What Mark Cerrone, Inc. does

Mark Cerrone, Inc. ("MCI") is a privately held general site contracting company founded in 1999 and headquartered in Niagara Falls, New York. The firm operates as a vertically integrated civil and environmental contractor serving government, institutional, industrial, and commercial clients across Western and Central New York. MCI delivers a full suite of construction services — demolition, environmental remediation (including asbestos abatement and landfill construction/closure), civil construction (site preparation, underground utilities to 30-ft depths, roads, bridges, marine construction, railroad construction, streetscapes, and parks/sports fields), general construction management, landscaping, trucking/hauling, and recurring industrial maintenance — from a single point of accountability, reducing the coordination burden on owners that would otherwise manage multiple specialty subcontractors. Its owned fleet of off-road trucks, dump trucks, and GPS-equipped heavy equipment supports in-house earthmoving and material handling.

MCI is licensed and credentialed across a broad regulatory perimeter (OSHA, MSHA, FRA, FMCSA, US & NYS DOT, NYS DOL, US EPA/NYS DEC, asbestos abatement, HAZWOPER, US EPA Lead), enabling access to federally regulated and security-sensitive project work. The company is a member of the National Demolition Association and ranked 6th largest contractor in the Buffalo area per a 2024 local ranking. Notable projects include site work on the Ralph Wilson Stadium renovation, a $70M City of Buffalo Middle Main Street reconstruction, a $43M Niagara Falls Intermodal Train Station, a $38M Fashion Outlets expansion with brownfield cleanup, $22.8M NFTA Buffalo River seawall work, and an $18M U.S. Army Corps of Engineers FUSRAP engineered cap installation.

MCI generates revenue exclusively through project-based construction contracts awarded via competitive bidding on public RFPs and private tenders. Pricing is negotiated per contract (ranging from $400K to $130M+ per project) under lump-sum and cost-reimbursable arrangements. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales targeting government agencies, universities, school districts, industrial plant operators, and commercial developers. Recurring industrial maintenance revenue comes from multi-year relationships at chemical and manufacturing plants in the Niagara Falls industrial corridor (Olin, Occidental, DuPont, Greenpac, Covanta). MCI is privately held with no disclosed institutional investors and no M&A history.

Name

Mark Cerrone, Inc.

Legal name

Mark Cerrone Inc.

Website

https://markcerrone.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Mark Cerrone, Inc. is a privately held Western New York general site contractor delivering demolition, environmental remediation, civil construction, industrial maintenance, and landscaping services for government, institutional, and industrial clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Heavy Civil Construction

NAICS

Nonresidential Building Construction (2362), Utility System Construction (2371)

SIC

Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600)

akta.pro primary industry

Trenching & Utility Excavation (IMAFAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Landscape Construction & Hardscaping (Patios, Retaining Walls, Outdoor Structures) (IMAIAIAE), Foundation Remediation & Underpinning (Jack Piles, Resin Injection, Re-leveling) (IMAFAOAL)

Keywords

• Demolition services
• Site preparation
• Underground utilities
• Asbestos abatement
• Heavy civil construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Niagara Falls

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Prime/General Construction Contracts: Mark Cerrone, Inc. serves as prime contractor or subcontractor on large-scale civil, environmental, and general construction projects for government, institutional, and industrial clients. Revenue is project-based, generated through competitive bids on public and private construction contracts. Projects range from $400K to $130M+, with both lump-sum and cost-reimbursable arrangements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Mark Cerrone, Inc. is a privately held construction contractor founded in 1999 and headquartered in Niagara Falls, New York. The company provides demolition, environmental remediation, civil construction, general construction, landscaping, trucking/hauling, and industrial maintenance services across Central and Western New York. It serves public and private clients on projects spanning site preparation, underground utilities, landfill construction and closure, bridges, roads, and parks.

Product overview

Mark Cerrone, Inc. is a general site contracting company offering comprehensive construction services from demolition through landscaping. The company operates as a single unified service offering organized into distinct service lines: Demolition Services, Environmental Services (asbestos abatement, landfill construction/closure, remediation), Civil Construction (site preparation, underground utilities, streetscapes, marine, roads/bridges, parks/sports fields, railroads), General Construction, Landscaping, Trucking/Hauling, and Industrial Maintenance. Additionally, the company offers a proprietary product called CU-Structural Soil™ for urban tree planting applications. The portfolio is delivered as an integrated suite of construction services rather than as separate software products or modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Demolition Services
• Environmental Services
• Civil Construction
• General Construction
• Landscaping Services
• Trucking and Hauling
• Industrial Maintenance Industrial maintenance services for ongoing facility upkeep, repair, and operations support for industrial clients in the region.

