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Improve Margins · Engineering Firms

Improve Margins for Engineering Firms.

Move gross margin and EBITDA margin into top-quartile territory.

Engineering practices, engineered to scale.

Improve Margins · Engineering Firms

Why engineering firms operators choose SAZ to improve margins.

Margin is the single best signal of business health and the foundation for valuation multiples. SAZ margin engagements work both sides of the equation — pricing and cost — to move both gross margin and EBITDA margin toward top-quartile bands.

Engineering firms — civil, structural, mechanical, electrical — are professional services businesses with unique constraints: project-based revenue, deep specialization, and complex stakeholder management. SAZ helps engineering firms scale revenue, productize services, and embed AI across project delivery.

Symptoms

Signals it's time to act in engineering firms.

Gross margin below category benchmark

EBITDA margin below 15%

No pricing power story

COGS inflating faster than pricing power

Cost-to-serve not measured by segment

The approach

The SAZ playbook for improve margins, calibrated to engineering firms.

Phase 1

Margin diagnostic

Gross margin by SKU/segment, EBITDA bridge analysis, cost-to-serve modeling.

Phase 2

Pricing reset

Value-based pricing, packaging, contract structure.

Phase 3

Cost reduction

Top cost categories with automation/AI/vendor consolidation.

Phase 4

Operating cadence

Monthly margin review, quarterly pricing review.

Expected outcomes

What engineering firms operators walk away with.

Gross margin +5–15pp

EBITDA margin +3–8pp

Top-quartile economics by year 2

Premium valuation multiple unlocked

Improve Margins · Engineering Firms

Ready to improve margins in engineering firms?

Email info@Sedighi.ca or call (604) 632-4959. A senior partner responds within one business day.

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