Strategic Solutions for Healthy Growth in a Dynamically Changing Environment

Lower overhead and increase efficiency through operations, business development, and marketing solutions.

Enhance Your Firm’s Productivity and Efficiency

At FortisOBM, we're driven by a vision to transform not just businesses, but entire communities. By partnering with us, you're not only investing in your firm's success but also in the creation of thriving neighborhoods, communities, and cities.

Our focus? Empowering AEC firms like yours to secure projects, streamline operations, and build legacies that endure.

Over the past three years, FortisOBM has facilitated over $4 billion in contract wins for our clients, resulting in over $212 million in consulting fees achieved in total. Our marketing and business development strategic approach has consistently outperformed industry standards, elevating our clients' win rates and capture rates.

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>$212M

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Client Accounts Have Achieved in Total

Total Win Rate Across Client Accounts

Companies Positively Impacted by FortisOBM

Total Contracts Won Across Client Accounts

Working with Community Builders on the Future.

Solutions Designed for Your Success

A strategic approach to operations, business development, and marketing are not just an advantage in the competitive AEC industry—it’s essential. 

FortisOBM’s solutions are specially designed to grow firms that build communities without the industry’s growing pains. 

Consulting Services

  • Strategic Planning

  • Proposal Development

  • Grant Writing

  • Fractional Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)

  • Market Research and Analysis

  • Business Process Improvement

  • Client Relationship Management (CRM)

  • Business Development and Sales Support

  • Training and Development

  • Technology Adoption

  • Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

Speaking

  • Coaching

  • Speaking

  • Mastermind

Marketing Solutions

  • Branding

  • Digital Marketing

  • Content Creation

See Real Results from AEC Firms Like Yours

Discover how FortisOBM has helped AEC firms overcome challenges and growing pains, achieve their goals, and drive tangible results through strategic solutions for healthy growth. Dive into our case studies to learn more.

Hear from Our Satisfied Clients

  • "FortisOBM has been an incredibly dynamic and strategic resource for us. They've blended into our team dynamics effortlessly. Their collaborative and strategic approach to both coordinating and developing quality proposals, as well as crafting high-quality marketing materials, has proven invaluable. Their efforts have not only effectively showcased the strengths of our staff but also greatly enhanced the overall representation of our organization. Working with them has been a great experience!"

    Jerri Sumlin, Director of Business Development | HJ Russell

  • "FortisOBM is an extension of your team that you can count on. They don't treat your project like a number on a list, they care and help drive it forward like it was their own. Melinda and her team know how to help you reach your audience and help craft messaging that clients can actually hear. I recommend FortisOBM to every team that needs an additional set of hands-on focus. "

    Brittani Byers, Marketing Director | Gleeds

  • “Melinda has provided strategy and coordination to the Southeast Region Marketing team with some of our most complex proposals and client submittals. In this time, she has served as a blended, go-to resource for us in many ways—brainstorming solutions to project challenges, leading technical teams through strategy discussions, and strengthening our client deliverables. Because of her strong proposal coordination skills, VHB has experienced a high proposal shortlist & selection win-rate with her support. Not only is she a pleasure to work with, she is responsive, flexible, and thinks like one of us!”

    Jennifer Rader, Marketing Director | VHB

  • "FortisOBM has helped our team refine our internal presence, so we continue to gain the respect of our internal partners. They have helped us accomplish this by offering insight and edits to our content, suggesting changes to the way we communicate, and by helping us be concise in what we are asking our internal partners for. Melinda is a strong voice in this industry with many years of experience. She is a trusted voice for our team. "

    Liz Roark, Marketing Manager | SSMC

  • “FortisOBM executed and delivered above expectations.”

    Tara Bleakley, Principal, Corporate Business Development Manager
    TLC Engineering Solutions

  • "FortisOBM is a pleasure to work with! They are always so responsive and a team player. They really focus on the client’s expectations and is quick to make sure we are providing well organized, well put together, high level work. FortisOBM continues to make sure we reach our marketing goals and pushes us to have forward thinking. "

    Jen Castiglia, Operations | CSL Consulting

  • “FortisOBM saved me the time associated with the grammatical review, which allowed me to focus on the technical aspects of our report, which is our specialty.”

    Kristy M. Walson, PE, LEED Fellow, BEMP, Principal
    TLC Engineering Solutions

  • "They [FortisOBMB] are very responsive, thorough and reliable, and easy to work with."

    Gwen Viglione, Operations | UES

  • "FortisOBM was the partner I needed to push my marketing materials to completion. Being a one-person firm, it is difficult to focus on marketing. A proposal response was the catalyst to get things done. They help they provided from graphics to editing content was critical to get a high-quality proposal that I am confident can compete with larger, more established firms. It was an effort on my end to get the content together, but once Fortis OBM had it, the proposal came together well. I hope I can add to their win-rate! "

    Aparna Bapu, President | Bapu Consulting

  • "I worked closely with Melinda on developing our services and information graphics for our updated proposals and website. We went through a process and Melinda was great at making quick updates and we were able to meet our deadlines. "

    Mike Bogdan, President
    Avail PM

  • "Melinda and her team are a great asset to CSL. With so many competing priorities, she brings creative ideas to the table, keeps our marketing initiatives on track, and is able to align them with our business strategy because she knows our business so well. Melinda is an integral member of our team and she is great to work with."

    Ann Davis, Communications Director | CSL Consulting

  • “FortisOBM is HIRED forever!”

    Chris H.
    Wellness Financial Services

Ready to Grow?

Partner with FortisOBM and gain more than just contracted professionals; gain a strategic partner committed to your firm's success. Schedule a discovery call today to explore how we can propel your firm to new heights together.