Orion Building Corporation

What Orion Building Corporation does

Orion Building Corporation is a privately held construction management firm founded in 1983 and headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. The firm delivers a three-part service platform: Preconstruction Services (scheduling, value engineering, constructability analysis, estimating, and LEED cost analysis from schematic design through final buy-out); Construction Management delivered under either At-Risk or Agency delivery models with a significant preconstruction component; and Consulting Services (building analysis, energy analysis, permitting investigation, site assessment, life-cycle costing, building maintenance analysis, and project management). The company is licensed in 19 U.S. states but focuses the majority of its active delivery on Middle Tennessee and the broader Southeast region, operating as a fee-based negotiated contractor (with some competitive-bid public-sector work).

The firm primarily serves institutional clients across five verticals: educational institutions (Vanderbilt University, Middle Tennessee State University, Harpeth Hall School, Metro Nashville Public Schools), healthcare facilities (Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Brentwood Ambulatory Surgery Center), religious institutions, government/public sector (e.g., Robertson County Courthouse), and corporate/commercial clients (including a Warner Bros. Records office headquarters). Notable credentials include a LEED Gold certification — the first on Vanderbilt's campus — achieved on the VU Central Library project, where 75–80% of demolition waste was recycled. The firm emphasizes positioning itself as an extension of clients' in-house staff rather than a transactional external contractor.

The business is partner-owned with no disclosed external institutional investors; ownership has transitioned internally as founding partners retired, with Jason Larkins elevated to Partner/Project Executive in January 2026 following J Moseley's retirement. Rick Daughrity remains the sole active founding partner. The organization runs lean, with a named team of roughly 20 partners, project managers, superintendents, and administrative/HR staff. No proprietary technology platform, AI capabilities, app, or third-party integrations are disclosed. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales via direct, negotiated fee-based contracts, supplemented by competitive bidding in the public sector.

Name

Orion Building Corporation

Legal name

Orion Building Corporation

Website

https://orionbldg.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Orion Building Corporation is a privately held Nashville, Tennessee-based construction management firm founded in 1983, providing preconstruction, construction management (At-Risk or Agency), and consulting services primarily to healthcare, education, government, religious, and commercial clients across Middle Tennessee and the Southeast.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Management Services

NAICS

Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (236220), Nonresidential Building Construction (2362)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction Management (Agency/Owner’s Rep) (IMAFAAAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Office & Corporate Building Construction (IMAFACAA)

Keywords

• Construction management services
• Preconstruction consulting
• General contracting
• Building analysis
• Healthcare construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Brentwood

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. Construction Management Services: Negotiated fee-based construction management services, either At-Risk or Agency model, with significant pre-construction components. Some projects obtained through competitive bidding. Services include general construction, preconstruction services (scheduling, value engineering, cost analysis), and consulting services (building analysis, energy analysis, project management).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Orion Building Corporation provides construction management, preconstruction, and consulting services for building projects in Middle Tennessee and the Southeast. Services are delivered as At-Risk or Agency construction management with a significant pre-construction component, and include scheduling, value engineering, cost analysis, building analysis, energy analysis, and project management. Some projects are obtained through competitive bidding, particularly in the public sector.

Product overview

Orion Building Corporation offers a unified construction management service platform with three interconnected service offerings: Preconstruction Services that guide projects from schematic design through final buy-out with scheduling, estimating, and value engineering; Construction Management as the core practice area delivering general construction and construction management (At-Risk or Agency model); and Consulting Services providing building analysis, energy analysis, permitting, site assessment, life-cycle costing, and project management. The services are formatted to meet particular project and client needs, with the company comfortable working across various delivery situations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Preconstruction Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully completed over 40 projects across diverse sectors including healthcare, education, religious, government, and commercial
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Messer Construction Co. Cincinnati-headquartered construction manager with a major Nashville/Tennessee operation delivering healthcare, higher-education, and commercial projects under both At-Risk and Agency CM — directly comparable in geography, service mix, and delivery models.
• Brasfield & Gorrie: Birmingham-based general contractor and CM firm with deep Southeast presence across healthcare, higher-education, religious, and commercial sectors — comparable in regional footprint, project mix, and client base to Orion.
• Robins & Morton: Birmingham, AL general contractor with a healthcare and institutional focus, including complex occupied-facility work — closely matches Orion's medical construction specialization and Southeast operating geography.
• R.C. Mathews Contractor: Nashville-based general contractor delivering commercial, healthcare, and institutional projects in Middle Tennessee — a direct local competitor for the same client pool Orion serves.
• Bell & Associates Construction: Nashville-headquartered general contractor/CM firm focused on commercial, healthcare, and institutional clients in Tennessee and the Southeast — comparable regional Mid-Tennessee competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Turner Construction Company: Largest U.S. commercial construction manager with healthcare, education, and institutional practices nationwide, including an active Nashville office — overlapping capabilities but at materially larger scale.
• Skanska USA: Global construction and development firm with U.S. healthcare, higher-education, and commercial CM practices — competes for the same institutional RFPs Orion pursues, but with vastly greater capacity.
• Balfour Beatty US: International infrastructure and CM firm with a sizable U.S. building division covering healthcare, education, and commercial — overlaps Orion's market but operates at national/international scale.
• JE Dunn Construction: Top-10 U.S. general contractor with a dedicated healthcare and higher-education practice and Southeast regional offices — competing incumbent for the same institutional project types.
• Holder Construction Company: Atlanta-based national CM firm specializing in commercial, healthcare, and higher-education projects across the Southeast — direct overlap with Orion's vertical mix and geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/orion-building-corporation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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