Diekema Hamann

What Diekema Hamann does

Diekema Hamann is an integrated architecture and engineering firm established in 1916 and headquartered at 612 South Park Street, Kalamazoo, Michigan, with a secondary office in Grand Rapids. The firm serves healthcare, education, and government clients throughout Michigan and the Great Lakes Region, including anchor accounts Bronson Health System, Corewell Health, Trinity Health, Henry Ford Allegiance Health, University of Michigan Health-Sparrow, Western Michigan University, the University of Notre Dame, and federal agencies (VA and GSA). Its core offering combines architecture, mechanical/electrical/plumbing engineering, interior design, and Building Information Modeling under a single firm with no disciplinary silos, supported by specialized expertise in healthcare facility design, LEED-certified sustainable design, mission-critical power systems, medical gas and purified water systems, and historic preservation.

The firm delivers project-based professional services on multi-year engagements, with project budgets historically ranging from $315,000 (VA Mobile Boiler) to $68 million (Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine). Go-to-market is relationship-driven enterprise sales into healthcare systems, K-12 districts, and government agencies, supplemented by IDIQ contract vehicles with the Veterans Administration and General Services Administration in the Great Lakes Region. Pricing is custom per project based on scope, complexity, square footage, and client requirements; no standard published pricing tiers exist.

Diekema Hamann is privately held with management-owned ownership structure, led by President/CEO Valerie Wright, COO/VP Healthcare Steve Dickerson, and CFO/VP Education & Life Sciences Gabe Alvey. The firm employs approximately 27 staff and operates as a for-profit professional services business with no subsidiaries, no disclosed external investors, no funding rounds, and no M&A activity on record. Marketing is conducted through project portfolio, AIA Southwest Michigan awards (multiple Honor and Merit awards between 1998 and 2022), and limited social media presence on Facebook and Instagram.

Name

Diekema Hamann

Legal name

Diekema Hamann Architecture & Engineering

Website

https://dhae.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1916

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Diekema Hamann is an integrated architecture and engineering firm founded in 1916 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, serving healthcare, education, and government clients across the Great Lakes Region with project-based design, MEP engineering, BIM, and LEED-certified services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture and Engineering Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Interior Design Services (541410)

akta.pro primary industry

Building Information Modeling (BIM) & Digital Design Services (BPAHAKAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG)

Keywords

• Architecture engineering services
• Healthcare facility design
• Education facility design
• Government facility design
• LEED certified design

Headquarters

HQ city

Kalamazoo

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 Engineering Professional Services: Project-based fees for architecture, interior design, and engineering services on healthcare, education, and government facility projects. Revenue generated through design fees on new construction and renovation projects ranging from $1M to $68M.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Diekema Hamann provides integrated architecture and engineering services for healthcare, education, and government facility projects, covering new construction and complex renovations. Offerings span architecture, mechanical/electrical/plumbing engineering, interior design, historic preservation, LEED-certified sustainable design, and BIM-enabled delivery on project budgets ranging from roughly $315,000 to $68 million across Michigan and the Great Lakes Region.

