CDA Design Group

What CDA Design Group does

CDA Design Group Pty Ltd is a privately held Australian landscape architecture practice headquartered at Ground floor, 185 Faraday Street, Carlton, Victoria. Founded in 2001 and operating with 1-10 employees, the firm delivers integrated landscape architectural design services to both private and public sector clients across Victoria. Its core service offering comprises five professional service lines — Site Planning, Master Planning & Conceptual Design, Contract Administration, Expert Witness testimony (led by principal Tim Vernon at VCAT hearings), and Documentation — applied across six project categories: Commercial, Environmental, Institutional, Parks & Urban Space, Residential, and Site Branding.

The firm's underlying technology is design-led professional services work, integrating environmental, economic, functional, cultural, social, and recreational requirements into deliverable landscape designs, supported by construction-phase contract administration. There is no disclosed proprietary software, platform, or productized technology; the offering is fundamentally human-expert-led design and advisory work. Documented project work spans healthcare (Arcare Caulfield, Epworth Geelong Hospital, Mercy Montrose), education (Deakin University, Victoria University Secondary College, Lowther Hall Kindergarten, Sunbury West Primary School), and commercial and residential developments.

CDA's business model is sales-led, project-based professional services. The firm engages directly with government authorities, councils, and private developers, pricing is quote-based and project-specific, and there is no disclosed subscription, retainer, or productized pricing. Revenue is generated through professional service fees across landscape architecture engagements. The company is independently owned with no evidence of external investment, no parent company, no subsidiaries, no disclosed funding rounds, and no M&A activity.

Name

CDA Design Group

Legal name

CDA Design Group Pty Ltd

Website

https://cdadesigngroup.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CDA Design Group Pty Ltd is a privately held Australian landscape architecture practice based in Carlton, Victoria, founded in 2001. It delivers site planning, master planning, contract administration, expert witness, and documentation services to private and public sector clients across Victoria.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (54132), Landscape Architectural Services (541320)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture
• Master planning
• Site planning
• Urban design
• Environmental restoration

Headquarters

HQ city

Carlton

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Landscape Architecture Services: Professional services for landscape architectural design, site planning, master planning, contract administration, expert witness testimony, and project documentation for private and public sector clients

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

CDA Design Group is a landscape architecture practice that delivers integrated design solutions to the private and public sector. Core services include Site Planning, Master Planning & Conceptual Design, Contract Administration, Expert Witness testimony, and Documentation, applied across Commercial, Environmental, Institutional, Parks & Urban Space, Residential, and Site Branding project categories.

Product overview

CDA Design Group is a landscape architecture firm providing integrated design solutions to the private and public sector. The company offers a unified suite of professional services: Site Planning, Contract Administration, Master Planning & Conceptual Design, Expert Witness testimony, and Documentation. These core services are applied across five specialized project categories: Commercial, Environmental, Institutional, Parks & Urban Space, and Residential landscape design. The firm works collaboratively with clients and consultant teams to deliver high-quality landscape architectural services that create stimulating, engaging, and functional public realm spaces.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Site Planning Site planning services including building siting, car park design, recreational facilities layout, vehicle and pedestrian circulation planning, natural systems integration, stormwater management, visual impact minimization, topography management, and infrastructure servicing coordination.
• Master Planning & Conceptual Design Feasibility studies, site assessments, town planning application support, graphic material preparation, planning policy and guideline review, environmental report assessment, and collaborative development of overall project vision and design framework.
• Contract Administration Construction phase oversight including superintendent role, on-site monitoring for quality and progress review, claim assessment and processing, instruction issuance, RFI responses, and liaison with council and authorities.
• Expert Witness Expert witness services by Tim Vernon providing landscape architecture advice during compulsory conferences and VCAT hearing phases, including preparation of expert witness statements and attendance at panel or VCAT hearings.
• Documentation Technical documentation services including functional aspect refinement, technical detail preparation, finish coordination, and compliance verification against relevant codes and standards.
• Commercial Landscape Design Landscape architecture services for commercial properties, business parks, office complexes, and retail spaces.
• Environmental Landscape Design Landscape architecture services with environmental focus, including wetland design, waterway projects, foreshore works, and ecological restoration.
• Institutional Landscape Design Landscape architecture for institutional clients including universities, hospitals, schools, kindergartens, and aged care facilities.
• Parks & Urban Space Design Design of public parks, playgrounds, urban spaces, linear reserves, and community-use public realm environments.
• Residential Landscape Design Landscape architecture services for residential developments including subdivisions, apartment developments, multi-dwelling projects, and private estates.
• Site Branding Landscape design services integrated with site branding and identity for development projects.

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves2 records

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Multidisciplinary design and engineering firm providing landscape architecture as part of broader urban development, environmental and infrastructure services, competing with CDA on larger Victorian institutional and public-realm tenders.
• Hassell: Large Australian architecture and landscape design practice with a significant landscape architecture division serving commercial, institutional and urban realm clients across the same sectors as CDA, but operating at much larger scale with multidisciplinary offerings.
• Urbis: Australian professional services firm providing planning, urban design and landscape advisory to public and private developers across residential, commercial and institutional projects, frequently appearing alongside CDA on the same project teams.
• Stantec: Global design and engineering consultancy that has absorbed Australian landscape and planning practices (including Plan E), offering landscape architecture services for institutional, environmental and urban projects alongside broader infrastructure capabilities.

Direct peers

• Oculus Landscape Architecture: Independent Australian landscape architecture practice with comparable project types and scale, working across commercial, residential and urban realm projects with similar mid-sized firm profile to CDA.
• Taylor Cullity Lethlean (TCL): One of Australia's most recognised landscape architecture studios, working across parks, urban space, institutional and environmental projects with comparable end-to-end service depth to CDA.
• ASPECT Studios: Australian landscape architecture practice delivering site planning, master planning and urban realm projects across commercial, environmental and institutional sectors, directly overlapping CDA's service categories and Victorian client base.
• ELY (Environmental Landscape Yard): Independent Australian landscape design studio with strong environmental, ecological restoration and urban realm focus, directly comparable to CDA's environmental and parks/urban space service categories.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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