Stratus Partners: Expanding Our Network
Recent teams joining the Stratus platform continue operating under their original names. These firms are fully integrated into the Stratus platform, contributing essential expertise, trusted client relationships, and a valuable regional legacy that strengthens our team.
Our deliberate integration approach ensures continuity, fosters client trust, and preserves cultural heritage. When you work with a Stratus-affiliated firm, you gain the insight of a trusted local partner backed by the scale and strength of a national team.
E.A. Bonelli
E.A. Bonelli has been at the forefront of industrial architecture and engineering for more than six decades. With a singular focus in the food and beverage industry, the firm’s team of professionals provides integrated architectural, structural, MEP, and refrigeration engineering to design environments that are both efficient and hygienic, in which safeguarding the client’s process is of paramount importance. E.A. Bonelli has built a reputation for coupling practiced experience with design innovations and demonstrates a deep knowledge of domestic and international food safety requirements, as well as ISO standards for cleanroom air cycling and sanitation.
Kestrel Engineering
Kestrel is an industrial process facilities engineering and design firm specializing in retrofit engineering for complex, operating environments. The firm provides multi-discipline engineering, project management, procurement support, construction coordination, and startup and commissioning services across a wide range of industries. With a strong focus on existing facilities, Kestrel delivers practical, cost-effective solutions that integrate change within highly constrained operations. The team is known for its commitment-driven approach, flexible project delivery, and long-standing client relationships built on trust, execution, and repeat success.
Zyscovich Studio
Zyscovich Studio represents the continuation of the legacy Zyscovich brand, widely respected for its vision-driven, context-sensitive approach to planning and architecture. As a newly formed partner of Stratus, the Studio maintains its creative independence while aligning with the broader Stratus network. It continues to focus on transformative urban projects across multiple sectors, building on decades of innovative design leadership.
Stewart
Stewart delivers integrated design, engineering, surveying, and planning services that help communities across the Southeast grow and thrive. As part of Stratus, Stewart brings their strong reputation for creating places to heal, learn, and connect, with experience spanning education, healthcare, parks, and civic infrastructure. Their combined technical expertise with a people-centered approach to deliver thoughtful, lasting solutions aligns perfectly with Stratus’ mission.
Kilian
Founded in 2004, Kilian Engineering specializes in mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP), and fire alarm design for both new construction and renovation projects. Their experienced design professionals deliver practical, cost-effective solutions tailored to each client’s goals, schedule, and budget, supported by clear, permit-ready construction documents that streamline bidding, accelerate permitting, and facilitate efficient installation across all trades. With experience spanning projects from small renovations to large, complex facilities, Kilian strengthens Stratus’s capabilities by expanding our in-house MEP expertise and enhancing our ability to deliver engineering solutions.
Blue Ridge Environmental Consultants (BREC)
Founded in 2002, BREC offers a wide range of environmental and civil engineering services, including environmental restoration, stormwater management, site development, and regulatory compliance. Known for their deep understanding of ecological systems and permitting processes, BREC supports Stratus’s commitment to responsible, sustainable development throughout the Carolinas.
PVEDI
PVEDI is a multidisciplinary architecture, engineering, and consulting firm recognized for its innovative, sustainable, and client-focused approach to complex design challenges. With expertise in architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, geology, surveying, and engineering services spanning civil, structural, and mechanical disciplines, PVEDI strengthens our capabilities by providing additional technical depth and the ability to deliver comprehensive solutions across commercial and civic markets.