Landmark Engineering

What Landmark Engineering does

Landmark Engineering is a family-owned, multi-disciplinary civil engineering firm headquartered at 183 Saint Charles St., Bowling Green, Kentucky, founded on October 1, 2004 by Thaddaeus J. Lucas, PE, PLS, through the purchase of Petty & Associates, Inc. (in business in the Bowling Green area since 1985). The firm delivers an integrated portfolio of six core services: Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Land Surveying, Land Planning, Materials Testing and Inspection, and Landscape Architecture. It serves commercial and residential developers in Tennessee and Kentucky, with additional government, institutional, and nonprofit engagements (e.g., Auburn Senior Center, Port Oliver Boat Ramp, Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce). The practice is built around conventional field and office engineering tooling, GPS-based surveying, nuclear density testing, and concrete/asphalt mix design, rather than proprietary software.

The firm's go-to-market is relationship-driven and local/regional, anchored by a single Bowling Green office, direct phone and email outreach, a project-portfolio website, and active affiliations with the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce, the Builders Association of South Central Kentucky, the City-County Planning Commission of Warren County, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, and professional societies including KAPS, KSLA, KSPE, NSPS, and ASLA. Engagements are quoted per project on a custom basis with no published price list, and revenue derives from professional services fees for deliverables such as construction plans, bid documents, construction administration, materials testing, and surveying. Capacity has been expanded through two acquisitions: Van Meter Engineering, Inc. (December 2006) and James R Adams & Associates (January 2021).

Multi-state Professional Engineer (KY, TN, AR) and Professional Land Surveyor (KY, TN) registrations held by the principal enable cross-jurisdictional work. The firm is privately held with no outside funding, no disclosed revenue, and a stated headcount range of 11-50 employees. There is no evidence of AI/ML capabilities, proprietary software products, paid digital marketing, or geographic expansion beyond Tennessee and Kentucky.

Name

Landmark Engineering

Legal name

Landmark Engineering

Website

https://landmarkengineering.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Landmark Engineering is a family-owned, multi-disciplinary civil engineering firm in Bowling Green, Kentucky, founded in 2004, delivering integrated civil, transportation, surveying, land planning, materials testing, and landscape architecture services to commercial, residential, and government clients across Tennessee and Kentucky.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Engineering Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Landscape Architectural Services (54132)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

Keywords

• Civil engineering services
• Land surveying services
• Transportation engineering
• Land planning services
• Materials testing inspection

Headquarters

HQ city

Bowling Green

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. Engineering and Land Surveying Professional Services: Fee-based, project-by-project professional services for land development, including civil engineering, transportation engineering, land surveying, land planning, materials testing/inspection, and landscape architecture. Engagements are quoted per project with deliverables such as construction plans, bid documents, construction administration, and inspection services, and are delivered on time and within budget to commercial and residential developers.
2. Public Sector and Institutional Engineering Work: Project-based engineering and inspection work for institutional and public-sector clients (e.g., Auburn Senior Center, New Life Church, Port Oliver Boat Ramp, Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce, City/County planning support), expanding revenue beyond private developers into government, institutional, and nonprofit engagements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Landmark Engineering is a family-owned, multi-disciplinary engineering firm that delivers civil engineering, transportation engineering, land surveying, land planning, materials testing and inspection, and landscape architecture services for commercial and residential land development projects. Engagements are scoped and quoted per project and include deliverables such as construction plans, bid documents, construction administration, and inspection services, delivered on time and within budget to developers and public/institutional clients across Tennessee and Kentucky.

Product overview

Landmark Engineering is a family-owned multi-disciplinary engineering firm (not a single unified software product) offering a portfolio of integrated professional services for commercial and residential land development across Tennessee and Kentucky. The core service portfolio comprises Civil Engineering, Land Planning, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Materials Testing and Inspection, and Transportation Engineering, which are delivered together on individual projects so that, for example, Civil Engineering design integrates with Land Planning, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Materials Testing, and Transportation Engineering support as needed. The firm has also expanded its service capacity through the acquisitions of Van Meter Engineering, Inc. (December 2006) and James R Adams & Associates (January 2021), which have been folded into its multi-disciplinary offering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Civil Engineering Multi-disciplinary civil engineering service covering project management, structural and geotechnical engineering, stormwater, water and sewer systems, underground utilities, roadway and street design, site grading, Phase II water quality design, residential/commercial/institutional/industrial site design, construction plans and bid documents, construction inspection and administration, and Phase I environmental studies for commercial and residential land development clients in Tennessee and Kentucky.
• Transportation Engineering Transportation design service covering traffic studies, rural and urban roadway design, traffic signal and turn lane warrants, parking studies, sight distance investigations, construction material testing and inspections, utility relocation plans, right-of-way acquisition documents, pedestrian travelways design, and turn lane design for roadway and development projects.
• Land Surveying Surveying service offering boundary, topographical, aerial photography, subdivision layout, ASTM/ALTA land title, plat recording, plot plans, construction layout, as-built plans, GPS, condominium, and right-of-way surveys to support land development and construction projects.
• Land Planning Planning service combining physical site analysis, conceptual and master planning, feasibility studies, zoning considerations, neo-traditional/urban/regional planning, park, recreation, greenways and streetscape planning, residential-through-public-space site planning, graphics/renderings, design guidelines, and variance/conditional use support for land development projects.
• Materials Testing and Inspection Quality-focused testing and inspection service providing quality assurance/quality control, soil testing, concrete testing, special inspections, erosion control inspections, nuclear density testing, concrete mix design, asphalt mix design, and construction material testing and inspection using technologically advanced equipment.
• Landscape Architecture Landscape architectural service for residential, commercial office, mixed-use, and institutional site plans, including planting plans, amenity design, signage, park and greenways design, streetscape design, historic site preservation/restoration, wetland and stream mitigation, natural stream channel bio-remediation, rain gardens, tree inventory/assessment, construction plans and bid documents, and design development plans.

