Florida Bridge and Transportation

What Florida Bridge and Transportation does

Florida Bridge and Transportation (FBT) is a privately held civil and structural engineering firm headquartered in Orlando, Florida, specializing in the design of bridges and transportation-related structures. Founded in 2005 by Mark Niedermann, the firm serves state transportation agencies (principally the Florida Department of Transportation), county engineering departments, municipalities, and construction contractors across Florida. Since inception FBT has designed over 250 bridges and completed more than 400 task work orders for contractors, establishing a multi-decade track record within the state's public infrastructure market.

FBT's service portfolio spans bridge design, repair, and replacement; design-build and traditional contract delivery; project development and environment (PD&E) studies; miscellaneous structures (retaining walls, sign structures, high-mast lighting, sheet pile walls, box culverts); and a specialty contractor engineering practice. Technical differentiators include an Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) retrofit method for aging Sonovoid bridge deck panels — recognized by FDOT as a Transportation Innovation and the largest such effort in Florida to date — and specialized steel girder erection planning along with steel trapezoidal box girder designs with integral piers that reduce structure depth and adjacent-property impacts in residential settings.

The firm operates on a project-based professional services revenue model, delivering custom engineering solutions as prime consultant under continuing services contracts with FDOT and municipalities, as subconsultant to larger engineering firms (e.g., Volkert), or as a specialty engineer for construction contractors (e.g., GLF Construction). Customer acquisition is relationship-driven, supported by documented value engineering outcomes including $3 million in cost reduction on the Wekiva 3B bridge, $1 million in savings on the SR 4 Over Blackwater replacement, and emergency repairs completed in 8 to 21 days on critical Florida Turnpike and I-10 infrastructure. The firm markets primarily through project case studies, earned industry awards (FTBA, ACEC-FL, ASCE, FDOT), and professional publications, with no direct sales force or external capital backing.

Name

Florida Bridge and Transportation

Legal name

Florida Bridge and Transportation, Inc.

Website

https://flbridge.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Florida Bridge and Transportation is a privately held Orlando, Florida civil engineering firm that designs bridges and transportation structures for FDOT, county governments, municipalities, and construction contractors, with over 250 bridges designed since 2005.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil and Structural Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction (2373)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Transportation & Traffic Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Bridge Rehabilitation & Structural Strengthening (Deck Replacement, Seismic Retrofit) (IMAFAEAK), Bridge & Viaduct Construction (IMAFAEAB)

Keywords

• Bridge design engineering
• Structural engineering services
• Transportation infrastructure design
• Bridge repair consulting
• Civil engineering consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Orlando

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consulting Services: Professional engineering services for bridge design, repair, and transportation structures provided to government agencies and contractors. Work includes design-build services, traditional contract delivery, PD&E studies, and construction engineering.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Florida Bridge and Transportation is a civil engineering firm that provides structural engineering services for bridges and transportation structures, including bridge design, replacement, widening, repair, design-build and traditional contract delivery, PD&E studies, miscellaneous structures, and construction engineering support. The firm has designed over 250 bridges and completed over 400 task work orders for contractors, serving state, county, and municipal governments as well as construction contractors throughout Florida.

