What IA Construction does

IA Construction Corporation is a vertically integrated road construction and paving company headquartered at 24 Gibb Road in Franklin, Pennsylvania, operating across Western Pennsylvania, New York, and Maryland. Founded in 1924 as Interstate Amiesite to produce patented cold-mix bituminous concrete, the company evolved into a full-service paving contractor and was renamed IA Construction Corporation in the late 1980s. It was acquired by Colas in May 1989 and became part of Barrett Industries Corporation in 2002, operating today as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the global Colas Group while retaining local operational roots.

The company's core product lines are aggregates (multiple sand, gravel, and crushed stone grades, including PennDOT-approved limestone from the Mascharka Limestone Quarry) and DOT-certified asphalt mixes produced at multiple bituminous concrete plants, all of which carry NAPA Diamond Awards for operational excellence. Supporting services include road construction (grading, base, paving, milling), asphalt paving, portable aggregate crushing, and Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) purchasing, with material QC performed at an AMRL-inspected laboratory using Pennsylvania and New York DOT, AASHTO, and ASTM test methods. Technology is operational rather than AI-driven: drone-based stockpile inventory measurement at aggregate and asphalt facilities, owned trucking fleet, and free online aggregate/asphalt calculators for customer estimation.

IA Construction makes money primarily through one-time project and material sales. Asphalt and aggregate materials are sold directly to municipal, DOT, FAA-regulated airport, commercial, residential, agricultural, and environmental customers at quote-based pricing, while paving and construction services are contracted on a project basis ranging from small jobs to multi-million-dollar interstate highway and airport projects. Go-to-market is direct, enterprise-style field sales executed through five regional offices, a project estimation team, online quote request workflows, and direct phone/email contact with no channel intermediaries. Customer segments are concentrated in government and municipal work, supplemented by commercial paving for hospitals, schools, housing developments, and government facilities.

Name

IA Construction

Legal name

IA Construction Corporation

Website

https://iaconstruction.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1924

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

IA Construction Corporation is a vertically integrated road construction and paving company producing DOT-certified asphalt, aggregates, and paving services for municipal, DOT, FAA-regulated airport, and commercial customers across Pennsylvania, New York, and Maryland, operating as a subsidiary of Colas via Barrett Industries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Road Construction and Paving Materials

NAICS

Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction (237310), Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block Manufacturing (324121)

SIC

Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600)

akta.pro primary industry

Pavement Construction & Rehabilitation (Asphalt, Concrete, Overlays) (IMAFAEAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Construction Aggregates Mining & Processing (Sand, Gravel, Crushed Stone) (IMADAAAI)

Keywords

• Asphalt production
• Road construction
• Aggregate supply
• Pavement preservation
• Highway paving

Headquarters

HQ city

Franklin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Asphalt Production and Sales: IA Construction produces and sells asphalt through DOT-certified facilities capable of producing a wide variety of asphalt mixes. Their asphalt facilities supply municipal, DOT, airport, and commercial projects.
2. Aggregates Production and Sales: The company produces aggregates used for multiple project types including pavement preservation, concrete, asphalt and road base construction in DOT, commercial, residential, agricultural and environmental applications.
3. Paving and Construction Services: Full-service road construction, asphalt paving, and aggregate crushing services ranging from small projects to multi-million dollar interstate highway and airport projects.
4. Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Purchasing: IA Construction purchases RAP (Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement) from sellers, which is then processed and incorporated into new asphalt production.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

IA Construction is a vertically integrated road construction materials and services provider that produces and sells asphalt mixes, aggregates, and limestone from DOT-certified plants and quarries, and delivers full-service paving, road construction, aggregate crushing, and Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) purchasing. The company serves municipal, state DOT, FAA-regulated airports, and commercial customers across western Pennsylvania, New York, and Maryland.

