Kubala Engineers

What Kubala Engineers does

Kubala Engineers is a privately held U.S. structural engineering firm headquartered in Houston, Texas, operating as part of the PBK family of architectural and engineering companies. The firm provides professional structural engineering services for buildings and structures, with a primary focus on institutional clients: K-12 school districts (Humble ISD, Clear Creek ISD, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Round Rock ISD, Katy ISD, Ysleta ISD, Spring Branch ISD, among others), higher education institutions (Texas A&M University System, Galveston College), healthcare facilities, commercial projects, and athletic venues including high school stadiums, field houses, and natatoriums.

Service offerings span the full structural engineering lifecycle: schematic design through construction documentation, laser scanning and BIM (Revit) modeling delivered through strategic partnerships, forensics and failure analysis, peer reviews with QA/QC, facility assessments for bond planning, long-range master planning, railway bridge design, and performance-based seismic retrofit design. The firm also offers specialized vibration consulting through partner arrangements, and has documented expertise in Texas-specific windstorm and hurricane-resistant design.

Kubala operates through eight staffed offices in Texas (Houston HQ, Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio), California (Anaheim), and Florida (Sarasota, West Palm Beach), with three regional Managing Principals (Central and Western regions) and a Regional Director for the East Coast. Revenue is generated through project-based professional services contracts on a quote-based pricing model (not publicly disclosed). The firm's go-to-market is enterprise field sales: direct engagement with school districts, universities, and government entities via regional relationship owners, supplemented by cross-referrals from sister PBK-family firms (PBK architecture, Beam Structural Engineers, DIG Engineers, Edge Land, Leaf Engineers). John Kubala, PE, leads the firm as President & CEO.

Name

Kubala Engineers

Legal name

Kubala Engineers

Website

https://kubalaengineers.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kubala Engineers is a privately held U.S. structural engineering firm, part of the PBK family, delivering building and infrastructure structural design, BIM/laser scanning, forensics, peer review, and seismic retrofit services to K-12 districts, universities, healthcare, and commercial clients across Texas, California, and Florida.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Structural Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

Keywords

• Structural engineering services
• Building design consulting
• BIM modeling solutions
• Facility assessment services
• Seismic retrofit design

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

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: Professional engineering services for building and structure design, including structural engineering, laser scanning, BIM, forensics, peer reviews, facility assessments, and vibration consulting. Revenue is generated through project-based professional services contracts with institutional clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Kubala Engineers is a structural engineering firm that provides comprehensive structural engineering services for buildings and structures, including K-12 and higher education facilities, commercial buildings, hospitals, data centers, sports venues, windstorm/hurricane shelters, railway structures, and parking garages. The firm also offers laser scanning and BIM, engineering forensics, peer reviews, facility assessments, vibration consulting, railway bridge design, and long-range master planning to institutional clients nationwide.

Product overview

Kubala Engineers is a structural engineering firm offering a unified portfolio of engineering services rather than a software product. The core offerings include Structural Engineering for Buildings and Structures (spanning K-12, higher education, commercial, healthcare, industrial, and sports facilities), Laser Scanning and BIM services, Forensics (assessments and failure analysis), Peer Reviews, Railway Bridge Design, Long-Range Master Planning, Facility Assessments, and Vibration Consulting. These services are delivered through their workforce across multiple U.S. office locations, with the firm being part of the PBK family of engineering companies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Structural Engineering For Buildings + Structures

Named customers9 records

Segments5 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

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• PBKcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent company of the PBK family. PBK is an architectural firm that works in conjunction with Kubala Engineers on integrated architectural and structural engineering projects, particularly for educational facilities, sports venues, and institutional buildings.
• Beam Structural EngineerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister company within the PBK family focused on structural engineering, providing complementary expertise for projects across the architectural and engineering portfolio.
• DIG EngineersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the PBK family of companies, DIG Engineers provides engineering services that complement Kubala's structural engineering offerings.
• Edge LandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the PBK family of companies specializing in land development engineering services.
• Leaf EngineersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the PBK family of companies providing additional engineering expertise.
• Laser Scanning + BIM PartnerscoreTechnology or IntegrationStrategic partnerships for laser scanning and BIM services. These partners enable high-level BIM modeling using Revit, laser scanning for existing conditions, renovations, additions, and as-built documentation.
• Vibration Consulting PartnerscoreTechnology or IntegrationStrategic partnerships for specialized vibration consulting services offered to clients requiring specialized vibration analysis and mitigation for building design.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Thornton Tomasetti: National structural engineering firm with deep K-12, higher-ed, healthcare, and sports-venue portfolio (including stadium work). Larger and more diversified than Kubala but competes on the same marquee institutional pursuits.
• Arup: Global engineering consultancy with significant structural engineering practice across education, healthcare, sports, and high-performance buildings. Competes on marquee institutional projects and seismic/performance-based design work.
• Magnusson Klemencic Associates: Seattle-based structural and civil engineering firm specializing in large-scale buildings, sports venues, and healthcare projects. Overlaps with Kubala in performance-based seismic design and major institutional campus work.

Regional players

• Page (Page Southerland Page): Texas-rooted architecture and engineering firm with structural capabilities across education, healthcare, and civic markets. Competes for integrated A/E pursuits in the same Texas geographies Kubala serves.
• Halff Associates: Texas-headquartered multi-discipline engineering firm with strong presence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and Austin. Competes for Texas institutional and public-sector work that overlaps with Kubala's core market.

Others

• PBK: Parent architectural firm of the PBK family. Not a structural peer per se, but the dominant demand-generation partner for Kubala — understanding PBK's pipeline is essential to forecasting Kubala's revenue trajectory.

Direct peers

• Datum Engineers: Texas-based structural engineering firm serving education, commercial, healthcare, and sports facilities. Competes head-to-head with Kubala for K-12, higher-ed, and athletic venue structural work in the Texas market.
• Walter P Moore: Houston-headquartered structural engineering firm with comparable building-structure practice (education, healthcare, sports, commercial). Most direct Texas-headquartered competitor with overlapping institutional client base.
• Beam Structural Engineers: Sister firm within the PBK family offering structural engineering services. Operates as an internal peer with overlapping service portfolio; useful as a near-clone benchmark for Kubala's economics and utilization.
• DIG Engineers: Another PBK-family engineering firm providing complementary engineering services to architectural clients. Comparable staffing and revenue model; competes for the same internal PBK project allocations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kubala-engineers

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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