What BLD Services does

BLD Services, LLC is a Kenner, Louisiana-based, full-service municipal infrastructure general contractor organized around two operating divisions: a Trenchless Rehabilitation Division and a Construction Division. It was incorporated in 2001, has grown via the 2008 acquisition of D&O Contractors and the 2009 acquisition of Insituform Technologies' CIPP Lateral Lining Division, and was itself acquired in 2016 by Azuria Water Solutions, a New Mountain Capital portfolio company. BLD claims the position of the world's largest Cured-In-Place-Pipe (CIPP) lateral lining contractor, operating 33 installation crews across 20 U.S. states and having installed over 100,000 CIPP lateral liners since 2009. The customer base is concentrated in municipal agencies, parishes, counties, water and sewer utilities, and government bodies across the eastern half of the United States.

Name

BLD Services

Legal name

BLD Services, LLC

Website

https://bldllc.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

BLD Services is the world's largest CIPP lateral rehabilitation contractor and a full-service municipal infrastructure general contractor, serving cities, parishes and utilities across 20 eastern U.S. states via 33 installation crews and an in-house liner manufacturing facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trenchless Sewer Rehabilitation & Municipal Infrastructure Construction

NAICS

Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction (23711)

SIC

Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction (1623), Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600)

akta.pro primary industry

Pipeline Construction & Right-of-Way Services (EUALADAL)

Keywords

• Trenchless sewer rehabilitation
• CIPP lateral lining
• Municipal infrastructure construction
• Pipe bursting services
• Underground utility contracting

Headquarters

HQ city

Kenner

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Municipal Infrastructure Construction & Rehabilitation Projects: BLD generates revenue through project-based construction and rehabilitation contracts with municipal and government clients. Projects span sewer, drainage, roads, water, disaster recovery, and building construction. In the past five years, BLD's project experience totaled approximately $1.442 billion across these categories. Revenue is earned as a general contractor through competitive bidding and negotiated government procurement contracts.
2. Trenchless Rehabilitation Services (CIPP): BLD provides CIPP lateral lining, CIPP point/spot repair, and pipe rehabilitation as specialty services. As both manufacturer and installer of the SCS+L system, BLD provides one point of contact for product and installation. Revenue is earned per project based on quantity of laterals installed, linear feet of pipe rehabilitated, or lump-sum contract values.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

BLD Services is a full-service general contractor that provides municipal infrastructure construction and trenchless sewer rehabilitation services, including its proprietary SCS+L Cured-In-Place-Pipe (CIPP) lateral lining system, CIPP spot/point repair, pipe bursting, directional drilling, pump station construction, and disaster recovery. The company both manufactures SCS+L liners in-house at its Nashville facility and installs them through 33 crews operating across 20 states in the eastern United States.

Product overview

BLD Services is a full-service municipal infrastructure construction company and the world's largest Cured-In-Place-Pipe (CIPP) lateral rehabilitation contractor. The company operates two primary divisions: a Trenchless Rehabilitation Division and a Construction Division. The core product portfolio centers on the proprietary SCS+L (Service Connection Seal + Lateral) CIPP system, which BLD both manufactures in-house and installs through 33+ installation crews. Related products include CIPP Spot/Point Repair for localized pipe rehabilitation, Pipe Bursting, Directional Drilling, and Manhole Rehabilitation. The Construction Division provides general municipal infrastructure services including pump stations, disaster recovery, sewer bypass pumping, and traditional underground construction. BLD is incorporated in Louisiana and holds licenses in 20 states throughout the eastern United States.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SCS+L (Service Connection Seal + Lateral) CIPP Lateral Lining Proprietary Cured-In-Place-Pipe lateral lining system that provides a watertight seal at the lateral/mainline sewer interface and extends CIPP liner up service laterals from 12 inches to 80+ feet without requiring a cleanout. Used by municipalities and sewer utilities to rehabilitate damaged service laterals and eliminate infiltration/inflow.
• CIPP Spot/Point Repair

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 100,000 CIPP lateral liners installed since 2009 acquisition of Insituform's Lateral Lining Division.
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 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

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered key and minor.

• Purchasing Cooperative of America (PCA)keyChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBLD Services is an awarded vendor under PCA contract OD-307-20. PCA is a purchasing cooperative that streamlines procurement for government agencies by providing pre-vetted contracts through competitive solicitation. BLD's contract covers sanitary sewer evaluation and assessment, CIPP mainline and lateral rehabilitation, manhole rehabilitation, clean-out installation, chemical grout sealing, CIPP spot repairs, and pipe bursting services.
• COSTARS (Pennsylvania)keyChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBLD is awarded a COSTARS contract (016-168) exclusively for agencies in Pennsylvania. COSTARS is a cooperative purchasing program administered by the Pennsylvania Department of General Services that allows municipal agencies to purchase from pre-approved contractors without additional bidding.
• ETEC (Equipment Testing & Evaluation Committee)minorOthersBLD is an authorized service provider for ETEC. BLD promotes this relationship on its Construction Division page and can be contacted through ETEC for service inquiries. ETEC appears to be an equipment or services evaluation/approval body.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Granite Inliner: Granite Inliner (a division of Granite Construction) provides CIPP mainline and lateral lining services to municipalities across the U.S., directly overlapping with BLD's trenchless rehabilitation offering and government client base.
• Insituform Technologies: Insituform is the historical CIPP mainline and lateral rehabilitation market leader from which BLD acquired its lateral lining division in 2009; now operating under the broader Azuria/Inframark platform, it remains a directly comparable trenchless rehab peer.
• National Water Main Cleaning Company: NWMCC is one of the largest U.S. contractors specializing in sewer cleaning, CCTV inspection, and CIPP rehabilitation, serving many of the same municipal utility clients as BLD in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.
• Applied Felts: Applied Felts is a leading manufacturer of CIPP liners (felt and fiberglass) supplying the trenchless rehabilitation industry; it competes with BLD's in-house Nashville SCS+L manufacturing operation and supplies many of BLD's competitors.
• Reline America: Reline America manufactures UV-cured CIPP liners and provides installation services for municipal sewer rehabilitation, making it a directly comparable peer on both the product-manufacturing and installation sides of BLD's SCS+L business.
• Visu-Sewer: Visu-Sewer is a specialty CIPP lateral and mainline rehabilitation contractor serving municipal and utility clients in the Midwest and Eastern U.S., competing head-to-head with BLD on sewer lateral lining contracts.
• SAK Construction: SAK Construction is a direct competitor in CIPP mainline and lateral rehabilitation and broader trenchless sewer rehab, serving municipal clients across the Midwest and Mid-South — geographies that overlap heavily with BLD's Central States and Gulf South territories.

Broad incumbents

• Azuria Water Solutions: Azuria is BLD's parent company and a broader water infrastructure platform offering CIPP, cathodic protection, and water services; it competes with BLD in adjacent product lines and through other portfolio companies (e.g., Insituform, Inframark).
• Quanta Services: Quanta Services is a large publicly-traded infrastructure services company with utility construction and water/wastewater capabilities that occasionally overlap with BLD's directional drilling, pump station and underground utility work for municipal clients.

Regional players

• HydraTech Engineered Products: HydraTech provides trenchless water and sewer infrastructure solutions including CIPP and pipe rehabilitation, with comparable offerings to BLD but primarily focused on different regional markets, making it a regional-adjacent peer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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