Lankford | Fendler + associates

What Lankford | Fendler + associates does

Lankford | Fendler + associates is a privately-held MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) engineering firm headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, with a satellite office in St. Joseph. Founded in 1993 by Alan Lankford, the firm provides planning, design, and construction administration services for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, lighting, and technology building systems. It operates across nine market verticals — corporate/office, education, government, hospitality/entertainment, medical/healthcare, mixed-use, multifamily, non-profit/religious, recreation, and on-call services — for clients in the Kansas City metropolitan area and broader Midwest, with select national engagements.

The firm's six core service lines cover the full spectrum of building systems design: HVAC and central plant design (including underfloor air and ground source heat pumps), power distribution and lighting systems (including photometric calculations and ambient lighting control), plumbing, fire suppression (wet/dry/pre-action/chemical), specialty interior/exterior lighting with daylighting analysis, and technology systems design. Delivery is led by five principals (Alan Lankford, Greg Fendler, Alex Malyarov, Jon Scantlin, Jon Lee) who collectively hold 20–35+ years of design experience and include LEED AP and PE-credentialed professionals. The firm operates as an employee-owned partnership with no external institutional ownership or parent company affiliation.

Revenue is generated through project-based professional services fees for engineering design work, with quotes structured per engagement. The go-to-market is sales-led and direct, with principals personally involved in both business development and project delivery. There is no publicly disclosed pricing, no API or software product, no patents, and no disclosed financials. The customer base is diversified across named enterprise, government, healthcare, and institutional clients including American Century Investments, T-Mobile, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City, NOAA, Quest Diagnostics, Rockhurst University, and Margaritaville.

Name

Lankford | Fendler + associates

Legal name

Lankford | Fendler + associates

Website

https://lankfordfendler.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lankford | Fendler + associates is a privately-held Kansas City-based MEP engineering firm founded in 1993, providing mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, lighting, and technology systems design services to corporate, government, education, healthcare, hospitality, and institutional clients across the Midwest.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

MEP Engineering Design Services

NAICS

Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

MEP (Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing) Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAE)

Keywords

• Mechanical engineering design
• Electrical engineering design
• Plumbing engineering design
• Fire protection engineering
• Building systems design

Headquarters

HQ city

Kansas City

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, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consulting Services: Project-based professional services for planning, design and construction administration of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection systems. Revenue is generated through consulting fees for engineering design work across various building types and market segments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Lankford | Fendler + associates provides planning, design and construction administration services for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, lighting and technology systems in buildings. The firm operates as an integrated MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing) engineering consultancy delivering building systems design across new construction, remodels, and on-call replacement work for corporate, education, government, healthcare, hospitality, mixed-use and non-profit clients.

Product overview

Lankford | Fendler + associates is an MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing) engineering firm offering a comprehensive suite of integrated building systems design services. The company operates as a unified service organization with six core service offerings: Mechanical Engineering Services (HVAC, building evaluations, energy analysis), Electrical Engineering Services (power distribution, lighting, fire alarm, emergency power), Plumbing Engineering Services (sanitary systems, drainage, domestic water), Fire Protection Services (wet-pipe, dry-pipe, pre-action, chemical agent systems), Lighting Design Services (interior/exterior specialty lighting, photometric analysis, daylighting), and Technology Services. These services are delivered together through their multi-disciplinary expertise to provide complete building systems engineering from planning through construction administration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mechanical Engineering Services

Named customers15 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles8 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Black & Veatch: Global engineering, procurement, and construction company headquartered in Overland Park (KC metro); competes in MEP-adjacent and infrastructure design spaces and is a major employer of engineering talent in the same regional labor pool.
• Burns & McDonnell: Kansas City-based, employee-owned engineering, architecture, and construction firm that includes full MEP design among a much broader EPC and consulting portfolio; significant competitor for larger KC projects where scale and integrated delivery are deciding factors.

Direct peers

• ME Engineers: ME Engineers is a national MEP, lighting, and technology systems consulting firm with a comparable integrated multi-discipline service offering and a similar boutique-to-mid market positioning, directly competitive for the same types of building projects.
• Henderson Engineers: Headquartered in Kansas City, Henderson Engineers is one of the largest MEP engineering consulting firms in the U.S. and shares Lankford | Fendler's mid-market MEP design focus, building-systems expertise, and KC-based client base – the most direct comparable peer.
• Newcomb & Boyd: Newcomb & Boyd is a long-standing MEP, lighting, and technology engineering consulting firm with a comparable service menu, project-based delivery model, and focus on commercial, institutional, and cultural building projects.
• Syska Hennessy Group: Syska Hennessy Group is a global MEP and IT/AV consulting firm offering mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and technology design services – a highly comparable multi-disciplinary peer serving many of the same building types and client segments.
• Affiliated Engineers: Affiliated Engineers is a multi-discipline MEP consulting firm with similar boutique positioning, integrated mechanical/electrical/plumbing design capabilities, and emphasis on technically complex projects such as labs, healthcare, and higher education.
• Smith Seckman Reid (SSR): Nashville-based MEP, facilities, and infrastructure engineering consulting firm with a similar multi-discipline service mix and strong focus on healthcare, higher education, and institutional clients that closely match Lankford | Fendler's verticals.
• CMTA: CMTA is a mid-size MEP and energy consulting firm known for sustainability-focused design, mechanical/electrical/plumbing engineering, and integrated high-performance building solutions – highly comparable in scope and client profile.

Regional players

• IMEG (formerly KJWW Engineering): IMEG is a large MEP and structural engineering consulting firm with Midwestern roots (Rock Island, IL) and a comparable building-systems design offering that competes nationally in the same institutional and commercial market space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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