Name

DTR Consulting Services, Inc

Legal name

ECS/DTR Consulting Services, Inc.

Website

https://dtrcs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural & Engineering Consulting Services

NAICS

Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

Keywords

• Building envelope consulting
• Construction specifications writing
• Waterproofing design services
• Building forensics investigation
• Roof consulting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Roseville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Technical Consulting Services: Professional consulting services for building envelope design, building enclosure commissioning, waterproofing, roofing, forensics, and quality control. Billed on project basis with scope varying by client requirements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

DTR Consulting Services is a building science and architecture consulting firm providing technical services for building envelopes, including consulting, specification writing, commissioning, waterproofing design, forensics, roof consulting, and remedial architecture. Services are delivered by licensed architects, building enclosure consultants, and specification writers to architectural/engineering firms, building owners, and design-build contractors. The firm operates from three California offices and was acquired by Engineering Consulting Services, Ltd. (ECS) in 2025.

Product overview

DTR Consulting Services, Inc (now part of ECS Group of Companies) is a building science and architecture consulting firm offering a comprehensive suite of technical consulting services for building envelopes. The company's core offerings include Building Enclosure Consulting, Project Specifications, Building Enclosure Commissioning, QC/Constructability Peer Reviews, Waterproofing Design & Consulting, Building Forensics, Remedial Architecture Services, Roof & Enclosure Assessments, Roof Consulting, and Door Hardware. These services are delivered through an integrated studio approach developed over twenty years, supported by technical architects and specification writers who work across multiple offices in California. The company also offers specialized add-on capabilities including Drone Inspection Services and Hygrothermal Analysis modeling. DTR positions itself as independent consultants not affiliated with contractors, suppliers, or manufacturers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Building Enclosure Consulting

Quantifiable outcome

• Staff gains technical experience equivalent to traditional architect's 7-8 years within one year of work
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ECS Group of Companies (Engineering Consulting Services, Ltd.)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025ECS Group of Companies, a national engineering consulting firm, acquired DTR Consulting Services in 2025. The acquisition brings together ECS's resources with DTR's building envelope expertise. Employees and substantially all assets of DTR were acquired. Thomas Berger and other DTR employees continue working with clients under the ECS/DTR brand with added resources from the larger organization.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Terracon: Terracon is a large national engineering consulting firm with building enclosure and facilities-related services that compete for full-scope A/E engagements where DTR may serve as a sub-consultant.
• ECS Group of Companies: ECS is DTR's parent company and a broad engineering consulting firm offering geotechnical, environmental, and building envelope services; it provides the national scale and adjacent capabilities DTR can now leverage.
• Exponent: Exponent provides engineering and scientific consulting with significant building, construction, and failure analysis practices that overlap DTR's forensic investigation work.
• JLL Building Consulting: JLL's building consulting practice includes property condition assessments and technical due diligence for commercial real estate, partially overlapping with DTR's roof and enclosure assessment services.

Direct peers

• Walker Consultants: Walker Consultants offers building envelope, roof, and waterproofing consulting alongside its parking and structural work, overlapping meaningfully with DTR's enclosure and roof consulting offerings.
• Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH): SGH is an engineering firm with significant building envelope, structural, and failure-investigation practices, overlapping with DTR's forensic and specialty consulting work.
• Morrison Hershfield: Morrison Hershfield operates a building envelope and specialty engineering group delivering enclosure design, commissioning, and forensics — directly comparable to DTR's service mix at a larger national scale.
• RDH Building Science: RDH is a building science and building envelope consulting firm offering enclosure design, forensic investigation, commissioning, and roof consulting — directly overlapping DTR's core service portfolio.
• Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates (WJE): WJE provides engineering, architecture, and materials science consulting with substantial building envelope and forensics work, directly competing for the same forensic and specialty advisory engagements as DTR.
• Building Science Corporation (BSC): Building Science Corporation provides building envelope consulting, hygrothermal analysis, and forensic services, making it one of the closest direct comparables to DTR in the U.S. building science niche.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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