D.F. Pray General Contractors

Name

D.F. Pray General Contractors

Legal name

D.F. Pray Corporation

Website

https://dfpray.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1959

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Construction Services

NAICS

Nonresidential Building Construction (2362), Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors (2381)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540), General Bldg Contractors - Residential Bldgs (1520), Construction - Special Trade Contractors (1700)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial General Contracting (New Build) (IMAFAAAA)

Keywords

• Commercial construction services
• Construction management
• Design-build services
• Pre-construction planning
• General contracting

Headquarters

HQ city

Seekonk

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 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 Services: Traditional design-bid-build approach to construction delivery for selected and prequalification-based construction projects across the Northeast.
2. Construction Management Services: Professional service delivery applying management techniques to planning, design, and construction from inception to completion. Services provided throughout North America.
3. Design/Build Services: Integrated design/build approach partnering with architectural firms for construction delivery.
4. Pre-Construction & Planning: Providing owners and architects with reliable, current, complete, and accurate information for informed decision-making regarding schedule, cost, and quality.
5. Roll-Out Program Management: Overseeing multiple retail or restaurant projects within extended timeframes with dedicated team coordination.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

D.F. Pray General Contractors is a family-owned commercial construction firm delivering single-source construction services across New England and nationally for retail/hospitality roll-out programs. Its service portfolio includes Building Envelope (exterior facade and re-cladding), Pre-Construction & Planning, Design/Build, Construction Management, General Contracting, and Roll-Out Program Management, applied across verticals such as Academic, Corporate, Historic/Adaptive Re-Use, Industrial, Multi-Family, Non-Profit, and Retail/Hospitality. The company leverages Procore as a company-wide project management platform to standardize execution, quality, and safety.

Product overview

D.F. Pray General Contractors is a family-owned construction services company founded in 1959, operating as a single-source contractor that delivers construction services across New England and beyond. The company provides a portfolio of interconnected construction services including Building Envelope (exterior facades, re-cladding), Pre-Construction & Planning, Design/Build, Construction Management Services, General Contracting, and Roll-Out Program Management. These services are organized around core market sectors: Academic, Corporate, Historic/Adaptive Re-Use, Industrial, Multi-Family, Non-Profit, and Retail/Hospitality. The company leverages advanced technology and platforms to enhance quality control, streamline operations, reinforce safety culture, and promote process standardization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Pray Family Foundation: Charitable foundation established in 1997 to fund research for Leukemia, Lymphoma, Neuroblastoma, and Pancreatic Cancer, and support Southcoast Health initiatives.

Products and services

• Building Envelope Specialized execution of exterior building envelope, re-cladding, and reinforcing exterior facades with operational plans and custom solutions supporting safe execution of unique building envelope programs. Includes high-rise facade re-cladding work such as the 33-story Simpson Tower (401 Bay Street) renovation.
• Pre-Construction & Planning Provides owners and architects with reliable, current, complete, and accurate information to enable informed decisions regarding schedule, cost, and quality, considering initial investment and Life Cycle Costs.
• Design/Build Integrated Design/Build approach through established relationships with architectural partners to assemble the best possible team given specific project requirements and objectives.
• Construction Management Services Professional service delivery method applying management techniques to planning, design, and construction from inception to completion, controlling time, cost, and quality with transparency, communication, and accountability throughout North America.
• General Contracting Services Traditional design-bid-build approach offering competitive bids on selected and invitation-only prequalification-based construction projects across the Northeast.
• Roll-Out Program Management Oversight of multiple projects within an extended timeframe, coordinating all aspects of design and construction for series of retail stores or restaurants in collaboration with owners and architectural firms. Includes multi-state programs for CVS, Chick-fil-A, Chase Bank, Whole Foods, and Safeway.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5500+ projects safely completed since 1959
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• Roger Williams UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEstablished in 2023, the D.F. Pray Scholars Program at Roger Williams University provides two-year scholarships spanning junior and senior years, paid internships at D.F. Pray, career and professional development, and stipends for housing and transportation. The program focuses on women-identifying and underrepresented students majoring in construction management.
• YouthBuild Boston/New BedfordcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with People Acting in Community Endeavors, YouthBuild USA, and YouthBuild Boston/New Bedford. D.F. Pray collaborates to help young individuals in New Bedford build skillsets and mindsets leading to employability and community engagement. The New Bedford office serves as a hub for this community collaboration offering internship opportunities.
• Project DestinedsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerD.F. Pray has partnered with Project Destined hosting students in a program that introduces college students from diverse backgrounds to careers in real estate through experiential training and learning opportunities.
• The Builder CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership focused on increasing access and diversity in Boston's commercial real estate sector to create generational impact and expand economic opportunities for minority businesses and community.
• InOrder BusinesssecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with InOrder Business and Shelley Webster to reinforce commitment and strategy to workforce diversity, particularly on the IBA La CASA Project for community integration.
• Southcoast HealthsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPray Family Foundation supports research initiatives with Southcoast Health as part of cancer research funding mission along with Leukemia, Lymphoma, Neuroblastoma, and Pancreatic Cancer research.
• Procore TechnologiescoreTechnology or IntegrationD.F. Pray implemented Procore company-wide with custom workflows, documentation, training, and videos. CIO Phil Moran regularly presents at ProCore events including the Groundbreaker series. Procore serves as their unified project management platform.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Turner Construction Company: One of the largest U.S. general contractors with a significant Boston and New England presence. Competes with D.F. Pray for premium institutional, healthcare, and corporate projects but operates at national scale across many verticals.
• Walsh Construction / The Walsh Group: Chicago-based national GC with a regional Boston office active in commercial, healthcare, and multi-family construction. Direct competitor for larger enterprise projects in D.F. Pray's territory at significantly greater scale.
• Skanska USA Building: Large national and global GC with strong Boston presence serving commercial, education, healthcare, and infrastructure clients. Competes for the same institutional work as D.F. Pray but as part of a broader portfolio of services.

Direct peers

• Gilbane Building Company: Rhode Island-headquartered private, family-owned general contractor with deep New England roots and national reach in commercial, education, healthcare, and public sector work. Operating model and client mix strongly mirror D.F. Pray's profile.
• Consigli Construction: Massachusetts-based family-influenced general contractor operating across New England with similar academic, corporate, multi-family, and historic preservation focus. Highly comparable in service breadth, regional footprint, and culture of community involvement.
• Erland Construction: New England-based construction manager and general contractor serving corporate, academic, healthcare, and life sciences clients. Closely comparable in size, geographic scope, and integrated project delivery approach.
• Cutler Associates: Massachusetts-based design-build general contractor specializing in commercial, education, and senior living projects. Comparable in size and integrated design-build delivery to D.F. Pray, with overlapping academic and corporate client base.
• Commodore Builders: Massachusetts-based construction management and general contracting firm focused on corporate, life sciences, and academic clients in Greater Boston. Similar size band to D.F. Pray with comparable CM-at-risk and design-build delivery.
• Shawmut Design and Construction: Boston-based full-service general contractor with a strong commercial, education, healthcare, and hospitality book of business. Closely mirrors D.F. Pray's service mix including design-build and construction management, with deeper resources nationally.
• Suffolk Construction: Boston-headquartered national general contractor delivering commercial, healthcare, education, and multi-family projects. Most directly comparable to D.F. Pray as another New England-rooted GC competing for the same institutional and corporate clients, though at much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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