Waner Construction Company, Inc.

What Waner Construction Company, Inc. does

Waner Construction Company, Inc. is a mid-size, employee-owned commercial general contractor headquartered in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, providing preconstruction, design-build, general contracting, and construction-phase management services to enterprise and institutional clients in the western United States. Founded on January 19, 1996 by Tim Waner, the company has operated for 30 years and completed over 1,400 projects with cumulative work value exceeding $1.6 billion across retail, office, warehouse, medical, restaurant, fitness, banking, religious, community, and specialty facility verticals. It operates in six states, primarily serving Colorado and adjacent western markets.

The company's service offering is structured around four core capabilities: preconstruction services (program review, preliminary scheduling, site logistics, value engineering, trade-by-trade cost estimating, and permitting); general contractor construction services delivered through a team-based model with Project Managers and Superintendents; design-build services that provide single-source responsibility as an alternative to traditional design-bid-build; and full construction-phase management covering scheduling, procurement, subcontract coordination, site supervision, change management, accounting, safety compliance, and closeout. Contract formats include design-build, cost plus fee, guaranteed maximum price, and stipulated sum. There is no proprietary technology platform; the firm operates as a traditional general contractor relying on proven construction practices, experienced project teams, and direct client relationships.

The revenue model is project-based professional services, with average annual revenue exceeding $100 million per company disclosures. Go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, with approximately 90% of work sourced from repeat clients, indicating an enterprise-relationship model rather than competitive bid-driven volume. The company is fully insured, licensed, bondable, and a qualified member of the Colorado Stormwater Excellence Program, with an EMR of 0.61 indicating a strong safety record. Ownership is private and employee-held, with no external parent, private equity, or institutional investor identified.

Name

Waner Construction Company, Inc.

Legal name

Waner Construction Company, Inc.

Website

https://wanerconstruction.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Waner Construction is an employee-owned Colorado-based commercial general contractor providing preconstruction, design-build, and construction management services to enterprise and institutional clients across healthcare, retail, hospitality, fitness, and community sectors in the western United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Construction Services

NAICS

Nonresidential Building Construction (2362)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction Program Management (Multi-site/Portfolio) (IMAFAAAF)

Keywords

• Commercial construction
• Design-build services
• General contracting
• Preconstruction services
• Tenant improvements

Headquarters

HQ city

Highlands Ranch

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, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. General Contractor Construction Services: Provides general contractor construction services to commercial and industrial marketplace. Revenue generated through project-based contracts including design-build, cost plus fee, guaranteed maximum price, and stipulated sum arrangements. Average annual revenue exceeds $100 million.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Waner Construction Company, Inc. provides general contractor construction services to the commercial and industrial marketplace. Offerings include preconstruction services (program review, scheduling, value engineering, cost estimation, permitting), design-build delivery, and full construction phase management covering scheduling, procurement, subcontract coordination, site supervision, change management, safety compliance, and closeout. Project types span retail, office, warehouse, medical, restaurants, storage facilities, site development, banks, credit unions, education, religious facilities, clubhouses, and specialty structures, delivered under design-build, cost plus fee, guaranteed maximum price, and stipulated sum contract formats.

Product overview

Waner Construction Company, Inc. is a mid-size commercial construction company offering a unified suite of construction services centered around general contracting. The company's core offering comprises Preconstruction Services (program review, scheduling, value engineering, cost estimation), General Contractor Construction Services (team-based project delivery), Design-Build Services (single-source responsibility alternative), and Construction Phase Management (full project lifecycle oversight). These services support diverse project types including retail, office, warehouse, medical, restaurants, storage facilities, site development, banks, credit unions, education, religious facilities, clubhouses, and specialty projects. Contract formats include design-build, cost plus fee, guaranteed maximum price, and stipulated sum.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• General Contractor Construction Services Provides general contractor construction services to the commercial and industrial marketplace, offering a team approach with individual accountability for each client's project. Service covers scheduling, procurement, subcontract coordination, site supervision, change management, safety compliance, and closeout activities across retail, office, medical, restaurant, warehouse, and community facility projects.
• Preconstruction Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% of work from repeat clients
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 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

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Associated General Contractors of ColoradominorOthersCorporate membership in industry trade association providing networking, advocacy, and industry resources. Located at corporate headquarters showing affiliation with AGC Colorado.
• GODDEN | SUDIK ARCHITECTScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitectural partner on Tall Tales Ranch project in Centennial, CO. Collaborative relationship on design and construction of community facility.
• SmithGroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm partner on Chatfield Floating Marina Restaurant project. Collaborative design-build relationship for unique floating restaurant construction.
• Studio DH ArchitecturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitectural partner on 22nd & Blake Street project in Denver. Design-build collaboration on mixed-use commercial project.
• VASA Fitness Group, LLCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing relationship with multiple fitness location projects. Gallow & Company, Inc. as architect on VASA Fitness projects across multiple locations.
• Jellystone Park / Sun Communities, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRV Resort construction at Larkspur, CO. Sun Communities is the developer/owner. Archiventure Group P.C. as architectural partner.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• PCL Construction: Large national employee-owned GC with significant Colorado presence in commercial and healthcare. Competes with Waner on larger commercial and healthcare opportunities across the region.
• Hensel Phelps: Large, employee-owned commercial GC headquartered in Colorado serving the same healthcare, commercial, and aviation/institutional sectors nationally. A scaled competitor that Waner bumps up against on bigger pursuits in the region.
• JE Dunn Construction: Large national commercial GC with strong healthcare and commercial portfolios and a Mountain West presence. Competes with Waner for large healthcare and commercial work where the firm has an in-region office.
• Mortenson Construction: National employee-owned GC active across healthcare, commercial, and renewable energy with a Denver office. Larger scale but overlapping commercial/healthcare pursuits.
• Swinerton: Employee-owned national commercial GC with comparable mid-size project focus in healthcare, retail, and office. Comparable contract formats and employee-ownership structure.

Direct peers

• Haselden Construction: Denver-based mid-size commercial GC with similar employee-ownership culture and roughly equivalent revenue scale. Competes head-to-head with Waner for commercial, healthcare, and institutional projects across the Colorado Front Range.
• Saunders Construction: Colorado-based, employee-owned commercial general contractor with a comparable mid-size footprint serving healthcare, commercial, and industrial clients across the western U.S. Directly competitive on the same project types and contract formats as Waner.
• Adolfson & Peterson Construction: Family-owned, mid-size regional GC with comparable commercial, healthcare, and multifamily focus. Similar culture and tenured talent base, comparable contract range (design-build, GMP) competing in overlapping geographies.
• Catamount Constructors: Colorado-based commercial GC of similar mid-size scale targeting similar sectors including healthcare, fitness, retail and office. Direct competitive overlap on commercial mid-market projects in the Denver metro and Front Range.
• M.B. Kahn Construction: Mid-size employee-owned commercial GC with comparable healthcare, retail, and office focus. Similar culture, scale, and project portfolio mix suitable for direct comparability.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Waner-Construction-108721371633672
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/waner-construction-company
• Instagraminstagram.com/wanerconstruction/?hl=en

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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