What Structura Architects does

Structura Architects is a privately-held, full-service architectural and engineering firm founded in 1999 and headquartered in Akron, Ohio. The firm specializes in the design of food processing, manufacturing, and commercial facilities, with particular depth in dairy, meat, beverage, and juice production plant engineering. Its service offering spans the full project lifecycle — strategic planning (feasibility studies, site evaluation, regulatory compliance), master planning, pre-design vendor coordination, design (site, renovation, building, interior, equipment layouts), BIM and 3D visualization, architectural and engineering documentation, construction administration, post-construction record drawings, and project management including facility commissioning. The firm supports these services with a proprietary Online Project Management (OPM) digital platform providing client-facing project tracking and collaboration tools.

Structura's client base spans Fortune 500 enterprises and major regional producers, including Superior Dairy, Fresh Mark, Western Dairy Specialties, MDVA (Milk Producers Cooperative), Philips Healthcare, Verizon, Lincoln Electric, Hendrickson, Edible Garden, CitriSource, Vink & Beri (Tropical General Investment), and Creative Edge. Notable engagements include 750,000 SF healthcare equipment manufacturing facilities for Philips, a 380,000 SF production complex for Fresh Mark, and a LEED Gold V3.0-certified data center for Verizon delivered on time within a $30M budget. Project execution spans at least 16 US states and Ontario, Canada.

Structura operates as a boutique professional services firm with 1-10 employees, generating revenue through project-based fees for architectural, engineering, and project management services, with custom quotes based on scope and complexity. The go-to-market model relies on direct enterprise engagement and industry/client referrals rather than digital marketing. Structura holds no institutional funding and operates an asset-light consultant model, curating bespoke project teams of outside specialists for each engagement. Strategic partners include Tetra Pak for food processing equipment integration and Edible Garden for co-development of production facilities. The firm also licenses patented caseless bottle blow-molding technology for deployment in client dairy facilities.

Name

Structura Architects

Legal name

Structura Architects

Website

https://structuraltd.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Structura Architects is a privately-held, Akron, Ohio-based full-service architectural and engineering firm (1-10 employees, founded 1999) that designs food processing, manufacturing, and commercial facilities — including dairy, meat, beverage, healthcare equipment, and data center projects — for Fortune 500 and major regional enterprise clients across the US and Canada.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Interior Design Services (54141)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

Keywords

• Architectural services
• Engineering design
• Food processing facilities
• BIM visualization
• Commercial building design

Headquarters

HQ city

Akron

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services (Architecture, Engineering, Design): Revenue is generated through fees for architectural services, engineering design, project management, and consulting services. The firm collaborates with a wide range of consultants to customize project teams for each scope of work, providing flexible solutions to address client needs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Structura Architects is a full-service architectural and engineering firm that delivers facility planning, design, engineering, and project management services across the food processing, manufacturing, and commercial sectors. Services span strategic planning, master planning, pre-design, design, architectural and engineering documentation, construction administration, post-construction, and project management. The firm also operates a proprietary Online Project Management (OPM) platform for client collaboration.

