What Hill & Wilkinson does

Hill & Wilkinson General Contractors is a privately held Texas-based general contractor founded in 1968 in Richardson and operating today from four offices across the state (Richardson/Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth, and Temple). The firm provides design-build, construction management, design-assist, and general contracting services across more than 20 market verticals — including healthcare, higher education, K-12, manufacturing, aviation/aerospace, automotive, mission critical, hospitality, municipal, religious, and office — for enterprise clients such as Southwest Airlines, Coca-Cola, Frito-Lay, Children's Health, UT Dallas, Niagara Bottling, Micropac/Teledyne, Encore Wire, SeAH, Park Place, McLaren, and Louis Vuitton.

The company's technical backbone is an in-house Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) stack — rendering, collaboration, clash detection, paperless field operations, and an AI-enabled reality-capture program paired with an internal drone function — deployed across all projects. Differentiated service modules include Process-Driven Design and Construction for process/manufacturing facilities, an Integrated Project Delivery / lean practice, Special Projects, and a Post-Construction Warranty division staffed by full-time warranty managers.

Hill & Wilkinson generates revenue through project-based construction management, general contracting, design-build, and preconstruction fees, supplemented by managed-service warranty revenue. Pricing is negotiated per project and not publicly disclosed. The go-to-market is relationship-driven enterprise sales supported by association engagement (AGC, ABC, TEXO, CMAA, ASA), a public BuildingConnected bid channel for trade partners, and membership in the National Builders Alliance for national delivery capability. The firm is led by CEO Mike Oswald (since 2024), President Matt Shem, and Chairman/General Partner Paul Driscoll, with average employee tenure of approximately 10 years.

Name

Hill & Wilkinson

Legal name

Hill & Wilkinson General Contractors

Website

https://hwgc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Hill & Wilkinson is a privately held Texas-based general contractor (founded 1968, Richardson HQ) delivering design-build, construction management, and general contracting across healthcare, higher education, manufacturing, automotive, and 20+ other verticals for enterprise owners statewide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Richardson

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. General Contracting / Construction Management fees: Revenue earned through construction manager, general contractor, design-assist, and design-build delivery on commercial, healthcare, education, industrial, hospitality, and other projects in Texas. Pricing is project-based and not publicly disclosed.
2. Preconstruction and Design-Build services: Front-end preconstruction services (estimating, scheduling, logistics, scope development, pricing analysis) and design-build delivery where H&W coordinates designers and engineers with construction.
3. Post-construction warranty services: Full-time warranty managers provide 11-month walk-throughs, same-day service response, and on-site warranty repairs using fully equipped vans, plus coordination of subcontractor warranty work.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Core offering

Hill & Wilkinson is a Texas-based commercial general contractor delivering construction manager, general contractor, design-assist, and design-build services across healthcare, higher education, K-12, manufacturing, hospitality, automotive, aviation, municipal, religious, and office markets. Core delivery is supported by integrated preconstruction, in-house Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) with AI-enabled reality capture, dedicated safety and risk management, process-driven design for manufacturing facilities, special projects, and post-construction warranty services.

