About Us
Stratus is a network of multi-disciplinary engineering, architecture, and consulting platform firms. Formed through the alliance of Prime Engineering, Austin Brockenbrough & Associates, Ascent Engineering Group, and Zyscovich, Stratus provides innovative and differentiated design services and solutions to both public and private sector clients globally, but with a strategic focus on serving the high-growth economies of the Southeastern United States.
Stratus was formed with a vision to build a diversified engineering, architecture, and consulting platform of scale by partnering with the incumbent management of a family of businesses focused individually and collectively on delivering innovative solutions across the full project lifecycle from initial planning, design, and feasibility studies to final construction management oversight. Stratus will continue to seek out like-minded engineering, architecture, and consulting firms aligned with our core values and geographic focus to help further accelerate growth through investment in world-class talent, technology, and targeted acquisitions. Stratus’ key markets include Commercial, Industrial, Transportation, Education, Federal, State, and Local Government infrastructure.
The image below depicts the timeline of the strategic alliances made by Stratus during its formation.
Built from a deep bench of industry leading professional groups and experts, Stratus provides cutting-edge engineering, architecture, innovative design, surveying, consulting, planning, and social infrastructure solutions for both public- and private-sector clients. Our team is taking on some of the biggest industry challenges and consistently delivering value to our clients and colleagues. We treat every project as a partnership and hold ourselves to the highest standard of honesty and integrity.
Stratus’ foundation relies on the principles of enhancing the communities in which we live and work and developing personnel through an investment in their professional growth.
Vision Statement
Inspiring the next generation to create value for our employees, clients, and communities.
Mission Statement
At Stratus, we foster growth and collaboration among our diverse family of businesses, empowering each entity to thrive and deliver exceptional value in their respective markets.
Core Values
Progressive: Continuously advancing and adapting our systems, expertise, and services to stay at the forefront of the AEC industry.
Adaptive: Anticipating and responding effectively to the dynamic needs of our employees, clients, and the evolving built environment.
Collaborative: Fostering teamwork and synergistic partnerships to achieve shared success.
Excellent: Delivering the highest quality services and solutions with an unwavering commitment to integrity and professionalism.
The partnerships that form Stratus Team:
Prime Engineering
Prime Engineering (Prime) provides architecture, engineering, surveying, and construction management services to a variety of public, private, and government clients across the United States. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Prime has five offices nationwide. Prime is proud of its entrepreneurial culture that fosters a high degree of employee engagement. This distinguishing characteristic is a cornerstone of the Prime Engineering model. Prime’s areas of practice include air transportation; air and ground freight logistics; food, beverage, and consumer products; petroleum and chemical; manufacturing; and infrastructure.
Austin Brockenbrough & Associates
Austin Brockenbrough & Associates (Brockenbrough) is a full-service architecture, engineering, and surveying services firm serving federal, state, and municipal government clients. Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, Brockenbrough serves clients globally. The company offers civil, mechanical, electrical, and structural engineering as well as architecture, land surveying, and subsurface utility engineering services. Areas of specialization include site development, petroleum/fuel storage and distribution, water/wastewater treatment, utilities, and building systems. Brockenbrough’s commitment to providing quality, integrity, and value in the services it offers is deeply rooted in the company’s culture and is a cornerstone of the Brockenbrough model.
Ascent Engineering Group
Ascent Engineering Group (Ascent) is a mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (“MEP”) engineering and consulting firm serving K-12, higher education, healthcare, and state and local government clients. Headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia with a second office in Richmond, Virginia, Ascent serves a variety of clients throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. The company produces plans, specifications, studies, reports, energy analyses, and performs construction administration services. For new projects, Ascent provides all engineering necessary for quality design, installation, and operation of MEP systems. Areas of specialization include the engineering and design of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and information technology systems.
Zyscovich
Zyscovich (Zyscovich) is an international master planning, architecture, and interior design firm with offices in Miami, Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville, and West Palm Beach, Florida as well as New York City and Bogotá, Colombia. Zyscovich’s commitment to customized solutions is evident in its award-winning architectural design work for both public and private clients. Zyscovich’s broad range of experience includes large-scale mixed-use, transportation, educational, federal, commercial, retail, multi-family residential, and hospitality projects.
Morris + Associates
Morris + Associates specializes in the design, permitting, and construction administration of fuel systems for retail, fleet, institutional and municipal facilities, it also offers a broad range of services including architecture design support, entitlements, land planning, site development, enterprise drone surveying, and expert witness services. Morris + Associates is also a leader in the development and utilization of 3D laser scanning and drone surveying to analyze sites for clients across the Department of Transportation, Department of Defense, and retail sectors.
WHO WE ARE
Stratus is a fully integrated planning, surveying, engineering, and architecture solution taking on some of the biggest industry challenges and consistently delivering value to our clients and colleagues. We treat every project as a partnership and hold ourselves to the highest standard of honesty and integrity.
Stratus’ foundation relies on the principals of enhancing the communities in which we live and work and developing personnel through an investment in their professional growth.