Product overview

Structura Architects is a full-service architectural firm that provides comprehensive design, engineering, and project management services across three primary sectors: Food Processing, Manufacturing, and Commercial. The firm operates as a service-based architecture practice rather than a software product company, offering integrated services including strategic planning, master planning, pre-design, design, architectural and engineering, post-construction, and project management. The core service portfolio is delivered through their team-based approach, supplemented by a proprietary Online Project Management (OPM) digital platform for client collaboration. Services span from initial feasibility studies and site evaluation through construction documentation, administration, and facility commissioning. Notable sector specialties include specialized food processing facility design (dairy, meat, juice, beverages), healthcare and medical equipment manufacturing facilities, data centers, and commercial office/training center projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategic Planning Services Strategic planning service for enterprise clients evaluating facility investments, including feasibility studies, site evaluation, existing facility assessment, cost estimation, long-term conceptual planning, and regulatory compliance support across food processing, manufacturing, and commercial sectors.
• Master Planning Services Master planning service for enterprise clients that includes land analysis and selection, planning and zoning research, master plan phasing, and adaptive reuse planning for long-term facility programs.
• Pre-Design Services Pre-design service covering project team management and development, vendor coordination, and programming for enterprise facility projects in food processing, manufacturing, and commercial sectors.
• Design Services Design service for enterprise clients covering site design, renovation design, building design, interior design, furniture and equipment layouts, specification writing, BIM, and 3D visualizations and animations.
• Architectural and Engineering Services Architectural and engineering service for enterprise clients covering contract administration, construction documentation, building code analysis, ADA studies and compliance, bidding assistance, construction administration, sustainable design and LEED planning, life cycle cost analysis, and facility and energy analysis.
• Post-Construction Services Post-construction service delivering record drawings and documentation for enterprise facility clients upon project completion.
• Project Management Services End-to-end project management service for enterprise facility clients, including equipment and system planning integration, scheduling, online project management, construction management, value-added engineering, move management, facility start-up and commissioning, and equipment training coordination.
• Online Project Management (OPM) Proprietary online project management platform providing enterprise clients with access to project tracking, scheduling, and collaboration tools for active facility design and construction engagements.
• Visualization Services Visualization service providing 3D renderings, modeling, and animation for project visualization, presentations, and stakeholder reviews in support of facility design and construction projects.
• Food Processing Sector Services Specialized architectural and engineering services for food processing facilities, including dairy, meat, juice, and beverage production plants, with deep expertise in FDA, USDA, and health department regulatory compliance.
• Manufacturing Sector Services Architectural and engineering services for manufacturing facilities, including medical equipment, data centers, industrial equipment, and production operations requiring specialized infrastructure, clean rooms, and testing bays.
• Commercial Sector Services Architectural services for commercial buildings, including corporate offices, training centers, and healthcare business centers, focused on flexible space planning, code compliance, and ADA accessibility.

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Tetra PakcoreTechnology or IntegrationTetra Pak is listed as a strategic partner in the Vink & Beri drinkable yogurt production facility project in Philadelphia. Structura worked with Tetra Pak to meet the unique challenges of repurposing an existing warehouse into a food production plant, demonstrating a collaborative relationship for specialized food processing equipment integration.
• Edible Garden AG IncorporatedcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEdible Garden engaged Structura Architects to support development of the Prairie Hills Tetra Pak production facility in Webster City, Iowa. Structura is providing facility planning, engineering, design, and project development services for the state-of-the-art manufacturing facility expected to produce shelf-stable nutritional beverages. This engagement is described as a critical milestone in Edible Garden's long-term growth strategy.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Burns & McDonnell: Burns & McDonnell is a large employee-owned AEC firm with broad industrial, manufacturing, and mission-critical facility practices, often competing with Structura for industrial and data center work as part of a wider portfolio.

Direct peers

• Stellar: Stellar is a design-build firm specializing in food processing, dairy, beverage, and refrigerated facility architecture and engineering — Structura's closest direct competitor in food plant design and a likely alternative on the same RFPs.
• Haskell: Haskell is an integrated design-build firm delivering food processing, manufacturing, and commercial facilities — overlapping Structura's portfolio and competing for similar enterprise clients.
• CRB Group: CRB is a global EPCM and architectural firm serving food and beverage, life sciences, and industrial clients — directly comparable in the food processing and regulated manufacturing segments Structura serves.
• Integrated Project Services (IPS): IPS provides architecture, engineering, and project management for regulated manufacturing facilities including food, beverage, and consumer products — directly comparable to Structura's service offering.
• SSOE Group: SSOE is an architecture and engineering firm with strong food, beverage, and industrial manufacturing practices, providing design and project management services to clients in Structura's core verticals.
• Affiliated Engineers (AEI): AEI specializes in MEP and integrated engineering for complex industrial, manufacturing, and research facilities — highly comparable to Structura's engineering-driven food and manufacturing plant work.
• POWER Engineering Services: POWER is a full-service architecture and engineering firm serving food, beverage, and industrial manufacturing clients, providing facility planning and design services directly comparable to Structura's portfolio.
• Hixson Architecture & Engineering: Hixson is an architecture and engineering firm with deep food and beverage processing specialization, serving many of the same dairy, meat, and beverage clients Structura targets.

Emerging players

• EwingCole: EwingCole is a specialty architecture and engineering firm serving industrial, healthcare, and commercial clients — adjacent to Structura's commercial and manufacturing sector work, with similar mid-size firm characteristics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

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