What Rubinos & Mesia Engineers does

Rubinos & Mesia Engineers, Inc. (RME) is a privately held Chicago-based structural and civil engineering and construction management firm founded in 1982. The company operates from a single headquarters at 200 South Michigan Avenue and employs more than 60 staff members. RME holds certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) designations, which it leverages to participate as a counted partner on publicly funded infrastructure and building projects.

RME delivers four core service lines: Structural Engineering (new construction, renovation, feasibility studies, rehabilitation, value engineering, peer reviews, and condition assessments), Civil Engineering (site assessments, grading and drainage, LEED/sustainable design, utility coordination, stormwater management, and permitting), Construction Management (cost estimating, contract management, scheduling, QA/QC, and document control), and Program Management (master scheduling, program controls, and construction oversight for clients managing multi-project portfolios). These services are integrated to provide full lifecycle coverage from planning through construction completion. The firm has completed over 2,000 projects and has received over 30 industry awards across its history, including LEED Gold and Silver certifications on delivered projects.

RME's revenue model is professional services fee-for-service, with pricing negotiated project-by-project rather than disclosed publicly. The firm sells directly through long-tenured client relationships with government agencies, universities, healthcare systems, and aviation authorities — primarily in the Chicago metropolitan area and Illinois, with limited adjacent-state exposure in Ohio. The go-to-market motion is enterprise field sales: direct engagement with institutional buyers, supplemented by a portfolio-driven website and LinkedIn presence. Vertical segmentation spans transportation, education, healthcare and laboratories, aviation, water and wastewater, utilities, rail and transit, and municipal/recreational facilities. Notable customers include the Chicago Department of Transportation, Chicago Department of Aviation (O'Hare Modernization Program), IDOT, MWRD, METRA, Chicago Park District, Chicago Public Schools, University of Chicago, UIC, UIUC, Rush University Medical Center, and Argonne National Laboratory.

Name

Rubinos & Mesia Engineers

Legal name

Rubinos & Mesia Engineers, Inc.

Website

https://rme-i.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Rubinos & Mesia Engineers is a privately held Chicago-based structural and civil engineering and construction management firm founded in 1982, serving public agencies, universities, healthcare systems, and aviation authorities primarily in Illinois with a certified MBE/DBE staff of 60+.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Structural & Civil Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330), Engineering Services (54133)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

MEP (Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing) Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAE)

Keywords

• Structural engineering services
• Civil engineering consulting
• Construction management services
• Program management infrastructure
• Transportation engineering design

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering Services: Professional services revenue from providing structural engineering, civil engineering, construction management, and program management services on a project basis to public and private sector clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Rubinos & Mesia Engineers, Inc. (RME) is a Chicago-based Structural/Civil Engineering and Construction Management firm that delivers four integrated service lines—Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, and Program Management—to public agencies, universities, healthcare systems, and private developers across the Chicago metropolitan area and Illinois. Founded in 1982, the firm has completed more than 2,000 projects with a multidisciplinary in-house team and is a certified MBE/DBE.

Product overview

Rubinos & Mesia Engineers (RME) is a Chicago-based Structural/Civil Engineering and Construction Management firm established in 1982. The company operates as a single integrated service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture, providing four core service lines: Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, and Program Management. These services work together to deliver complete project solutions from planning through completion, serving sectors including transportation, education, aviation, water/wastewater, healthcare, utilities, and rail/transit.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Structural Engineering Structural engineering services for new construction, renovation, feasibility studies, rehabilitation and repair, value engineering, peer reviews, inspections/condition assessments, and facade review. Delivered to government agencies, universities, healthcare systems, and private developers in the Chicago region.
• Civil Engineering Civil engineering services including site assessments, site development, parking lot development, grading and drainage design, LEED/sustainable design, utility coordination and design, stormwater management, and permitting. Delivered to public-sector and institutional clients.
• Construction Management Construction management services covering budget and cost estimating, capital planning and programming, construction oversight/inspection, contract management, design development and management, document control, quality assurance/quality control, and scheduling. Used by agencies and institutions managing capital projects.
• Program Management Program management services for clients managing multiple concurrent projects, including project management, planning, master scheduling/schedule analysis, program controls, estimating, and construction oversight. Suited to multi-project capital programs at agencies, universities, and large institutions.

Named customers16 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Global engineering and infrastructure services firm and one of RME's named mentor counterparties (AECOM/RME mentor-protégé team per HACIA 2018), competing head-to-head for large Chicago infrastructure programs while offering broader multidisciplinary scale.
• Stantec: Global engineering, architecture, and environmental services firm with active Chicago presence serving transportation, water, buildings, and community development clients.
• WSP Global: International engineering and professional services consultancy competing for major transit, aviation, and infrastructure programs in the same Chicago and Illinois markets.
• Burns & McDonnell: Employee-owned U.S. engineering, architecture, and construction firm with strong Midwest presence in aviation, water, and infrastructure — competitive against RME on large programs.
• Jacobs Solutions: Global professional services firm providing transportation, water, aviation, and program management services, overlapping with RME's core sectors at much larger scale.

Direct peers

• Wight & Company: Integrated design firm in the Chicago region offering structural/civil engineering, architecture, and construction management for similar public, education, and transportation clients.
• TranSystems: Midwest-based transportation/structural engineering and consulting firm with overlapping bridge, highway, rail, and aviation expertise, competing for similar IDOT and aviation infrastructure programs.
• TERRA Engineering, Ltd. Chicago-headquartered civil and transportation engineering firm providing planning, design, and construction oversight on similar municipal roadway, sewer, and transit projects.
• Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. Chicago-area civil, transportation, water resources and structural engineering consulting firm serving many of the same municipalities (IDOT, MWRD, CDOT), making it the closest local peer.
• Alfred Benesch & Company: Mid-sized Midwest structural/civil and transportation engineering consultancy with a comparable service mix (structural, civil, CM) and public-sector client base in Illinois, directly competing for IDOT and municipal work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rubinos-&-mesia-engineers

Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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