Danis Building Construction Company

What Danis Building Construction Company does

Danis Building Construction Company is a privately held, family-owned general contractor and construction management firm founded in 1916 and headquartered in Miamisburg, Ohio. The company operates six regional offices across Ohio (Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton), Indiana (Indianapolis), Florida (Jacksonville), and North Carolina (Raleigh), serving enterprise clients in healthcare, life sciences, mission critical (data centers), education, historic preservation, corporate, athletic, senior living, and cultural markets. Leadership includes CEO John Danis (family legacy), President Dustin Rohrbach, CFO Nicole Burkett, and regional presidents, with a 420-employee self-perform craft workforce providing direct control over concrete, structural steel, and general trades. Project values disclosed in case studies range from a $22.8M joint venture component to an $84M K-12 bond program, with healthcare as the dominant vertical.

Name

Danis Building Construction Company

Legal name

Danis Building Construction Company

Website

https://danis.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1916

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Danis Building Construction Company is a family-owned private general contractor founded in 1916 delivering healthcare, life sciences, mission critical, education, and historic preservation construction management across six regional offices in Ohio, Indiana, Florida, and North Carolina, with a 420-person self-perform craft workforce.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Construction Services

NAICS

Utility System Construction (2371), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Operative Builders (1531), Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction Program Management (Multi-site/Portfolio) (IMAFAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Modular/Offsite General Contracting & Installation (IMAFAAAK)

Keywords

• Construction management services
• General contracting
• Design-build construction
• Commercial construction
• Healthcare construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Miamisburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. General Contracting: Traditional lump-sum contracts for construction services across all market sectors including healthcare, education, corporate, and mission critical facilities
2. Design-Build Services: Integrated design and construction delivery providing single-source responsibility from concept through project completion
3. Construction Management: Construction management at-risk and agency CM services for complex projects with focus on healthcare and institutional clients
4. Joint Ventures: Partnership arrangements with other construction firms (such as Alliance Construction Partners with Wise Construction) for large-scale projects

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Danis is a general contractor and construction management firm delivering lump-sum general contracting, construction management at-risk, and integrated design-build services for hospitals, medical office buildings, cancer centers, research laboratories, data centers, universities, K-12 schools, corporate headquarters, senior living, athletic, cultural, historic, and food and beverage facilities. The company pairs project delivery with proprietary construction methods including an Onsite Industrialized Construction Center (ICC) for prefabrication, Virtual Design + Construction / BIM, Target Value Delivery, Lean Construction, and a self-perform multi-trade craft workforce to accelerate schedules and control critical path activities on complex projects.

