Browder + Leguizamon & Associates

What Browder + Leguizamon & Associates does

Browder + Leguizamon & Associates (legal entity Browder + LeGuizamon & Associates, Inc.; brand shorthand "BLA Engineers") is a private, Atlanta-headquartered consulting structural engineering firm founded in 1981 by Larry Browder and Sergio Leguizamon. The firm provides structural design, analysis, construction documents, and select construction administration services across all major building sectors — commercial, industrial, municipal, residential, specialty, and renovations — using steel, masonry, timber, and concrete (reinforced, prestressed, and post-tensioned) structural systems. Named deliverables include high-rise hospitality (St. Regis Atlanta, Grand Bohemian Hotel Orlando), mixed-use landmarks (Ponce City Market, Oxford Century Farms), industrial facilities for Amazon, commercial offices for IBM Security and Atlanta Tech Village, multifamily and student housing (The Ellison, One University at George Mason), and municipal infrastructure (Lenox Park Pedestrian Bridge, Chason Park).

The firm's technical stack is built on industry-standard structural and BIM software — REVIT, ETABS, RAM, and SAP2000 — augmented by an immersive virtual reality visualization layer that lets clients experience structural designs prior to construction. Delivery is principal-led: founders, managing principals, engineers, and technicians are involved from initial planning through construction administration, and the firm holds professional engineering registrations in most US states with additional international project experience. Following the 2022 death of Larry Browder and 2024 death of Sergio Leguizamon, the firm continues to operate under Managing Principal Martin Ocon and a bench of principals (Alper Guclu, Onur Çelik, Sterling Cochran, Zach White) supported by a team of 25+ listed technical staff.

Browder + Leguizamon generates revenue through project-based professional services fees — quote-based, scope-dependent engagements with developers, owners, architects, and general contractors — across enterprise commercial, hospitality, industrial, education, residential, and government clients in the Southeast and broader US. Marketing is conducted primarily through the firm's website portfolio (organized into 20+ typologies including bridges, parking, multifamily, and warehouses) and direct enterprise sales via the principal bench. The firm is privately held with no disclosed investors, subsidiaries, or parent company.

Name

Browder + Leguizamon & Associates

Legal name

Browder + LeGuizamon & Associates, Inc.

Website

https://blaengineers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Browder + Leguizamon & Associates is a private Atlanta-based consulting structural engineering firm, founded in 1981, that designs steel, masonry, timber, and concrete structures for enterprise developers, architects, and government clients across commercial, industrial, residential, hospitality, municipal, and renovation sectors throughout the US.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Structural Engineering Services

NAICS

Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

Keywords

• Structural engineering consulting
• Building structural design
• Construction administration services
• Commercial structural engineering
• Bridge structural design

Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

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, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Structural Engineering Consulting Services: Project-based professional services for structural design, construction documents, specifications, and select construction administrative services. Engagements span from planning meetings through engineering, construction documents, and select construction administration.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Browder + Leguizamon & Associates provides consulting structural engineering services including structural design, analysis, construction documents, specifications, and select construction administration for buildings and bridges. The firm serves commercial, industrial, municipal, residential, and specialty construction sectors using structural systems in steel, masonry, timber, and concrete (reinforced, prestressed, and post-tensioned). An immersive virtual reality environment is offered to allow clients to visualize structural designs prior to construction.

Product overview

Browder + Leguizamon & Associates is a consulting structural engineering firm offering a single unified service: structural engineering design and consulting. The core offering encompasses structural analysis, design, and construction documentation for buildings across all sectors (commercial, industrial, municipal, residential, specialty, renovations). Their services span from initial planning meetings through engineering, construction documents, specifications, and select construction administrative services. The firm also provides an immersive virtual reality environment for clients to explore their projects. Founded in 1981, the company has designed structural systems including steel, masonry, timber, and concrete (reinforced, prestressed, and post-tensioned) for thousands of projects across the United States.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Structural Engineering Consulting Services Consulting structural engineering services for commercial, industrial, municipal, residential, and specialty construction projects. Engagements begin at planning meetings and continue through engineering, construction documents, specifications, and select construction administration. Structural systems cover steel, masonry, timber, and concrete (reinforced, prestressed, and post-tensioned) for buildings and bridges.
• Immersive Virtual Reality Visualization Environment Immersive virtual reality experience enabling clients to explore and interact with their construction projects prior to construction, supporting visualization of proposed structural designs.

Named customers14 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• WSP: Global professional services firm with a large structural and building engineering practice alongside transportation, environment, and property consulting. Demonstrates the consolidator model that could acquire BLA or compete against it on large integrated developer engagements.
• Arup: Global engineering, design, and consulting firm offering structural engineering as part of a much broader portfolio spanning infrastructure, energy, and advisory. Represents the mega-incumbent scale BLA competes against on marquee projects and the long-term ceiling for multi-disciplinary growth.
• Buro Happold: International engineering consultancy with structural engineering as a core capability alongside MEP, sustainability, and advisory services. Comparable on high-design hospitality and cultural buildings, and represents the premium international brand BLA competes against for landmark projects.

Direct peers

• SK&A Structural Engineers: Mid-Atlantic based structural engineering consulting firm serving commercial, residential, healthcare, and institutional sectors. Closely comparable in size, multi-vertical exposure, and project-based delivery model; relevant benchmark for mid-sized structural consulting peers.
• TGRWA Structural Engineers: Chicago-based structural engineering consulting firm specializing in commercial, healthcare, education, and hospitality buildings. Similar scale and full-service structural consulting model; useful peer for understanding how mid-sized firms maintain multi-state registrations and enterprise clients.
• Thornton Tomasetti: Global structural engineering consultancy serving commercial, residential, hospitality, and infrastructure clients. Direct competitor with similar multi-sector practice; Thornton Tomasetti represents the 'scaled-up' version of BLA's model and competes for the same enterprise developer relationships.
• Walter P Moore: National structural and civil engineering consulting firm with similar service offerings across commercial, healthcare, sports, and cultural building sectors. Direct competitor for marquee Atlanta and Southeast projects and a benchmark for BLA's growth trajectory from mid-size to large national firm.
• Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA): Structural and civil engineering consultancy serving commercial, healthcare, education, and transportation sectors. Similar full-service structural consulting model with strong portfolio of complex buildings; competes for institutional and developer clients in major US metros.

Regional players

• Pond & Company: Atlanta-headquartered engineering, architecture, and planning firm with a structural engineering practice serving commercial, federal, and industrial clients. Local market competitor in the Southeast and benchmark for Atlanta-headquartered mid-sized engineering firms.
• Uzun + Case: Southeast US-based structural engineering firm serving commercial, residential, healthcare, and institutional clients from Atlanta and Charlotte offices. Closest regional peer competing for the same Atlanta-area developer relationships and hotel/mixed-use portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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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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