VCEA

What VCEA does

Van Cleef Engineering Associates LLC (VCEA) is a privately held multidisciplinary civil engineering consulting firm founded in 1972 by Neil I. Van Cleef and headquartered in Hillsborough, New Jersey. The firm employs 225+ professionals across nine regional offices in New Jersey (Hillsborough, Freehold, Hamilton, Mt. Arlington, Phillipsburg, Toms River) and Pennsylvania (Bethlehem, Doylestown, Pottstown), serving public and private clients throughout New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York. It operates as a Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) certified firm led by CEO and Managing Member Cynthia Norfleet, with F. William Groff, III serving as Principal and COO. The firm has no disclosed parent company, subsidiaries, or external institutional investors.

VCEA delivers twelve integrated service lines spanning the full infrastructure lifecycle: municipal engineering, transportation (roads, bridges, highways), water/wastewater, land development, coastal engineering, geotechnical engineering, GIS, environmental services, community planning, land surveying, construction inspection, and schools & institutions. Its delivery model is single-source project engagement, providing end-to-end services from initial bidding and planning through permitting, design, and construction inspection. Core technology is conventional civil engineering practice, supported by GIS-based spatial analysis; no proprietary software platform or AI/ML capability is described. Notable technical assets include pre-qualification with NJDEP, NJDOT, and local municipal regulatory bodies across the tri-state region, and a deep credentialed bench including numerous PE, PP, CME, PLS, LEED AP, and CGP-licensed professionals.

The firm generates revenue through project-based professional services contracts awarded via competitive bidding and direct engagement, with multi-year engagements common on municipal and infrastructure work. Pricing is quote-based per project scope and is not publicly disclosed. Customer segments are weighted toward municipal government (primary), educational institutions (primary), state and county government, and private commercial/residential developers. The firm has won sustained industry recognition including consecutive-year Best Places to Work awards in NJ (four years) and PA (three years), ACEC Engineering Excellence awards, NJ Alliance for Action Distinguished Engineering Awards, and a 2026 PWC NJ Woman of Achievement Award for the CEO, collectively reinforcing its brand position as a leading Mid-Atlantic regional engineering consultancy.

Name

VCEA

Legal name

Van Cleef Engineering Associates LLC

Website

https://vancleefengineering.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Van Cleef Engineering Associates (VCEA) is a 50-year-old, WBE-certified multidisciplinary civil engineering consulting firm with 225+ professionals across nine NJ and PA offices, serving municipal, educational, state, and private clients throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Engineering Consulting Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Geotechnical & Subsurface Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAB), Water, Wastewater & Hydraulics Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAD)

Keywords

• Civil engineering services
• Municipal engineering consulting
• Land surveying
• Transportation engineering
• Construction inspection services

Headquarters

HQ city

Hillsborough

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering and Consulting Services: Professional engineering, planning, surveying, and construction inspection services provided to public and private sector clients. Revenue generated through project-based engagements for civil engineering, municipal engineering, land development, transportation, water/wastewater, coastal engineering, geotechnical engineering, and related disciplines.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Van Cleef Engineering is a multidisciplinary consulting engineering firm that delivers civil engineering, municipal engineering, land surveying, planning, landscape architecture, and construction inspection services. The firm serves public and private clients from initial bidding through project completion, providing end-to-end, single-source project delivery for infrastructure, land development, transportation, water/wastewater, coastal, and geotechnical projects across New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York.

