Engineering Solutions

What Engineering Solutions does

Engineering Solutions Inc. (ESI) is a privately held civil engineering consulting firm headquartered in Pontotoc, Mississippi, with a regional office in Tupelo. Founded in 1999 and owned by four principals — Mike Falkner, Randy Hathcock, John White, and Brett Brooks — the firm delivers professional engineering services to municipalities, counties, state agencies, universities, and industrial clients across Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee. Its principal customer base consists of local government entities (cities and counties in north Mississippi), educational institutions (University of Mississippi, Itawamba Community College), and manufacturing clients (Toyota Boshoku, Toyota Tsusho, Southern Motion).

The firm operates seven core service lines: roadway and bridge design; water supply, treatment and distribution; wastewater collection and treatment; commercial and industrial site design; airport engineering; flood studies and storm drainage design; and natural gas distribution. Underlying technical capabilities include internally developed hydrologic and hydraulic modeling software (led by Principal Hathcock), system-wide cartography and web feature mapping for water distribution networks, watershed analysis covering basins up to 1,200 square miles, and dam breach analysis. ESI has executed projects ranging from small municipal improvements to multi-phase programs — most notably the Tupelo Major Thoroughfare Program Phases III–V with construction costs exceeding $55 million and the 43.6-mile Tanglefoot Trail for the GM&O Rails to Trails District.

ESI's business model is project-based professional services billing. Pricing is negotiated per scope and contract type; no rate card is publicly disclosed. Contracts range from short design engagements to multi-year construction engineering and oversight programs. Revenue flows from municipal RFP responses and direct relationship-driven sales, supplemented by a website portfolio, social media presence (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube), and a dedicated bidding opportunities portal (esiplans.com) for downstream contractors and suppliers. The firm measures success by client satisfaction and emphasizes personal attention to every engagement regardless of project scale, leveraging its multi-state PE/PS licensure (MS, AR, LA, AL, TN, TX) as a qualification asset across Southeast US jurisdictions.

Name

Engineering Solutions

Legal name

Engineering Solutions Inc.

Website

https://esi-ms.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Engineering Solutions Inc. is a privately held civil engineering consulting firm in Pontotoc and Tupelo, Mississippi, delivering roadway, water, wastewater, airport, flood study, and site design services to municipalities, universities, and industrial clients across the Southeast.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Engineering Consulting

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Construction Engineering & Constructability Consulting (BPAHAIAN), Water, Wastewater & Hydraulics Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAD)

Keywords

• Civil engineering consulting
• Municipal infrastructure design
• Water and wastewater engineering
• Roadway and bridge design
• Airport engineering services

Headquarters

HQ city

Pontotoc

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Engineering Consulting Services: Engineering consulting revenue generated through professional engineering services billed to municipal clients, government agencies, universities, and industrial customers. Projects range from small design contracts to multi-phase infrastructure programs exceeding $55 million in total construction costs. Revenue is project-based with fees earned for design and construction engineering phases.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Engineering Solutions is a civil engineering consulting firm providing professional design and construction engineering services for municipal, governmental, educational, and industrial clients in Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee. Core offerings include roadway and bridge design, water supply/treatment/distribution, wastewater collection and treatment, commercial and industrial site design, airport engineering, flood studies and storm drainage design, and natural gas distribution. Services are delivered from conceptual stage through construction completion by a team of licensed professional engineers and surveyors.

