Robert Peccia & Associates

What Robert Peccia & Associates does

Robert Peccia & Associates (RPA) is a Montana-based, 100% employee-owned civil engineering firm founded in 1978 and headquartered in Helena. The firm provides engineering, planning, surveying, and landscape architecture services to federal, state, municipal, and private clients, with an operational footprint concentrated entirely within Montana across five offices (Helena, Kalispell, Bozeman, Anaconda, Missoula). RPA's service portfolio spans eight integrated disciplines: airports, site civil, streets and highways, structures, surveying and subsurface utility engineering (SUE), transportation planning and operations, wastewater, and water systems.

RPA delivers these capabilities as professional consulting services rather than packaged technology products. The underlying technology is conventional civil engineering practice — surveying, CAD/GIS-based design, planning analysis, and construction-phase oversight — with no proprietary software, platform, or AI component disclosed. The firm competes on engineering judgment, regulatory familiarity, and multi-decade client relationships in the Montana public infrastructure market.

RPA's business model is project-based professional services revenue, generated primarily through RFP responses, direct engagement with county and municipal governments, and a project bidding portal for subcontractor opportunities. Pricing is determined per project by scope and complexity under multi-year contract structures; no pricing is publicly disclosed. The primary customer segment is government and municipal clients in Montana, with a secondary private-sector segment for site development and infrastructure work. The firm markets through its website, professional reputation, social media, client testimonials, and industry recognition as a nationally recognized, award-winning civil engineering firm. RPA is privately held with no external parent, strategic investor, or institutional capital, and operates as an independent professional services partnership.

Name

Robert Peccia & Associates

Legal name

Robert Peccia & Associates

Website

https://rpa-hln.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Robert Peccia & Associates is a 100% employee-owned civil engineering, planning, and surveying firm founded in 1978, serving federal, state, municipal, and private clients across Montana through five offices in Helena, Kalispell, Bozeman, Anaconda, and Missoula.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Helena

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering Services: Professional engineering and surveying services provided to government agencies, municipalities, and private clients on a project basis. Revenue is generated through consulting fees, project contracts, and service agreements for civil engineering projects including airports, highways, wastewater, water systems, and site civil work.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Robert Peccia & Associates (RPA) is a full-service civil engineering firm providing engineering, planning, and surveying services. The firm delivers eight distinct service lines: airports, site civil, streets and highways, structures, surveying/SUE, transportation planning and operations, wastewater, and water systems, for federal, state, municipal, and private clients throughout Montana.

Product overview

Robert Peccia & Associates (RPA) is a full-service civil engineering firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of engineering, planning, and surveying services. The company provides eight distinct service lines spanning airports, site civil, streets & highways, structures, surveying/SUE, transportation planning & operations, wastewater, and water systems. These services are delivered as integrated consulting offerings tailored to municipal, state, and private clients throughout Montana, with the firm emphasizing practical and sustainable engineering solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Airports Airport engineering services including planning, design, and construction oversight for aviation infrastructure, delivered to public and private aviation clients.
• Site Civil Site civil engineering services for commercial, residential, and industrial development projects, including site design, grading, utilities, and supporting infrastructure for private developers and public clients.
• Streets & Highways Roadway and highway design and planning services for municipal and state transportation projects.
• Structures Structural engineering services for bridges, buildings, and other infrastructure components.
• Surveying/SUE Professional surveying services and Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) for accurate underground utility mapping and location.
• Transportation Planning & Operations Transportation systems planning, traffic analysis, and operational improvements for urban and rural settings.
• Wastewater Wastewater collection and treatment system design services for municipal and industrial clients.
• Water Water supply and distribution system engineering services for communities and developments.

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• DOWL: Full-service civil engineering, planning, surveying, and environmental firm headquartered in Montana with similar service lines (transportation, water, site development) and a comparable municipal-client focus.
• WGM Group: Montana-based planning, engineering, and surveying firm offering comparable municipal infrastructure services in the same regional market.
• Morrison-Maierle: Montana-headquartered, employee-owned civil engineering firm providing similar full-service infrastructure, water, wastewater, transportation, and surveying services to municipal and private clients throughout the Northern Rockies.

Broad incumbents

• Kimley-Horn: National engineering, planning, and design consulting firm whose site-civil, transportation, and water practices overlap with RPA's municipal service offering.
• Stantec: Global engineering and consulting firm with dedicated water, environmental, and infrastructure practices that directly overlap RPA's service portfolio and competes for municipal clients.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with large water, transportation, and environmental practices that overlap with RPA and frequently bid on U.S. municipal infrastructure work.
• HDR Inc. Large global engineering, architecture, and consulting firm that competes with RPA on transportation, water, and wastewater municipal RFPs across the U.S.
• T.Y. Lin International: Global infrastructure engineering firm with significant transportation, structural, and civil practice overlap that competes for municipal and DOT infrastructure projects.
• Jacobs Solutions: Large engineering and professional services firm with water, transportation, and environmental infrastructure capabilities comparable to RPA's service mix.

Regional players

• KLJ Engineering: Regional engineering, planning, and surveying firm serving the upper Midwest and Mountain West with a similar municipal infrastructure service mix.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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