting spanning transportation planning, traffic engineering, civil/site design, construction engineering, environmental studies, water resources, structural design, right of way acquisition, urban design, program management, landscape architecture, and nature-based solutions. Projects are awarded via competitive public-sector bidding and on-call contracts and executed through offices in Itasca, Chicago, and Milwaukee.

Product overview

Civiltech Engineering is a professional services firm offering a comprehensive suite of transportation engineering and civil engineering services. The company's portfolio consists of multiple distinct service lines organized as departments: Transportation Design, Traffic Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering, Environmental Studies, Water Resources, Structural Design, Right of Way Services, Urban Design, Transportation Planning, Program Management, Nature-based Solutions, and Landscape Architecture. These services are provided through multiple office locations (Itasca, Chicago, and Milwaukee) and are delivered as professional consulting engagements for municipal, county, and state government clients. The firm does not offer a software product or SaaS platform; rather, it provides expert engineering services across the full project lifecycle from planning and design through construction inspection.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• C*NECT: A partnership/brand for assisting clients with federal bridge investment program funds and other federal funding opportunities.

Products and services

• Transportation Design Comprehensive transportation design services including freeway and highway design, arterial highway design, pedestrian and bicycle design, drainage and utility design, and lighting design for expressways and complex transportation systems. Delivered for municipal, county, state DOT, and tollway authority clients.
• Traffic Engineering Traffic engineering services including traffic counts and data analyses, crash analyses and safety studies, traffic modeling and simulation (Synchro, SimTraffic, VISSIM), traffic impact studies, feasibility studies, intersection and interchange design studies, and neighborhood traffic management for public-sector clients.
• Civil Engineering Municipal and civil site engineering services including infrastructure management, street rehabilitation and reconstruction, state and federal-aid grant applications, project planning, pedestrian and bicycle facilities, storm drainage studies, water and sewer systems, traffic signals, street lighting, and streetscape enhancement.
• Construction Engineering Construction engineering services including preconstruction plan review, constructability reviews, documentation, project management, scheduling, materials coordination, utilities coordination, quality control and assurance, pay estimates, construction layout verification, stakeholder coordination, erosion control inspection, traffic control inspection, and final inspection for public infrastructure projects.
• Environmental Studies Environmental analysis and design services including environmental impact statements and assessments, location and design studies, project development reports, location drainage studies, highway noise analyses, context sensitive solutions, historic preservation coordination, public involvement programs, and design visualizations for transportation and infrastructure projects.
• Water Resources Water resources engineering including storm sewer and detention basin design, culvert and bridge hydraulic structures design, bridge scour evaluations, bank stabilization, floodplain permitting and analysis, hydrologic and hydraulic modeling and analysis (IEPA SWMM), stormwater and environmental permitting, and best management practices.
• Structural Design Structural design services for transportation network structures including highway bridges, railroad bridges, pedestrian and bicycle bridges, underpasses, retaining walls, bridge inspections, load ratings, bridge inventory program management, drainage structures, braced excavations, and vaulted sidewalks.
• Right of Way Land acquisition and right of way services including appraisals, appraisal review, negotiation, relocation, state agency coordination, right of way consulting, litigation support services, expert testimony, specialty reports, and program and project management for public infrastructure projects.
• Urban Design Urban design services focused on placemaking, community identifiers, pedestrian environments, and urban design solutions with emphasis on green infrastructure for municipalities and public-sector clients.
• Transportation Planning Transportation planning services including Complete Streets planning, network-wide bicycle route planning, spatial and statistical data analytics, ADA compliance, freight planning, streetscape design, bicycle and pedestrian facility design, data analytics, community and corridor-level planning, access to transit design, grant writing, and GIS/mapmaking for municipal clients.
• Program Management Program management services for large-scale public works programs including field survey and asset inventory, cost estimating and budget programming, design and permitting, agency and stakeholder coordination, project sequencing and construction administration, QC/QA, mapping and exhibit preparation, documentation and reporting, development of standards and manuals, and data management.
