Top General Contractors of Utah & Idaho
Intermountain Contractor's Top
General Contractors 2007 rankings illustrate the strength of
the construction market in Utah and Idaho. The majority of contractors
who submitted survey's this year increased their annual revenues
from the previous fiscal year. Information was gathered through
a survey we sent out via email and fax. Every effort was made
to contact every commercial general contractor in Utah and Idaho,
and to ensure the information is accurate.
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Washington Group International
Boise, Idaho
Washington
Group International, Inc. (WGI) is by far the top revenue-generating
general contractor with headquarters in the Intermountain region
- revenues from 2006 topped $3.4 billion - and annually ranks
among the Top 10-15 construction firms in the nation.
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The Layton Companies
Sandy, Utah
As a child whose father started a construction company in the
mid-50's,
David Layton always had an interest in the construction industry.
These days, as president and CEO of The Layton Companies, he
oversees the day-to-day operations of a firm that annually ranks
near the top - if not number one - of revenue-generating contractors
in Utah.
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Okland Construction
Now spanning four generations, the Okland family continues to steer the construction company founded by John Okland in 1918 to greater heights, as witnessed by its revenue growth and huge backlog of upcoming projects. The company currently has $2.4 billion of work under contract, and $550 million of work that will be completed in the next fiscal year.
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Big-D Construction
Salt Lake City, Utah
Big-D president Rob Moore was an ironworker before joining
up with Big-D Construction founder Dee Livingood in the mid-70's.
Moore understands what it's like to work in the trenches,
and said all of Big-D's executives
started out in the field.
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Jacobsen Construction Company Salt Lake City, Utah
As it celebrates its 85th year of providing quality construction
services to its clients, Jacobsen Construction has undergone
some significant changes in the past several months.
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Staker & Parson Companies
Ogden, Utah
Scott Parson has seen a number of changes in his 20-plus years
of working for a company founded by his grandfather, Jack
B. Parson, in 1952 - including the 1996 purchase of the firm
by construction materials and building products giant Oldcastle,
and the eventual merger with Staker Paving in 2001 (bought
by Oldcastle in 1995), which formed Staker & Parson Companies.
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Engineered Structures, Inc.
Boise, Idaho
Engineered Structures, Inc. (ESI) has quietly established
itself as the largest general building contractor in the state
of Idaho, with annual revenues having spiked the past two
years to a company record $261 million in 2006 - more than
double ESI's revenues from 2004 ($118 million).
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Clyde Companies, Inc.
Orem, Utah
Wilford Clyde grew up across the street from his grandfather,
W.W. Clyde, who founded the long-time heavy/highway general
contracting firm that bears his name more than 80 years ago.
He remembers working in his grandfather's garden as a boy,
and eventually worked in the company shop before becoming
a field laborer.
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R&O Construction
Ogden, Utah
In sizing up the general contractor market in Utah a decade
ago in 1997, one saw four big general contractors with nine-digit
revenues (over $100 million), and another dozen or so firms
trying to work their way up to that level.
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