Nativity Jesuit Academy Pedestrian Mall
Milwaukee, WI | Education (K-12 and Higher)
Pedestrian mall design recognized with the 2026 Mayor's Design Award from the City of Milwaukee.
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JSD Professional Services, Inc.
Madison, WI
Planning, Engineering, Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Development Services
- Services
- 27
- Offices
- 7
- Projects
- 5
- Leaders
- 5
- Founded
- 1998
- Size Estimate
- 50-150 employees
Overview
JSD Professional Services, Inc. is a multi-discipline design consulting firm founded in 1998 in Madison, Wisconsin. From a basement land surveying startup, JSD has grown through strategic acquisitions to seven offices across Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, and Idaho. Staff includes civil and structural engineers, surveyors, planners, landscape architects, and development services consultants who deliver projects from concept through ribbon-cutting. It is known for its collaborative, responsive culture and serves a diverse client base including developers, healthcare systems, municipalities, educational institutions, and industrial tenants.
- Founded
- 1998
- Size Estimate
- 50-150 employees
Services
Civil Engineering
Site infrastructure design including grading, utilities, stormwater, and permitting for commercial, residential, healthcare, and institutional projects.
Structural Engineering
Structural design and analysis for buildings and site structures across a range of market sectors.
Transportation Engineering
Roadway and access design, traffic studies, and transportation planning for development projects and public infrastructure.
Water Resources
Hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, floodplain studies, and water management design.
Land Surveying & Mapping
Boundary, topographic, ALTA, and construction surveys with in-house survey crews delivering precision documents for land development projects.
Landscape Architecture
Creative landscape design creating inviting and functional outdoor spaces for multifamily, commercial, civic, and institutional developments.
Planning & Environmental Services
Community and neighborhood planning, site master planning, and environmental services from concept through municipal approvals.
Development Services
Consulting services that bridge design and development, including project financing guidance, municipal entitlements, bidding and contracting, and owner's representative services.
Construction Services
Construction phase coordination and administration ensuring projects are executed per design intent.
Industries
Firm type
Project types
Multifamily Apartment CommunitiesSenior Living CommunitiesStudent HousingMedical Clinics and HospitalsK-12 School SitesFire StationsParks and Boat LaunchesCommercial and Retail SitesIndustrial and Fleet Maintenance FacilitiesMixed-Use DevelopmentsWorkforce and Community CentersPerformance and Arts Venues
Projects
Broadacre Multi Family Development
Oak Creek, WI | Multi-Family Residential
Multifamily development recognized with multiple 2025 awards including Top Project by The Daily Reporter and Merit Winner from Multifamily Executive Magazine.
View project sourceMcKenzie Regional Workforce Center
Fitchburg, WI | Civic
Workforce center receiving the 2024 BUILD Wisconsin Award from AGC Wisconsin and a 2025 AIA Wisconsin Special Recognition Award for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
View project sourceWisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra Center for Music
Madison, WI | Arts and Culture
WYSO performance and education center recognized with the 2025 Celebrate in Design Award from IIDA Wisconsin Chapter.
View project sourceAscension Wisconsin Hospital
Menomonee Falls, WI | Ascension Wisconsin | Healthcare
Hospital campus development recognized with the 2022 Milwaukee Business Journal Real Estate Award.
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Awards
2026 Mayor's Design Award - City of Milwaukee (Nativity Jesuit Academy Pedestrian Mall)2026 State Finalist Award Winner - ACEC Wisconsin (H.J. DeBaker Eagles Next Park)2025 Special Recognition Award: Community Impact - AIA Wisconsin (The Flats at 402)2025 Celebrate in Design Award: Learning / K-12 - IIDA Wisconsin Chapter2025 Top Project - The Daily Reporter (The Verve Student Housing)2025 Top Project - The Daily Reporter (Waukesha Parade Memorial)2025 Merit Winner - Multifamily Executive Magazine Awards (Broadacre)2024 BUILD Wisconsin Award - AGC Wisconsin (McKenzie Regional Workforce Center)2024 AIA Wisconsin Merit Award (One Community Bank)2022 Milwaukee Business Journal Real Estate Award (Ascension Wisconsin Hospital)2021 Overall Outstanding Facility or Park - Illinois Park & Recreation Association2020 Project of Distinction - ABC of Wisconsin (Certco Fleet Maintenance Facility)2020 Zweig Group Hot Firm Award2019 Zweig Group Hot Firm Award
Leadership
Dave Jenkins
President & CEO
Founder of JSD. Started the company in 1998 as a basement land surveying operation and grew it to a multi-state, multi-discipline firm through strategic mergers and organic expansion. Led the announcement of the company's first shareholder group in 2023.
Hans Justeson
Shareholder / Executive Leadership
David Behrens
Shareholder / Executive Leadership
Eric T. Niemi
Shareholder / Executive Leadership
Todd Buhr
Shareholder / Executive Leadership
Testimonials
We have thoroughly enjoyed working with the JSD team over the past number of years, mostly due to the professionalism of their team members who complement our approach to quality development projects. Kevin and the team are extremely timely and efficient on the projects we partner on with them. They never let us down when it comes to thorough collaboration and the ability to have open dialogue and flexibility in the problem solving process.
The JSD team proved to be invaluable in the analysis, planning, design and construction administration related to a very challenging 54-acre project site. Their scope of work was incredibly extensive and the JSD team was experienced, diligent, detailed, responsive, and a pleasure to work with.
We've worked with JSD for quite a few years on a lot of projects. The reason we keep coming back is the friendly, responsive staff and the ability to 'get it done' when it comes to development projects. The ability to release a project to their team and not have to worry about things slipping through the cracks is not an easy thing to find these days.
JSD has always performed very well for us on many different projects of different sizes and complexities. They have been very responsive and are great communicators. JSD is very creative in regards to their landscape design and creating very inviting and useful outdoor spaces for our multifamily developments.