Product overview

Hill & Wilkinson General Contractors offers a unified construction services portfolio anchored by core General Contracting and delivered through a set of integrated service modules: Design-Build, Preconstruction, Technology/VDC (Virtual Design and Construction), Safety, Process-Driven Design and Construction, Special Projects, and Post-Construction Warranty Services. The General Contracting service is the core offering and is supported across all markets by the Preconstruction module, while the Design-Build module enables single-source delivery across every market. The Technology/VDC module underpins the entire operation with rendering, clash detection, paperless field operations, AI-enabled reality capture, and a drone program. The Safety, Process-Driven Design and Construction, Special Projects, and Warranty modules are specialized add-on capabilities addressing specific project types or post-completion needs. The company also participates in the National Builder's Alliance (NBA) to extend its reach nationally. Together these modules support a diverse market portfolio spanning healthcare, higher education, K-12, manufacturing, hospitality, automotive, aviation/aerospace, municipal, religious, office, and many other sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• General Contracting Services Full-service general contracting across healthcare, higher education, K-12, manufacturing, hospitality, automotive, aviation/aerospace, municipal, religious, and office markets, delivered under construction manager, general contractor, design-assist, and design-build contractual arrangements for Texas-based institutional, corporate, and public-sector clients.
• Design-Build Integrated design-build delivery in which Hill & Wilkinson's in-house experts coordinate design and financial goals by teaming with designers and engineers to balance cutting-edge design, budget, and schedule requirements on commercial, healthcare, manufacturing, and institutional projects.
• Preconstruction Services In-depth front-end analysis of safety, logistics, schedules, quality, market conditions, manpower, and scope requirements that delivers conceptual budgets through final pricing as detailed complete packages, leveraging VDC models for scope, pricing, logistics, and collaboration.
• Technology / Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) Virtual Design and Construction services delivering rendering, collaboration, and clash detection on every design project; paperless field operations with real-time document access; AI-enabled reality capture for progress, safety, quality control, and as-built documentation; and an in-house drone program.
• Safety Program Comprehensive construction safety program providing executive oversight and full-time in-house safety managers, trainers, and inspectors, with detailed safety analytics tracking conformance by project, trade partner, trade, and equipment.
• Process-Driven Design and Construction Specialized design-build approach for process facilities and the equipment that drives them, performing in-depth analysis of process flows, equipment, environmental requirements, and productivity measures, then documenting each process area across access openings, spatial requirements, foundations, vibration criteria, environmental requirements, utility connections, heat loads, and controls.
• Special Projects Division Specialized team for challenging and unique projects across a wide range of budgets and complexities, serving over half a dozen industries from food and beverage to institutional, providing niche services that enable continued client relationships for all building needs.
• Post-Construction Warranty Services Post-completion warranty service with full-time warranty managers who schedule 11-month walk-throughs, provide same-day response to warranty service calls, perform on-site repairs with fully equipped vans, and coordinate any necessary subcontractor warranty work.

Named customers33 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature6 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Rogers-O'Brien Construction: Dallas-headquartered commercial general contractor with comparable size and a multi-market Texas footprint spanning commercial, healthcare, education, and mission-critical work. Closest direct peer to Hill & Wilkinson in geography, scale, and delivery model.
• The Beck Group: Dallas-based design-build construction firm of similar size serving commercial, healthcare, higher education, and multifamily markets across Texas and the broader Sunbelt. Directly comparable in integrated design-build delivery and Texas-centric footprint.
• Manhattan Construction Company: Oklahoma/Texas-rooted commercial GC with comparable regional density and a similar mix of commercial, healthcare, education, aviation, and sports projects. Comparable in size, geography, and customer profile.
• Adolfson & Peterson Construction: Mid-sized regional GC with a strong Texas (Dallas, Austin) presence serving commercial, healthcare, education, and multifamily markets. Closely comparable in scale, geography, and project mix.

Broad incumbents

• Austin Industries: Dallas-based, larger and more diversified construction services platform (Austin Commercial, Austin Industrial, Austin Bridge) operating across Texas and nationally. Broader incumbent operating in overlapping commercial and industrial markets.
• Balfour Beatty Construction US: National commercial GC with deep Texas operations across higher education, healthcare, and corporate office — overlapping with H&W's verticals but at larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• McCarthy Building Companies: National employee-owned GC with significant Texas healthcare, higher education, and laboratory/mission-critical work. Comparable in delivery capabilities and end markets, but operates at materially larger scale.
• Hensel Phelps: National employee-owned GC active in Texas aviation, healthcare, higher education, and government markets. Comparable project types and delivery models, but with broader national footprint.
• Gilbane Building Company: Large national GC with significant Texas healthcare, education, and commercial work. Overlaps H&W's verticals with similar design-build and CM delivery capabilities at larger scale.
• Turner Construction Company: Largest U.S. commercial GC by revenue, with substantial Texas presence in healthcare, higher education, aviation, and commercial office. Overlaps H&W's core markets but at fundamentally larger scale and broader national reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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