CRW Engineering Group

What CRW Engineering Group does

CRW Engineering Group, Inc. is a privately held, multi-disciplinary engineering firm founded in 1981 by Willy Van Hemert, PE and headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska. The firm operates from three offices (Anchorage and Palmer, Alaska; Olympia, Washington) and employs more than 80 staff delivering 18 distinct service disciplines spanning civil, mechanical, electrical, structural, geotechnical, and environmental engineering; land and aerial surveying and mapping; and planning services. Over its 40+ year history, CRW has partnered with more than 160 Alaska communities and built a client base concentrated in municipal, state, and federal government agencies, Alaska Native tribes, and selected private-sector accounts.

The firm's core technology stack is conventional civil-engineering tooling — Leica GPS, robotic total stations, laser scanners, and survey-grade UAVs for 3D point clouds and high-resolution aerial photography — augmented by standard stormwater modeling, GIS, and construction administration workflows. CRW does not offer a unified software platform; differentiation rests on integrated in-house multidisciplinary capacity and 40+ years of accumulated domain expertise in arctic, permafrost, and remote-community engineering. Notable technical credentials include CMMC Level 2 certification for federal cybersecurity compliance, LEED-accredited professionals, and ALTA/NSPS-capable land surveying operations.

CRW generates revenue through project-based professional services contracts with government, tribal, and private clients, billed on deliverable scope ranging from small studies to large reconstruction efforts. The go-to-market model is principal-led enterprise field sales targeting municipal, state, federal, and Alaska Native tribal agencies through direct relationships and ID/IQ contract vehicles; marketing channels are dominated by direct client engagement, community involvement, and reputation within the Alaska engineering industry rather than traditional demand-generation. The firm has remained independently owned (likely partner/principal-held) with no external funding rounds and no parent company.

Name

CRW Engineering Group

Legal name

CRW Engineering Group, Inc.

Website

https://crweng.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

CRW Engineering Group is a multi-disciplinary engineering firm founded in 1981, providing civil, mechanical, electrical, structural, geotechnical, and environmental engineering, surveying, and planning services to government agencies, Alaska Native tribes, and private clients across Alaska and Washington state.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330), Engineering Services (54133), Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

Keywords

• Civil engineering services
• Structural engineering design
• Transportation engineering
• Land surveying mapping
• Environmental engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

Anchorage

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, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Engineering & Professional Services: Provides comprehensive engineering services including planning, permitting, surveying, engineering design, and construction management for projects ranging from small studies to large reconstruction efforts. Revenue is generated through professional service contracts with government agencies, tribes, and private clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CRW Engineering Group is a full-service multi-disciplinary engineering firm providing civil, mechanical, electrical, structural, geotechnical, and environmental engineering; land and aerial surveying and mapping; and planning services. The firm delivers professional engineering consulting—from planning and permitting through design and construction management—for government agencies, Alaska Native tribes, and private industry clients across Alaska and Washington state. Services span infrastructure domains including airports, transportation, water/wastewater, energy, environmental, rural sanitation, landfills, federal facilities, and surveying.

Product overview

CRW Engineering Group is a full-service civil engineering firm offering 18 distinct engineering and surveying service disciplines. The core offering is civil engineering services (the company's foundation since 1981), which integrates with specialized services including mechanical, electrical, structural, environmental, and geotechnical engineering; land and aerial surveying and mapping; and planning. The service portfolio spans airport engineering, transportation engineering, water/wastewater systems, energy sector services, rural infrastructure, landfill engineering, and federal services. The firm operates from offices in Anchorage, Palmer (Alaska), and Olympia (Washington) and has partnered with over 160 Alaskan communities. The company does not offer a unified software platform but rather provides professional engineering services across these disciplines as an integrated multidisciplinary firm.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Airport Engineering Provides airport engineering services with over 20 years of experience, including taxiway design, site development, drainage, utilities, security improvements, construction safety and phasing plans, with emphasis on Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport and rural airports throughout Alaska.
• Civil Engineering

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly doubled rural Alaska home access to safe water and sanitation from 37% in 1994
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Certified 8(a) Women-Owned Small Business Joint Venture PartnercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCRW recently formed a Joint Venture (JV) with a certified 8(a), women-owned, small business that provides planning, engineering, construction and landscape architecture services. JV team members have worked on design/build and/or infrastructure rehabilitation projects in Alaska, Washington, Idaho, and Arizona.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• DOWL: DOWL is a full-service Alaska-headquartered engineering firm offering civil, structural, transportation, water resources, and surveying services across the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West. It is the most directly comparable Alaska-rooted multi-discipline engineering peer to CRW, competing head-to-head for DOT, municipal, and tribal contracts.
• HDL Engineering Consultants: HDL is an Anchorage-based multi-discipline engineering firm providing civil, structural, environmental, and surveying services to Alaska government, tribal, and private clients. Its Alaska-only footprint, similar size, and matching service mix make it a near-twin peer for CRW.
• Kinney Engineering: Kinney Engineering is an Alaska-based civil, structural, and geotechnical engineering firm serving municipal, state, federal, and tribal clients. Comparable scale and Alaska-centric service portfolio position it as a direct competitor for CRW's core markets.
• R&M Engineering: R&M Engineering (R&M Consultants) is an Alaska-based civil, geotechnical, and environmental engineering firm with offices in Anchorage and Fairbanks. Its similar service mix, Alaska roots, and comparable client base (DOT, municipal, federal) make it a direct peer.
• RESPEC: RESPEC is an employee-owned engineering and technology firm providing water, environmental, and infrastructure services with relevant Alaska and tribal experience. Its ownership structure and mid-market scale closely parallel CRW's profile.

Broad incumbents

• Stantec: Stantec is a global engineering, architecture, and environmental services firm with a sizable Alaska practice. It competes with CRW on federal, state DOT, and tribal work but operates at a vastly larger scale across multiple geographies and end markets.
• Jacobs: Jacobs Solutions is a global engineering and professional services firm with deep federal (USACE, USAF, FAA) and water infrastructure capabilities. It is a frequent competitor for the largest federal IDIQs and Alaska infrastructure task orders where CRW also bids.
• WSP: WSP is a global engineering consultancy with active transportation, water, and federal practices including Alaska projects. Its scale and multidisciplinary offering overlap with CRW's federal services portfolio, particularly on FAA and DoD work.
• Tetra Tech: Tetra Tech is a global consulting and engineering firm with leading water, environmental, and federal services practices. It overlaps with CRW's environmental engineering and federal services offerings and competes on water/wastewater and tribal sanitation contracts.
• Michael Baker International: Michael Baker International is a large US engineering, planning, and consulting firm with federal and transportation practices that compete with CRW's airport, transportation, and federal services offerings, particularly on FAA and DoD contracts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/crwengineering
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/crw-engineering-group-llc

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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