Lynn Engineering

What Lynn Engineering does

Lynn Engineering is a Texas-based multi-discipline engineering services firm specializing in civil, structural, and windstorm engineering for the Texas Gulf Coast catastrophe area and the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Founded in 2008 in Bay City, Texas as Lynn & Associates by Stuart A. Lynn, P.E., the firm was rebranded Lynn Engineering in January 2019 and operates today as a division of LynnGroup alongside Lynn Construction, Lynn Development, Lynn Steel Buildings, and Lynn Pilings. The firm delivers engineering design, drafting, and inspection services — including TDI WPI-8 windstorm certifications required for TWIA insurance coverage — using a conventional engineering software stack (Enercalc, STAAD.pro, RAM Structural System, AutoCAD) and methodology grounded in IBC and ASCE 7 standards for Exposure Category D coastal conditions.

Lynn Engineering serves four primary customer segments: custom homebuilders on the Texas Gulf Coast needing TDI-compliant windstorm and structural engineering, residential and commercial land developers (concentrated in the DFW MSA), municipalities and water districts along the Texas coast requiring civil and environmental infrastructure design, and individual homeowners seeking windstorm certifications and elevation certificates. The firm's service portfolio spans five core disciplines — Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Windstorm Certification, Land Development, and Architecture Services — augmented by specialty capabilities such as vacuum/pneumatic sewer system design and a partnered distribution channel for the patent-pending PlyFASTner Plus hurricane protection hardware system.

The business operates on a project-based, quote-driven professional services model with no publicly disclosed pricing; revenue is generated primarily from engineering fees and per-inspection windstorm certification charges, supplemented by a tiered hardware resale margin. The firm has executed five acquisitions since 2011 (Eichstadt, Sample, Mercer, Hickman, Ken Shanks) to expand its geographic footprint to six Texas offices and broaden its service line, growing from a single-location windstorm inspection practice into a multi-discipline engineering firm serving 14+ coastal counties plus the DFW MSA.

Name

Lynn Engineering

Legal name

Lynn Engineering

Website

https://lynn-engineering.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lynn Engineering is a Texas-based multi-discipline civil, structural, and windstorm engineering firm serving custom homebuilders, land developers, municipalities, and homeowners across the Texas Gulf Coast and Dallas-Fort Worth metro through six offices and TDI WPI-8 windstorm certification services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bay City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering design and consulting services: Project-based professional services revenue from civil, structural and windstorm engineering design, drafting, foundation plans, framing plans, elevation certification and inspections for residential, commercial and municipal clients on the Texas Gulf Coast.
2. Windstorm inspection and certification fees: Per-inspection/per-certificate revenue from TDI WPI-8 windstorm inspections and TWIA certificates of compliance for new construction, roof replacements, major repairs and alterations in the Texas catastrophe area.
3. Hardware resale (PlyFASTner Plus): Resale of PlyFASTner Plus hurricane protection hardware to Lynn Engineering clients at dealer cost, to area builders at wholesale with handling fee, and to homeowners/contractors at retail pricing below online ship-local cost.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Lynn Engineering provides windstorm, structural, civil, and land development engineering services to homebuilders, developers, architects, and municipalities across the Texas Gulf Coast catastrophe area. The firm designs foundations and framing plans, issues Texas Department of Insurance WPI-8 windstorm certifications, engineers municipal water/wastewater and road infrastructure (including vacuum sewer systems), and offers architecture and construction administration services. It also holds an exclusive regional license to resell the PlyFASTner Plus Hurricane Protection System.

Product overview

Lynn Engineering is a multi-discipline engineering services firm — not a single software product — that delivers a portfolio of complementary practice areas to public and private clients across the Texas Gulf Coast and the DFW metroplex. Its offerings span five core engineering and design disciplines — Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Windstorm Certification, Land Development, and Architecture Services — plus specialized deliverables such as Framing Plans and vacuum/pneumatic sewer system design. The Windstorm Certification practice is tightly coupled with the Structural Engineering practice because windstorm-compliant foundation and framing plans must meet the 2018 IBC/IRC and ASCE 7 standards enforced by the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) and the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA). The Civil Engineering practice supports municipal water, wastewater, and storm-drainage infrastructure for cities and water districts, and was strengthened by the 2018 acquisition of John D. Mercer & Associates. Land Development bridges private and public work, handling due diligence, zoning, and subdivision design, with capabilities expanded by the 2020 acquisition of Hickman Consulting Engineers in McKinney, Texas. Architecture Services, added in 2020 through the acquisition of Ken Shanks & Associates of El Campo, completes a one-stop shop from planning to design and construction. A complementary hardware offering, PlyFASTner Plus® Advanced Hurricane Protection System — a patent-pending two-part anchor and panel system designed to satisfy Chapter 16 Section 1609 of the 2018 IBC — is distributed through Lynn Engineering as a partnered product. Together these offerings position Lynn Engineering as an integrated, full-service civil, structural, windstorm, land development, and architecture firm under the LynnGroup family of companies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PlyFASTner Plus®: Advanced Hurricane Protection System – a patented permanently-installed anchor hardware system for attaching plywood panels to windows and doors to satisfy Chapter 16 Section 1609 of the 2018 IBC wind-borne debris protection requirements. Distributed by Lynn Engineering to builder partners in the Texas Coastal Bend.

Products and services

• Windstorm Engineering

Quantifiable outcome

• Every TideWater Properties home engineered by Lynn Engineering withstood Hurricane Harvey (Category 4, 130+ mph winds, 6–10 ft storm surge) with no structural damage
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 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

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor vendor, flagship product partnership, flagship acquisition, minor — humanitarian vision 2030 alignment and core ecosystem.