Product overview

Van Cleef Engineering is a multidisciplinary civil engineering, planning, and surveying firm providing engineering services primarily in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York. The company operates as a unified service organization offering twelve distinct service areas: Coastal Engineering, Construction Inspection, Environmental Services, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Geotechnical Engineering, Land Development, Municipal Engineering, Community Planning, Schools & Institutions, Land Surveying, Transportation, and Water/Wastewater services. Rather than a software platform with modular components, Van Cleef provides integrated consulting engineering services where multidisciplinary teams collaborate on projects from initial planning through construction completion.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Coastal Engineering Engineering services for coastal infrastructure projects including shoreline protection, coastal zone management, and marine-related construction support.
• Construction Inspection On-site construction inspection and administration services to ensure projects meet specifications, codes, and quality standards.
• Environmental Services Environmental assessment and consulting services for compliance with environmental regulations and sustainable project development.
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) GIS mapping and spatial analysis services for infrastructure planning, asset management, and municipal applications.
• Geotechnical Engineering Subsurface investigation and geotechnical analysis services to support foundation design and earthwork construction.
• Land Development Civil engineering services for residential, commercial, and mixed-use land development projects from planning through construction.
• Municipal Engineering Engineering and consulting services for municipal clients including infrastructure assessment, planning, and public works projects.
• Community Planning Planning and landscape architecture services for community development, master planning, and public space design.
• Schools & Institutions Engineering services for educational facility projects including school expansions, campus improvements, and institutional construction.
• Land Surveying Professional land surveying services including boundary surveys, topographic mapping, and construction staking.
• Transportation Transportation engineering services including road design, traffic analysis, and infrastructure improvements for public and private clients.
• Water / Wastewater Engineering services for water distribution, wastewater collection systems, treatment facilities, and utility infrastructure.

Named customers5 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

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• CREW Lehigh ValleycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Ana Martins, Branch Manager of Bethlehem office, serves as Chapter President of CREW Lehigh Valley since 2024. CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) supports women in the commercial real estate industry through networking, leadership development, and career outreach.
• Lehigh Valley Commercial & Industrial Real Estate FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAna Martins serves as President of this nonprofit foundation dedicated to supporting babies and families impacted by medical challenges in the Lehigh Valley community. The Foundation brings together 400+ real estate and allied professionals and has raised over $1 million.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Stantec: Global engineering professional services firm with full-service infrastructure, water, environmental, and community development offerings; increasingly competes on large municipal and transportation RFPs in NJ/PA/NY via acquisitions.
• WSP USA: Large multinational engineering consultancy with significant NJ/PA transportation, water, and property practices competing for marquee regional infrastructure contracts.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm pursuing large NJTA, NJDOT, and PennDOT programs where Van Cleef operates as a subconsultant — overlapping on transportation, water, and environmental service lines.

Direct peers

• Remington & Vernick Engineers: NJ/PA/regional civil and municipal engineering firm of comparable size with strong municipal, water/wastewater, and transportation practices — a head-to-head competitor on many of the same NJ government RFPs.
• Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson (JMT): Mid-Atlantic-based engineering firm with closely aligned transportation, bridge, water/wastewater, and construction inspection services competing directly on NJDOT, PennDOT, and similar infrastructure work.
• Pennoni: Philadelphia-headquartered engineering consulting firm with similar full-service civil, municipal, environmental, geotechnical, and surveying offerings across the Mid-Atlantic region.
• Maser Consulting (now Colliers Engineering & Design): Closest direct peer — a NJ-headquartered multidisciplinary civil engineering, surveying, environmental, and municipal engineering firm of similar scale across the Mid-Atlantic, recently acquired by Colliers. Comparable service mix, customer types, and regional footprint.
• T&M Associates: Middletown, NJ-based engineering, environmental, and planning consulting firm with overlapping service lines (municipal, transportation, water/wastewater, land development) and the same NJ/PA public-sector client base.
• Buchart Horn: Mid-sized civil/structural engineering and architecture firm with overlapping bridge, transportation, water/wastewater, and municipal practices in the Mid-Atlantic.

Emerging players

• Environmental Resources Management (ERM): While primarily environmental-focused, ERM's growth in site/civil work and presence in NJ/NY places it in adjacent competition on environmental site assessments, permitting, and infrastructure-related environmental services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/VanCleefEngineering
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/van-cleef-engineering

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles23 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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