What Weaver-Bailey Contractors does

Weaver-Bailey Contractors, Inc. is a privately held, family-owned heavy civil construction firm headquartered in Conway, Arkansas, founded in 1960 by Voyne Weaver and Joe Bailey and incorporated in 1967. The company specializes in highway construction, concrete paving, earthwork, drainage, soil stabilization, and reconstruction services for government transportation agencies, municipal airports, and select private industrial clients across the state of Arkansas. Weaver-Bailey is recognized as the largest main-line concrete paving company in the state, having completed over 1,000 major projects with a workforce of 150 employees and a 60-year operating history.

The firm's core technology centers on slip-form concrete paving — a methodology Weaver-Bailey introduced to Arkansas in 1971 with the purchase of the state's first slip-form curb and gutter machine — combined with a substantial fleet of heavy and light machinery for excavation, grading, drainage, and compaction. Historically, the company pursued vertical integration through ownership of ready-mix concrete operations (L&S Concrete, Gilliam Brothers Ready Mix) and an aggregate quarry (Webco Mining near El Paso, Arkansas); the ready-mix interest was divested in 1998, while the quarry operated through 2016. Notable executed work includes the $100 million Big Rock Interchange flyover (I-430/I-630) completed ahead of schedule via joint venture with Manhattan Road & Bridge, the $79 million AHTD CA0605 highway project, the $57 million I-40 rehabilitation (then the largest single contract in AHTD history), and the $30 million Conway Municipal Airport (Cantrell Field) build-out.

Weaver-Bailey operates a project-based revenue model in which contracts are won through competitive bidding with state DOTs, municipalities, FAA-funded airport authorities, and private developers. Per-project contract values have ranged from approximately $4.5 million to $100 million, with no recurring SaaS or subscription revenue and no publicly disclosed pricing tiers. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales through direct engagement with government procurement officials, supplemented by reputation-driven project award decisions. Leadership remains within the Weaver family: Charlie Weaver (Chairman, 50+ years civil construction experience) and Don Weaver (President, day-to-day operations), with no external institutional, private equity, or strategic investor ownership identified.

Name

Weaver-Bailey Contractors

Legal name

Weaver-Bailey Contractors, Inc.

Website

https://weaverbailey.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Weaver-Bailey Contractors is a family-owned, Conway, Arkansas-based heavy civil construction firm specializing in highway construction, concrete paving, earthwork, drainage, and soil stabilization. It serves government transportation agencies, municipal airports, and select private clients statewide, and is the largest main-line concrete paving company in Arkansas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Highway and Infrastructure Construction

NAICS

Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (237990)

SIC

Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600)

akta.pro primary industry

Trenching & Utility Excavation (IMAFAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Construction Aggregates Mining & Processing (Sand, Gravel, Crushed Stone) (IMADAAAI)

Keywords

• Highway construction services
• Concrete paving services
• Earthwork construction
• Soil stabilization services
• Drainage construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Conway

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Infrastructure Construction Services: Revenue generated from large-scale infrastructure construction projects including highway construction, concrete paving, earthwork, drainage, and soil stabilization. Projects are awarded through competitive bidding with government agencies and municipalities. Revenue is project-based with significant contract values ranging from $4.5 million to $100 million per project.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Weaver-Bailey Contractors is a heavy civil construction firm that delivers earthwork, drainage, soil stabilization, and concrete paving services for highway, airport, and municipal infrastructure projects. The company is recognized as the largest main-line concrete paving company in Arkansas and operates an in-house crushed stone quarry (Webco Mining) to supply aggregate materials for its projects. Its work is awarded through competitive bidding with government transportation agencies, municipalities, and airport authorities.

Product overview

Weaver-Bailey Contractors is a construction services company offering a unified suite of infrastructure-related services centered around earthwork and concrete paving. Their core service portfolio includes Highway Construction, Drainage Projects, Soil Stabilization, Concrete Paving, Earthwork, and Reconstruction Services. The company operates as a single integrated construction firm serving government agencies (Arkansas Department of Transportation), municipalities, airports (FAA projects), and private clients, recognized as the largest main-line concrete paving company in Arkansas with over 60 years of experience and 1,000+ major construction projects completed.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Highway Construction

Quantifiable outcome

• Completed over 1000 major construction projects
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Manhattan Road & BridgecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture partner on the $78 million Big Rock Interchange project (I-430/I-630 Phase III). Weaver-Bailey's portion required 141,286 square yards of 13" thick concrete and 41,460 linear feet of retaining wall.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Manhattan Road & Bridge: Heavy civil and bridge construction contractor based in Oklahoma; an explicit JV partner with Weaver-Bailey on the $78M Big Rock Interchange, indicating closely aligned capabilities and overlapping DOT/state highway customer base in heavy civil construction.
• Emery Sapp & Sons: Midwest-heavy civil, excavation, and site preparation contractor headquartered in Missouri with comparable earthwork, utility, and concrete paving capabilities; competes for similar DOT and commercial site work in adjacent geographies to Weaver-Bailey.
• Lehman-Roberts Company: Tennessee-based asphalt and concrete paving, highway construction contractor with similar DOT bidding model and vertically integrated materials supply through Summit Materials; competes for Southeast highway paving projects of comparable scope to Weaver-Bailey.

Regional players

• Phillips Hardy (now part of McCarthy Building Companies): Tennessee-headquartered paving and heavy civil contractor operating across the Mid-South; comparable Southeast DOT bidding footprint and concrete paving operations to Weaver-Bailey, but historically focused on adjacent states.

Broad incumbents

• Sterling Construction Company: Texas-based publicly traded heavy civil construction company focused on transportation, water, and specialty projects; a larger incumbent with overlapping highway and infrastructure capabilities across multiple southern states.
• Webber (Ferrovial US): Texas-based heavy civil and infrastructure contractor owned by Ferrovial, specializing in highways, bridges, and airports across the southern US with comparable paving and earthwork scope to Weaver-Bailey, but at national scale.
• Granite Construction: National heavy civil construction company with extensive highway, airport runway, and infrastructure paving operations; broader incumbent that competes for large federal and state DOT contracts of similar scope when expanding into Arkansas.
• Kiewit Infrastructure: One of North America's largest heavy civil contractors with extensive highway, bridge, and airport paving operations; represents the kind of national-scale competitor Weaver-Bailey faces when bidding on larger federal-funded projects.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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