What Dunn Associates does

Dunn Associates, Inc. is a privately held structural engineering consulting firm founded in 1995 and headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, with a regional office in St. George. The firm delivers structural design, analysis, peer review, seismic evaluation and retrofit, adaptive reuse, and construction administration services for buildings across 13 vertical specialties — including higher education, K-12, healthcare, government/public facilities, commercial office, hospitality, mountain resorts, warehouse and distribution, multi-housing, recreation, parking structures, and seismic design — and is licensed to practice in all 50 U.S. states.

The firm's core technical expertise is centered on seismic and performance-based design, rooted in its location on the Wasatch fault line and the use of ASCE 41-17 for performance-based seismic evaluation. Engineers deploy BIM workflows on Revit, design with tilt-up concrete, steel moment frames, buckling restrained braced frames, and post-tensioned concrete systems, and the firm maintains in-house LEED-accredited professionals capable of delivering LEED Certified, Gold, Platinum, and Net-Zero projects. Notable project scale includes the Salt Lake City International Airport Redevelopment (1.8M SF), UPS's 840K SF regional hub, and multi-facility engagements for dōTERRA, Intermountain Healthcare, and the University of Utah.

Go-to-market is relationship-driven enterprise consulting: principals engage directly with architects, developers, contractors, and government entities on project-based, quote-priced engagements with on-site decision-making and rapid RFI turnaround. Leadership comprises founder/owner Ronald H. Dunn, SE, CEO David Dunn, and President Tait Ketcham (promoted March 2019). Revenue is generated through professional services fees on a project basis; no revenue is publicly disclosed. The firm has no subsidiaries, no external funding, and operates with 11–50 employees.

Name

Dunn Associates

Legal name

Dunn Associates, Inc.

Website

https://dunn-se.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Dunn Associates is a privately held structural engineering consulting firm based in Salt Lake City, Utah, delivering seismic, performance-based, and multi-sector building design — including higher education, healthcare, warehouse, hospitality, government, and airport projects — to architects, developers, contractors, and public entities across the Intermountain West.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Structural Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Construction Engineering & Constructability Consulting (BPAHAIAN), Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG)

Keywords

• Structural engineering consulting
• Seismic design services
• Building structural design
• Construction administration services
• Performance-based seismic design

Headquarters

HQ city

Salt Lake City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Structural Engineering Consulting Services: Professional consulting services for structural engineering of buildings across multiple sectors including higher education, healthcare, commercial office, hospitality, warehouse/distribution, multi-housing, recreation, parking structures, and government facilities. Revenue is generated through project-based fees for design, peer review, seismic evaluation, and construction administration services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Dunn Associates is a consulting structural engineering firm that provides structural design, analysis, seismic evaluation, peer review, and construction administration services for commercial, institutional, industrial, and residential buildings. The firm operates specialty practices across sectors including higher education, K-12, healthcare, hospitality, warehouse and distribution, office, multi-housing, recreation, parking structures, public/government facilities, and mountain resorts, with particular expertise in seismic and performance-based design for Utah's high-seismic Wasatch Front region.

Product overview

Dunn Associates, Inc. is a consulting structural engineering firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of specialized engineering services rather than a software product. The core offering is structural engineering consulting, with distinct specialty practices spanning 13 project categories: Higher Education Design, Parking Structure Design, Warehouse & Distribution Design, Hospitality Design, Mountain Resort Design, Recreation & Leisure Design, Office Design, Healthcare Design, K-12 Design, Multi-Housing Design, Public Facilities Design, Seismic Design Services, and general construction support. These service lines operate as an integrated practice, with the firm providing structural design, peer review, seismic evaluation and retrofit, adaptive reuse, and construction administration services across commercial, institutional, industrial, and residential building types throughout the intermountain west.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Structural Engineering Consulting Core structural engineering consulting services including design, analysis, and construction administration for commercial, institutional, industrial, and residential building projects.
• Seismic Design and Adaptive Reuse Services Specialized seismic design and evaluation services including seismic peer reviews, existing structural reviews, seismic retrofit design, and adaptive reuse projects for earthquake-prone regions. Includes performance-based seismic design (PBSD) using ASCE 41-17.
• Higher Education Structural Design

Quantifiable outcome

• Named one of the nine best new university buildings by Architectural Digest for U of U Pierre Lassonde Entrepreneur Center
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments12 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BHB Engineers: Salt Lake City structural/civil engineering firm operating across Utah. Competes with Dunn on similar building types (commercial, institutional, industrial) in the same Intermountain West geography and is staffed at comparable headcount.
• Reaveley Engineers + Associates: Salt Lake City-based structural engineering consulting firm of comparable size and market focus. Directly competes with Dunn on Utah institutional, civic, and commercial building projects, with overlapping seismic and tilt-up expertise in the same SLC market.
• Martin/Martin, Inc. Lakewood, Colorado-based structural engineering consultancy serving the Rocky Mountain region. Overlaps with Dunn on healthcare, education, hospitality, and large-scale commercial structures with similar seismic and steel/concrete capabilities.
• ARW Engineers: Ogden, Utah-based structural and civil engineering firm with comparable building-sector focus. Competes head-to-head for warehouse, education, and commercial structural projects across northern Utah and the Wasatch Front.

Broad incumbents

• Walter P Moore: Houston-headquartered national engineering firm with structural, civil, and diagnostics practices. Overlaps with Dunn on healthcare, education, sports, and parking structure design, plus seismic/restoration work — competing primarily on larger-scale engagements.
• KPFF Consulting Engineers: Seattle-based national structural and civil engineering firm with offices across the U.S. Operates as a much larger incumbent offering the same building-sector structural services as Dunn, capable of competing on large-scale commercial and institutional projects nationally.
• THP Limited: Cincinnati-based structural engineering firm with deep experience across commercial, healthcare, parking, and education building sectors. Comparable to Dunn in vertical-segment breadth and consulting delivery model, though larger and centered in the Midwest.
• Magnusson Klemencic Associates: Seattle-headquartered structural and civil engineering firm recognized for high-seismic and high-rise work. Overlaps with Dunn in seismic design sophistication and large-building sector exposure, though at significantly larger scale and with a national project footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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