Risha Engineering

What Risha Engineering does

Risha Engineering is a privately held structural engineering firm founded in 1999 by Janah Risha, SE, headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in Las Vegas and Seattle. The firm provides structural engineering design, seismic evaluation, seismic retrofit, adaptive reuse engineering, and construction support services across 13 market sectors, including entertainment, healthcare, civic, government, residential, and science & technology. Its core technical capabilities span seismic risk assessment, non-ductile concrete compliance for historic structures, fall protection programs, parking structure strengthening, and entertainment-specific structural engineering (removable steel grids, acrobatic rigging, set fabrication). The firm has developed specialized expertise in entertainment industry work, with 25+ years of relationships with major Hollywood studios including Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., and the Television Academy, and launched Risha Healthcare in 2019 as a dedicated healthcare division through a partnership with MakeItRight, Inc.

Risha Engineering operates as a professional services firm with a project-based, quote-driven fee model. Projects are secured through direct client engagement with property owners, developers, institutions, and government entities rather than self-service channels, and the firm acquires work through reputation-based referrals, industry relationships, and professional association visibility (the founder has served as SEAOC President and Fellow). The firm's revenue stream is "Structural Engineering Consulting Services" billed on multi-year contracts where applicable; specific pricing is not publicly disclosed. Geographic reach covers the Western United States, with select projects executed further afield (e.g., Talladega College, Alabama). The firm maintains a content marketing-led approach (website, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter/X) complemented by deep SEAOC participation and PR coverage of project milestones.

The organization has 11-50 employees and is founder-owned, with no disclosed external funding or institutional investment. The leadership team includes Janah Risha as Founder and President, Matthew Breaks as Principal (since 2017), Rimah Nazzal as Principal leading the Nevada office, and Ricardo Sangiovanni managing the Risha Healthcare division. The firm has received multiple industry awards, including SEAOC Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards (2004, 2009, 2017) and ENR California Regional Best Projects recognition for the Saban Media Center.

Name

Risha Engineering

Legal name

Risha Engineering Group, Inc.

Website

https://risha.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Risha Engineering is a privately held structural engineering firm founded in 1999 serving enterprise clients across the Western United States with seismic design, retrofit, adaptive reuse, and construction support services spanning entertainment, healthcare, civic, and commercial sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Burbank

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Structural Engineering Consulting Services: Professional engineering services billed on a project basis for structural engineering design, evaluation, analysis, and construction support for various building types and market sectors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Risha Engineering is a structural engineering firm providing consulting, design, evaluation, and construction support services for buildings and special structures. Its core offerings span seismic evaluation and retrofit design, new construction structural design, adaptive reuse engineering, and non-structural anchoring and bracing, delivered across entertainment, healthcare, civic, government, residential, education, and science and technology sectors in the Western United States.

Product overview

Risha Engineering is a structural engineering firm providing engineering services across multiple market sectors. The company operates as a single unified service offering (structural engineering consulting and design) with one specialized division: Risha Healthcare, which focuses specifically on healthcare and hospital projects. Their core services span entertainment (movie sets, studios), residential, commercial, industrial, civic, education, and healthcare sectors, with expertise in seismic retrofitting, adaptive reuse, new construction, and disaster assessment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Risha Healthcare: A division of Risha Engineering dedicated to providing comprehensive structural engineering design services for all aspects of hospital and healthcare projects, including renovation projects, seismic evaluations and retrofits, additions, new hospital and medical office buildings, structural strengthening, and non-structural anchoring and bracing.

Products and services

• Risha Healthcare A specialized division of Risha Engineering providing comprehensive structural engineering design services for hospital and healthcare projects, including renovation projects, seismic evaluations and retrofits, additions, new hospital and medical office buildings, structural strengthening, and non-structural anchoring and bracing. Formed in collaboration with MakeItRight, Inc. in September 2019.

Quantifiable outcome

• Saban Media Center: $35 Million, 580-seat theater for Television Academy, won 5 industry awards including SEAOSC Excellence in Structural Engineering for Landmark Structures 2017
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 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.

• MakeItRight, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRisha Engineering collaborated with MakeItRight, Inc. to bring key personnel into a newly established division called Risha Healthcare. Mr. Ricardo Sangiovanni, SE, a long-time key member and shareholder of MakeItRight, was appointed to manage the new division. This combination brought new and unmatched production capabilities for healthcare projects, with Risha Healthcare dedicated to comprehensive design services for hospital and healthcare projects.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• DCI Engineers: West Coast structural and civil engineering firm with offices in Seattle and other Western US markets. Comparable multi-office structural engineering peer competing for the same Pacific Northwest commercial and institutional clients.
• KPFF Consulting Engineers: Large US structural and civil engineering consultancy with offices throughout the West Coast including Seattle and LA. Comparable as a multi-office structural engineering peer competing for the same developer, civic, and institutional clients.
• John A. Martin & Associates (JAMA): Large LA-based structural engineering firm with deep seismic and entertainment-industry experience (Universal, Disney projects). Directly comparable to Risha as a regional structural engineering peer serving Hollywood studios and seismic retrofit work.
• Nabih Youssef & Associates (NYA): Los Angeles structural engineering firm specializing in seismic analysis, retrofit, and historic preservation of landmark buildings. Highly comparable for adaptive reuse, seismic evaluation, and entertainment/cultural project work.
• Miyamoto International: West Coast structural engineering firm specializing in seismic risk reduction, disaster recovery, and global earthquake engineering. Directly comparable for seismic retrofit, code-development expertise, and adaptive reuse of vulnerable buildings.

Broad incumbents

• Buro Happold: International engineering consultancy with strong entertainment, theatre, and cultural venue structural engineering practice. Comparable for live entertainment and theatre structural design projects similar to Cirque du Soleil IRIS.
• Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates (WJE): National engineering consultancy with deep expertise in structural failure investigation, historic preservation, and adaptive reuse. Comparable for adaptive reuse engineering (e.g., Talladega Foster Hall) and forensic/assessment work.
• Arup: Global engineering consultancy with major entertainment, cultural, and adaptive reuse practices. Comparable as a competing firm for marquee entertainment projects and complex structural engineering, though at materially greater scale and geographic reach.
• Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH): National structural engineering and building envelope firm with offices across the US. Comparable for complex structural analysis, historic preservation, and high-profile civic/institutional projects, though at materially greater scale.
• Thornton Tomasetti: Global engineering consultancy with structural and seismic retrofit practice. Comparable for adaptive reuse, seismic evaluation, and complex building structural engineering, though at significantly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/rishaeng
• Facebookfacebook.com/rishaengineering
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/risha-engineering

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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