Every fact below links to its source. Informational only. Ownership statements are limited to primary announcements and filings.
- Headquarters
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (dateline of the firm's own investment announcement)Source: gaiconsultants.com/gai-consultants-announces-strat…
- Founded
- Founded in 1958 by Carnegie Mellon University engineering graduate students, per the firm's company overviewSource: gaiconsultants.com/about-gai/company-overview
- Ownership type
- PE-backed: GAI announced a strategic private equity investment from Comvest Partners, made together with GAI leadership and existing employee-owners (financial terms not disclosed), announcement dated 2022-10-13Source: gaiconsultants.com/gai-consultants-announces-strat…
- Sponsor or parent
- Sponsor side announcement of the same investment is posted on the Comvest news page (now hosted on the Vesterra Capital Partners site)Source: comvestprivateequity.com/comvest-partners-announces-stra…
- Website
- gaiconsultants.comSource: gaiconsultants.com
Legal name, DBA and former names
- GAI Consultants, Inc. (Texas board record: GAI CONSULTANTS, INC)Source: tbpedownloads.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/roster_firm.zip
Identifiers (UEI, state registrations)
- Texas TBPELS firm no. 6591.Source: tbpedownloads.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/roster_firm.zip
Ownership type
- PE-backed: GAI announced a strategic private equity investment from Comvest Partners, made together with GAI leadership and existing employee-owners (financial terms not disclosed), announcement dated 2022-10-13.Source: gaiconsultants.com/gai-consultants-announces-strat…
Sponsor, parent or transaction
- Sponsor side announcement of the same investment is posted on the Comvest news page (now hosted on the Vesterra Capital Partners site)Source: comvestprivateequity.com/comvest-partners-announces-stra…
Services and markets
- Services include abandoned mine land reclamation, construction, cultural resources, distribution engineering, environmental engineering and studies, geotechnical and geological engineering, grid resiliency advisory, land development, landscape architecture, mechanical/electrical/structural, right of way support and more.Source: gaiconsultants.com
Leaders
- Kevin Leadbetter, PE, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.Source: gaiconsultants.com/about-gai/leadership
- Stephen E. Gould, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer.Source: gaiconsultants.com/about-gai/leadership
- Robert Pfordresher, CPA, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.Source: gaiconsultants.com/about-gai/leadership
Deals
- Comvest Partners strategic investment in GAI Consultants, October 2022 (see ownership)Source: gaiconsultants.com/gai-consultants-announces-strat…
Licences (board records)
- Texas TBPELS roster lists GAI CONSULTANTS, INC (firm no. 6591, type NS, expires 2028-07-31)Source: tbpedownloads.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/roster_firm.zip
DOT prequalification
- TxDOT Active Precertified Firms lists GAI CONSULTANTS, INC. with 3 areas of certification.Source: dot.state.tx.us/des/precert/precrt5.htm
Public filings
- DOL Form 5500, plan year beginning 2024-01-01: GAI CONSULTANTS INC. 401(K) PLAN (ACK_ID 20251119091623NAL0003746961001), NAICS 541330, 990 active participants.Source: dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/about-ebsa/our-ac…
Rankings and awards
- Listed in the ENR 2026 Top 500 Design Firms.Source: enr.com/toplists/2026-top-500-design-fi…
News timeline
- 2022-10-13: announced strategic investment from Comvest Partners.Source: gaiconsultants.com/gai-consultants-announces-strat…
Sources of record
- https://tbpedownloads.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/roster_firm.zip
- https://gaiconsultants.com/gai-consultants-announces-strategic-investment-from-comvest-partners/
- https://gaiconsultants.com/about-gai/company-overview/
- https://gaiconsultants.com/
- https://comvestprivateequity.com/comvest-partners-announces-strategic-investment-in-gai-consultants/
- https://gaiconsultants.com/about-gai/leadership/
- https://www.dot.state.tx.us/des/precert/precrt5.htm
- https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/about-ebsa/our-activities/public-disclosure/foia/form-5500-datasets
- https://www.enr.com/toplists/2026-top-500-design-firms-2
Ownership tag: Private equity backed. Profiles are informational, compiled from public sources linked above. Firms may request corrections. A listing is not an endorsement.
