K&W

What K&W does

K&W Engineers is a privately held site design firm founded in 2005 and headquartered at 2201 North Front Street in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The company delivers integrated civil engineering, landscape architecture, geotechnical engineering, land surveying, master planning, and permitting/regulatory services for site development projects. Its client base spans five primary verticals — K-12 education, higher education, civic and cultural institutions, commercial development, and planned communities — with work concentrated in Pennsylvania. The firm is a Registered Small Business and serves as a long-tenured partner to school districts (250+ K-12 projects across 50+ districts), universities, municipalities, and developers including Hershey Entertainment & Resorts, PSECU, Sheetz, and Charter Homes.

The service portfolio spans feasibility and due diligence, topographic survey, conceptual planning, master planning, permitting, site grading, stormwater management, utility design, athletic facility design, geotechnical investigations (including karst and sinkhole assessment), and construction observation. The work is supported by an in-house team of licensed Professional Engineers, Registered Landscape Architects, and Professional Land Surveyors, enabling multidisciplinary project delivery under a single firm. Regulatory navigation covers PennDOT Highway Occupancy Permits, PaDEP Chapter 105 permits, NPDES permitting, municipal land development approvals, and US Army Corps of Engineers Section 404 permits. Recent award-winning projects include the Villas at The Hotel Hershey (2026 CPBJ Top Project Award) and the Cynthia L. Blaschak Field at Cedar Crest College (2025 ASBA Distinguished Single-Field Facility Award).

K&W operates as a project-based professional services firm on a sales-led go-to-market motion, acquiring work through referrals, professional reputation, direct engagement with school districts and municipalities, and competitive bidding. Revenue is generated through project fees and hourly billing on multi-year engagements with custom-quoted pricing; no standard pricing tiers or revenue figures are publicly disclosed. The firm maintains a single Harrisburg headquarters, serves clients throughout Pennsylvania, and has no disclosed subsidiaries, parent entities, or external investment partners.

Name

K&W

Legal name

K&W Engineers

Website

https://kandwengineers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

K&W Engineers is a privately held Harrisburg, PA site design firm founded in 2005 that delivers integrated civil engineering, landscape architecture, geotechnical, surveying, and permitting services to K-12, higher education, civic, commercial, and residential clients throughout Pennsylvania.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Engineering and Site Design Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Engineering Services (541330), Landscape Architectural Services (54132), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Systems Engineering & Technical Program Management (BPAHAIAI)

Keywords

• Civil engineering services
• Site planning design
• Landscape architecture
• Land surveying services
• Geotechnical engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

Harrisburg

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Civil Engineering: Project-based consulting fees for civil engineering design services including site planning, stormwater management, roadway design, and utility design
2. Landscape Architecture Services: Design fees for landscape architecture services including site analysis, master planning, and construction document preparation
3. Land Survey Services: Surveying services including boundary surveys, ALTA surveys, and construction stakeout billed on a per-project basis
4. Geotechnical Services: Subsurface investigation and analysis services including geotechnical explorations, pavement evaluation, and construction observation

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

K&W Engineers is a full-service site design firm that delivers integrated civil engineering, landscape architecture, geotechnical, land surveying, and master planning services for K-12 schools, higher education institutions, municipalities, commercial developers, and planned communities across Pennsylvania. Engagements run from feasibility and due-diligence through permitting, design, and construction observation, and are delivered by licensed Professional Engineers, Landscape Architects, and Surveyors.