Product overview

IA Construction is a construction materials and services company offering a vertically integrated portfolio centered on road construction and paving. The core products are Aggregates (various sand, gravel, and crushed stone materials for construction applications) and Asphalt (DOT-certified asphalt mixes produced at multiple facilities). These materials support the company's service offerings including Road Construction, Asphalt Paving, Aggregate Crushing, and Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Purchasing. The Mascharka Limestone Quarry provides PennDOT-approved limestone products. Together, the products and services enable IA Construction to serve municipal, DOT, airport, and commercial construction projects from material production through final paving.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Aggregates Construction aggregates produced by IA Construction including B3 Sand, Type A Sand, Mason Sand, Bank Run, 2RC/2A, #57 Gravel, #8 Gravel, and 1A Crushed materials used for pavement, concrete, asphalt, and road base construction across DOT, commercial, residential, agricultural, and environmental applications.
• Asphalt DOT-certified asphalt mixes produced at multiple facilities, capable of producing a wide variety of mixes for roads, highways, parking lots, walking trails, and bike paths. Every plant has earned the NAPA Diamond Award for operational excellence.
• Road Construction Full-service road construction including aggregate bases, asphalt repairs, asphalt paving, excavation and grading, maintenance of traffic, and pavement milling for projects ranging from small jobs to multimillion-dollar interstate highway and airport projects.
• Asphalt Paving Professional paving services delivered to municipal, FAA-regulated airport, and DOT clients, plus commercial customers including hospitals, schools, housing developments, bikeways, running tracks, and government facilities.
• Aggregate Crushing Portable crushing services for materials including Recycled Asphalt Products (RAP) and aggregate surge, with screening that meets Pennsylvania DOT specifications.
• Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Purchasing Direct purchase of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP), the #1 recycled product in the U.S., at competitive prices, enabling more economical and environmentally sustainable asphalt projects.
• Mascharka Limestone Quarry PennDOT-approved limestone aggregate products from the Emlenton, PA quarry, supplying high-quality limestone for construction projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• Each asphalt plant has earned recognition with the NAPA Diamond Award for operational excellence
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Eurovia: Colas Group sibling specializing in transport infrastructure and urban development; sister company under shared ownership offering overlapping paving, asphalt, and recycling capabilities across Europe and North America.
• Heidelberg Materials (Lehigh Hanson): Global heavy building materials group with major U.S. aggregates and asphalt operations (Hanson Aggregates); competes for DOT aggregate supply and downstream paving in the same Mid-Atlantic geography.
• Lane Construction Corporation: Heavy civil contractor (subsidiary of Webuild) with significant U.S. highway, bridge, and airport runway capabilities; directly comparable on multi-million-dollar interstate and FAA-regulated airport paving projects.
• Vulcan Materials Company: Largest U.S. producer of construction aggregates with significant downstream asphalt and paving operations; competes with IA Construction in PA/NY aggregates supply and on larger DOT paving contracts as a national incumbent.
• Oldcastle Materials (CRH Americas): CRH's North American materials platform covering aggregates, asphalt, ready-mix, and paving services through brands like APAC and Tilcon; competes for the same DOT and FAA-regulated airport work with deeper bonding and larger fleet capacity.
• Martin Marietta Materials: Major U.S. supplier of aggregates and heavy building materials with vertically integrated cement, ready-mix, and asphalt operations; competes broadly for DOT and infrastructure contracts across the Eastern U.S. as a scaled public peer.

Direct peers

• Suit-Kote Corporation: New York/PA-based asphalt manufacturer and paving services provider with emulsion technology and pavement preservation capabilities; directly comparable customer base of DOTs and municipalities and overlapping service mix.
• New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc. Family-owned Pennsylvania heavy civil contractor and aggregate producer with asphalt plants and paving crews; highly comparable vertically integrated model serving PennDOT and regional municipal markets in central and western PA.
• Pennsy Supply Inc. Pennsylvania-based producer of crushed stone, asphalt, and ready-mix concrete with paving services; competes head-to-head with IA Construction on PennDOT-let projects and in the central PA aggregate market.
• Barrett Industries Corporation: Direct parent company of IA Construction within the Colas Group; operates a portfolio of paving, aggregate, and construction services companies across the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest with overlapping customer base (DOTs, municipal, commercial) and similar vertical integration.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/IA_ConstCorp
• Facebookfacebook.com/IAConstructionCorp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ia-construction-corporation

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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