Construction Materials Engineering & Consulting

What Construction Materials Engineering & Consulting does

Construction Materials Engineering & Consulting, PC (CMEC) is a privately held North Carolina professional corporation founded in 2010 by a group of credentialed professionals to deliver construction-related engineering and inspection services at the due diligence, design, testing, and inspection stages. The firm operates from a single headquarters at 4401 Shopton Road in Charlotte, NC, serving developers, contractors, and property owners in the Carolinas (North Carolina and South Carolina). It positions itself as an integrated provider rather than a single-discipline lab or inspector, combining an in-house materials testing laboratory with onsite engineers, technicians, and construction specialists to enable end-to-end quality control across residential, multifamily, commercial, retail, restaurant, automotive, and religious/institutional projects.

The company's offering is organized around five core service lines: Environmental Services (Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessments, air quality testing, mold testing, monitoring well installation, residential wastewater systems); Geotechnical Services (subsurface exploration, foundation design, in-situ soil testing, slope stability, permeability testing, stormwater BMP assessment); Site Engineering (conceptual layout through approved site plans compliant with County, NCDOT, and SCDOT requirements, leveraging state-of-the-art cut/fill technology to minimize retaining wall use); Special Inspections (Chapter 17 inspections across soil verification, reinforced and post-tension concrete, structural masonry, modular retaining walls, fire-proofing, welding, high-strength bolting, wood framing, and EIFS, performed as a Registered Special Inspection firm with in-house DSI and ASI representatives); and Construction Materials Testing (CMT) covering soil, aggregates, concrete, steel, and asphalt with field density and Dynamic Cone Penetration observation. The mix of credentials on staff — PE, S.E., CWI, CMT, CPA — underpins the ability to sign off on regulated inspections.

CMEC operates a sales-led, B2B professional services model: engagements are initiated via email inquiry for bids, quotes, or Statements of Qualification, then delivered as project-based consulting with one-time engagements or ongoing testing retainers. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is quote-based. Revenue mechanics depend on project volume in the Carolinas construction market, with the firm's 11–50 employee footprint serving a diversified but regionally concentrated book of named projects. The leadership team — CEO James Magennis (PE), COO Ralph Capen Jr. (S.E., CWI), and CFO Mark Harris (CPA) — holds both operating and credential-bearing roles, and the firm shows no external investors, parent company, or public market presence.

Name

Construction Materials Engineering & Consulting

Legal name

Construction Materials Engineering & Consulting, PC

Website

https://test-domain-123.club

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Construction Materials Engineering & Consulting, PC is a Charlotte, NC-based professional engineering firm founded in 2010 that delivers environmental, geotechnical, site engineering, Chapter 17 special inspections, and construction materials testing services to developers, contractors, and property owners across North Carolina and South Carolina.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Charlotte

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Engineering Services: Project-based consulting services for due diligence, design, testing, and inspection. Revenue is generated through one-time project engagements and retainer arrangements for ongoing testing services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

CMEC is a civil engineering consulting firm that delivers construction materials testing, geotechnical engineering, environmental site assessments, special inspections, and site engineering design services. The firm combines its own in-house materials testing laboratory with onsite engineers, technicians, and certified construction specialists to provide hands-on quality control for construction projects in the Carolinas region, supporting developers, contractors, and property owners from due diligence through design and inspection.

Product overview

Construction Materials Engineering & Consulting, PC (CMEC) is a construction engineering and consulting firm established in 2010, not a software technology company. The company offers an integrated portfolio of five core service lines: Environmental Services (Phase 1 assessments, air quality, mold testing, water sampling, wastewater systems), Geotechnical Services (soil exploration, foundation design, forensic testing, slope stability), Site Engineering (land design from concept to approved plans using cut/fill technology), Special Inspections (Chapter 17 inspections including concrete, masonry, welding, wood framing), and Construction Materials Testing (field density, DCP testing for concrete, steel, asphalt). The company operates its own materials testing laboratory combined with onsite engineers and technicians to provide hands-on quality control for construction projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Environmental Services Environmental assessment and testing services including Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessments, air quality testing, mold testing, monitoring well installation, and residential wastewater systems, offered to property owners, developers, and contractors in the Carolinas.
• Geotechnical Services
• Site Engineering
• Special Inspections
• Construction Materials Testing (CMT)

Named customers28 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Terracon Consultants: Large U.S. provider of geotechnical, environmental, construction materials, and facilities engineering services with strong Southeast presence; directly comparable to CMEC's integrated testing and inspection offering at significantly larger scale.
• S&ME: Southeast-headquartered engineering firm providing geotechnical, environmental, and construction materials testing services with strong Carolinas presence, directly competing for the same regional client base.
• Kleinfelder: Engineering, scientific, and construction services firm with overlapping geotechnical, environmental, and construction materials testing capabilities serving similar developer, contractor, and public-sector clients.
• Building & Earth Sciences: Southeast-based geotechnical and construction materials testing firm with in-house laboratories, offering services nearly identical to CMEC across environmental, geotechnical, and special inspections.
• ECS Group: Geotechnical, construction materials, and environmental engineering firm with offices throughout the Eastern U.S., offering nearly identical services to CMEC including special inspections and lab testing.
• Froehling & Robertson: Mid-Atlantic geotechnical, environmental, and construction materials engineering firm combining an in-house laboratory with field testing services, directly comparable to CMEC's integrated lab + field model.
• Braun Intertec: Geotechnical, environmental, and construction materials testing firm with regional offices; comparable in service mix and client profile to a smaller Carolinas testing firm like CMEC.

Broad incumbents

• PSI (Professional Service Industries): Intertek-owned national engineering firm offering geotechnical, environmental, and construction materials testing at scale; competes with CMEC on larger commercial and infrastructure bids in the Carolinas.

Regional players

• Alpha Testing: Independent construction materials testing and special inspection firm with similar credentials to CMEC, serving markets outside the Carolinas but illustrating the highly fragmented regional competitive landscape.

Others

• GeoSearch Logging: Specialized geotechnical and environmental consulting services firm that supports soil, groundwater, and materials testing workflows—a partly adjacent/ecosystem participant relative to CMEC's geotechnical line.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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