Product overview

Danis Building Construction Company is a general construction firm with over 100 years of experience (since 1916) offering comprehensive construction services across multiple market sectors. The company operates a unified service model combining core construction capabilities with specialized modules including Industrialized Construction (ICC), Virtual Design + Construction, Lean Construction, Target Value Delivery, Self-Perform Construction, and Information + Communications Technology (ICT). Their core markets include Healthcare, Life Sciences, Mission Critical (data centers), Historic Preservation, Education, Corporate + Workplace, Athletic, Senior Living, Cultural + Lifestyle, and Food + Beverage construction. The company deploys an Onsite Industrialized Construction Center (ICC) as a portable prefabrication facility to accelerate project delivery and improve labor utilization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• General Contracting Services Lump-sum general contracting for construction projects across all market sectors, providing single-point accountability for trade coordination, scheduling, safety, and quality on healthcare, education, corporate, mission critical, and institutional builds.
• Construction Management Services Construction management at-risk and agency CM services for complex projects, with particular depth in healthcare and institutional clients requiring phased construction, occupied-campus operations, and rigorous cost and schedule control.
• Design-Build Services Integrated design-build delivery providing single-source responsibility from conceptual design through construction completion, leveraging Danis' Integrated Team Approach (ITA) and Target Value Delivery to optimize cost, schedule, and design outcomes.
• Healthcare Construction Services Construction services for healthcare facilities including acute care hospitals, children's hospitals, cancer centers, medical office buildings, micro-hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and rehabilitation facilities, with specialized infection prevention and occupied-campus construction capabilities.
• Life Sciences Construction Services Construction services for life sciences facilities including research laboratories, pharmaceutical manufacturing, cell and gene therapy centers, cGMP cleanrooms, and medical device manufacturing facilities requiring regulatory compliance and specialized HVAC.
• Mission Critical Construction Services Construction of data centers (Tier 2), power generation facilities, colocation facilities, and adaptive reuse data centers requiring high reliability, specialized cooling and power systems, and accelerated speed-to-market.
• Education Construction Services Construction services for universities, colleges, K-12 schools, athletic facilities, libraries, student housing, and campus-wide renovation and bond programs with experience in phased construction during active academic terms.
• Corporate and Workplace Construction Services Construction and renovation of corporate headquarters, office buildings, corporate campuses, and workspace transformations with experience in occupied-building renovations and modern workplace design integration.
• Historic Preservation and Adaptive Reuse Construction Services Specialized renovation and adaptive reuse of historic structures, including work with preservation commissions and restoration of original architectural elements, demonstrated through projects such as the LEED Certified Barnett Tower and LEED Gold Cowford Chophouse.
• Senior Living Construction Services Construction of independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, and rehabilitation facilities with experience in occupied-campus construction and infection prevention.
• Athletic Construction Services Construction and renovation of athletic facilities including arenas, stadiums, sports medicine centers, and competition venues requiring event scheduling coordination and tight timelines (e.g., University of Dayton Arena $72M renovation).
• Cultural and Lifestyle Construction Services Construction services for museums, cultural venues, hospitality facilities, restaurants, and entertainment destinations, including occupied-venue construction and historic designation compliance (e.g., Cincinnati Art Museum Emery Wing LEED Gold renovation).
• Food and Beverage Construction Services Construction services for food processing facilities, beverage production, and related industrial applications requiring specialized process and regulatory capabilities.
• Technology and Advanced Manufacturing Construction Services Construction services for technology facilities and advanced manufacturing plants, including Tier 2 data centers and Class-A medical device manufacturing facilities with ISO classified cleanrooms.
• Joint Venture Construction Delivery Joint venture delivery for large-scale construction projects, pairing Danis with partner contractors (e.g., Alliance Construction Partners with Wise Construction) to share capacity, expertise, and risk on projects such as the $22.8M Miami Valley Hospital South Joint & Spine Center, achieving 45% diversity spend against a 40% goal.

Quantifiable outcome

• 96% repeat client rate
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Wise Construction CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlliance Construction Partners is a joint venture between Danis Building Construction Company and Wise Construction Company bringing together over 25+ years of combined experience. This partnership collaborated on the Miami Valley Hospital South Joint & Spine Center project, performing concrete, general trades, and drywall work totaling approximately $22.8M and achieving 45% diversity spend.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Gilbane Building Company: Privately held, family-influenced GC/CM with strong healthcare, education, and life sciences portfolios and similar mid-market positioning across the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast.
• Brasfield & Gorrie: Birmingham-based general contractor with comparable multi-state Southeast/Mid-Atlantic presence and strong healthcare, higher education, and mission-critical verticals. Competes directly with Danis in Jacksonville, Raleigh, and adjacent markets.
• Pepper Construction: Midwest-based (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois) general contractor with overlapping Cincinnati/Indianapolis presence and comparable healthcare, education, and corporate workplace portfolios.
• Messer Construction Co. Cincinnati-based employee-owned general contractor and construction manager of comparable size, operating across Midwest and Southeast with deep healthcare, higher education, and life sciences portfolios. Closest head-to-head analog given overlapping Cincinnati roots, self-perform capabilities, and institutional client focus.
• Walsh Group: Chicago-based privately held GC with comparable Midwest concentration, healthcare and education focus, and self-perform craft workforce capabilities.
• Mortenson Construction: Minneapolis-based GC/CM with prominent healthcare and mission-critical/data center practices and self-perform capabilities. Directly comparable on industrial construction innovation and healthcare depth, though at larger overall scale.
• Robins & Morton: Alabama-headquartered GC with healthcare as a flagship vertical and deep experience in occupied-campus hospital construction, closely mirroring Danis' healthcare specialty and self-perform model.
• Barton Malow: Michigan-based GC/CM operating across Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast with strong healthcare, higher education, and sports/athletic verticals, overlapping with Danis' geographic and vertical footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Turner Construction Company: Largest US general contractor by revenue with extensive healthcare, higher education, and mission-critical practices. Competes with Danis for larger institutional programs and design-build opportunities.
• Skanska USA: Global construction firm with major US healthcare, higher education, and life sciences presence. Competes on larger hospital and institutional programs where Danis typically operates as a sub-tier or JV partner.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/danisbuilding
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@DanisBuilding
• Facebookfacebook.com/danisbuilding
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/danisbuilds
• Instagraminstagram.com/danisbuilds

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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