Product overview

Florida Bridge and Transportation (FBT) is a civil engineering firm offering a portfolio of structural engineering services primarily focused on bridge design and repair. The core offering centers on Bridge Design and Repair, complemented by Design-Build and Traditional Contract Delivery, PD&E Studies, Miscellaneous Structures, and Construction Engineering services. FBT has designed over 250 bridges since 2005 and completed over 400 task work orders for contractors. Additional specialized services include UHPC bridge repair technology, stormwater treatment facility design, hardscape structures, transit shelters, and transit/bus shelter design. The firm operates from Orlando, Florida serving state agencies, municipalities, and industrial clients throughout Florida.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bridge Design and Repair Full-service bridge engineering including design, replacement, widening, new construction, and structural repair for vehicular and pedestrian bridges, provided to state, county, and municipal government clients as well as contractors in Florida.
• Design-Build and Traditional Contract Delivery Project delivery services offering both design-build engagements with single-point-of-contact project management and traditional contract delivery methods for bridge and transportation infrastructure projects.
• PD&E and Other Studies Preliminary engineering and environmental study services to assist FDOT in determining project location, conceptual design, and social, economic, and environmental effects for transportation infrastructure projects.
• Miscellaneous Structures Engineering Structural design services for retaining walls, sign structures, high mast lighting supports, overhead sign structures, sheet pile walls, box culverts, and bridge barrier retrofits.
• Construction Engineering and Contractor Specialty Engineering Engineering services for contractors including erection plans, crane lift plans, girder design, and construction-phase technical support, with over 400 task work orders completed for contractors.
• Continuing Services Contracts Ongoing engineering service agreements with FDOT, municipalities, and consulting firms providing project support at various stages, with over 20 continuing service contracts managed by FBT.
• Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) Bridge Repair Innovative repair method for aging Sonovoid bridge deck panels using UHPC with custom tie bar designs and special bracing systems to restore load distribution between adjacent panels, recognized by FDOT as a transportation innovation.
• Stormwater Treatment Facility Design Structural design of regional stormwater treatment facilities including alum treatment systems with braced steel sheet pile troughs for water quality improvement and stormwater management.

Quantifiable outcome

• SR 4 Over Blackwater bridge replacement saved over $1 million through staged construction approach
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 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

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• GLF Construction CorporationcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor for the Wekiva 3B Major Bridge project where FBT served as lead structures subconsultant. FBT worked closely with the contractor during construction phase.
• Volkert, Inc.coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPrime consultant for the SR 20 over Apalachicola River Bridge demolition analysis PD&E study. FBT served as subconsultant providing construction budget evaluation and demolition method assessment.
• BCC EngineeringsupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerIndependent peer review firm for the Wekiva 3B Fracture Critical Category 2 structure, as required by FDOT Central Office review.
• Environmental Research and Design, Inc. (ERD)supportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartner firm for Soldiers Creek Regional Stormwater Alum Treatment Facility project. FBT provided structural design while ERD led overall project design.
• Pegasus Engineering, LLCsupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartner firm for Soldiers Creek Regional Stormwater Alum Treatment Facility project collaboration to produce construction documents.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• HDR Inc. Large U.S. engineering firm with a nationally recognized bridge and structures practice that competes for major FDOT, design-build, and emergency repair contracts that FBT also targets.
• WSP USA: Global engineering giant with a large U.S. bridge and transportation structures practice serving FDOT and other state DOTs. Competes with FBT on larger design-build pursuits while offering broader multi-discipline capabilities.
• AECOM: One of the largest global infrastructure consulting firms with deep bridge design, transportation, and construction engineering practices competing for FDOT continuing services and major design-build bridge work.

Direct peers

• Volkert, Inc. Employee-owned civil engineering firm with strong Florida/Southeast presence and a major bridge and transportation structures practice. Already partnered with FBT as a prime consultant on the SR 20 Apalachicola River PD&E study, indicating directly comparable service offerings and client overlap.
• T.Y. Lin International: Global infrastructure engineering firm with one of the largest dedicated bridge design practices in the U.S. Competes for the same FDOT and design-build bridge contracts as FBT, often as prime consultant.
• Hardesty & Hanover: Long-standing U.S. bridge engineering specialist with deep movable bridge, fixed bridge, and structural rehabilitation practices. Directly comparable in core competency (bridge-focused structural engineering) and in serving DOT clients with similar value-engineering mandates.
• Kisinger Campo & Associates: Florida-headquartered engineering firm specializing in bridge design, transportation structures, and FDOT continuing services contracts. Highly comparable in scale, geography, and core service mix to FBT, competing for similar FDOT district and county work.
• Pegasus Engineering, LLC: Florida-based structural/civil engineering firm partnering with FBT on the Soldiers Creek stormwater project. Comparable regional peer competing for similar FDOT and county structural design work in central Florida.
• Modjeski and Masters: Pure-play bridge engineering firm with national reach and expertise in complex, fracture-critical, and movable bridge design. Comparable as a bridge-only specialist competing for high-end state DOT and design-build bridge work.
• BCC Engineering: Florida-based bridge and transportation engineering firm. Already partnered with FBT on Wekiva 3B as an independent peer reviewer, indicating closely overlapping technical capabilities and FDOT-relationship depth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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