Quantifiable outcome

• Exceptionally low Experience Modification Rating (EMR)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, notable and minor.

• Turner Construction (Buffalo State College Science Center)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMark Cerrone, Inc. acted as a self-performing subcontractor to Turner Construction on the Buffalo State College Science Center Phase III Demolition and Abatement project, a $35.5M project with a $5M MCI scope. This is a significant project-level collaboration with one of the world's largest construction firms.
• LP Ciminelli (Maid of the Mist)notableStrategic or Co-development PartnerMCI served as subcontractor to LP Ciminelli on the Maid of the Mist winter storage dock construction at the Niagara Gorge ($3.5M project). LP Ciminelli is a major regional general contractor.
• Villager Construction, Inc.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVillager Construction, Inc. performed milling work as part of the Ralph Wilson Stadium site renovation, with MCI performing site work as prime contractor.
• Langan EngineeringcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMCI worked with Langan Engineering during the brownfield investigation phase prior to award of the Fashion Outlets site expansion project. Langan provided environmental engineering and brownfield site characterization.
• Macerich (Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMacerich, the mall developer/owner, partnered with MCI and Langan Engineering on the 41-acre Fashion Outlets site expansion and brownfield cleanup project, a $38M+ project.
• Western New York Safety ConferencenotableOthersMark Cerrone, Inc. is an annual sponsor of the Western New York Safety Conference, positioning the company as a leader in construction safety and providing networking with regional contractors and clients.
• Gilbane Building Company (Ralph Wilson Centennial Park)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMCI served as subcontractor to Gilbane Building Company for the Ralph Wilson Centennial Park Phase 2B architectural concrete work, working for the City of Buffalo as construction manager.
• Central Terminal Restoration Corporation (CTRC)notableStrategic or Co-development PartnerCTR Corporation oversees the Buffalo Central Terminal restoration project on which MCI performed asbestos abatement work as part of the terminal's adaptive reuse and repurposing into a mixed-use campus.
• Buffalo Construction Consultants (One M&T Plaza Landscaping)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMCI undertook a landscaping project at M&T Plaza as a subcontractor to Buffalo Construction Consultants, demonstrating a subcontractor relationship within the construction ecosystem.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• L.P. Ciminelli: Buffalo-based general contractor of comparable size and regional footprint, active across commercial, institutional, and public construction in Western New York. MCI has already subcontracted to L.P. Ciminelli on the Maid of the Mist winter storage dock, indicating direct operational overlap and competition for the same prime contract pool.
• LeChase Construction Services: Rochester-headquartered construction manager and general contractor with comparable employee scale and a Western/Central New York service territory, competing for the same institutional, K-12, higher education, and commercial project pipeline that MCI targets.
• The Hayner Hoyt Corporation: Syracuse- and Rochester-based general contractor with a similar Western/Central New York footprint and comparable mid-market project sizes in commercial, healthcare, and institutional construction, directly competing for similar RFP opportunities.
• The Pike Company: Rochester-based construction management and general contracting firm with comparable size and service breadth across institutional, commercial, and industrial clients in the same Western/Central New York geography.
• Crane Construction Company: Regional general contractor operating across Upstate New York with comparable scale, competing for similar commercial, institutional, and civil/site work in overlapping service territories.

Regional players

• Union Concrete and Construction Corp: Western New York-based heavy/civil and concrete construction firm with overlapping service offerings in site preparation, concrete, paving, and infrastructure, directly comparable on civil construction scope if smaller in absolute scale.
• Frey Industries / Frey Construction: Western New York-based construction services firm with overlapping site work, civil, and general contracting capabilities, providing regional competitive context for MCI's core service territory.

Broad incumbents

• Granite Construction Incorporated: Large national heavy civil contractor with overlapping capabilities in site preparation, utilities, transportation infrastructure, and environmental remediation. Operates as a broad incumbent that can compete with MCI on larger public infrastructure bids when entering the WNY market.
• Walsh Group / Walsh Construction: National heavy civil and building construction firm with a broad portfolio in transportation, water, and site development. Represents the type of larger incumbent that can enter the WNY market and bid against MCI on the largest public infrastructure projects.

Emerging players

• Manafort Brothers: Northeast-based specialty contractor with significant overlap in demolition, environmental remediation, and site/civil construction. Comparable in service mix (demolition, abatement, civil) though operating in adjacent Northeast geographies rather than WNY.

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

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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