Product overview

Diekema Hamann is a multi-dimensional architecture and engineering firm established in 1916, providing comprehensive design and engineering services focused on healthcare, education, and government sectors. The firm operates as a service-based company offering integrated architecture, mechanical/electrical/plumbing engineering, and interior design capabilities. Their core services include adaptive reuse, building rehabilitation, historic preservation, master planning, space planning, and BIM services. Healthcare services encompass cancer centers, cardiac care, hospice, radiology, medical offices, rehabilitation, emergency departments, surgery suites, behavioral health, and sterile processing. Education services cover K-12 and higher education facilities with bond planning and feasibility studies. Government services include office renovations, roof/parking replacements, medical office renovations, and new construction for VA and GSA clients. The firm combines interdisciplinary collaboration between architecture and engineering teams to deliver projects from programming through construction administration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Healthcare Architecture & Engineering Services Comprehensive architecture and engineering services for healthcare facilities including cancer centers, cardiac care centers, hospice, radiology departments, medical office buildings, rehabilitation facilities, emergency departments, surgery suites, pharmacies, simulation labs, and behavioral health, delivered to multi-facility healthcare systems.
• Education Architecture & Engineering Services Design and engineering services for K-12 and higher education facilities including campus planning, classroom design, renovations, bond planning, and feasibility studies for school districts, universities, and higher education clients.
• Government Architecture & Engineering Services Design and engineering services for federal and government facilities including office renovations, roof and parking structure improvements, medical office renovations, surgery unit renovations, new construction, air handling unit replacements, lighting retrofits, boiler system replacements, and electrical testing and corrections for VA and GSA projects in the Great Lakes Region.
• Historic Preservation and Adaptive Reuse Services Historic preservation, building rehabilitation, and adaptive reuse services for existing buildings, including award-winning projects recognized by the Michigan Governor's Award for Historic Preservation and the Michigan Historic Preservation Network.
• Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) Engineering Services Mechanical engineering (energy modeling, central utility plant design, lab hazardous exhaust, ice storage), electrical engineering (normal/standby/mission critical power, isolated power, fault current and arc flash analysis, selective coordination, low voltage and specialty lighting), and plumbing engineering (medical gas and bulk storage, purified water systems, Legionella prevention) for healthcare, education, and government facilities.
• Interior Design Services Interior design services delivered as part of the firm's integrated architecture offering, led by senior interior designers on healthcare, education, and government facility projects.
• LEED-Certified Sustainable Design Services LEED-certified sustainable design services covering energy modeling, sustainable site planning, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere management, materials and resources selection, and indoor environmental quality for healthcare, education, and government projects.
• Campus Infrastructure Master Planning and Assessments Campus infrastructure master planning, programming, space planning, and visioning services alongside building condition and feasibility assessments for healthcare, education, and government campuses.

Named customers16 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

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Veterans Administration (VA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIDIQ (Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity) contracts for architecture and engineering services at VA Medical Centers in the Great Lakes Region, including projects in Detroit, Ann Arbor, and Battle Creek. Services include renovations, electrical work, boiler systems, community living center renovations, recreational therapy renovations, and entry/ambulatory care improvements.
• General Services Administration (GSA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIDIQ contracts for government facility projects in the Great Lakes Region, working within federal government procurement frameworks.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• SmithGroup: SmithGroup is a national integrated architecture, engineering, planning, and consulting firm with major healthcare and education practices - directly comparable to Diekema Hamann's healthcare/education/government focus, but at substantially larger scale and geographic reach.
• HDR: HDR is a global architecture, engineering, and consulting firm with one of the largest healthcare facility design practices in North America. It competes for the same hospital system work as Diekema Hamann but at national and international scale.
• HOK: HOK is a major global architecture firm with a strong healthcare and education practice, frequently competing for the same regional health system and university clients as Diekema Hamann, though at significantly larger scale and broader portfolio.

Direct peers

• TowerPinkster: TowerPinkster is a Michigan-based architecture and engineering firm of comparable size, also serving healthcare, education, and government clients in the Great Lakes region - the closest direct head-to-head competitor for Diekema Hamann's regional book of business.
• Fishbeck: Fishbeck is a Michigan-headquartered engineering, architecture, and environmental services firm serving healthcare, education, and government clients across the Midwest. Overlapping service mix and geography make it a directly comparable mid-size A&E competitor.
• HKS: HKS is an architecture and engineering firm with deep specialization in healthcare facility design (hospitals, cancer centers, surgery suites) that directly parallels Diekema Hamann's core healthcare expertise, at a larger national scale.
• JLG Architects: JLG Architects is a Midwest-focused architecture firm specializing in K-12, higher education, healthcare, and community projects - directly comparable to Diekema Hamann in size, market focus, and integrated design approach.

Regional players

• Wight & Company: Wight & Company is a Midwest-based architecture and engineering firm serving education, healthcare, and government clients - a comparable regional A&E competitor that operates outside Michigan but in adjacent Midwestern states.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/diekemahamann
• Instagraminstagram.com/diekemahamann
• Xx.com/diekemahamann
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gladki-planning-associates

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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