Schumack Engineered Construction

What Schumack Engineered Construction does

Schumack Engineered Construction is a privately held, family-owned construction firm headquartered in Clinton, Connecticut, that has operated under owner James H. Lally since he acquired the predecessor business in 1979. The company delivers residential, commercial, and municipal construction services across Middlesex, New Haven, New London, and Hartford Counties, with particular specialization in engineered projects that conventional excavation contractors avoid, including fish ladders, advanced treatment septic systems, dam and bridge work, culvert replacements, and seawall reconstruction.

Service delivery is built around four in-house crews of specialists supported by an in-house design and drafting team and an in-house mechanic. The firm uses the Roctek computer system for material takeoff and project estimation, marketed as providing faster and more precise estimates than manual methods, and holds unlimited bonding capacity in its State/Municipal and New Road divisions. A closely affiliated ecosystem includes two wholly owned entities: Indian River Enterprises (founded 1995) for aggregate and landscaping products, and Shoreline Landscapes (founded 2011) for demolition, excavation, and finishing services.

The business model is project-based, quote-driven, and segmented across three customer groups: residential homeowners (septic, drainage, driveways, water service), commercial businesses (site work, heavy drainage, water mains, culverts, road construction), and municipal/state government agencies (ADA access, road repair, dam and bridge work, fish ladders, environmental restoration). Projects are won through competitive bidding for government work, direct engagement for commercial clients, and word-of-mouth referrals for residential customers, with free estimates offered as the primary conversion mechanism. The firm has no disclosed revenue figures, no outside funding, and operates exclusively within Connecticut.

Name

Schumack Engineered Construction

Legal name

Schumack Engineered Construction

Website

https://schumackconstruction.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Clinton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Construction Services: Project-based construction services for residential, commercial, and municipal clients. Revenue earned through contracts for specific construction work including road construction, septic systems, water mains, drainage, dam and bridge work, and fish ladders. Pricing based on project scope with free estimates provided to potential customers.
2. Site Work Services: Complete site work packages for commercial and municipal projects including heavy drainage, utilities, and new road construction. Revenue generated through project-based contracts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Schumack Engineered Construction is a family-owned civil construction firm that provides engineered site work, septic systems, drainage, utilities, road construction, dam and bridge work, and specialty fish ladder construction for residential, commercial, and municipal clients across Connecticut. The company differentiates through in-house design and drafting, four dedicated field crews, an in-house mechanic, and the Roctek computer system used for precise material calculation and project estimation. Its project portfolio spans small residential septic and driveway work to multi-hundred-thousand-dollar municipal infrastructure and environmental restoration contracts.

Product overview

Schumack Engineered Construction is a family-owned construction company offering three integrated service divisions: Residential Projects (septic systems, drainage, driveways, bridges, water service for homeowners), Commercial Projects (site work, heavy drainage, water mains, road construction for businesses), and Municipal/State Projects (ADA accessibility, dam and bridge work, fish ladders, road repair for government clients). The company also operates a dedicated New Road Construction division. The divisions share resources including in-house design teams, four field crews, an in-house mechanic, and state-of-the-art Roctek computer system for project analysis. The company's expertise in specialized engineered projects like fish ladders distinguishes it from standard construction firms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Precise material estimation eliminates costly truck-off expenses
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Save the SoundcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 February 2012Environmental organization that awarded $1.5 million through NOAA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for marsh restoration projects including Bride Brook culvert replacement. Partnered with Schumack on Wallace Dam Fishway construction and other environmental restoration projects.
• Shoreline LandscapescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011Established by Jim Lally in 2011 to provide demolition, excavation, construction materials, and finishing services for projects. Works in conjunction with Schumack and Indian River Enterprises as part of a unified construction ecosystem offering comprehensive project capabilities.
• Indian River EnterprisescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1995Founded by Jim Lally in 1995 to handle material screening needs arising from construction operations. Located behind the Indian River property. Provides quality landscaping and aggregate products for sale to contractors and homeowners. Operates as an affiliated company under shared ownership.
• H. Butler ConstructionminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorListed as a partner company on Schumack's website. Nature of partnership appears to be collaborative working relationship for construction projects.
• Quinnipiac River Watershed AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal environmental organization focused on fish restoration along Connecticut rivers. Partnered with Schumack on Wallace Dam Fishway project. Executive Director Mary Mushinsky collaborated on restoration initiatives.
• Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental ProtectioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState agency overseeing environmental protection and fish restoration programs. Partnered on Wallace Dam Fishway construction and administers state grant program encouraging fish ladder construction statewide. Supervising Fisheries Biologist Steve Gephard worked directly on fish restoration projects with Schumack.
• Restore America's EstuariescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational alliance of coastal conservation organizations. Partnered on Bride Brook restoration at Rocky Neck State Park, contributing funding and expertise to marsh restoration project.
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal wildlife agency that contributed funding to Bride Brook restoration project at Rocky Neck State Park as part of the Long Island Sound restoration initiative.
• Shore DesignminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngineering firm from Guilford that performed engineering designs and helped with permitting process with DEEP and Army Corps of Engineers for Olmsted Outlook seawall rebuild project.
• Guilford Land Conservation TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLand conservation organization that undertook $388,000 Olmsted Outlook seawall rebuild project. Selected Schumack as contractor. Town set aside $270,000 in ARPA funds for the project.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. Diversified infrastructure services company with heavy civil, specialty services, and transportation solutions segments. Overlaps with Schumack's municipal infrastructure and site work focus, but at national scale.
• Granite Construction Incorporated: Large-cap national heavy civil and site work contractor with extensive water, transportation, and specialty construction capabilities. Comparable on heavy civil scope (roads, bridges, utilities) but operates at far greater scale and geographic breadth than Schumack.
• Quanta Services, Inc. Infrastructure contractor specializing in electric, pipeline, and utility construction for public and regulated clients. Overlaps with Schumack's utility/water/sewer work for municipal clients, but at massive scale and broader utility scope.
• MasTec, Inc. National infrastructure construction services company covering communications, oil & gas, power delivery, and civil markets. Comparable on civil/site work and public-sector infrastructure, but with national presence and far larger equipment base.
• Tutor Perini Corporation: Large diversified contractor with civil, building, and specialty segments executing complex infrastructure and public-sector projects. Comparable on engineered, large-scale municipal work but operates as a public company with national footprint.
• Vecellio Group, Inc. Heavy civil, highway, and site development contractor operating across the eastern U.S. with integrated aggregate production. Comparable vertical integration model (construction + materials) similar to Schumack/Indian River Enterprises structure, but at substantially larger scale.

Direct peers

• Manafort Brothers, Inc. Plainville, Connecticut-based civil construction firm performing site work, heavy highway, and bridge construction across CT and the Northeast. Direct peer given overlapping municipal heavy-civil, site-prep, and infrastructure scope in the same Connecticut geography.
• O&G Industries, Inc. Torrington, Connecticut-based construction services company with building, heavy civil, and site-work divisions. Comparable on Connecticut municipal contracting, multi-trade project delivery, and family-/employee-owned operating culture.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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