What Dick Anderson Construction does

Dick Anderson Construction is a privately held construction management and general contracting firm headquartered in Helena, Montana, founded in 1975 by Dick Anderson as a small roofing operation and incorporated in 1978. The firm offers full-service project delivery across pre-construction, construction, and post-construction phases under its proprietary "The DAC Way" methodology, serving commercial, institutional, hospitality, healthcare, financial, multi-family, luxury residential, heavy civil, and mission-critical end markets through ten regional offices in Montana, Wyoming, Arizona, and Illinois.

The firm is supported by an in-house workforce of 450+ employees, owned heavy equipment enabling self-performance, and a formal DAC Education apprenticeship and continuing education program that builds its skilled-trade pipeline. Operations are organized by project segment and delivered via direct enterprise and government sales channels, with revenue generated through lump-sum contracts, cost-plus contracts, and construction management fees on projects ranging from multi-million-dollar healthcare renovations to multi-phase higher education and infrastructure developments (e.g., $147.1M Helena High School, $95M Midwestern University student housing, $269.7M total Midwestern pipeline).

Growth has been driven primarily by bolt-on acquisitions, most notably High Tech Construction/KWN in 2013 and Chanen Construction in 2023, which expanded the firm's geographic and commercial footprint into Wyoming, Arizona, and Illinois. The company is ranked #212 on the ENR Top 400 contractors list for 2025, holds OSHA Voluntary Protection Program Star Participant status, and has won 20+ industry awards including an IFLA Public Library of the Year award. The firm remains founder-family-influenced (Rivers Anderson leads Arizona operations) and transitioned to a new president (Kyle Kastelitz) in February 2026 with longtime president Marty Schuma moving to CEO.

Name

Dick Anderson Construction

Legal name

Dick Anderson Construction

Website

https://daconstruction.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Dick Anderson Construction is a privately held, Montana-headquartered construction management and general contracting firm with 450+ employees across ten offices in Montana, Wyoming, Arizona, and Illinois, delivering general contracting, pre-construction, and heavy civil services to enterprise, government, and institutional clients since 1975.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Services

NAICS

Nonresidential Building Construction (2362), Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (237)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540), Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Office & Corporate Building Construction (IMAFACAA)

Keywords

• General contracting services
• Construction management services
• Commercial construction services
• Heavy civil construction
• Design-build construction

Headquarters

HQ city

East Helena

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Construction Services Revenue: Project-based revenue from general contracting and construction management services. Revenue generated through lump-sum contracts, cost-plus contracts, and construction management fees for projects ranging from small renovations to multi-million dollar infrastructure and commercial developments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Dick Anderson Construction is a general contracting and construction management firm delivering commercial, institutional, hospitality, healthcare, financial, multi-family, luxury residential, heavy civil, and mission-critical projects. Services span pre-construction planning through construction execution and post-construction, using both lump-sum and cost-plus contract structures, with self-performed work enabled by an owned fleet of trucks and heavy equipment. The firm operates across Montana, Wyoming, Arizona, and Illinois through 10 regional offices.

Product overview

Dick Anderson Construction is a premier construction management and general contracting firm with over 450 employees and eight offices across Montana, Wyoming, Arizona, and Illinois. Founded in 1975, the company operates as a unified portfolio organized by project type: Commercial + Industrial, Institutional, Hospitality, Medical + Healthcare, Financial + Office, Multi-Family, Luxury Residential, Heavy Civil, and Mission Critical. The DAC Way methodology spans the full construction lifecycle through Pre-Construction, Construction, and Post-Construction phases. The company also includes acquired brand Chanen Construction (Phoenix, acquired 2023) and a proprietary DAC Education workforce development program offering apprenticeship and continuing education. Services cover diverse project types from bridges and wind farms to hospitals, hotels, and historic renovations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Chanen Construction: Chanen Construction, a Dick Anderson Construction Company. A Phoenix, Arizona-based commercial construction specialist acquired in 2021/2023, celebrating 70 years of business. Known for projects including Talking Stick Resort, Midwestern University campus, and various Phoenix-area developments.

Products and services

• General Contracting
• Construction Management
• Pre-Construction Services
• Heavy Civil Construction

Quantifiable outcome

• ENR Top 400 Ranking: 212 for 2025
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Chanen Construction CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Acquired Phoenix, Arizona-based commercial construction specialists Chanen Construction Company in 2023, expanding DAC's presence into Arizona. Steve Chanen awarded ENR Southwest Legacy Award as company celebrated 70 years of business.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Mortenson Construction: Privately held national GC/CM based in Minneapolis with comparable heavy civil, renewable energy (wind/solar), healthcare, and institutional portfolio. Both firms are family-influenced, multi-region GCs competing for similar public-sector and renewable-energy work.
• Andersen Construction: Portland, Oregon-based private GC with regional Pacific Northwest/Mountain West footprint in commercial, healthcare, hospitality, and historic renovation—comparable in size and segment breadth to DAC.
• Layton Construction: Intermountain-region GC/CM with Mountain West and Southwest presence in commercial, healthcare, hospitality, and higher-education building construction. Direct competitor for many of the same institutional clients as DAC.
• Big-D Construction: Salt Lake City-based private GC with Mountain West offices covering commercial, industrial, healthcare, and hospitality—comparable regional scope and segment mix to DAC.
• The Boldt Company: Privately held Midwest-based GC/CM covering commercial, healthcare, industrial, and power markets with similar size and self-perform capabilities to DAC.
• McCarthy Building Companies: Privately held national GC specializing in healthcare, higher education, water/wastewater, and renewable energy—directly overlapping DAC's heavy civil, healthcare, and institutional segments at a larger scale.
• Okland Construction: Salt Lake City-based regional GC operating across the Mountain West in commercial, healthcare, hospitality, and higher-education construction—a comparable size, geography, and vertical mix to DAC.
• Adolfson & Peterson Construction: Mid-size regional GC/CM headquartered in the Upper Midwest with offices across the Mountain West, performing commercial, healthcare, higher-education, and renovation work. Closely comparable in size, geography, and segment mix to DAC.

Broad incumbents

• Swinerton: 100% employee-owned national GC with deep presence in the Western U.S. covering commercial, hospitality, healthcare, and renewable energy—larger scale but overlapping in geography and verticals.
• JE Dunn Construction: Large privately held national GC with strong Midwest and Mountain West presence across commercial, healthcare, higher education, and mission-critical work. Larger and more diversified than DAC but competes in many of the same institutional segments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles20 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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