Scott, Murphy and Daniel

What Scott, Murphy and Daniel does

Scott, Murphy and Daniel (legally Scott & Murphy, Inc; doing business as Murphy Construction Group) is a privately held, full-service general contractor founded in 1983 and headquartered at 2335 Barren River Road, Bowling Green, Kentucky, with a secondary office in Owensboro, KY operated through its wholly-owned subsidiary Hartz Contracting. The firm delivers integrated design-build, construction management, general contracting, renovations/conversions/expansions, structural concrete, flatwork concrete, and pre-engineered steel building services to commercial, institutional, and industrial clients across South Central Kentucky, Western Kentucky, and Northern Tennessee. Its core technology positioning is the bundling of architecture, engineering, and construction management into a single-source design-build team, with custom-engineered pre-engineered metal buildings as a specialty offering.

The company operates on a project-based revenue model, earning one-time construction project fees rather than recurring contracts; pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with each engagement scoped individually during a dedicated planning phase. Its go-to-market is enterprise field sales driven by direct outreach, phone inquiries, and website contact forms, supplemented by a relatively light digital presence (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn) for top-of-funnel awareness. Named customers span multiple verticals and include Robey Farms (agriculture), Ohio County Area Technology Center (government/education), Greenview Surgery Center (healthcare), Crossland Community Church (religious/nonprofit), and Crown Cork & Seal (industrial/manufacturing). Headcount is small (11-50 employees), no external funding has been raised, and the firm is owner-operated with no disclosed venture or private-equity backing.

Name

Scott, Murphy and Daniel

Legal name

Scott & Murphy, Inc

Website

https://scottmurphydaniel.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Scott, Murphy and Daniel is a privately held, full-service design-build general contractor founded in 1983, serving commercial, institutional, and industrial clients across South Central Kentucky, Western Kentucky, and Northern Tennessee with integrated construction management and pre-engineered steel building services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Construction Services

NAICS

Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (23622), Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors (238120), Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors (23811)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540), Construction - Special Trade Contractors (1700)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Construction Management & Delivery (EPCM/CMAR/Design-Build Oversight) (EUANALAE)

Keywords

• Design-build construction
• Construction management services
• General contracting
• Pre-engineered steel buildings
• Commercial construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Bowling Green

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Construction Project Fees: The company generates revenue through project-based construction fees as a general contractor. Services include design/build, construction management, renovations/conversions/expansions, structural concrete, flatwork concrete, and pre-engineered steel buildings. Revenue is earned through one-time project fees rather than recurring contracts.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Scott, Murphy and Daniel operates as a full-service construction firm delivering design/build, construction management, general contracting, renovations/conversions/expansions, structural concrete, flatwork concrete, and pre-engineered steel building services. Projects are delivered through a single-source design-build team that integrates architecture, engineering, and construction management for commercial, institutional, healthcare, education, religious, agricultural, and industrial clients in South Central Kentucky, Western Kentucky, and Northern Tennessee.

Product overview

Scott, Murphy and Daniel operates as a single unified construction services company offering an integrated suite of services through its Building Division. The core offerings include Design/Build Services (integrating architecture, engineering, and construction management), Construction Management, General Contracting, and Renovations/Conversions/Expansions. These are complemented by specialized capabilities in Pre-Engineered Steel Buildings, Structural Concrete, and Flatwork Concrete. The company serves the South Central Kentucky, Western Kentucky, and Northern Tennessee region as a full-service construction source since 1983.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Design/Build Services

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Robins & Morton: Birmingham, AL-based general contractor focused on healthcare, commercial, and industrial construction. Comparable in customer vertical mix (notably healthcare), regional footprint, and design-build delivery model.
• Messer Construction: Employee-owned regional design-build general contractor based in Cincinnati, OH serving healthcare, higher education, commercial, and industrial markets. Comparable in delivery model (single-source design-build) and target customer verticals.
• Clancy & Theys Construction Company: Raleigh, NC-based regional GC serving commercial, healthcare, education, and industrial clients throughout the Southeast. Comparable regional design-build model with similar customer mix.
• Brasfield & Gorrie: Birmingham, AL-based regional design-build GC serving healthcare, commercial, industrial, and higher education clients. Comparable scale and integrated delivery model serving similar customer verticals.
• Gray Construction: Lexington, KY-based design-build general contractor serving industrial, commercial, and healthcare clients across the U.S. Highly comparable in service mix (design-build, general contracting, specialized industrial capabilities) and overlapping geographic base in Kentucky.
• Pepper Construction: Midwest-based regional GC serving commercial, healthcare, education, and industrial clients with integrated design-build delivery. Comparable in service breadth, customer verticals, and mid-size regional positioning.
• Doster Construction Company: Birmingham, AL-based general contractor serving industrial, commercial, healthcare, and education markets. Comparable regional delivery model and customer vertical mix.
• Hoar Construction: Regional commercial construction firm headquartered in Birmingham, AL with offices across the Southeast and Texas. Similar in operating model as a regional GC pursuing commercial, healthcare, and higher education projects.

Broad incumbents

• Balfour Beatty US: National general contractor serving commercial, healthcare, education, and infrastructure markets across the U.S. Comparable in customer verticals but operates at substantially larger scale with national reach.
• Turner Construction Company: Largest U.S. commercial general contractor operating nationally across healthcare, education, commercial, and industrial segments. Represents the broad incumbent competitive pressure on regional GCs pursuing larger institutional projects in mid-size markets.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ScottMurphyDaniel
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/scott-murphy-&-daniel
• Instagraminstagram.com/murphy_construction_group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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