Product overview

K&W Engineers is a full-service civil engineering and site design firm offering an integrated portfolio of professional services rather than a software product. The core service suite includes Site Planning & Design, Civil Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Geotechnical Services, Land Survey, Permitting & Regulatory Agency Approvals, and Master Planning Services. These services work collaboratively to deliver comprehensive site development solutions for clients in K-12 education, higher education, athletics, commercial, civic & cultural, and planned communities markets throughout Pennsylvania.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Site Planning & Design Services End-to-end site planning and design services covering site analysis and feasibility, due-diligence investigations, topographic survey, land development, sketch and conceptual planning, site master planning, permitting and approvals, NPDES permitting, site layout and grading, stormwater management design, utility design/coordination, and sustainable design for K-12, higher education, commercial, civic, and residential clients.
• Civil Engineering Services Technical site development engineering services including roadway design, storm sewer system design, stormwater management facilities design, water distribution system design, sewer collection and conveyance system design, best management practices facilities design, floodplain analysis and modeling, stream restoration, and bridge and culvert hydraulics for institutional, municipal, and commercial site projects in Pennsylvania.
• Landscape Architecture Services Landscape architecture services integrating technical, environmental, aesthetic, sustainable, functional, ecological, and social considerations across site inventory and analysis, site selection, conceptual planning, master planning, grading plans, circulation design, landscape and hardscape plans, athletic facility planning, parks and open-space design, construction documents, bidding administration, and construction observation.
• Geotechnical Services Subsurface condition investigation and analysis services including infiltration testing, percolation testing, carbonate assessment and karst evaluations, sinkhole review and repair recommendations, geotechnical explorations and engineering analysis, pavement cores and evaluations, laboratory analysis of soils, basin construction inspection, and construction observation.
• Land Survey Services Boundary and topographic surveys, American Land Title Association (ALTA) surveys, utility route surveys, geodetic control surveys utilizing GPS, construction surveys and stakeout, and record surveys prepared for municipal approvals across Pennsylvania.
• Permitting & Regulatory Agency Approvals Services Regulatory permitting services handling public presentations, zoning applications, land development and subdivision plans, erosion and sediment control plans, NPDES general and individual permits, PennDOT Highway Occupancy Permits, PaDEP Chapter 105 water obstruction and encroachment general permits, sewage facilities planning, and US Army Corps of Engineers Section 404 permits.
• Master Planning Services Strategic master planning services translating project goals into actionable strategies, including infrastructure planning and utilities coordination, pedestrian and vehicular traffic impact analysis and access planning, stormwater management and drainage design, phased development strategies, cost estimation and budget planning, identification of locations for geotechnical analysis, and conceptual site layout and design renderings.

Named customers13 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Honor EngineeringminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerK&W collaborated with Honor Engineering as part of a design team for Cheyney University's track and field project. K&W served as the track and field designer while Honor Engineering served as the lead civil engineer on the NCAA-compliant outdoor track and field area project.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• RETTEW: Lancaster, PA-headquartered engineering, environmental, and surveying firm serving similar public-sector, education, and commercial clients across Pennsylvania. Closely comparable in service mix (civil/site design, surveying, landscape architecture, environmental) and regional concentration.
• Herbert, Rowland & Grubic (HRG): Pennsylvania-based full-service engineering firm providing civil, municipal, water/wastewater, and surveying services to municipalities, school districts, and developers. Directly competes with K&W in PA public-sector site design.
• Pennoni: Mid-Atlantic engineering consultancy with strong Pennsylvania presence in civil/site engineering, landscape architecture, surveying, and geotechnical. Operates at a larger scale but competes head-to-head on K-12, higher-ed, and municipal projects.
• Bowman Consulting Group: Mid-Atlantic engineering firm with civil, surveying, landscape architecture, and geotechnical services. Comparable service portfolio and overlapping presence in Pennsylvania and adjacent states.
• Langan: Large site/civil engineering firm with strong practice in land development, geotechnical, and surveying. Competes for higher-ed, K-12, and commercial site design work in the Mid-Atlantic.

Broad incumbents

• Stantec: Global engineering, architecture, and environmental services firm with significant PA presence. Overlaps with K&W on site/civil design, landscape architecture, and education sector work, but as part of a much broader portfolio.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm that competes for large PA higher-ed, civic, and commercial site design programs. Operates as a broad incumbent across many service lines rather than a focused site design specialist.
• Tetra Tech: Engineering and consulting firm with strong water/environmental practice that overlaps K&W's stormwater management and regulatory permitting work, especially in the public-sector and education markets.
• GHD: Global engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firm with Pennsylvania offices offering civil and site design services that overlap with K&W's municipal and education practice.

Emerging players

• Kleinfelder: Engineering, environmental, and construction services firm with civil, geotechnical, and surveying capabilities. Overlaps with K&W's geotechnical and site design offerings for institutional and public clients in the Mid-Atlantic.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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