CIVIL ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES, INC.

What CIVIL ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES, INC. does

Civil Engineering Associates, Inc. (CEA) is a privately held civil engineering, land surveying, and construction inspection firm founded in 1970 and headquartered at 10 Mansfield View Lane, South Burlington, Vermont. The firm operates exclusively within Vermont, serving state, municipal, and private sector clients through three core service lines: civil engineering (site investigations, stormwater management, water/wastewater design, traffic and roadway engineering, land use planning, foundation design, and site development), land surveying (lot surveys, commercial and residential subdivisions, construction layout, control surveys, utility easement identification, and GPS surveying using the Vermont State Coordinate System and HARNS GPS Network), and construction inspection (materials sampling and testing, structural component inspection, and reporting). Its underlying technology is conventional civil engineering and surveying practice rather than proprietary software or AI-driven systems.

CEA is staffed by 15 personnel, including three registered Professional Engineers, four Staff Engineers, one Survey Manager who is a registered Land Surveyor, two surveying technicians, three CADD operators, and an Office Manager. Its revenue model is project-based professional services delivery via direct engagement with clients; pricing is not publicly disclosed and inquiries are routed through the Office Manager. The firm's customer base is dominated by Vermont public-sector buyers — notably the Vermont Agency of Transportation (airport taxiway/hangar development and highway garage facilities), the Vermont Army National Guard, municipalities such as the City of Winooski, and educational institutions including the University of Vermont and the Community College of Vermont — alongside private development work for entities such as Shaw's Supermarket, Marriott/Westlake Condominium, and high-density residential developments, plus a long-running engineering study and site evaluation practice for lending institutions begun in 1984.

CEA's go-to-market is direct sales-led relationships with no disclosed digital marketing channels, no partnerships or alliances, and no M&A activity. The firm has no publicly disclosed revenue, no funding rounds, and no parent company. Open positions posted on its website (Project Manager, December 2024; Principal in Charge, November 2025) suggest incremental leadership-level capacity building within the existing single-office Vermont footprint.

Name

CIVIL ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES, INC.

Legal name

Civil Engineering Associates, Inc.

Website

https://cea-vt.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Civil Engineering Associates is a Vermont-based civil engineering, land surveying, and construction inspection firm founded in 1970, serving state, municipal, and private sector clients throughout Vermont with a staff of 15.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Testing, Inspection, Certification & Commissioning (TICx) Technical Services (BPAHAIAL)

Keywords

• Civil engineering services
• Land surveying
• Construction inspection
• Site development design
• Infrastructure engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

South Burlington

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, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Professional Services: Project-based professional services including civil engineering, land surveying, and construction inspection for state, municipal, and private sector clients. Services provided to lending institutions since 1984 on development projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Civil Engineering Associates provides professional civil engineering, land surveying, and construction inspection services to state, municipal, and private sector clients throughout Vermont. Services cover site investigations, preliminary and detailed design, construction-phase inspection, geotechnical evaluation, and project permitting for airports, schools, highways, military facilities, commercial developments, and residential projects. The firm operates from a single office in South Burlington, Vermont with a staff of 15 including registered Professional Engineers and a registered Land Surveyor.

Product overview

Civil Engineering Associates, Inc. (CEA) is a civil engineering and land surveying services firm founded in 1970, operating from South Burlington, Vermont. The company offers three core service lines: Civil Engineering (covering wastewater/water supply, stormwater management, traffic/roadway design, land use planning, site development, and foundations), Land Surveying (residential/commercial subdivisions, construction layout, GPS surveys), and Construction Inspection (materials testing, building component inspection, reporting). The services are delivered by a staff of 15 including three Professional Engineers, registered Land Surveyors, and CAD technicians, serving state, municipal, and private sector clients throughout Vermont.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Civil Engineering Comprehensive civil engineering services including site investigations, preliminary and detailed design, and construction-phase services for state, municipal, and private sector clients. Practice areas include wastewater disposal, water supply, stormwater management, traffic engineering, roadway design, land use planning, foundations, and site development.
• Land Surveying Land surveying services ranging from single lot surveys to large commercial, industrial, and residential subdivisions. Includes engineering-related surveys, construction layout, control surveys, utility easement identification, and GPS surveying using Vermont State Coordinate System and HARNS GPS Network.
• Construction Inspection Full range of construction inspection services including concrete and soil material sampling, inspection of building components (steel, fireproofing, masonry), specification review, test procedures coordination, and detailed inspection reporting for state, municipal, and private sector construction projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• First rammed aggregate pier system application in Vermont for supporting a four-story building
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Tighe & Bond: Northeast engineering firm offering civil/site, water, wastewater, and surveying services to municipalities and private developers — directly comparable service mix to CEA.
• HEB Engineers: Northern New England civil/structural engineering firm with comparable municipal, transportation, and site development focus across a similar regional footprint.
• Lamoureux & Dickinson: Vermont-based land surveying and civil engineering firm providing directly overlapping land surveying and site development services to public and private clients in Vermont.
• Dubois & King: Vermont/New England-based civil engineering and land surveying firm of comparable scale providing site design, transportation, and municipal infrastructure services — the closest direct regional peer to CEA.
• Hoyle, Tanner & Associates: Northeast regional civil/structural engineering firm delivering transportation, municipal, and site development services with comparable mid-size practice scope.
• Weston & Sampson: Northeast-based engineering firm providing civil/site design, water resources, and municipal infrastructure services with overlapping client profile.

Broad incumbents

• Stantec: Global engineering and consulting firm with extensive U.S. civil engineering and surveying practices; competes for the same Vermont public and private work at larger scale.
• VHB: Larger Northeast engineering, planning, and surveying firm with overlapping civil/site, transportation, and land development practices serving many of the same public-sector end markets.
• Greenman-Pedersen: Mid-Atlantic and Northeast engineering firm with civil/highway/site development practices that overlaps CEA's VTrans and private development work.
• Kleinfelder: National engineering, consulting, and construction services firm with civil/geotechnical/site practice areas overlapping CEA's core services.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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