Trico Construction

What Trico Construction does

Trico Construction Inc is a privately held San Francisco Bay Area general contractor founded in 1973, operating from its headquarters at 981 Howard Street, San Francisco. The firm holds a California Contractors State License Board (CSLB) #510127 with both Class A (General Engineering) and Class B (General Building) classifications, enabling it to bid on a broad range of public and private construction work. Trico delivers projects through four core service lines — Turnkey Projects, Tenant Improvements, Design-Builds, and Joint Ventures — organized around three vertical specializations: Aeronautics (airport infrastructure such as terminals, hangers, runways, and checkpoints), Government (federal buildings, municipalities, libraries, and firehouses), and Commercial (warehouses, cargo facilities, and offices). The company's disclosed project portfolio is heavily concentrated around San Francisco International Airport, with documented contract values ranging from $500,000 to $8.5 million per project.

The business model is project-based and transactional: revenue is earned through one-time fixed-price construction contracts rather than recurring or subscription engagements. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; all engagements are initiated through a 'Get a quote' contact form, phone, or a dedicated bids email, consistent with a consultative, sales-led go-to-market motion targeting government and enterprise clients. The firm employs between 11 and 50 people and operates with no proprietary technology platform, no API, no software products, and no AI/ML capabilities. Distribution is entirely direct — no resellers, intermediaries, or self-service channels — and geographic reach is limited to the San Francisco Bay Area.

Trico's customer base is concentrated in the public sector and aviation, with named engagements at San Francisco International Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration, the San Francisco Department of Public Works, the San Francisco Unified School District, USO, and Clear Channel, alongside airport-tenant work for Air China, Asiana Airlines, Lufthansa, United Airlines, Vanderlande, and Scheidt & Bachmann. The firm has accumulated multiple LEED Gold certifications from the U.S. Green Building Council on aviation projects, providing a sustainability credential it leverages in public-sector bids. The company is independently owned with no disclosed parent, no institutional investors, and no M&A activity on record.

Name

Trico Construction

Legal name

Trico Construction Inc

Website

https://tricoconstruction.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Trico Construction is a privately held San Francisco Bay Area general contractor (founded 1973) delivering turnkey, design-build, tenant improvement, and joint-venture construction projects for aviation, government, and commercial clients, with a portfolio heavily concentrated around San Francisco International Airport.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

General Construction Services

NAICS

Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (23622), Nonresidential Building Construction (2362)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540)

akta.pro primary industry

Airport Terminal & Aviation Facilities Building Construction (IMAFACAL)

Keywords

• General construction services
• Airport infrastructure construction
• Government construction projects
• Design-build construction
• Commercial building construction

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Construction Project Contracts: Revenue is generated through one-time construction project contracts. The company delivers projects across aeronautics, government, and commercial sectors on a per-project basis with fees ranging from $500K to $8.5M per project. Revenue is transactional rather than recurring, with each engagement being a discrete contract.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Trico Construction is a San Francisco-based general contractor delivering construction services across three primary verticals: aeronautics (airport infrastructure such as hangers, runways, terminals, and checkpoints), government (federal buildings, municipalities, libraries, firehouses), and commercial (warehouses, cargo facilities, offices). The company offers four core service lines—turnkey projects, tenant improvements, design-builds, and joint ventures—delivered as integrated project contracts typically valued between $500K and $8.5M.

Product overview

Trico Construction is a San Francisco-based general contractor offering a portfolio of construction services as a single unified offering. The company provides four core service lines—Turnkey Projects, Tenant Improvements, Design-Builds, and Joint Ventures—organized around three primary specializations: Aeronautics (airport infrastructure), Government (public buildings), and Commercial (warehouses, offices, cargo facilities). Rather than a modular software platform, Trico delivers integrated construction project management where all services are delivered through the same core team and operational model.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Turnkey Projects
• Tenant Improvements
• Design-Builds
• Joint Ventures
• Aeronautics Construction
• Government Construction
• Commercial Construction

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Webcor Builders: Webcor is a San Francisco-based general contractor with a comparable portfolio spanning commercial, aviation, and institutional projects. Like Trico, Webcor is rooted in the Bay Area and pursues large-scale public and private work, though at a significantly larger scale.
• Swinerton Builders: Swinerton is a California-headquartered general contractor with strong aviation, commercial, and government sector exposure. Its Bay Area presence and aviation portfolio directly overlap with Trico's SFO-centric specializations.
• DPR Construction: DPR is a national technical general contractor with deep California and aviation/institutional building experience. It competes for the same complex, design-build, and LEED-driven projects that Trico targets.
• Herrero Builders: Herrero is a San Francisco-based general contractor focused on healthcare, institutional, and commercial construction. Like Trico, it serves Bay Area public-sector and institutional clients with project-scale work in the multi-million-dollar range.
• Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company: Hathaway Dinwiddie is a San Francisco-based general contractor serving commercial, civic, and institutional clients in the Bay Area. Its portfolio and customer mix closely mirror Trico's government and commercial specializations.
• XL Construction: XL Construction is a Bay Area general contractor emphasizing education, civic, healthcare, and commercial projects in the same regional footprint as Trico. Both firms target LEED-certified public-sector and institutional work.

Broad incumbents

• Turner Construction Company: Turner is one of the largest US general contractors, with active airport and government work in major California markets. It is a broader incumbent rather than a local specialist, but competes head-to-head for the same SFO and Bay Area public RFPs.
• Clark Construction Group: Clark is a national ENR top-tier general contractor with significant aviation and government building experience, including federal and airport work. It competes for the same federal/municipal RFPs as Trico but at much greater scale.
• McCarthy Building Companies: McCarthy is a large US general contractor with strong aviation, higher education, and public-sector portfolios. Its California operations compete for many of the same SFO-adjacent and Bay Area institutional RFPs as Trico.

Emerging players

• Shimmick Construction: Shimmick is a California-based contractor with strong heavy civil and infrastructure credentials, increasingly pursuing aviation and transit projects. It overlaps with Trico at the engineering-license boundary (Class A/B) and on SFO-area infrastructure work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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