Quantifiable outcome

• Since 2004, served commercial and residential developers throughout Tennessee and Kentucky with multi-disciplinary engineering services.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers21 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bowling Green Area Chamber of CommercecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerListed on Landmark Engineering's Resource Links page alongside the firm's headquarters location. The Chamber is a primary local networking and referral channel in the Bowling Green, KY market, and Landmark Engineering has also provided engineering/site services for the Chamber's own building. Relationship appears bidirectional: Landmark participates in the Chamber and has served it as a client.
• Builders Association of South Central KentuckycoreGTM or Marketing PartnerListed on Landmark Engineering's Resource Links page as a local trade body. The Builders Association is a key referral channel for residential and commercial development work in the South Central Kentucky market that Landmark serves.
• Kentucky Transportation CabinetminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerListed on Landmark Engineering's Resource Links page as a regulatory/specification resource. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet sets standards for transportation engineering work that Landmark performs (rural/urban roadway design, traffic studies, right-of-way acquisition), and the firm maintains engineering registrations in Kentucky (and Tennessee) to deliver on related projects.
• City of Bowling Green, KentuckyminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerListed on Landmark Engineering's Resource Links page as a municipal resource. The City of Bowling Green is a recurring local jurisdiction for which Landmark performs site, infrastructure, and transportation engineering work and public-sector projects.
• City-County Planning Commission of Warren County, KentuckyminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerListed on Landmark Engineering's Resource Links page as a local planning/regulatory body. The Commission is the local planning and zoning authority that reviews and approves Landmark's land planning, subdivision, and site development work in Warren County.
• American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)minorOthersProfessional society referenced on Landmark Engineering's Resource Links page in connection with the firm's landscape architecture practice. Membership/affiliation is informational/standards-driven rather than a commercial partnership.
• Kentucky Association of Professional Surveyors (KAPS)minorOthersProfessional society referenced on Landmark Engineering's Resource Links page in connection with the firm's land surveying practice. Membership/affiliation is informational/standards-driven.
• Kentucky Society of Landscape Architects (KSLA)minorOthersProfessional society referenced on Landmark Engineering's Resource Links page in connection with the firm's landscape architecture practice. Membership/affiliation is informational/standards-driven.
• Kentucky Society of Professional Engineers (KSPE)minorOthersProfessional society referenced on Landmark Engineering's Resource Links page in connection with the firm's civil and transportation engineering practice. Membership/affiliation is informational/standards-driven.
• National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS)minorOthersProfessional society referenced on Landmark Engineering's Resource Links page in connection with the firm's land surveying practice. Membership/affiliation is informational/standards-driven.
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerFederal agency listed on Landmark Engineering's Resource Links page. The firm's owner, Thaddaeus J. Lucas, has direct FEMA map study and revision experience, and FEMA floodplain resources support the firm's surveying, land planning, and civil engineering deliverables.
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), U.S. Department of JusticeminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerRegulatory resource listed on Landmark Engineering's Resource Links page. ADA standards inform site design, accessibility, and landscape architecture deliverables produced by the firm.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Gresham Smith: Nashville, Tennessee-based employee-owned firm offering civil engineering, transportation, land planning, landscape architecture, and surveying — a near-direct competitor serving many of the same Tennessee/Kentucky developer clients with a similar multi-disciplinary delivery model.
• TTL Inc. (Volkert): Tennessee-based engineering, environmental, and program management firm with a strong civil/site development and transportation practice; directly comparable in Tennessee market presence and multi-disciplinary land development services.
• Barge Design Solutions: Nashville-headquartered multi-disciplinary engineering, architecture, and planning firm with a strong site-civil, transportation, surveying, and landscape architecture practice — directly comparable services and overlapping Tennessee/Kentucky market footprint.
• Palmer Engineering Company: Kentucky-headquartered civil and transportation engineering firm with a strong public-sector practice; comparable in service scope and regional Kentucky orientation, particularly in roadway and infrastructure work.
• Strand Associates: Multi-state engineering firm with a Kentucky office offering civil, transportation, structural, and surveying services to municipalities and developers; comparable in service mix and in the public/developer client overlap.
• American Engineers Inc. Kentucky-based civil engineering, land surveying, and land development firm; directly comparable in service portfolio, Kentucky geographic focus, and mid-market developer customer base.
• Qk4 Engineering (KDM Engineering): Louisville, Kentucky-based civil and transportation engineering firm offering roadway design, traffic studies, and land development services; directly comparable in service mix and regional Kentucky orientation, with additional scale advantages.

Broad incumbents

• HDR Inc. Large U.S. engineering, architecture, and consulting firm with Tennessee offices; competes for transportation, civil, and infrastructure work across the same Kentucky/Tennessee geography but at meaningfully larger scale and broader capability set.
• Kimley-Horn: National engineering, planning, and design consulting firm with a Nashville office; offers directly comparable land development, transportation, and landscape architecture services, with broader geographic reach and deeper specialty benches.
• Stantec: Global engineering, architecture, and environmental services firm with significant offices in Tennessee and Kentucky; offers overlapping civil, transportation, surveying, and landscape architecture capabilities, but as part of a much broader portfolio and at greater scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LEI0812

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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