What Brelje & Race Consulting Engineers does

Brelje & Race Consulting Engineers is a privately held civil engineering consulting firm founded in 1954 and headquartered at 475 Aviation Blvd, Suite 120, in Santa Rosa, California. The firm serves public-sector clients (cities, counties, water and special districts, K-12 school districts, community colleges) and private-sector clients (healthcare systems, hospitality operators, wineries and vineyards, commercial developers) across the North Bay region — Sonoma, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, and Marin Counties. Its service portfolio spans the full project lifecycle: water supply/treatment/storage/distribution, wastewater and recycled water, site development, schools, winery and vineyard engineering, land surveying, public project financing administration, environmental planning and permitting (CEQA/NEPA), and construction management. Notable engagements include the $158 million Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital Expansion, the $100 million Lindley Center for STEM Education at Santa Rosa Junior College, an 87,300 sq ft LEED Platinum Kaiser Permanente medical office building, and the Anderson Springs post-Valley Fire wastewater collection system.

The firm's underlying technology stack is industry-standard rather than proprietary: AutoCAD Civil 3D and ARC GIS for design and mapping, H2ONet, WaterCAD, and EPANet for hydraulic modeling of water distribution and wastewater systems, and robotic total stations, GPS, and digital levels for field surveying. Differentiated technical capabilities sit in domain specialization — water system master planning, low-pressure force main design for post-fire recovery, and CEQA/NEPA permit negotiation with the Regional Water Quality Control Board, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and US Army Corps of Engineers — rather than in software or AI. The business model is fee-for-service professional consulting on a project basis, with pricing negotiated per engagement scope and cadence spanning multi-year contracts. Go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, supported by active participation in ACEC, ASCE, Wine Country Waterworks Association, and similar professional bodies, plus a steady stream of ACEC, ASCE, ENR, and California Preservation Foundation awards. The firm employs 35+ professionals out of a single office, with average employee tenure exceeding a decade. In May 2025 Brent Beazor was appointed President, succeeding Paul Bartholow, alongside ownership-group expansion with two new Associates (Sophia Grubb, Andrew Ferrol) and an Associate Principal promotion (Dyanna Stetina).

Name

Brelje & Race Consulting Engineers

Legal name

Brelje & Race Consulting Engineers

Website

https://brce.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Brelje & Race is a privately held civil engineering consulting firm founded in 1954 in Santa Rosa, California, serving municipal, education, healthcare, hospitality, and winery clients across the five-county North Bay region with water, wastewater, site development, surveying, and environmental permitting services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Engineering Consulting Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Water, Wastewater & Hydraulics Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAD), Construction Management & Delivery (EPCM/CMAR/Design-Build Oversight) (EUANALAE)

Keywords

• Civil engineering services
• Water and wastewater engineering
• Land surveying services
• Environmental planning permitting
• Construction management services

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Rosa

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. Professional Engineering Consulting Services: Fee-for-service professional consulting including civil engineering design, construction management, land surveying, and environmental planning and permitting services for municipal and private clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Brelje & Race Consulting Engineers provides civil engineering, land surveying, environmental planning and permitting, and construction management services to municipal and private clients across California's North Bay region. Their work covers water supply, treatment and distribution; wastewater collection and recycled water systems; site development for healthcare, education, commercial, and hospitality projects; and full project lifecycle support from planning through construction observation. They also assist public agencies with federal, state, and local project financing applications.

Product overview

Brelje & Race Consulting Engineers is a civil engineering consulting firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of professional engineering services. The company operates as a single unified service offering rather than a platform with distinct software modules. The core service offerings include Water (supply, treatment, storage, and distribution), Wastewater/Recycled Water (collection, treatment, and recycled water), Site Development (education, healthcare, mixed-use projects), Schools (campus planning, modernizations, accessibility), Winery and Vineyards (permitting, development, water, and process wastewater), Land Surveying (professional land surveying for homeowners, businesses, and public agencies), Public Project Financing (application assistance, reporting, and program administration), Environmental Planning and Permitting (planning, permitting, and CEQA/NEPA), and Construction Management (bidding administration, construction observation, budget management). These services are delivered through teams of professional civil engineers, land surveyors, environmental planners, and construction managers based out of their Santa Rosa, California office.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Water Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Anderson Springs project completed on schedule and 6% under budget with change orders totaling less than 1% of contract price
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SmithGroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSmithGroup served as project architect and primary design consultant for the Lindley Center for STEM Education at Santa Rosa Junior College. Brelje & Race was engaged to provide civil site engineering including demolition, grading, wet utilities, pavement, and stormwater management.
• Quattrocchi Kwok ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Quattrocchi Kwok Architects for multiple school modernization and new campus projects including Alameda High School Modernization and Sonoma Valley High School Sports Complex. Brelje & Race provided civil engineering and surveying services as part of integrated design teams.
• HerreroBoldt/StanteccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIntegrated project delivery team for Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital Expansion. HerreroBoldt and Stantec served as primary design/build partners with Brelje & Race providing civil site design services for the $158 million healthcare expansion.
• Quadriga Landscape Architecture & PlanningminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerQuadriga served as landscape architect for the Lindley Center for STEM Education project, collaborating with Brelje & Race on stormwater detention and treatment features integrated into landscape areas.
• Quattrocchi Kwok ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner architect for Sonoma Valley High School Sports Complex project. Partnership resulted in award-winning sports facility with innovative recycled water irrigation conversion saving over 4 million gallons of potable water annually.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BKF Engineers: Walnut Creek-based civil engineering firm offering site development, transportation, and water services across Northern California. Larger than B&R but operates the same core civil engineering consulting model for similar institutional and private developer clients.
• Coastland Civil Engineering: Headquartered in Santa Rosa, Coastland is a same-region civil engineering firm of comparable size and service mix (water, wastewater, site development, construction management). It is the most direct local competitor for North Bay municipal and private clients.
• LACO Associates: Eureka-based civil engineering, surveying, and environmental planning firm serving California's North Coast (Humboldt, Del Norte, Trinity counties). Comparable size and service profile; complements B&R's North Bay reach geographically.
• Wood Rodgers: Sacramento-based civil engineering firm providing water resources, land development, and surveying services across Northern California. Comparable service portfolio, though operating in a different sub-region of the state.
• SHN Engineers: Eureka-based engineering firm providing civil, structural, environmental, and geotechnical services along the North Coast. Comparable size and full-service municipal engineering model with overlap in rural water/wastewater work.
• Sandis: Oakland-based civil engineering and land surveying firm serving public and private clients throughout the Bay Area. Closely comparable in service mix — surveying, site development, water — and competes for similar institutional clients.
• Whitson Engineers: Bay Area-based civil engineering and land surveying firm serving public agencies and private developers. Comparable service mix (land development, water, surveying) and competes for similar mid-sized municipal contracts in Northern California.
• CSW Engineering: St. Helena-based civil engineering firm serving the North Bay wine country with comparable services in water, wastewater, and land development. Direct overlap in winery/vineyard clientele and rural water district work.

Broad incumbents

• West Yost: Larger Northern California water-focused engineering consultancy specializing in water, wastewater, and stormwater master planning. Overlaps directly with B&R's core water services but operates at greater scale with broader geographic reach and a deeper specialty bench.
• Carollo Engineers: National water/wastewater engineering specialist with significant Northern California presence. Competes with B&R on municipal water and recycled water projects but at substantially larger scale, with deeper specialized bench and broader geographic reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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