What OAK Engineering does

OAK Engineering is a privately-held land development engineering consulting firm headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, founded on June 16, 2017 by registered professional engineers Luke J. Bugenske, PE and Greg T. Welsh, PE, both formerly of Burton Engineering. The firm provides civil engineering services for commercial, industrial, and office real estate projects, including site identification and feasibility, development cost estimation, conceptual site design, entitlement and permitting, governmental approvals, stormwater and drainage design, utility and roadway design, construction documentation, and construction observation. The partners collectively bring over 35 years of land development experience and are licensed to practice in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, supporting clients across the Carolinas and Georgia markets.

The customer base consists primarily of commercial and industrial real estate developers, commercial real estate brokers, and economic development organizations. Named clients include Colliers, TPA Group, SunCap Property Group, The Keith Corporation, Scannell Properties, Foundry Commercial, EastGroup Properties, and NGKF, with project work spanning industrial distribution centers, corporate headquarters, and office developments ranging from roughly 57,500 to 650,000 square feet. The firm operates as a B2B professional services practice on a project-based, quote-priced engagement model, generating revenue through engineering design and consulting fees. Distribution is handled through direct enterprise sales backed by a referral-driven network of brokers, developers, and economic development contacts, supported by a website, earned media coverage in the Charlotte Business Journal, and an NCEDA Emerging Executive Profile feature.

The firm is small, with 1-10 employees and four named professionals (the two founding PEs, an additional PE, and a team member), and has no disclosed funding rounds, parent company, partnerships, acquisitions, intellectual property, or technology platform. Operations remain concentrated in a single Charlotte office at 4929 Monroe Road, and the portfolio combines projects completed since founding with marquee projects completed by the founders at their prior employer Burton Engineering, which serves as credentialing collateral rather than current billings.

Name

OAK Engineering

Legal name

OAK Engineering

Website

https://oak.engineering

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

OAK Engineering is a privately-held Charlotte, North Carolina-based land development civil engineering consultancy serving commercial and industrial real estate developers, brokers, and economic development organizations across the Carolinas and Georgia with site design, entitlement, permitting, and construction documentation services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Engineering Services (541330)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

Keywords

• Land development engineering
• Site development consulting
• Civil engineering services
• Entitlement and permitting
• Construction documentation

Headquarters

HQ city

Charlotte

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consulting Services: OAK Engineering generates revenue through professional engineering consulting services for land development projects. Services include site development, entitlement, permitting, and construction documentation. Revenue is project-based, billed per engagement for engineering design and consulting work.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

OAK Engineering is a land development engineering consulting firm that provides civil engineering services for commercial, industrial, and office real estate projects across the Carolinas and Georgia. Its core services include site identification and analysis, due diligence and feasibility studies, conceptual site design and planning, entitlement and permitting, building/road/parking layout, construction documentation, and construction observation. The firm works directly with developers, brokers, and economic development organizations on a project-by-project basis.

Product overview

OAK Engineering is a land development engineering consulting firm that provides civil engineering services rather than a software product company. Their service offering is delivered as a single integrated consulting practice and does not consist of separate software products or modules. The firm specializes in site development engineering, land development, entitlements and permitting, stormwater management, utility design, roadway design, construction documentation, and construction observation services for commercial, industrial, and office developments throughout the Carolinas and Georgia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Land Development Engineering
• Site Development Optimization Optimization service for land development projects, focused on maximizing site layout efficiency and development feasibility for commercial, industrial, and office sites.
• Conceptual Site Design & Planning Concept-level site design and planning deliverables for developers and brokers evaluating sites for commercial, industrial, and office development projects.
• Building, Road & Parking Layout Layout engineering for buildings, roadways, and parking on commercial, industrial, and office development sites.
• Construction Documentation Preparation of construction documents for land development projects, supporting builders and general contractors through the construction phase.
• Construction Observation On-site construction observation services to verify implementation of engineering design for commercial, industrial, and office development projects.
• Due Diligence Reports / Feasibility Studies Due diligence and feasibility study deliverables supporting developer and broker site selection and project go/no-go decisions.
• Governmental Approvals, Permits & Entitlements Entitlement, permitting, and governmental approvals support for land development projects in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
• Large Tract Design-Build Pursuits Engineering support for large-tract design-build land development pursuits, including industrial parks, large industrial facilities, and master-planned commercial sites.
• Economic Development Incentive Consultation Engineering consultation supporting economic development organizations on incentive negotiation and project attraction in the Carolinas and Georgia.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 10 million square-feet of industrial, office and retail space designed since 2013
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 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

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Kimley-Horn: Large national engineering consultancy with extensive land development, site civil, and entitlement practices across the Southeast — represents the broad-incumbent competitive benchmark for OAK.
• Stantec: Global engineering and consulting firm with a large land development and community development practice, including active work in the Carolinas/Georgia industrial corridor — a top-tier broad incumbent competitor.
• VHB: National engineering, planning, and consulting firm with significant land development and site/civil practice serving commercial and industrial real estate clients across the Southeast.

Direct peers

• ESP Associates: Charlotte-headquartered multi-discipline engineering firm providing civil/site development, surveying, and entitlement services across the Carolinas — a direct local competitor with similar enterprise customers and project types.
• McAdams: North Carolina-based civil engineering and land development consulting firm with comparable service lines (site design, entitlement, stormwater) and overlapping Carolinas geography. Closest direct comp on size, geography, and service mix.
• DRMP: Multi-discipline engineering firm with a strong Southeast land development practice, serving commercial and industrial developers with civil/site design and entitlement services comparable to OAK.
• WithersRavenel: Carolinas-headquartered engineering firm offering land development, site design, and entitlement services. Directly comparable on geography and customer base (NC/SC developers, municipalities, economic development).
• Bohler Engineering: National land development consulting firm specializing in site civil engineering, entitlement, and permitting for commercial and industrial real estate — same core service line as OAK, just at significantly greater scale.

Regional players

• Thomas & Hutton: Southeast-based (Georgia-rooted) civil and consulting engineering firm with strong land development practice across GA, SC, and NC — directly comparable services in OAK's core three-state footprint.
• WK Dickson: Southeast-focused engineering firm offering civil/site development, utility, and infrastructure consulting across the Carolinas and Georgia — comparable geography and adjacent service overlap.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/OAK_Engineering

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 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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