About

A Team Built for Clarity, Consistency, and Results

APD Engineering & Architecture is a nationally licensed, integrated firm providing Architecture, Civil, Structural, MEP, and Entitlement/ Permitting under one coordinated model. For more than 30 years, we have supported municipalities, developers, utilities, healthcare providers, national brands, and private enterprises with disciplined solutions that drive schedule certainty and long-term performance.

Our Mission & Vision

APD is a national firm that empowers our team to provide innovative solutions resulting in enduring relationships.

Core Values

Family Values

APD manifests family values. APD is focused on personal growth for all employees while encouraging them to provide a more personalized experience for our clients. The company is dedicated to providing a great work experience for its employees by investing in their growth and careers; by not making them choose between work and family. APD wants employees who want to work here!

Efficiency

APD is dedicated to efficiency. APD invests in and utilizes technology to its clients’ advantage. Through constant self-evaluation and critique, APD seeks to steadily improve the efficiency of its services and the quality of the experience/product they provide to clients. This self-evaluation leads to more streamlined and precise processes, making APD a leader in prototype development for commercial, retail, and QSR industries.

Investment

APD invests in its future. APD purposefully invests in staff, technology, and services offered. They have consistently expanded benefit offerings and training programs, invested in new software and hardware, and expanded client service offerings.

Dedicated

APD is dedicated in every way: dedicated to improving processes, dedication to serving our clients, and dedication to the creation of a thriving staff.

About APD

Who We Are

A multi-disciplinary design firm, APD provides solutions to the private and public sectors. We work across sectors, applying our distinctive approach to projects in retail, restaurant, and residential. APD has extensive experience in civil, environmental, structural, mechanical, electrical, transportation, traffic, safety, materials, and adaptive reuse engineering and architecture. We take a comprehensive approach to design, working from inception to completion to turn a conceptual vision into reality.

Our team of highly skilled Architects, Engineers, and Designers take pride in consistently providing our clients with industry-leading expertise in our respective disciplines. APD maintains a reputation for providing responsive, high-quality, cost-effective, and innovative design services, resulting in lasting customer relationships.

APD continues to provide services to the clients who started with the firm in 1996. We owe our success to our outstanding team and the tremendous clients we’ve served. We are extremely proud to have collaborated with some of the world’s most forward-thinking and iconic brands.

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What We Do & Who We Serve

APD provides full-service  engineering and architecture, including civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, planning, entitlement, permitting, and construction phase services. Our work spans public infrastructure, private development, national brand expansion, and specialty services such as LiDAR scanning, fire escape inspections, 3D rendering, and prototype design for multi-site programs.

We serve decision-makers who manage high-volume, multi-region development pipelines, as well as municipalities and public-sector leaders who need safe, code-ready, and reliable design support for essential community projects.

Core Values

The Principles That Guide How We Work

Our culture is built around four core values that shape how we serve our clients and how we support each other as a team.

Efficiency

We do efficiency like nobody’s business, utilizing customized software to work smarter for our clients – always maintaining fundamental quality.

Family Values

From day one, APD has put family first, recognizing that no one gives their best until their family is cared for.

Dedication

APD is dedicated in every way: dedicated to improving processes, dedication to serving our clients, and dedication to the creation of a thriving staff.

Investment

APD has been investing in client relationships since 1996…by investing in our staff’s growth and education, technology, and communication.

Our National Presence

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Our Trusted Partners

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Leadership

Daniel Sargent, AIA , NCARB

CEO and President

At APD, we believe leadership is built with intention. We provide every employee a defined path to grow, lead, and shape the future of our firm. Meet the leadership team driving that momentum.

Leadership

Experienced Professionals Committed to Client Success

Principal of Architecture/Executive Vice President
Senior Principal of Structural Engineering/Vice President of Operations
Senior Principal of Civil/MEP Engineering
Senior Principal of Civil Engineering
Principal of Architecture
Principal of Architecture
Principal of Architecture
Principal of Structural Engineering
Senior Associate Principal of Structural Engineering
Associate Principal of Architecture
Associate Principal of MEP Engineering
Associate Principal of Architecture
Associate Principal of Mechanical Engineering
Chief Financial Officer
Chief People Officer
Our Team

The People Who Empower APD

APD’s strength lies in its people. Across architecture, civil, structural, MEP, planning, and project management, our integrated teams collaborate to deliver coordinated solutions across the country.

Senior Civil Engineer
Project Designer
Designer Intern
Project Designer
Project Designer
Senior Project Lead
Project Designer
Permitting Manager
Business Development Manager
Structural Designer
Senior Project Lead
Designer
Senior Architect
Project Lead
IT Support Specialist
Licensing Coordinator & Office Administrator
Electrical Designer
Senior Structural Designer
Mechanical Designer
Senior Project Designer
Project Lead
Senior Electrical Engineer
Project Designer
Project Designer
Senior Architect
Senior Civil Designer
Project Designer
Electrical Designer
Electrical Designer
Senior Project Designer
Permit Coordinator Assistant
Project Lead
Project Designer
Senior Accountant
Senior Civil Designer
Senior Project Lead
Structural Engineer
Electrical Designer
Senior Architect
Designer
HR Generalist
Staff Accountant
Senior Project Designer
Senior Project Designer/Revit Coordinator
Project Lead
Mechanical Designer
Marketing Coordinator
Project Designer
Senior Architect
Senior Structural Designer
Project Designer
Project Designer
Project Designer
Structural Designer
Civil Engineer
Project Designer
Human Resources Generalist
Mechanical Designer
Senior Structural Engineer
Senior Project Lead
Senior Architect
Senior Structural Designer
Electrical Designer
Finance Manager
Mechanical Designer
Civil Designer
Senior Electrical Designer
CAD Manager
Senior Architect
HR Intern
Permit Coordinator
Civil Designer

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