MSA, P.C.

What MSA, P.C. does

MSA, P.C. (legal name Miller-Stephenson & Associates, P.C.) is a Virginia-incorporated professional engineering consultancy founded in 1973 and headquartered in Virginia Beach, VA. The firm operates as a Certified Small Business Enterprise and SWAM-certified small business, delivering three integrated service lines: civil engineering, land surveying, and environmental sciences. Civil engineering covers infrastructure design (sewer, water utilities, paved surfaces, drainage, and stormwater management) from feasibility through construction administration. Land surveying encompasses boundary, topographic, ALTA/NSPS, hydrographic, and GIS mapping services. Environmental sciences includes wetland delineation and permitting, environmental site assessments, groundwater consulting, wastewater consulting, and underground storage tank services. The firm holds specialized credentials including Professional Wetland Delineator (PWD), Virginia State Waters Delineation (VSWD), LEED AP BD+C, licensed Waterworks Operator, and licensed surveyor, and operates a unique Class IV rainwater capture and treatment permit at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Brock Environmental Center — the first of its kind in the continental U.S.

The firm serves five primary verticals — commercial, education (K-12 and higher education), industrial/agricultural, government (federal, state, local), and residential — with documented engagements spanning VDOT, U.S. Navy, Arlington National Cemetery, FedEx Freight, Del Monte Fresh, Suffolk Public Schools, Hampton University, Runnymede Corporation, and Vanguard Landing. Revenue is generated through project-based professional services under term contracts, IDIQ contracts, stand-alone contracts, and subcontractor arrangements with larger architecture/engineering primes. Geographic focus is southeastern Virginia, Virginia's Eastern Shore, and northeastern North Carolina, with episodic international projects from Mississippi to Nova Scotia, Panama, and Africa. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed; the firm sells primarily through direct enterprise/government field sales and repeat client relationships, some exceeding 20 years. No software products, AI/ML capabilities, apps, or technology platforms are disclosed; service delivery is people-and-credentials driven.

Name

MSA, P.C.

Legal name

Miller-Stephenson & Associates, P.C.

Website

https://msaonline.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MSA, P.C. is a Virginia Beach-based engineering and environmental consulting firm founded in 1973 that delivers civil engineering, land surveying, and environmental sciences services to government, commercial, education, industrial, and residential clients across the mid-Atlantic.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineering Consulting Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (541370)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Water, Wastewater & Stormwater Compliance (BPAHAJAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) & Due Diligence (BPAHAJAB), Stormwater Management & MS4 Compliance Services (BPALAMAL)

Keywords

• Civil engineering consulting
• Land surveying services
• Environmental sciences consulting
• Wetland delineation services
• Waterworks operations

Headquarters

HQ city

Virginia Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: Project-based professional consulting services for civil engineering, environmental sciences, land surveying, and site development. Revenue is generated through fee-for-service engagements on individual projects, term contracts, and IDIQ contract vehicles. Services are provided to government and commercial clients on a project-by-project basis.
2. Government Contracting: Revenue from federal, state, and local government contracts through term contracts, IDIQ contracts, and standalone contracts. Working as both prime contractor and subcontractor to prime architects and engineers on government projects.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

MSA, P.C. is a multi-disciplinary engineering consulting firm offering three integrated service lines: Civil Engineering (infrastructure design for sewer, water, drainage, and stormwater systems), Land Surveying (boundary, topographic, ALTA/NSPS, hydrographic, and GIS mapping), and Environmental Sciences (wetland delineation, permitting, site assessments, groundwater/wastewater consulting, and underground storage tank services). Services are delivered on a project basis to government, commercial, education, industrial, and residential clients in Virginia and North Carolina.

Product overview

MSA, P.C. is a full-service, multi-disciplinary engineering consulting firm offering three integrated core service lines: Civil Engineering, Land Surveying, and Environmental Sciences. These services are offered both independently and in combination, allowing MSA to provide comprehensive project support from concept to completion. The firm serves government, commercial, education, industrial/agricultural, and residential markets across Virginia and North Carolina.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 50+ years of continuous operation since 1973 with long-term client relationships spanning 20 years
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and regulatory.

• Chesapeake Bay FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMSA serves as environmental consultant and advocate for Chesapeake Bay Foundation, conducting oyster reef assessments and serving as licensed Waterworks Operator for the Brock Environmental Center - the first facility in the continental U.S. permitted to capture and treat rainfall for drinking water.
• Pender and Coward, P.C.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint webinar on Wetland Law and Regulation featuring MSA's Professional Wetland Delineator Brian Owen and Jim Lang from Pender and Coward, P.C. discussing wetland identification, regulation, and permitting.
• Runnymede CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMSA has been Runnymede's 'go-to' engineering firm for nearly twenty years, providing site planning, surveying, environmental, and project concept development services with a trusted partner relationship.
• Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC)regulatoryOthersRegulatory agency relationship for oyster reef permitting and compliance. MSA advocated on behalf of Chesapeake Bay Foundation to save artificial oyster reefs by providing comprehensive environmental assessment data demonstrating no environmental harm.
• Brock Environmental CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMSA serves as the licensed Waterworks Operator for this Chesapeake Bay Foundation facility, operating a unique Class IV rainwater capture and treatment system that provides drinking water for the building - the first of its kind in the continental U.S.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• TRC Companies: U.S. environmental, engineering, and construction-management consulting firm. Overlaps with MSA's site assessment, water resources, and regulatory-compliance work at the federal and industrial client level.
• Tetra Tech: Global consulting and engineering firm with a deep water-resources, environmental, and federal-contracting practice. Larger-scale incumbent that competes for the same federal environmental and stormwater work MSA pursues, often as a prime where MSA serves as subconsultant.
• Brown and Caldwell: Water and environmental engineering consultancy with strong municipal utility practice. Comparable in the water-resources and wastewater/stormwater segments where MSA's environmental and civil engineering capabilities overlap.

Direct peers

• Hurt & Proffitt: Virginia-based civil engineering, surveying, and environmental services firm with a comparable multi-disciplinary operating model. Mid-sized regional competitor pursuing the same municipal, commercial, and industrial clients in Virginia.
• Draper Aden Associates: Virginia-headquartered engineering, surveying, and environmental consulting firm. Operates similar three-line service model (civil engineering, surveying, environmental) with the same regulatory and government client orientation as MSA.
• Bowman Consulting: Mid-Atlantic-rooted multi-disciplinary engineering and surveying firm (formerly Bowman Engineering). Operates an analogous in-house model spanning civil, surveying, and environmental across the East Coast and competes in many of the same public-sector bid pools.
• Anderson & Associates: Virginia-based civil engineering and surveying firm serving public and private clients across the Mid-Atlantic. Comparable size and competing for similar VDOT, municipal, and commercial work.
• Clark Nexsen: Norfolk/Virginia Beach-headquartered architecture and engineering firm with major Hampton Roads presence. Directly overlaps MSA's federal, commercial, and education markets in southeastern Virginia and competes for similar IDIQ and term-contract awards.
• Timmons Group: Richmond, Virginia-based engineering, planning, and surveying consultancy serving Mid-Atlantic public and private clients. Closest structural analog to MSA — multi-disciplinary civil, environmental, and surveying practice anchored in Virginia with similar government IDIQ exposure.

Emerging players

• EA Engineering, Science, and Technology: Environmental and infrastructure consulting firm with a focus on federal and U.S. Navy work in the Mid-Atlantic. Smaller-scope overlap with MSA's environmental site assessment, UST closure, and Navy installation work in Hampton Roads.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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