• SYNC Creative (Columbus, OH)minor vendorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 14 September 2020Award-winning 20-year creative agency partnered with Lynn Engineering to design and develop the September 14, 2020 launch of the redesigned lynn-engineering.com website.
• PlyFASTner Plus® Advanced Hurricane Protection Systemflagship product partnershipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2020Lynn Engineering has partnered with PlyFASTner Plus to provide an innovative hurricane protection solution to builder partners in the Texas Coastal Bend. The product satisfies Chapter 16 Section 1609 of the 2018 IBC for wind-borne debris protection. Lynn Engineering resells the hardware to its own clients at dealer cost, to area builders at wholesale with a handling fee, and to homeowners at retail below online+shipping cost. Has approvals up and down the East Coast and in Florida.
• Ken Shanks & Associates, LLC (El Campo, TX)flagship acquisitionStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 August 2020Effective August 31, 2020, Lynn Engineering acquired El Campo, Texas-based architecture firm Ken Shanks & Associates, LLC. The addition of Ken Shanks, AIA brought a full-time architect onto the Lynn Engineering team and enabled a 'one-stop shop' approach from planning through design to construction, shortening turnaround times.
• Hickman Consulting Engineers (McKinney, TX)flagship acquisitionStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Lynn Engineering acquired Hickman Consulting Engineers on January 1, 2020 — a professional engineering firm with more than 30 years of experience working with DFW-area counties and municipalities on private land development for residential and commercial markets. Enabled the firm's Addison office.
• Food for the Poor & CEPUDO Foundation (Honduras)minor — humanitarian vision 2030 alignmentGTM or Marketing Partner · 23 October 2019LynnGroup partners with Food for the Poor and its Honduran NGO partner CEPUDO to execute Vision 2030 humanitarian initiatives, including constructing sustainable housing in Puerto Cortes, San Pedro Sula, Omoa and Villanueva, and installing water cisterns at the Hogar Crea Children's Home.
• John D. Mercer & Associates (Edna, TX)flagship acquisitionStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 December 2018Acquired at the close of 2018. A full-service municipal civil engineering firm with 40+ years of experience servicing municipalities and counties of the Texas coastal bend. Now operates as the Edna office.
• Sample Engineering (Corpus Christi, TX)flagship acquisitionStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Acquired in 2013 to expand windstorm inspection and certification services for coastal residents and contractors from Brazoria County to Kleberg County; became the Corpus Christi office.
• Mark Eichstadt & Associates (Rockport, TX)flagship acquisitionStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011Acquired in 2011 to better serve clients with TDI windstorm certifications; effectively doubled staff and service area; became the Rockport office.
• LynnGroup sister companies (Lynn Development, Lynn Steel Buildings, Lynn Construction, Lynn Pilings)core ecosystemStrategic or Co-development PartnerLynn Engineering operates as one of five divisions within LynnGroup, sharing branding and a 'family of companies' ecosystem that also includes Lynn Development, Lynn Steel Buildings, Lynn Construction and Lynn Pilings — collectively serving the Golden Crescent with engineering, construction, land development, piling and steel building services.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Halff Associates: Texas-based multi-discipline engineering, architecture, and planning firm serving public and private clients across the state, with strong municipal water/wastewater and land development practices. Comparable to Lynn Engineering in integrated civil, structural, and land development offerings.
• LJA Engineering: Full-service Texas engineering firm offering civil, structural, land development, and municipal infrastructure services across the Gulf Coast and major Texas metros. Closely matches Lynn Engineering's integrated service model and Texas Gulf Coast footprint.
• Brown & Gay Engineering: Texas-based civil, structural, and surveying engineering firm with significant Gulf Coast and DFW presence serving municipalities, developers, and homebuilders. Directly comparable to Lynn Engineering on Texas residential subdivision, municipal, and structural engineering work.
• Pape-Dawson Engineers: Large Texas-based civil, structural, and land development engineering firm headquartered in San Antonio with deep Gulf Coast and DFW presence. Directly comparable to Lynn Engineering in offering multi-discipline engineering and land development services to public and private clients in Texas.
• Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam (LAN): Texas-based full-service civil engineering firm specializing in municipal water, wastewater, transportation, and land development projects. Comparable to Lynn Engineering's Edna / municipal civil engineering practice and DFW land development work.
• Cobb, Fendley & Associates: Texas-headquartered civil engineering firm with strong land development, municipal, and utility infrastructure practices across the Gulf Coast and DFW. Closely comparable on municipal civil engineering and land development services.

Broad incumbents

• Stantec: Global engineering, architecture, and environmental services firm with extensive U.S. operations including Texas civil, structural, water, and land development practices. Overlaps with Lynn Engineering on municipal water/wastewater and Texas land development but at vastly larger scale.
• Terracon Consultants: National engineering consulting firm with strong Texas presence in geotechnical, environmental, and construction materials engineering. Adjacent comparison given the structural/civil engineering work for which Lynn Engineering's geotechnical inputs are critical.
• Bury+Partners (now part of TRC): Texas-based civil engineering firm (acquired by TRC Companies) offering land development, municipal, and structural engineering across Texas. Comparable as a Texas multi-office engineering platform that has consolidated into a larger national player.
• Kimley-Horn: National multi-discipline engineering, planning, and design consultancy with large Texas operations including land development, structural, and municipal practices. Overlaps with Lynn Engineering's DFW land development and Texas structural work but at a much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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