Product overview

Engineering Solutions is a civil engineering consulting firm offering a comprehensive suite of engineering services across Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee. The firm operates as a single, unified service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Their core services include Roadway and Bridge Design, Water Supply/Treatment/Distribution, Wastewater Collection and Treatment, Commercial and Industrial Site Design, Airport Engineering, Flood Studies and Storm Drainage Design, and Natural Gas Distribution. Services are delivered through two regional offices in Pontotoc and Tupelo, Mississippi, by a team of professional engineers and surveyors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Roadway and Bridge Design Services Civil engineering design services for roadways, bridges, urban arterial expansion, state routes, industrial roadways, residential streets, and railroad spurs. Includes the Major Thoroughfare Program for the City of Tupelo with construction costs totaling over $55 million across multiple phases (roadway widening, new bridges, overpasses, I-22 interchange, Natchez Trace Parkway overpass).
• Water Supply, Treatment and Distribution Services Water resource engineering services including master planning, funding administration, design, and construction engineering for water supply projects. Capabilities include system-wide cartography, web feature mapping, hydraulic analysis, ground and elevated storage facilities, water production wells, water line distribution, water treatment facilities, and fire protection (e.g., 250k gallon elevated storage tank at Houston, MS industrial park).
• Wastewater Collection and Treatment Services Planning, design, and construction oversight for municipal, industrial, and residential wastewater and sewer collection projects. Scope ranges from small sewer rehabilitation facilities to multi-million dollar mechanical treatment plants and lagoon abandonment/wetland restoration projects (e.g., New Albany WWTF, University of Mississippi WWTF, Ripley WWTP, Pontotoc sanitary sewer collection).
• Commercial and Industrial Site Design Services Planning and design services for commercial, industrial, and residential projects, including recreational projects ranging from facility additions to athletic complexes and pedestrian trail projects (e.g., Toyota Boshoku Production Plant, BancorpSouth Arena, ICC Health Sciences, Toyota Experience Center, Ballard Park Sportsplex, Tanglefoot Trail).
• Airport Engineering Services Airport improvement projects including aviation fueling systems, T-hangars, runway extensions, taxiways, lighting projects, and game fencing. Includes FAA and MDOT regulatory compliance services and five-year plan development for small and medium-size airports (e.g., Pontotoc County Airport AV GAS fuel tank and runway rehabilitation).
• Flood Studies, Detention and Storm Drainage Design Services Hydrologic, hydraulic, and water control modeling and design services including stormwater detention analysis, FEMA flood studies and mapping, dam breach analysis, and channel design. Experience includes hydrologic analysis on watersheds up to 1,200 square miles and the Lake Lamar Dam project in Saltillo, MS.
• Natural Gas Distribution Services Natural gas engineering services including tap/regulator station design, transmission design, distribution systems, and hydraulic modeling for municipal entities (e.g., City of Pontotoc natural gas extension).

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully completed projects up to $55+ million in construction costs (Tupelo Major Thoroughfare Program)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers28 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 moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Michael Baker International: Large national engineering consultancy with significant Mississippi and Southeast presence in transportation, water, and FEMA flood programs; competes for larger MDOT and federal projects that ESI also pursues.
• Kimley-Horn: National engineering consulting firm with rapidly expanding Southeast practice in transportation, water, and land development; represents the larger incumbent ESI encounters on regional RFPs.

Direct peers

• Pickering Engineering Services: Mississippi-headquartered firm offering civil, structural, and environmental engineering to municipal and industrial clients; closely comparable in scale, geography, and service mix to ESI.
• Waggoner Engineering: Mississippi-based civil engineering and surveying firm providing roadway, water, wastewater, and airport services to municipalities and counties—directly overlapping ESI's core offerings and geographic footprint.
• Neel-Schaffer: Jackson, Mississippi-headquartered civil engineering firm with comparable service lines (transportation, water, site design) and similar municipal/MDOT client focus in the Southeast. Most direct competitor to ESI in the Mississippi market.
• Barge Design Solutions: Mid-South engineering and architecture firm offering water, transportation, and site design to municipalities and industrial clients; comparable in service breadth and Southeast regional presence.
• Allen & Hoshall: Memphis-based engineering firm serving Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas with similar municipal water/wastewater and transportation practices; operates in ESI's adjacent Tennessee/Arkansas territory.
• Garver: Multi-state civil engineering consultancy with comparable water, wastewater, transportation, and federal infrastructure services; competing for the same municipal and DOT RFPs across the Southeast.
• Smith Seckman Reid (SSR): Nashville-headquartered engineering firm offering water, wastewater, transportation, and site/civil design across Tennessee and the Southeast—directly comparable regional peer in ESI's adjacent Tennessee market.

Regional players

• Calvert-Spradling Engineers: West Point, Mississippi civil engineering firm with comparable roadway, water, and wastewater capabilities serving north Mississippi municipalities; smaller geographic overlap but directly comparable service offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/engineering_inc
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UClH75LfU439IdgG6ZiUvjng
• Facebookfacebook.com/esiengineeringsolutionsinc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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