A civil engineering firm’s website is priced by how much project evidence and team detail it must present to a skeptical buyer. A small practice with a few disciplines and a short project list is a modest build, while a firm with many service lines and a deep portfolio needs more structure.
The price at a glance
Most engineering firms fit Business Extra: $1,500 one-time for up to 50 pages, plus Website Care at $30/month for hosting, HTTPS, backups, weekly performance checks, A/B testing and up to 30 minutes of small edits each month. A typical civil engineering firm site covers Home with a proposal button, Services, Projects, Team and Contact.
What changes the price for a civil engineering firm
- ✓Number of disciplines — Site civil, structural, stormwater and surveying each warrant their own explanation of scope and typical clients, and each added discipline adds copy.
- ✓Project summaries — A project page needs a client type, scope, role and outcome in plain language, and a larger portfolio takes a layout that stays readable.
- ✓Team profiles — Principal and staff bios with roles and credentials as held need careful accuracy, and a larger team means more pages to maintain.
- ✓Proposal request path — A form that asks for project type, location, schedule and delivery method is more detailed than a general contact box and needs good design.
What keeps you in the smaller plan
A smaller site works if you list your disciplines in clear terms, show a handful of well-described projects, introduce key staff and offer one request-for-proposal form. Be specific about project types. Hold a news section and long case studies until you can keep them current.
Costs that sit outside the website
- ✓Project photography and renderings — Strong images of completed work help, and photographers or drone operators are billed separately.
- ✓Document or file sharing tool — If you share drawings or large files with clients, that belongs in a proper file transfer service with its own plan.
- ✓Recruiting platform — Job postings through a hiring service carry that platform’s fees.
- ✓Domain and email — A firm domain and role-based inboxes for proposals and inquiries are recurring costs.
When it makes sense to step up
The next package up fits when you serve several markets such as municipal, land development and industrial, with different buyers for each, when you maintain a large project library with filters, or when you recruit through the site. Multiple offices are another reason.
One example of what your site could look like
This is one sample we designed. Yours is built around your business, your photos and your words, and we have more examples if you want to compare directions.
What it costs
Websites are priced one-time by size, plus Website Care at $30/month for hosting, HTTPS, backups, weekly checks and A/B testing. Every package includes a consultation, mobile-friendly design, copy we write for you, a contact form, essential search setup and 10 revision rounds. Monthly SEO is an optional add-on when you are ready for it.
Optional add-ons, billed separately
The prices above are for your website. These two are separate monthly products you can add now or later. Neither is part of the website price.
Monthly SEO, from $50/month: new pages published on your site every month. See Monthly SEO →
Business Spotlight, from $30/month: articles about your business, labeled as paid, published on The Company Chronicle. See Business Spotlight →
How it works
1. Consultation
We learn your services, customers and goals, in English or Spanish.
2. We write and design
We draft the words and build the site around your business.
3. 10 revision rounds
You review and request changes until it is right.
4. Launch and care
We launch, then Website Care keeps it hosted, backed up, checked weekly and A/B tested.
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