What K2N Crest does

K2N Crest is a privately held, multidisciplinary architecture and engineering professional services firm founded in 1992 in Oak Brook, Illinois, and operating additional offices in Oak Brook and Kahului, Hawaii. The firm delivers three integrated service lines: Architecture (healthcare, commercial, residential, industrial, and interior design); Architectural Engineering and Building Envelope (investigation and repair, facade restoration, evaluation and planning, and roof consulting); and Structural Engineering (new buildings plus structural repair and restoration). Its work spans new construction, forensic investigation, and remediation, often combining all three disciplines on a single project. The firm serves building owners, managers, developers, property management companies, and architectural firms across the healthcare, senior living, commercial, industrial, residential, and education sectors, with named engagements including Riverside Medical Center, CSL Behring, Timberline Knolls, HarborChase of Plainfield, and University Park Condominiums.

The firm generates revenue exclusively through professional services fees, billed on a project-specific basis across architecture, structural engineering, and building investigation engagements; pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with no subscription, licensing, or productized revenue streams. Go-to-market is direct enterprise and mid-market field sales, augmented by referral-based sub-consultant relationships with architectural firms, BIM-based collaboration with project stakeholders, and content marketing (educational blog articles and published case studies) that demonstrates technical expertise to attract building owners and managers. Underlying technology is conventional for the A&E sector — established engineering methodologies, BIM tools, and forensic investigation techniques — with no proprietary software platform, AI/ML systems, or data assets disclosed.

The firm is led by co-founder and President Don Kimball alongside senior principals Andy Krauklis and David Nelson, with principals Jared D'Amico (PE, CCS) and Marco Rodriguez (CSI, CDT) — both elevated to partner in 2015 — and structural engineering associate Alexander Vaughan leading the Hawaii office. Ownership is private and concentrated among founders and principals, with no external institutional investment, parent company, or public listing. The firm is actively operating and has executed ongoing capacity build-out (Hawaii office 2014, Oak Brook expansion 2017, planned Chicago office 2016, multiple staff additions in 2015 and 2017) consistent with steady, organic, regionally constrained growth.

Name

K2N Crest

Legal name

K2N Crest

Website

https://k2n.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

K2N Crest is a privately held architecture, structural engineering, and building envelope firm founded in 1992, serving building owners, developers, and property managers across healthcare, commercial, industrial, senior living, and residential sectors from offices in Illinois and Hawaii.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Oak Brook

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Architecture: Custom architectural design services for healthcare, commercial, residential, industrial, and interior projects. Revenue generated through project-based fees for design services from conceptual development through final execution.
2. Professional Services - Structural Engineering: Structural engineering services for new buildings and structural repair/restoration projects. Project-based consulting fees for analysis, design, and construction administration.
3. Professional Services - Building Investigation and Repair: Forensic engineering, facade restoration, roof consulting, and building envelope services. Fees for investigation, evaluation, remediation design, and repair specification services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

K2N Crest is a multidisciplinary professional services firm delivering integrated architecture, structural engineering, and building envelope services. The firm provides architectural design for healthcare, commercial, residential, industrial, and interior projects; structural engineering for new buildings and repair/restoration; and building envelope solutions including forensic investigation, facade restoration, evaluation and planning, and roof consulting.

Product overview

K2N Crest is a multidisciplinary professional services firm offering an integrated portfolio of architecture, architectural engineering, and structural engineering services. The core offering consists of three main service lines: Architecture Services (covering healthcare, commercial, residential, industrial, and interiors), Architectural Engineering/Building Envelope Services (including investigation and repair, facade restoration, evaluation and planning, and roof consulting), and Structural Engineering Services (for new buildings and repair/restoration). These services work together to provide comprehensive building solutions, from initial design through forensic investigation and restoration. The firm serves clients throughout Illinois and Hawaii.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Services
• Architectural Engineering / Building Envelope Services
• Structural Engineering Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 30 years of experience in building design, investigation, and repair since 1992
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates (WJE): Northbrook, IL-based engineering firm specializing in structural engineering, building investigation, and facade/envelope forensics — directly comparable to K2N's structural repair, facade restoration, and investigation services for similar building owner clients.
• Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH): Engineering firm with deep building envelope, structural, and forensic investigation practices serving healthcare, commercial, and institutional owners — a near-direct competitor on multidisciplinary A&E and building envelope work.
• Walker Consultants: Specialty engineering consultancy focused on building envelope, structural restoration, and parking/structural consulting — overlapping with K2N's facade restoration and structural repair practice for similar property owner and developer clients.

Regional players

• Klein and Hoffman: Chicago-based structural engineering and restoration firm serving the Midwest with services closely aligned to K2N's Illinois-based structural engineering and building investigation offerings — a strong regional peer in their home market.

Broad incumbents

• Thornton Tomasetti: Global structural engineering and applied science firm offering new-building structural design, forensics, and facade consulting — overlaps with K2N but at far greater scale and geographic breadth across healthcare, commercial, and institutional markets.
• Stantec: Global design and engineering consultancy with architecture, structural engineering, and building restoration practices serving healthcare, commercial, and industrial clients — competes for the same large enterprise A&E mandates K2N targets.
• WSP: International professional services consultancy with property and buildings practices covering architecture, structural engineering, and facade consulting — a broad incumbent that competes in the same enterprise A&E space.
• Terracon Consultants: Large US engineering consultancy with building sciences, structural, and roof/facade investigation practices — competes with K2N on commercial and institutional investigation/restoration work, particularly for property managers and developers.
• ECS Group: Mid-Atlantic-rooted engineering consultancy with structural and building envelope services for commercial real estate — adjacent competitor for building investigation and structural repair work.
• Buro Happold: International engineering consultancy with structural and facade engineering practices serving healthcare, education, and commercial clients — competes at the higher end of the multidisciplinary A&E space where K2N also operates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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