• Nature-based Solutions Nature-based solutions (NbS) offering a nature-led design approach including green stormwater infrastructure, rainwater harvesting, ecological and habitat restoration, civil site and transportation design, sustainable master planning, greenways and trails design, constructed treatment wetlands, enhanced best management practices, wetland conservation, stream restoration, shoreline and coastal resilience, green roofs, native species plantings, parks and waterfronts, and post-construction maintenance and monitoring.
• Landscape Architecture Landscape architecture services including designing and developing pedestrian environments, placemaking, community identifiers, urban design solutions, and green infrastructure, with focus on parks and waterfronts design for municipal and public-sector clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• Helped clients secure over $21 million in funding in 2022
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• EmbarcminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Civiltech maintains an ongoing partnership with Embarc, a non-profit organization providing career exploration programs for students. Civiltech staff participate as mentors and speakers through this partnership as part of the company's commitment to inspiring future engineers.
• Active Transportation AllianceminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Civiltech partnered with the Active Transportation Alliance in conjunction with the Village of Wilmette to create a community-wide Master Bike and Active Transportation Plan. The partnership leveraged the Alliance's advocacy expertise with Civiltech's engineering capabilities.
• C*NECT (Chicago Neighborhood Economic Transportation Collaboration)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCiviltech partners with C*NECT to provide program management services for the City of Chicago's Chicago Works program, including the WPA Streets Program for repairing streets originally built through the Works Progress Administration. This partnership assists the City in securing federal bridge investment program funds.
• Baxter & WoodmanminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCiviltech joined Baxter & Woodman to provide construction engineering services for the $47 million Randall Road Reconstruction Project for the McHenry County Department of Transportation, combining expertise for this large-scale infrastructure project.
• Wilbur Wright CollegeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCiviltech staff member Zaneta Marcinik, an alumna of Wilbur Wright College, maintains an ongoing relationship with the college, presenting to students as part of the company's student outreach and inspiring future engineers initiative.
• Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCiviltech's Amanda Kleinwachter, P.E. participates in summer camp programs at MSOE as a volunteer, discovered through the Wisconsin Chapter of WTS, as part of efforts to inspire future engineers.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Baxter & Woodman: Illinois-based civil/transportation engineering consulting firm providing water, wastewater, transportation, and municipal engineering services to public agencies in the Midwest. Direct comparable in scale, geography, and client base; already a co-bid partner with Civiltech on the $47M Randall Road Reconstruction.
• Stanley Consultants: Mid-sized engineering consulting firm delivering transportation, civil, environmental, and structural services to public agencies across the Midwest. Similar scale and operating model to Civiltech.
• Kimley-Horn: National transportation and civil engineering consulting firm with strong Midwest presence, offering traffic engineering, transportation planning, roadway design, and environmental services to municipal and state DOT clients. Closely comparable on services, client type, and delivery model.
• Michael Baker International: National engineering, planning, and consulting firm with strong transportation practice serving state DOTs, counties, and municipalities. Directly comparable on highway, bridge, traffic, and program management services.
• TranSystems: Transportation-focused engineering and architecture firm serving public agencies, railroads, and aviation clients across the Midwest and nationally. Directly competes with Civiltech on DOT, tollway, and municipal roadway assignments.
• Bollinger, Lach & Associates (now part of Benesch): Mid-sized Midwest civil and transportation engineering firm serving municipal, county, and state DOT clients with roadway, bridge, and traffic engineering services. Similar service mix and Midwest operating footprint.

Broad incumbents

• WSP USA: Global professional services firm with extensive transportation, civil, and environmental engineering practices serving public agencies including IDOT and Chicago-area municipalities. Larger scale, broader portfolio than Civiltech.
• HDR Inc. Large global engineering firm with a major transportation practice serving IDOT, Illinois Tollway, and other Midwest clients. Competes with Civiltech on larger program management and design contracts but offers a far broader portfolio.
• Stantec: Global engineering and design firm with significant transportation and infrastructure practices serving municipal and state DOT clients across the Midwest and nationally. Overlapping capabilities but at a much larger scale.

Regional players

• Wight & Company: Illinois-based architecture, engineering, and construction firm providing civil, transportation, and structural design services to public and private clients in the Chicago metro. Comparable in regional focus and client base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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