What Edgett Williams Consulting Group does

Edgett Williams Consulting Group (EWCG) is a privately held, US-based vertical transportation consulting firm founded in 1986 that designs and oversees elevators, escalators, people movers, and material handling systems across the full project lifecycle. Its service portfolio is organized into five practice areas — New Construction, Modernization, Specialty Elevators, Maintenance, and Due Diligence — and serves clients in commercial real estate, hospitality, residential towers, government facilities, airports, and special-purpose buildings. The firm maintains a deliberately small bench (1-10 employees) operating from regional offices in Larkspur, CA and Manhattan, NY, and serves an international client base that has included marquee engagements such as Apple Park, Google Campus, Nvidia HQ, JPMorgan Chase's 270 Park Avenue, Salesforce Transit Center, and Menara Astra in Jakarta. EWCG operates as an enterprise field-sales, project-based consulting practice, working with all major international elevator and escalator manufacturers in a manufacturer-agnostic capacity and selectively taking on complex or technically 'impossible' projects for first-quality, repeat clients.

Underlying the service is deep domain expertise rather than a proprietary technology platform: the firm's assets are its consultants' ability to specify, tender, oversee installation of, and modernize vertical transportation systems in buildings with demanding architectural, performance, or code-compliance constraints. Revenue is generated through quote-based, project-specific professional services fees tied to the scope and complexity of each engagement, rather than through disclosed pricing models or recurring subscriptions.

The business is founder-led under Chairman Allen Williams and CEO Erv Lauterbach, with co-founders Steve Edgett and Chabi Mathur referenced as participants; it is independently owned with no disclosed venture capital, private equity, or parent-company involvement. Distribution is conducted primarily through direct enterprise relationships and inbound contact via the firm's website, with brand presence supported by a LinkedIn company page and a project-showcase website. Headcount, project volume, and geographic data together suggest a stable, intentionally boutique operating model rather than a scaling enterprise.

Name

Edgett Williams Consulting Group

Legal name

Edgett Williams Consulting Group, Inc.

Website

https://ewcg.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Edgett Williams Consulting Group is a US-based, founder-led vertical transportation consulting firm that designs and oversees elevator, escalator, and people-mover systems for enterprise clients across commercial real estate, tech campuses, hospitality, government, and airports, with operations in California and New York since 1986.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Vertical Transportation Engineering Consulting

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Engineering Services (541330), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Systems Engineering & Technical Program Management (BPAHAIAI)

Keywords

• Vertical transportation consulting
• Elevator consulting services
• Escalator design consulting
• Building transportation design
• Elevator modernization consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Mill Valley

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Professional consulting fees for design, specification, tender, installation, operation, and modernization of vertical transportation systems. Services span the entire lifecycle of these systems.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Edgett Williams Consulting Group (EWCG) provides specialized design and consulting services for vertical transportation systems, including elevators, escalators, people movers, and material handling systems. The firm serves enterprise clients across the full lifecycle of these systems, from concept development and specification through tender, installation oversight, operation, and modernization. Services are organized into five practice areas: New Construction, Modernization, Specialty Elevators, Maintenance Consulting, and Due Diligence, and are delivered to building owners, developers, architects, and property managers globally.

Product overview

Edgett Williams Consulting Group (EWCG) is an elevator and vertical transportation consulting firm offering a unified portfolio of consulting services. The core offering is comprehensive design and consulting for vertical transportation systems including elevators, escalators, people movers, and material handling systems. Services span the full project lifecycle from concept development through construction and renovation, organized into five main practice areas: New Construction, Modernization, Specialty Elevators, Maintenance, and Due Diligence. The company works with all major international elevator and escalator manufacturers and serves diverse building types including office buildings, hotels, residential towers, government facilities, airports, and special purpose buildings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• New Construction Consulting

Named customers14 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• All Major International Elevator and Escalator ManufacturerscoreTechnology or IntegrationEWCG works with all major international elevator and escalator manufacturers, enabling them to provide comprehensive consulting services across different technology platforms and manufacturers.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Cosentini Associates: Cosentini Associates is a US-based MEP consultancy whose practice includes elevator and vertical transportation consulting for premium commercial, institutional, and cultural buildings. It competes with EWCG on integrated assignments where vertical transportation is part of a broader engineering mandate.
• Syska Hennessy Group: Syska Hennessy is a major MEP engineering consultancy that operates a vertical transportation / elevator consulting practice serving the same commercial, hospitality, and government clients as EWCG. It competes with EWCG on larger integrated projects where MEP and elevator consulting are bundled.
• WSP: WSP is a global engineering professional services firm whose property and buildings segment offers elevator and vertical transportation consulting. It competes with EWCG on large, multi-discipline commercial real estate and infrastructure projects.
• Arup: Arup is a global engineering consultancy whose buildings practice includes a vertical transportation team serving the same developers, architects, and tech-company campus clients as EWCG. Arup's VT group competes for high-complexity projects but typically as part of broader multidisciplinary commissions.
• AECOM: AECOM's buildings and places practice includes vertical transportation consulting for airports, commercial towers, and transit projects globally. It overlaps with EWCG on large-scale developments where elevator consulting is bundled into a broader owner's-rep or engineering mandate.
• ME Engineers: ME Engineers is an MEP engineering consultancy that includes vertical transportation design within its building services offering for arenas, stadiums, airports, and high-rise developments. It is a relevant comparable for the integrated vertical-transportation-plus-MEP engagements that EWCG also targets.

Emerging players

• Axis Elevator Consultants: Axis Elevator Consultants is a smaller boutique consultant in the elevator and vertical transportation space, typically serving smaller commercial, healthcare, and residential projects. It is comparable as another independent VT specialist competing in the same owner-direct niche as EWCG but at smaller scale.

Direct peers

• KJA Consultants: KJA Consultants is a specialized elevator and vertical transportation consulting firm providing design, modernization, and maintenance advisory services. It competes with EWCG for similar owner-direct and architect-referred engagements on commercial buildings and infrastructure.
• Lerch Bates: Lerch Bates is the largest independent elevator and vertical transportation consulting firm in North America and EWCG's closest direct competitor. Both firms provide design, modernization, and maintenance consulting for elevators and escalators; Lerch Bates operates at much larger scale with multiple US offices and global expansion.
• VDA (Van Deusen & Associates): VDA is a long-established elevator and vertical transportation consulting firm serving commercial real estate, healthcare, and government clients across the US. It overlaps directly with EWCG on complex new construction and modernization engagements for high-rise buildings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/edgett-williams-consulting-group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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