Name

Fusco, Shaffer & Pappas

Legal name

Fusco, Shaffer & Pappas, Inc.

Website

https://fuscoshafferpappas.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ferndale

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. Architecture and Design Services: Professional architecture and planning services for residential communities, healthcare facilities, senior housing, community buildings, and historic preservation projects. Revenue generated through project-based fees for design, construction documents, and construction administration services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Fusco, Shaffer & Pappas is a full-service architecture and planning firm that delivers professional architectural services across the entire project lifecycle—from pre-design, site development, design, design development, and construction documents through bidding/negotiation, construction administration, and post-contract services. The firm's portfolio centers on residential, affordable, and senior housing communities, healthcare facilities, continuing care retirement communities, community/civic buildings, and historic preservation/adaptive reuse projects, with complementary specialized offerings in green building certification and investigative/due-diligence services.

Product overview

Fusco, Shaffer & Pappas is an award-winning, full-service architecture and planning firm that offers a comprehensive suite of architectural services rather than a software product platform. The firm operates as a unified service offering organized around three basic principles: client service, professional ethics, and design excellence. Services span the entire project lifecycle from Pre-Design and Site Development through Design, Design Development, Construction Documents, Bidding/Negotiation, Construction Administration, and Post-Contract services. Additionally, the firm provides specialized Investigative Services, Green Building Services (including LEED and Energy Star certifications), and Supplemental Services such as computer animation, graphics, renderings, and master planning. The portfolio includes residential communities, specialized communities, and continuing care retirement communities across housing, healthcare, senior housing, community, and historic preservation categories.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pre-Design Services Programming, adjacency/bubble diagramming, existing facilities surveys, and CAD layout of existing structures to establish project foundations for clients initiating new building or renovation projects.
• Site Development Services Site analysis, zoning ordinance analysis, site selection analysis, utility availability analysis, zoning processing assistance, and site concept design for developers and institutional clients.
• Design Services Comprehensive architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, civil, landscape, and interior design with materials research and code analysis for residential, healthcare, and community projects.
• Design Development Services Refinement of architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, low voltage, civil, landscape, interior, food service equipment, laundry equipment, and signage design specifications.
• Construction Documents Detailed architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, low voltage, civil, landscape, and interior design documentation with specifications for bidding and construction.
• Bidding and Negotiation Services Bidding materials preparation, bid evaluation, analysis of alternates or substitutes, and value engineering support for project owners.
• Construction Administration Services Certificate for payment review/approval, shop drawing review, observation services, change order review, and project close-out management during the construction phase.
• Post-Contract Services Maintenance and operational programming, start-up assistance, record drawings, warranty review, and post-contract evaluations after construction completion.
• Investigative Services Project capital needs assessment, property condition assessment, code compliance assessments, accessibility investigation, fire safety investigation, structural investigation, and due diligence investigation.
• Green Building Services LEED certification processing, Enterprise Green Communities certification, Energy Star certification, National Association of Home Builders Green Home Building Guideline certification, and MSHDA Green Community certification.
• Supplemental Services Computer animation, computer graphics, renderings, model construction, and master planning services for project visualization and planning.
• Senior Living and Continuing Care Community Design Specialized architectural design for independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, and continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), creating environments that contribute to residents' overall well-being.
• Historic Preservation Architecture Historic investigation per Historic Preservation Office 36CFR61, Qualified Historical Architect certification work, and historic rehabilitation including adaptive reuse of historic structures, qualifying projects for historic tax credits.

Named customers14 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

Feature4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• TMP Architecture: Mid-sized architecture firm with comparable practice mix across education, municipal, and community facility work in the Midwest. Competes for similar regional public-sector and developer-led projects.
• Wight & Company: Midwest-based architecture, engineering, and construction firm with a senior living and community development portfolio that overlaps FSP's affordable and senior housing segments. Comparable in service scope and regional concentration; pursues similar public-sector and developer clients.
• Integrated Architecture: Mid-sized architecture firm with comparable service breadth across senior living, healthcare, higher education, and community work. Comparable in scale, studio model, and target clients, and competes for similar regional RFPs.
• Quinn Evans Architects: Michigan-based architecture firm with deep historic preservation, civic, and community development portfolio. Directly comparable practice profile — especially on preservation, adaptive reuse, and nonprofit/government clients — and competes for the same Michigan RFPs FSP pursues.
• BKV Group: Architecture, engineering, and interior design firm with multi-state presence in senior living, affordable housing, healthcare, and community facilities. Directly comparable in vertical focus (senior housing, affordable, healthcare) and project-type scope.
• Rossetti Associates: Detroit-based architecture firm with sports, mixed-use, and urban revitalization work, including several high-visibility Detroit adaptive reuse projects. Competes with FSP on Detroit civic and adaptive reuse commissions.

Broad incumbents

• SmithGroup: Large multi-disciplinary architecture and engineering firm with a strong Detroit presence and recognized healthcare, senior living, and residential practices. Competes with FSP for many of the same Michigan public-sector, healthcare, and senior-living clients, but operates at significantly greater scale and breadth.
• CannonDesign: National architecture firm with deep healthcare and senior living practices serving hospital systems, continuing care retirement communities, and academic medical centers. Competes with FSP on healthcare and senior housing mandates but with greater geographic reach and design-research resources.
• DLR Group: Integrated architecture and engineering firm with significant affordable housing, senior living, healthcare, and civic practice. Competes with FSP on public-sector and large developer-led RFPs, but at greater scale and with a national delivery footprint.
• HKS Architects: Global architecture firm with one of the largest healthcare and senior living practices in the U.S. Competes for large-scale healthcare and senior-living projects that overlap with FSP's higher-fee mandates, though typically on larger or more design-driven pursuits.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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