CFS Engineers

Name

CFS Engineers

Legal name

Cook, Flatt & Strobel Engineers, P.A.

Website

https://cfse.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1961

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Engineering Consulting

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Testing, Inspection, Certification & Commissioning (TICx) Technical Services (BPAHAIAL)

Keywords

• Civil engineering consulting
• Transportation infrastructure design
• Bridge inspection services
• Site development engineering
• Geotechnical materials testing

Headquarters

HQ city

Topeka

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consulting Services: Professional engineering and surveying services billed on a project basis, encompassing planning, design, permitting, construction administration, and inspection services across transportation, structural, site development, water resources, parks, and recreation projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CFS Engineers is a professional civil engineering consulting firm providing planning, design, permitting, construction administration, inspection, surveying, and geotechnical/materials testing services across transportation, bridges, site development, water resources, parks, and recreation projects. Services are delivered by integrated multidisciplinary teams to municipal, educational, and private-sector clients in Kansas and Missouri. The firm operates an AASHTO-accredited laboratory and certified drone survey capabilities as enabling technical assets.

Product overview

CFS Engineers is a civil engineering consulting firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of engineering services rather than a software product platform. The company provides integrated service offerings across ten core disciplines: Transportation, Structural Engineering, Site Development, Parks & Recreation, Water Resources, Project Management, Geotechnical Engineering, Survey, Construction Inspection, and Special Inspections & Materials Testing. These services are delivered as consultative offerings to public and private clients, primarily in Kansas and Missouri, with projects spanning transportation infrastructure, bridges, dams, parks, utilities, and site development. The services work together to manage projects from planning through construction, though they are not sold as modular software products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Transportation Planning and design services for transportation networks, including complete street projects, alternative intersections, traffic signals, transit-oriented planning, roadway and highway design, and design-build delivery for municipal and state transportation clients.
• Structural Engineering Structural engineering design services for bridges, box culverts, walls, piers, and foundations, including bridge inspections and load rating services for public infrastructure owners.
• Site Development Comprehensive planning and engineering services for site planning and land development projects including schools, fire stations, industrial parks, sports complexes, entertainment districts, and residential and retail developments.
• Parks & Recreation Planning and design services for parks, trails, recreation facilities, wetlands, and environmentally sensitive areas, including comprehensive park master plans for public agencies.
• Water Resources Water infrastructure services including waterlines, stormwater management, detention dams, wastewater systems, and green infrastructure and BMPs for municipal and private clients.
• Project Management Comprehensive project management services including public involvement, cost estimation, innovative funding solutions, permitting, railroad coordination, and utility coordination for civil engineering projects.
• Geotechnical Engineering Subsurface investigations, sampling, testing, analysis, and material evaluation with geophysical surveys using seismic testing, resistivity testing, ground penetrating radar, and thermography.
• Survey Land surveying services including topographic surveys, boundary surveys, ALTA/ACSM land title surveys, construction staking, right-of-way surveying, and aerial photography support using drones with Small Unmanned Aircraft license.
• Construction Inspection Construction administration and inspection services for roadways, bridges, sidewalks, trails, dams, and water infrastructure with KDOT and MoDOT certified inspectors.
• Special Inspections & Materials Testing Special inspections and materials testing for vertical and horizontal projects including soil, concrete, asphalt, aggregate, and masonry testing with AASHTO-accredited and CCRL-certified laboratory services in Kansas City, Kansas.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 300 miles of award-winning trails and bikeways designed in the last ten years
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers22 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Garver: North Little Rock, Arkansas-based employee-owned engineering, planning, and environmental services firm with strong transportation, water, and construction services practices across the central U.S. Closely matches CFS in ownership structure and multidisciplinary municipal focus.
• TranSystems: Transportation-focused engineering and planning firm with significant Midwest presence, specializing in bridge, highway, and rail design and inspection. Directly overlaps with CFS's structural and transportation service lines.
• Olsson: Lincoln, Nebraska-based employee-owned engineering firm providing transportation, water, environmental, and field services with offices across the Midwest. Closely comparable in scale, ownership model, and service mix to CFS Engineers.

Broad incumbents

• HDR Inc. Omaha-based global engineering, architecture, and consulting firm with strong transportation, bridge, water, and environmental practices. Overlaps directly with CFS's transportation, bridge inspection, and water resources service lines on public-sector work.
• Kimley-Horn: National planning, design, and engineering consulting firm with site development, transportation, and water resources practices serving municipalities and private developers. Competes with CFS on site/civil and transportation work in growing Sunbelt/Midwest markets.
• Black & Veatch: Overland Park, Kansas-based global engineering, procurement, construction, and consulting firm with deep water, stormwater, transportation, and site development practices. Comparable to CFS on municipal infrastructure and water resources work in the same regional footprint.
• Stantec: Global engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firm with a major Kansas City presence. Directly comparable in transportation, bridge, water, and community development service offerings, though at much larger scale.
• Burns & McDonnell: Headquartered in Kansas City, Burns & McDonnell is a 100% employee-owned engineering, architecture, construction, and consulting firm with broad multidisciplinary services including transportation, water, and structural work. It is a direct competitor in CFS's core Kansas/Missouri market but at vastly greater scale and capability breadth.
• WSP USA: Global professional services consultancy with major U.S. transportation, bridges, water, and property/site development practices. Competes with CFS on KDOT/MoDOT-adjacent and large municipal pursuits in the Midwest.
• HNTB Corporation: Kansas City-headquartered infrastructure design firm with deep bridge, highway, and aviation practices. Overlaps significantly with CFS on bridge inspection, transportation, and public-sector design-build work in the same geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CFSEngineers
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cook-flatt-&-strobel-engineers-p.a.
• Instagraminstagram.com/cfs_engineers/#

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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