Mayer Building Company

What Mayer Building Company does

Mayer Building Company is a privately held, founder-owned commercial general contractor headquartered at 702 N. Carrollton Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded in 2009 by Ryan D. Mayer, a New Orleans native and University of New Orleans graduate with prior NYC project management experience on commercial historic buildings, the firm delivers general contracting and construction management services across eight practice areas: commercial construction, historic renovations, retail, healthcare, restaurants, education, light industrial, and religious institutions. Revenue is generated through fixed-price contracts, cost-plus contracts, and construction management fees, with project-specific pricing rather than standardized tiers; projects are bid individually based on scope and complexity.

The firm's underlying technology is conventional for the trade: ProCore-based project management, digital submittal workflows, lien-waiver document control, and an affiliated permit-expediting capability through Louisiana Expeditors, in which Ryan Mayer holds a 60% ownership stake. Mayer is differentiated in the New Orleans market by deep regulatory expertise in the Vieux Carré Commission, HDLC, and Historic Tax Credit programs, a fifteen-year portfolio of national-brand clients (Abercrombie & Fitch, Michael Kors, Watches of Switzerland, Lush Cosmetics, Hancock Whitney, CycleBar/Consolidated Development Services), and institutional clients (Tulane University, Loyola University, LSU Health Sciences Center, Trinity Episcopal School, Credit Human). Repeat engagements with Credit Human (three locations) and Loyola University (multiple projects including Stallings Hall, Nursing Simulation Lab, Bobet Hall) demonstrate embedded client relationships, and a 2023 Baton Rouge project signals incremental geographic expansion beyond the core New Orleans metropolitan area.

Go-to-market is direct-to-client with project acquisition through competitive bidding, design-build partnerships with regional architecture firms (Eskew Dumez Ripple, Studio West Architects, Mathes Briere, OJT, Garrity + Accardo), and referrals. The firm holds OSHA 30/10 and TWIC credentials, Hudson Initiative Small Entrepreneurship certification, and has accumulated multiple regional awards including ABC Bayou Chapter Excellence in Construction (2025), AGC Bronze STEP (2025), Louisiana Landmark Society Excellence in Historic Preservation (2024), and AIA Design Awards (2024). The company is described in its own materials as offering the responsiveness of a small local contractor combined with the administrative processes of a larger firm.

Name

Mayer Building Company

Legal name

Mayer Building Company, LLC

Website

https://mayerbuilt.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Mayer Building Company is a privately held New Orleans commercial general contractor founded in 2009, delivering new construction, historic renovations, and build-outs across healthcare, retail, education, restaurants, and religious sectors for local institutions and national brands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Construction Services

NAICS

Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (236220), Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (23622), Nonresidential Building Construction (2362), Industrial Building Construction (23621)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540), Operative Builders (1531)

akta.pro primary industry

Renovation, Remodeling & Tenant Improvements (General Contracting) (IMAFAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Office & Corporate Building Construction (IMAFACAA), Government & Civic Building Construction (Courthouses, City Halls, Public Safety) (IMAFACAF)

Keywords

• Commercial construction services
• Historic building renovation
• General contracting services
• Retail store build-outs
• Construction project management

Headquarters

HQ city

New Orleans

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Commercial Construction Services: Project-based general contracting and construction management services for commercial clients, including new construction, renovations, and historic preservation projects. Revenue is earned through fixed-price contracts, cost-plus contracts, and construction management fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Mayer Building Company is a premier commercial general contractor delivering project-based construction and renovation services in the New Orleans metropolitan area. Services span new construction, build-outs, and historic preservation across healthcare, retail, restaurant, education, commercial office, light industrial, and religious institution projects. Revenue is earned through fixed-price contracts, cost-plus contracts, and construction management fees.

Product overview

Mayer Building Company is a premier commercial general contractor based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The company operates as a single, unified service offering—commercial construction and renovation services—rather than a platform with modular products. Their core portfolio spans eight distinct service categories: Commercial Construction, Historic Renovations, Retail Construction, Health Care Construction, Restaurant Construction, Education Construction, Light Industrial Construction, and Religious Institutions Construction. Each service category represents a specialized practice area with distinct expertise, though all share the company's commitment to quality craftsmanship, project management excellence, and deep knowledge of New Orleans' unique building environment. The company is not a software or technology product company; all offerings are professional construction services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Commercial Construction Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Delivered multiple projects on time and within budget across healthcare, retail, education, and restaurant sectors
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, regular and notable.

