Wanting to create a new type of consulting firm, based on the principles that working managers should solicit work and employees should feel empowered to discuss the state of the business and bring ideas directly to the President, Ramesh launched his venture. To this day, Kapur maintains and emphasizes this nurturing atmosphere of teamwork and innovation.
With its first office briefly situated just east of I-43 on Brown Deer Road, growth necessitated moving Kapur southward to a house on Port Washington Road – a site we still occupy today.
Having successfully mastered the ability to provide municipal roadway design, Kapur familiarized itself with the WisDOT Facilities Development Manual and its specifications, working with the WisDOT SE Region (formerly DOT Region 2) and earning its first WisDOT roadway design project — Becher Street in Milwaukee.
Kapur was involved in designing numerous parts of the collection system that fed into MMSD’s renowned Deep Tunnel project, the first being NS-6 (North Shore Collector No. 6).
Constructed behind the “old garage,” a two-story extension of the original Port Washington Road office added 3,000 square feet of workspace, doubling its size.
Outgrowing its available space, Kapur acquired a lot south of the Port Washington Road office, demolishing a house to expand the available office space by 15,000 square feet, which continues to host our administration, communication, transportation, survey, and municipal groups.
In 1990, Ramesh was photographed accepting the MBE Business of The Year award, coinciding with the completion of the new building. Just three years after receiving the Minority Business Enterprise Business of The Year Award following the opening of its new building, Kapur outgrew the WisDOT Disadvantaged Business Enterprise distinction, drastically shifting the narrative of what the company could accomplish on its own.
Having previously provided site design services on an “as-needed” basis to municipalities for civic and residential improvements, Kapur hired dedicated staff to offer full-time civil/site design and development services — beginning with American Family Field, formerly Miller Park.
First exposed to the City of Burlington while working on the Burlington Bypass in 1994 and seeking to become its Engineer of Record, Ramesh prophetically declared at the end of the interview that if selected, he would establish a Burlington office. Not too long after, Kapur purchased property near the City’s beltline and began offering services to what was once affectionately known as Chocolate City.
One year after establishing its Illinois presence in Palatine, Kapur provided survey services on the Dan Ryan freeway expansion. Now offering those same services from its Elk Grove Village location just northwest of O’Hare International Airport, Kapur also provides staking, layout, and modeling services for the state’s heavy infrastructure projects.
After working on the Burlington Bypass for several years, Kapur sought to become the City Engineer for Burlington. To everyone’s surprise, Ramesh closed our interview with the declaration that we would build an office if chosen. Kapur made good on its promise.
Involved with two consecutive wind farm projects developed by We Energies, Kapur showcased its full range of services to WEC Energy Group, resulting in a growing partnership that fostered the relationship needed for us to provide their staff with training on best practices and project process streamlining strategies.
After acquiring Wausau-based Schneider Consultants, Inc., Kapur expanded its construction and design services into northcentral Wisconsin. This group is responsible for supporting design and construction from the City of Ladysmith to Lake Michigan, and delivers more than 10 construction projects each year for WisDOT and municipalities across northern Wisconsin.
Having provided construction staking and layout for the Ohio River Bridges project and east-end improvements in Louisville in 2016, Kapur decided to continue serving the area in 2018 by opening an office and expanding its services to include construction inspection, design, and survey.
Building on the success of our Louisville area services, Kapur opened an office in the heart of Indiana, looking to begin working with INDOT. Kapur initially won master contracts with INDOT and Indianapolis before winning multiple contracts with varying INDOT regions to perform prime consultant services.
Extensive growth at its corporate office spurred the opening of a new Downtown Milwaukee location for Kapur, housing both our site design and national engineering departments. The opening of a Madison office soon followed, expanding Kapur’s services into central Wisconsin.
With an increase in business necessitating the addition of space, Kapur orchestrated the design of an addition to double the capacity of its Burlington office and incorporated crucial features like gathering spaces, training facilities, and flexible working areas to improve the visitor experience.
As our work within Indiana grew, and we began servicing the northern territories of the state, we needed a location that supported daily communication with our clientele. The Fort Wayne office was the perfect location to make this happen, and also brought us much closer to the projects we support in northern Indiana.
Having offered construction management services in Pennsylvania since the Holtwood Hydroelectric Dam project began in 2010, Kapur’s undertaking of additional projects like the Penn Rapid Bridge Replacement Project and the Thompson Street Bridge Project required it to establish a permanent residence in the Keystone State.
With a residence in Florida, Ramesh had been considering a location in the state for several years. Finally, in 2024, we added some key staff to make this a reality and opened an office in North Port, which can regionally serve the West Coast from Tampa/St. Pete to Fort Myers.
The Evansville Office continued expanding our reach across Indiana. Combined with our Jeffersonville Office just north of Louisville, we now have staff that can support design and construction throughout southern Indiana.
