KAI Design & Build acquired Atlanta-based Dorsey Engineering on October 1. The firm provides prime engineering consulting and design services to building owners, architects, federal and state government agencies, design-build contractors and a variety of clients throughout the United States and the Caribbean.
Dorsey’s clientele includes Home Depot, Siemens, Department of Veteran Affairs, Macy’s, Caterpillar, United States Forest Service, Johnson & Johnson, Atlanta Public Schools, Center for Disease Control, Gwinnet County Public Schools, DeKalb County School District, Marriott International and Hilton Hotels & Resorts.
Dorsey’s office staff in Atlanta and Jacksonville, Florida will complete its current contractual commitments to clients, with all new opportunities proceeding as KAI Engineering. KAI Engineering intends to grow the Atlanta and Jacksonville staff to over 25 engineers and designers and will begin relocating current staff immediately.
“We now have a broader reach in Atlanta that will extend all the way from our headquarters in St. Louis, down to Jacksonville, Florida and around our existing offices in Texas and Nebraska,” said KAI President Michael Kennedy Jr.
“Acquiring Dorsey also enables us to have greater opportunities in a prime engineering-focused role, as opposed to being an engineering subconsultant, which has generally been KAI Engineering’s role in the past.”
Dorsey Engineering owner Brad H. Dorsey will remain with the firm during the transition period, then work as a consultant until his retirement.
KAI Design & Build is a national, African American-owned 100-plus person design and build firm headquartered in St. Louis. For more information, visit www.kai-db.com or call 314-241-8188.
