What Nelson Engineering does

Nelson Engineering is a privately held Wyoming Corporation providing professional civil engineering and land surveying services, founded in 1964 and headquartered in Jackson, Wyoming. The firm operates three offices across Jackson, Wyoming; Buffalo, Wyoming; and Victor, Idaho, serving clients in the Intermountain West and licensed to practice in 16 states. Its service portfolio spans civil engineering (wastewater, drinking water, water resources, transportation, energy development), geotechnical, structural, surveying, materials testing and construction engineering, environmental services, and planning (facility and land development), with an in-house geotechnical laboratory that enables integrated project delivery.

The firm serves a primarily public-sector customer base including municipal governments (Town of Jackson, Teton County, Town of Alpine, Teton Village, Town of Granger, City of Rock Springs, Wilson Sewer District), federal agencies (NRCS, BLM, National Park Service including Grand Teton and Yellowstone), school districts, and energy development companies in the Powder River Basin, plus private developers. Work is delivered on a project-based professional services model through direct sales and public procurement processes. Nelson Engineering's seven principals collectively hold more than 190 years of professional experience and assign a principal to every project, supported by professional engineers, licensed land surveyors, project engineers, GIS/CAD technicians, and survey technicians across its offices.

The technology stack is conventional for the discipline: GPS, GIS, CADD, HEC-RAS hydraulic modeling, GIS-based water distribution system modeling with field calibration, and in-house soils and construction materials testing. Nelson Engineering has received industry recognition including the George Warren Fuller Award from AWWA and two Wyoming Engineering Society Project of the Year awards (1993 Hunt Canal Diversion, 2015 Path 22 West Pathway Bridge).

Name

Nelson Engineering

Legal name

Nelson Engineering

Website

https://nelsonengineering.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1964

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Nelson Engineering is a privately held civil engineering and land surveying firm founded in 1964 in Wyoming, providing multi-disciplinary infrastructure services to municipal governments, federal agencies, school districts, and energy developers across the Intermountain West from offices in Jackson, Buffalo, and Victor.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330), Engineering Services (54133)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

Keywords

• Civil engineering services
• Land surveying
• Geotechnical engineering
• Wastewater treatment design
• Water resources engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

Jackson

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consulting Services: Professional engineering and land surveying services billed on a project basis including civil engineering, structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, environmental services, and land surveying. Projects range from small municipal upgrades to large infrastructure developments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Nelson Engineering is a civil engineering and land surveying firm that delivers project-based professional services across wastewater, drinking water, water resources, transportation, energy development, geotechnical, structural, environmental, surveying, and materials testing disciplines. Each engagement is led by a principal engineer or land surveyor and supported by an in-house geotechnical and materials testing laboratory, with services spanning planning, design, and construction administration for municipalities, federal agencies, school districts, and private developers.

Product overview

Nelson Engineering is a civil engineering and land surveying firm offering professional services since 1964. The company operates as a single unified service offering rather than a platform architecture. Core service areas include Civil Engineering (encompassing wastewater, drinking water, water resources, transportation, energy development, geotechnical, structural, and environmental disciplines), Land Surveying, Materials Testing and Construction Engineering, Planning Services, and Grant Administration. These services are delivered through multi-disciplinary teams of professional engineers and land surveyors across offices in Jackson and Buffalo, Wyoming, and Victor, Idaho.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Civil Engineering Core civil engineering services including wastewater treatment, drinking water systems, water resources, transportation infrastructure, energy development, geotechnical, structural engineering, and environmental services for municipalities, federal agencies, and private developers.
• Land Surveying Professional land surveying services including boundary surveys, topographic surveys, construction staking, and ALTA/ACSM surveys for public and private sector clients.
• Materials Testing and Construction Engineering Construction materials testing and quality assurance inspection services, including concrete and rebar testing, compaction testing, and construction administration.
• Planning Services Facility development and land development planning services, including master planning, government permitting, and LEED-accredited sustainability consulting.
• Grant Administration Services Grant writing and administrative services for municipalities seeking funding from Rural Development, state agencies, and federal programs.
• Wastewater Engineering Wastewater treatment planning and design including facility planning studies, sewer system modeling, treatment facility design, reclaimed water, collection system and lift station design, and nutrient management for municipalities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced wastewater treatment plant peak flows by eliminating infiltration over 10-year period even as town population doubled
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 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

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Teton County EngineeringcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 February 2015Collaborative partnership on Path 22 West Pathway Bridge project - Nelson Engineering led a consortium of eight consulting firms including Teton County Engineering for this pathway infrastructure project.
• HNTBcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 February 2015Bridge engineering partner on Path 22 West Pathway Bridge project spanning the Snake River.
• Meridian Engineering PCcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 February 2015Hydraulic engineering partner on Path 22 West Pathway Bridge project.
• Biota Research & ConsultingminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 February 2015Environmental consulting partner on Path 22 West Pathway Bridge project.
• Water Environment FederationminorOthersProfessional association membership keeping Nelson Engineering abreast of evolving wastewater treatment technology through continuing education and industry knowledge sharing.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• HDR: Major engineering, architecture, and consulting firm with deep water resources and federal agency practices; competes for NRCS, NPS, and municipal work in the Mountain West.
• HNTB: Large national engineering firm partnered with Nelson on the Path 22 West bridge; competes for federal and large municipal infrastructure work overlapping Nelson's transportation and bridge practice.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm that pursues large federal and municipal engineering contracts in the same water, transportation, and environmental categories Nelson serves.
• Stantec: Global engineering consultancy with active water, environmental, and community development practices serving municipalities across the western U.S., often competing for the same federal infrastructure dollars.

Direct peers

• Sunrise Engineering: Multi-office civil engineering firm serving small municipalities across the Mountain West with comparable water, wastewater, transportation, and surveying services.
• Jorgensen Associates: Jackson, Wyoming-based civil engineering and surveying firm serving the same Teton County and Intermountain West municipal market with directly comparable service lines in water, wastewater, transportation, and land development.
• WLC Engineering & Surveying: Wyoming- and Idaho-based civil engineering and surveying firm with a closely comparable mix of municipal, federal, and private development work in the Intermountain West.
• Morrison-Maierle: Employee-owned multi-discipline engineering firm with strong municipal water/wastewater and transportation practices across Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho — a direct regional peer at slightly larger scale.
• Meridian Engineering: Regional civil engineering firm with overlapping Wyoming presence; partnered with Nelson on the Path 22 West bridge, indicating comparable hydraulic and structural capabilities for similar municipal clients.

Emerging players

• Biota Research & Consulting: Environmental and biological consulting firm that partnered with Nelson on the Path 22 West project; represents an adjacent niche specialist in environmental compliance work that complements but also competes with Nelson's environmental services line.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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