BKF Kicks off 2025 Celebrating our 110th Anniversary!
We couldn't have done it without our incredible clients and talented team! Throughout 2025, keep an eye out for ways to celebrate with us!
BKF Launches One BKF Framework and Promotions You’ll Want to See!
We are excited to unveil our cutting-edge One BKF framework designed to scale our organization to unlimited possibilities, enhancing talent development and improving our performance on projects. Our powerful new framework will revolutionize how we service our clients and expand opportunities for our staff, unlocking our firm's potential.
BKF proudly maintains contracts with thousands of clients, leveraging our specialized knowledge and subject matter expertise to deliver tailored solutions. Our focus on specialization will enable us to better serve our clients by addressing their unique needs and supporting a broader range of projects with precision and excellence.
BKF is now organized by Business Sectors: Transportation, Water Resources, Land Development, and Land Surveying.Our Business Sector Leaders are responsible for providing industry leadership in their sectors. Supported by Practice Area Leaders, the expertise provided by the talent at BKF is more accessible than ever to our local clients.
With over 25 years of leadership experience across Human Resources, Elisa brings a strategic vision and passion for elevating employee experiences, supporting growth initiatives, and creating unlimited opportunities as we expand and continue to thrive as a firm. Learn more about Elisa...
Our New Business Sectors
Dan Schaefer
Business Sector Leader
Practice Areas
Capital Transportation - This service line delivers large-scale transportation infrastructure projects.
Local Government - This service line assists local agencies with transportation-related planning, design, and construction.
Planning/Grants - This service line specializes in planning, identifying, securing, and monitoring funding for transportation and civic projects.
Sheila Amparo
Regional Lead / Associate Principal
Lauren Berman
Regional Lead
Jaggi Bhandal
Regional Lead / Principal
Tom West
Business Sector Leader
Practice Areas
Wastewater - Planning, design, and implementation of wastewater collection, transfer, treatment, and disposal systems.
Water - Solutions to meet water demands including solutions such as recycled water, groundwater, water treatment, and water conservation projects and systems.
Stormwater - Engineered and nature-based solutions to address both quantity and water quality criteria, including water quality monitoring, impacts of sea level rise, discharge, groundwater replenishment, and watershed management planning and implementation.
Roger Chung
Regional Lead / Associate Principal
Sravan Paladugu
Regional Lead / Senior Associate Principal
Jon Shattuck
Business Sector Leader
Practice Areas
General Surveying - Includes office and field support for the following services: topographic mapping, boundary surveying, ALTA surveys, control establishment, level loops, benchmark setting, utility locating, GPS networks, final and parcel maps, aerial control, drone flights, GIS, elevation certificates, easement composition, title report review, as-built surveying, expert witnessing, terrestrial and mobile scanning, and general consulting.
Construction Surveying - Includes office and field support for the following services: horizontal and vertical site and utility layout, construction control networks, vertical building control, (automated) monitoring, as-built laser scanning, and foundation layout.
Jason Kirchmann
Practice Leader / Principal
Walter Stemberga
Practice Leader / Principal
David Jungmann
Regional Lead / Associate Principal
Jason Simmons
Regional Lead / Associate Principal
Davis Thresh
Regional Lead / Principal
Patrick Chan
Business Sector Leader
Practice Areas
Private Land Development - Includes residential, commercial, industrial, and mixed-use.
Institutional Land Development - Includes master planning, civic, healthcare, and education.