• Louisiana ExpeditorscoreOthersRyan Mayer is 60% owner of Louisiana Expeditors, providing Mayer Building Company with preferential access to permit expediting services. This affiliation enables streamlined permitting processes for clients, particularly valuable for complex historic renovation and new construction projects in New Orleans.
• Garrity + Accardo ArchitectsregularStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm collaboration on multiple projects including Priority Health Care clinic in Gretna and Peters Road Warehouse renovation for Rathborne Properties.
• GBX GroupnotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational leader in historic preservation investment and owner of the Karnofsky Building project. Mayer Building Company served as the contractor for reconstruction of the culturally significant structure tied to jazz icon Louis Armstrong.
• Studio West ArchitectsregularStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitectural partnership on multiple projects including the Rabbit's Foot specialty grocer, Tulane Business School Innovation Lab, and various historic renovation projects.
• Eskew Dumez RippleregularStrategic or Co-development PartnerProminent New Orleans architecture firm with ongoing collaboration on Loyola University projects including Stallings Hall renovation, Loyola University Business College lobby, and campus-wide improvements.
• Mathes Briere ArchitectsregularStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm partnership on Holy Name of Jesus Church historic renovation project, collaborating on additions including bridal room, restrooms, and ADA ramp while preserving historic integrity.
• OJT (Office of Jonathan T. Michel)regularStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm collaboration on Credit Human Financial Health Center projects including the Oak Street and Freret Street locations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Gilbane Building Company: Gilbane is a large national commercial GC with deep healthcare, education, and historic preservation practices and an established presence across the Gulf South. It is a broad incumbent peer because it competes for the same institutional, healthcare, and historic projects Mayer targets, but at materially greater scale.
• Turner Construction Company: Turner Construction is the largest commercial general contractor in the United States, with active healthcare, education, commercial, and hospitality work across the Gulf South. It is a broad incumbent peer because it competes for the largest institutional and commercial projects in and around New Orleans where Mayer is occasionally a bidder.
• Brasfield & Gorrie: Brasfield & Gorrie is a top-tier U.S. commercial general contractor with healthcare, education, commercial, and hospitality practices and active Louisiana operations. It is a broad incumbent peer because it can underbid and out-staff Mayer on larger healthcare, institutional, and commercial projects in the same regional market.
• McCarthy Building Companies: McCarthy Building Companies is a national employee-owned commercial GC with strong healthcare, education, and historic/adaptive reuse practices. It is a broad incumbent peer because it competes for many of the same healthcare, institutional, and renovation engagements Mayer pursues, especially on larger or multi-site scopes.

Regional players

• Lemoine Company: Lemoine Company is one of the largest commercial general contractors in Louisiana, headquartered in Baton Rouge with significant New Orleans presence. It is a comparable peer because it competes for many of the same commercial, healthcare, education, and institutional projects across Louisiana, but at substantially greater scale and breadth than Mayer.
• George H. Construction Co. George H. Construction is a Louisiana-based commercial general contractor serving New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. It is a peer because it competes for many of the same institutional, healthcare, and commercial build-outs that Mayer targets, with comparable headcount and regional focus.
• Woodward Design + Build: Woodward Design + Build is a New Orleans-headquartered design-build firm covering commercial, hospitality, healthcare, and historic renovation work across the Gulf South. It is a direct peer given its shared geography and overlapping historic renovation and commercial construction capabilities.
• Broadmoor Construction: Broadmoor Construction is a Metairie/New Orleans-area commercial general contractor delivering projects across healthcare, education, hospitality, and commercial sectors in the same metro as Mayer. It is a direct regional comparable given overlapping service lines, geography, and client verticals.
• Pool Construction Company: Pool Construction is a Louisiana-based general contractor with strong commercial, institutional, and historic renovation work in the New Orleans area. It is comparable to Mayer because it competes for similar commercial and historic preservation projects in the same regional market.

Emerging players

• Consigli Construction Co. Consigli Construction is a mid-size Northeast and Mid-Atlantic GC that has been expanding its historic preservation, higher education, and cultural institution practice. It is an emerging player peer because, like Mayer, it competes on reputation-led, technically demanding preservation and institutional projects rather than purely on price/scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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