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
We believe a strong team starts with people who feel valued, supported, and empowered to grow. By investing in our employees and respecting life beyond work, we foster lasting relationships and a genuine sense of belonging that extends to our clients.
Efficiency
We challenge the way things have always been done, combining technology, thoughtful processes, and a drive to improve to deliver smarter solutions and greater value for our clients.
Investment
We invest in our future by supporting employee development, expanding benefits and training opportunities, adopting advanced technologies, and strengthening our services to better serve our clients and create lasting opportunities for growth.
Dedicated
We are committed to doing more than meeting expectations. Through continuous improvement, genuine client partnerships, and a shared commitment to our team's success, we strive to make a meaningful impact in everything we do.
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.
Trusted by our partners
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
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
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
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.
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