What Shook Construction Co. does

Shook Construction Co. is a privately held, fourth-generation regional construction services firm founded in 1926 and headquartered in Moraine (Dayton), Ohio. The company delivers construction management at risk (CM at Risk), design-build, design-bid-build, and agency CM services across four primary verticals: Education, Healthcare, Industrial, and Water Resources. Operations span seven offices across Ohio, Indiana, North Carolina, and Virginia, with a workforce of 251-500 employees.

The company's core service portfolio is built around an integrated preconstruction, BIM/VDC, and Lean Construction delivery model. Shook employs an 18-person preconstruction estimating team and deploys proprietary methodologies including Collaborative Project Delivery (CPD), Project Specific Prefabrication (PSP), Pull-plan scheduling, and first-in-place quality inspections. The firm self-performs scopes such as demolition, excavation, concrete, and rough carpentry at major industrial sites, with craftsman crews of approximately 25 personnel, while subcontracting most trade work. Notable recent project work includes $379.7M+ in healthcare facilities for Premier Health, a $167M bed tower at Summa Health, a $100M joint-venture campus for Reid Health with Skanska, a $44.5M joint-venture water treatment plant with AECOM, the Bila Solar North American Headquarters (5,000 panels/day capacity), and over $120M across 2,200 projects at Chrysler's Kokomo, IN plants since 2011.

Shook generates project-based revenue through competitive bidding for public sector clients (school districts, municipalities, healthcare systems, universities) and negotiated engagements for private healthcare and industrial clients. Contract sizes range from hundreds of thousands to hundreds of millions of dollars. The firm ranked No. 268 on ENR's Top 400 Contractors list in 2026 (up from No. 283 in 2025), with revenue growing 178% over the prior decade. The company is led by President & CEO Chris Halapy, the fifth consecutive CEO to have started as a Co-Op or post-college hire at Shook, reflecting a 40+ year Co-Op talent pipeline. The privately held firm is celebrating its centennial in 2026 and operates the Shook Foundation, an employee-funded nonprofit that has distributed over $236,000 in community grants.

Name

Shook Construction Co.

Legal name

Shook Construction Co.

Website

https://shookconstruction.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1926

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Shook Construction Co. is a privately held, 100-year-old regional construction services firm delivering CM at Risk, design-build, and general contracting across Education, Healthcare, Industrial, and Water Resources markets in Ohio, Indiana, North Carolina, and Virginia, ranked #268 on ENR's Top 400 Contractors in 2026.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Services

NAICS

Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (237), Industrial Building Construction (23621), Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (237990)

SIC

Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600), Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction (1623), Construction - Special Trade Contractors (1700)

akta.pro primary industry

Automotive & Heavy Manufacturing Plant Construction (IMAFADAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Heavy Civil Construction Trades (Roads, Bridges & Utilities) (EDAOAAAN), Construction Management & Delivery (EPCM/CMAR/Design-Build Oversight) (EUANALAE)

Keywords

• Commercial construction services
• Construction management at risk
• Design-build construction
• Healthcare facility construction
• Water treatment plant construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Dayton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Construction Project Delivery: Shook generates revenue through construction management at risk (CM at Risk), design-build, design-bid-build, and agency CM delivery methods. Projects span education, healthcare, industrial, and water resources markets. Revenue is project-based, one-time per project, with contract sizes ranging from hundreds of thousands to hundreds of millions of dollars.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Shook Construction Co. is a regional construction services firm providing general contracting and construction management services across Education, Healthcare, Industrial, and Water Resources markets. The company delivers projects through Construction Manager at Risk (CM at Risk), Design-Build, Design-Bid-Build, and Agency CM delivery methods, with in-house capabilities spanning preconstruction, BIM/VDC, lean construction, self-performed trades (demolition, excavation, concrete, rough carpentry), and quality control.

Product overview

Shook Construction Co. is a construction services company offering a unified portfolio of building services rather than a modular software platform. The company provides core construction delivery services including Preconstruction, BIM/VDC, Collaborative Project Delivery, Lean Construction, and Quality Control. These services are applied across four primary market channels: Education, Healthcare, Industrial, and Water Resources construction. Supporting programs include a Co-Op talent development program, a global Mission Trip program for community service, and The Shook Foundation for philanthropic giving. The company has evolved from a single-service contractor into a comprehensive construction partner offering integrated project delivery across multiple building sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Preconstruction Services Integrated preconstruction services providing cost, schedule, and constructability input throughout the design process. Includes a designated 18-person full-time estimating team delivering conceptual estimating for clients.
• BIM/VDC Services Building Information Modeling and Virtual Design & Construction services including visualization, construction sequencing, site logistics and safety, laser scanning, trades coordination, prefabrication, as-built documentation, and facilities management support.
• Collaborative Project Delivery (CPD) Shook's proprietary process for planning, executing, and delivering construction projects. Combines in-house model creation and pull-plan scheduling to keep project teams streamlined and continuously looking ahead, applying lean principles.
• Education Construction Construction services for educational facilities including K-12 schools, universities, and career/technical education centers. Includes new construction, renovations, stadium projects, and specialized labs.
• Healthcare Construction Construction services for healthcare facilities including new hospital towers, emergency departments, cancer centers, ambulatory care centers, medical office buildings, and specialized clinical environments.
• Industrial Construction Construction services for industrial facilities including manufacturing plants, aerospace MRO hangars, automotive in-plant work, solar panel manufacturing facilities, and data centers. Includes self-performed craftsman crews of approximately 25 at major industrial sites.
• Water Resources Construction Construction services for water and wastewater treatment facilities, including treatment plant construction and upgrades, reverse osmosis systems, chemical buildings, storage reservoirs, and combined sewer overflow reduction infrastructure.
• Lean Construction and Project Specific Prefabrication (PSP) Lean construction services emphasizing customer value and continuous improvement, including offsite prefabrication of project components and pull-plan scheduling to increase productivity, shorten schedules, and improve construction quality.
• Quality Control Services Multi-pronged quality control approach using mock-ups, first-in-place inspections, and rigorous communication standards to validate quality and specification compliance, with the first piece of work becoming the standard for future components.

