Piedmont Design Group

What Piedmont Design Group does

Piedmont Design Group is a privately held land development professional services firm founded in late 2008 and headquartered in Frederick, Maryland. The company delivers an integrated suite of engineering, surveying, and planning services across the full land development lifecycle — from due diligence, feasibility studies, and boundary/topographic surveys through land planning, zoning and entitlements, full site engineering (storm drainage, stormwater management, water/sewer systems, roads), and construction-phase support such as NPDES permitting and bond release.

The firm serves public and private-sector clients across four Mid-Atlantic states — Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania — where it holds the engineering and surveying licenses required to practice. Its end markets span residential subdivisions, mixed-use residential/retail developments, office and commercial site development, and other sectors including healthcare, hospitality, education, recreation, and utilities. The portfolio publicly showcased includes more than 13 completed or in-progress projects, ranging from small single-lot developments to multi-hundred-unit mixed-use communities exceeding 1,000 units, with a noticeable concentration in Frederick, Maryland and Jefferson County, West Virginia.

Piedmont operates on a project-based professional services revenue model, generating fees from the scope and complexity of each engagement rather than from standardized pricing tiers. The firm is privately held by its two principals, Ed Wormald, P.E., and Mike Wiley, P.E., Prof LS, and runs with a small team of seven employees. It uses industry-standard design software (AutoCAD Civil 3D and the MS Office Suite) and competes on local jurisdictional knowledge, multi-state licensure, and the depth of experience of its principals rather than on technology differentiation or scale. No external institutional capital, parent company, or M&A activity is disclosed.

Name

Piedmont Design Group

Legal name

Piedmont Design Group

Website

https://piedmontdesigngroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Piedmont Design Group is a privately held land development professional services firm in Frederick, Maryland, delivering integrated engineering, surveying, and planning services to residential, mixed-use, commercial, and institutional developers across Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.

Ownership category

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Product category

Land Development Engineering Services

NAICS

Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Regional & Land Use Planning (BPAHAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC), Urban & Regional Planning (Land Use, Zoning, Master Planning) (BPAIANAD)

Keywords

• Land development services
• Civil engineering consulting
• Land surveying services
• Site planning engineering
• Entitlements processing

Headquarters

HQ city

Frederick

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Land Development Consulting Services: Professional engineering and land surveying services for residential, office, commercial, mixed-use, and other land development projects. Revenue is generated through project-based consulting fees for planning, surveying, engineering, and construction management services.

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Core offering

Piedmont Design Group provides land development services spanning feasibility studies, planning, surveying, due diligence, and full-scope land development engineering. Offerings include boundary and topographic surveys, ALTA/ACSM surveys, zoning exhibits, sketch plans, grading and stormwater management design, water/sewer utility design, road profiles, NPDES permitting, forest conservation, and entitlements processing for residential, mixed-use, commercial, and institutional development projects across the mid-Atlantic region.

Product overview

Piedmont Design Group is a land development services firm offering a unified suite of professional engineering, surveying, and planning services. The company's service portfolio encompasses feasibility studies for site selection and development cost analysis, planning services including zoning exhibits and sketch plans, comprehensive surveying (boundary, topographic, ALTA/ACSM), and full-scope land development engineering covering storm drainage, stormwater management, water/sewer systems, roads, and environmental permitting. These services are delivered as an integrated offering rather than discrete products, supporting market sectors including residential, office/commercial, retail, mixed-use, health, hospitality, educational, recreation, and utilities developments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Feasibility Studies Comprehensive feasibility assessment services including site selection analyses, feasibility reports, zoning exhibits, expert testimony, land use studies, layout studies, sketch plans, preliminary engineering concepts, development cost studies, and presentation graphics for land development projects.
• Planning Services Land development planning services including zoning exhibits and text, layout studies, sketch plans, preliminary plans, grading studies, site plans, landscape plans, and entry features design for residential, commercial, and mixed-use projects.
• Surveying Services Professional surveying services including deed mosaics, boundary surveys, record plats, metes and bounds descriptions, right-of-way and easement documents, topographic mapping, ALTA/ACSM surveys, floodplain/wetland location surveys, and as-built surveys for land development projects.
• Land Development Engineering Full-service land development engineering covering forest conservation plans, floodplain studies, grading plans, storm drainage design, stormwater management, erosion and sediment control, water and sewer systems, road profiles, sewage pumping stations, water and wastewater treatment plants, site details, specifications, earthwork calculations, permit processing, site inspections, bond release, cost estimates, final plats, condominium plats, and floodplain elevation certificates.
• Due Diligence Services Initial project assessment services including boundary and topographic surveys, environmental remediation coordination, and preliminary land planning for development projects.
• Entitlements Processing Regulatory approval and permitting services including concept plans, preliminary plans, final site plans, forest conservation plans, NPDES permits, and coordination with local, state, and federal agencies.

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Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

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Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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