DWA

What DWA does

Dudley Williams & Associates, P.A. (DWA) is a privately held professional structural engineering corporation founded in 1952 in Wichita, Kansas, and headquartered at 230 Laura, Suite 200. The firm provides project-based structural engineering services across four practice areas: new-construction structural design (steel, concrete, masonry, wood), repair and rehabilitation of existing buildings, FEMA 361/ICC 500 tornado-resistant shelter design (with 200+ such structures delivered), and historic preservation engineering for National/State Register-listed buildings.

DWA serves a diversified client base across educational, healthcare, government/military, commercial, industrial, religious, and recreational sectors. Its customer roster includes Wichita High School Southeast (300,000 SF), Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport Terminal (265,000 SF), Boeing Plant II, Wesley Medical Center, Koch Industries, and the Epic Center — at the time of completion the tallest building in Kansas. The firm delivers nationwide, though it is regionally anchored in Kansas and the broader Midwest. Leadership includes President Desiree Morrell (joined 1991), Vice President Jon Lucas (joined 1992), and Secretary Treasurer Mark Hodges (joined 1983), supported by senior engineers, drafting technicians, and administrative staff.

The business model is conventional professional services: fee-based engagements on a project-by-project basis, acquired through direct client relationships, referrals, and a strong regional reputation built over seven decades. The firm is employee-/partner-owned, with no external investors or parent company. Pricing is project-scoped rather than productized, and the firm offers standard professional benefits plus support for PE/SE licensure and continuing education.

Name

DWA

Legal name

Dudley Williams & Associates, P.A.

Website

https://dwase.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1952

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Dudley Williams & Associates is a Wichita, Kansas-based structural engineering firm founded in 1952, providing new-design, repair, tornado-resistant, and historic preservation engineering services to education, healthcare, government, commercial, and industrial clients across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Wichita

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. Structural Engineering Consulting Services: Professional engineering services for structural design of new construction projects, including commercial, corporate, educational, healthcare, government, and manufacturing facilities. Revenue generated through project-based consulting engagements.
2. Repair and Rehabilitation Services: Engineering assessment and repair design services for existing buildings, including condition assessments, seismic retrofitting, and renovation for new uses or updated loading criteria.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Dudley Williams & Associates is a professional structural engineering firm that designs building structures using steel, concrete, masonry, and wood for new construction projects across commercial, corporate, educational, healthcare, government, military, and industrial sectors. In addition to new design, the firm provides repair and rehabilitation engineering for existing buildings, tornado-resistant shelter and safe room design under FEMA 361, ICC 500, and FEMA 320 standards, and historic preservation engineering for buildings listed on the National or State Register.

Product overview

Dudley Williams & Associates (DWA) provides professional structural engineering services rather than software products. The company operates as a single unified service practice offering four core engineering service offerings: Structural Engineering (new building design), Repair and Rehabilitation (existing structure assessment and repair), Tornado Resistance (safe room and shelter design per FEMA/ICC standards), and Historic Preservation (renovation of registered historic buildings). These services are delivered by their team of professional engineers and are applied across diverse building types including commercial, educational, healthcare, government, industrial, and religious facilities throughout the United States.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Structural Engineering Creative structural engineering services for new building design using steel, concrete, masonry, wood, and other materials, supporting architectural vision from concept through construction completion for clients across commercial, corporate, educational, healthcare, government, industrial, and religious sectors.
• Repair and Rehabilitation

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 200 tornado-resistant structures designed per FEMA 361, ICC 500, and FEMA 320 provisions
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers13 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

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Regional players

• Henderson Engineers: Lenexa, Kansas-based building-systems engineering firm (MEP, lighting, technology). Comparable as a Kansas-rooted, privately held engineering consultancy serving building clients across the U.S., but focused on MEP rather than structural engineering.

Direct peers

• Walter P Moore: Houston-headquartered structural engineering consultancy with deep expertise in stadiums, healthcare, and complex new construction. Most comparable to DWA in that both are structural-engineering-pure-play firms serving architects and owners across the U.S.
• Thornton Tomasetti: Global structural engineering, forensics, and renewal practice. Direct peer in core new-building structural design and in repair/rehabilitation/condition assessment — categories DWA also serves — though at materially larger scale.
• Magnusson Klemencic Associates: Seattle-based structural and civil engineering firm with a national project book in commercial, civic, sports, and healthcare buildings. Direct structural-engineering peer to DWA, operating at significantly larger scale on similar building typologies.
• KPFF Consulting Engineers: Seattle-headquartered structural and civil engineering consultancy with offices nationwide. Direct peer — both firms are employee-owned structural engineering practices serving architects, owners, and government entities on building projects.

Broad incumbents

• WSP: Global professional services consultancy with a substantial U.S. buildings practice including structural engineering. Comparable as a competitor on commercial, healthcare, and government buildings; differs as a multi-disciplinary incumbent versus DWA's structural-only specialization.
• Arup: Global engineering, design, and consulting firm with deep structural engineering practice. Comparable in building structural design capability across commercial, cultural, healthcare, and government sectors; differs sharply in scale and global footprint.
• Burns & McDonnell: Kansas City-based, employee-owned engineering, construction, and consulting firm. Comparable in regional Midwestern roots and broad engineering-services model; differs in scale and breadth (includes MEP, process, environmental) versus DWA's structural-only focus.
• Black & Veatch: Overland Park, Kansas-headquartered global engineering, procurement, and construction firm. Comparable in Kansas-base and engineering-services delivery, though Black & Veatch focuses on water, energy, and telecommunications infrastructure rather than building structures.
• Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM): Global architecture, engineering, and urban planning firm with integrated structural engineering practice. Comparable in landmark-building structural design (including the tallest-in-state structures SOM has built its reputation on), though operates at the largest-project tier.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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