Quantifiable outcome

• $120M+ in Chrysler projects completed across 5 plants and 2,200+ individual project orders since 2011
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers16 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

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SkanskacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Shook formed a joint venture with Skanska for the $100M Reid Health Connersville Campus project. Both companies collaborated on the topping-out ceremony and subsequent project delivery. They also jointly volunteered at the Reid Ride cycling fundraiser.
• CrowdercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Shook Construction collaborated with Crowder as the Construction Manager at Risk on the Neuse River RRF Sidestream Treatment project for the City of Raleigh, North Carolina. The project delivered facilities for sidestream deammonification treatment as part of the Bioenergy Recovery Project.
• AECOMcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerShook and AECOM formed a joint venture as the design-builder on the Northwest Regional Water Treatment Plant in Greene County, Ohio — a $44.5M project that increased water capacity for the county.
• Passero AssociatescoreTechnology or IntegrationTeamed with A/E partner Passero Associates as the design-builder on Sierra Nevada Corporation's second hangar at the Aviation Innovation & Technology Center in Dayton. Passero Associates served as the architecture/engineering partner for the 10-month construction project.
• Gresham SmithcoreTechnology or IntegrationShook is the design-builder on the City of Middletown's $54M Main & Manchester Improvement Project in partnership with Gresham Smith. Shook is self-performing the general trades and basin concrete work on this project.
• Grace Refuge Outreach Worldwide (GROW)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerShook partnered with GROW, a non-profit founded in Wooster, Ohio, for its global mission trip program. GROW facilitated the Thailand mission trip where Shook helped build a girls' home for 12 children rescued from trafficking.
• Grace Refuge Outreach Worldwide (GROW)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGROW continues as Shook's mission trip partner, including 2026 mission trip to Guatemala where Shook team members built a girls' home.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Gilbane Building Company: Privately held, employee-owned national builder with deep education, healthcare, and water/wastewater practices and a strong CM-at-Risk delivery model — directly comparable to Shook across verticals, delivery methods, and ownership profile.
• Barton Malow Company: Michigan-based, employee-owned contractor with a similar mix of education, healthcare, industrial, and water work plus deep in-house BIM/VDC and self-perform capabilities — a close analog to Shook in scale, geography, and delivery approach.
• Messer Construction Co. Cincinnati-based, employee-owned builder with overlapping education, healthcare, industrial, and water resources markets across the Midwest; comparable CM-at-Risk and Design-Build emphasis, and similar headcount tier to Shook.
• Mascaro Construction Company: Pittsburgh-based, family-owned regional contractor with a comparable healthcare, education, and industrial focus and similar headcount and revenue scale to Shook; analogous mix of CM-at-Risk and design-bid-build delivery.

Broad incumbents

• Walsh Group / Walsh Construction: Family-owned ENR Top 20 contractor with a large and diversified building, civil, and transportation portfolio; overlaps with Shook in education, healthcare, and water but operates nationally and at materially larger scale.
• Turner Construction Company: Largest U.S. commercial contractor by revenue with a national footprint across healthcare, education, and industrial; comparable delivery methods (CM at Risk, Design-Build) but at a meaningfully larger scale than Shook.
• Skanska USA: Global contractor with major U.S. healthcare and civil operations; an active Shook joint-venture partner on the $100M Reid Health Connersville campus, providing direct evidence of overlap in delivery and customer base.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure firm with a major U.S. water and transit construction practice; Shook's JV partner on the $44.5M Northwest Regional Water Treatment Plant and direct overlap on municipal water/wastewater design-build work.

Regional players

• The Boldt Company: Wisconsin-based, employee-owned contractor with a similar mix of healthcare, education, industrial, and power markets in the Upper Midwest; closely comparable in size, ownership, and craft self-perform model.
• Kokosing Industrial / Kokosing Construction: Ohio-based, family-owned heavy civil and industrial contractor with deep water/wastewater treatment plant capability in the Midwest; closely comparable to Shook's water resources practice and Indiana/Midwest industrial work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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