McAlvain Group of Companies

What McAlvain Group of Companies does

McAlvain Group of Companies (legal entity: McAlvain Companies, Inc.) is a privately held, third-generation Idaho-born construction firm founded in 1980 and headquartered in Boise, Idaho. The company provides construction management, general contracting, design-build, and self-perform concrete services across the western United States, with direct offices and operational presence spanning Idaho, Utah, Arizona, California, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Colorado, Minnesota, and Oklahoma. McAlvain operates as a member of the Big-D Family of Companies, a $2B+ revenue construction conglomerate headquartered in Salt Lake City that includes multiple specialized regional construction subsidiaries. McAlvain employs approximately 400 people and maintains a $4 billion bonding line, an 85% repeat business rate, and an annual production capacity of 80,000 cubic yards of concrete and 1.8 million square feet of concrete slabs.

The company's service portfolio spans 10 vertical market segments: Aviation & Transportation, Commercial, Food & Beverage Processing, Government & Public, Heavy Civil, Hospitality & Resorts, Multi-Family Residential, Sports & Entertainment, Warehouse & Distribution, and Water Renewal. Core technical competencies center on self-perform structural concrete — including cast-in-place walls, shoring systems, elevated decks, tilt-up construction, parking structures, and foundation systems — supported by in-house BIM/VDC coordination. Notable project credentials include the 1.4 million square foot LEED Gold NSA Utah Data Center (joint venture with Balfour Beatty and DPR), a 1 million square foot Chobani yogurt plant in Twin Falls, Idaho, a 265,000 square foot Clif Bar bakery plant, SkyWest Airlines hangars in Boise and Oklahoma City, and The Lodge at Blue Sky resort in Utah. The company is ranked #1 in Concrete in ENR Mountain States for 6 consecutive years and among Top Contractors in Mountain States for 15+ years, and received Great Place to Work certification in 2025.

McAlvain's business model is B2B project-based contracting with revenue derived from general contracting fees, construction management fees, design-build delivery, and self-perform concrete craft labor, materials, and equipment. Projects are quoted individually based on scope and delivery method rather than via published pricing tiers. Go-to-market is primarily enterprise field sales through competitive bidding on public and private work, sustained by 85% repeat business and an annual AGC-style trade partner prequalification process that builds a vetted subcontractor network. Customers include national enterprises (SkyWest, Walmart, Albertsons, McDonald's, Chobani), state and federal government agencies, higher education institutions, and healthcare providers, distributed across multiple industries to limit single-customer concentration risk.

Name

McAlvain Group of Companies

Legal name

McAlvain Companies, Inc.

Website

https://mcalvain.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

McAlvain Group of Companies is a privately held, third-generation Idaho construction firm founded in 1980 providing construction management, general contracting, design-build, and self-perform concrete services across the western United States. It serves aviation, food processing, government, education, hospitality, and commercial clients as a member of the $2B+ Big-D Family of Companies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Construction Services

NAICS

Construction (23), Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors (23811), Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (2379), Utility System Construction (2371), Site Preparation Contractors (23891)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial General Contracting (New Build) (IMAFAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Works General Contracting (IMAFAAAG), Parking Structures & Garages Construction (IMAFACAK), Construction Management & Delivery (EPCM/CMAR/Design-Build Oversight) (EUANALAE)

Keywords

• Commercial construction services
• Structural concrete construction
• Design build contracting
• General contractor services
• Tilt up concrete construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Boise

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices17 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. General Contracting & Construction Management: McAlvain provides construction management, general contracting, design-build, and concrete services as a general contractor for large-scale construction projects throughout the western United States.
2. Self-Perform Concrete Services: The company self-performs structural concrete, parking structures, and tilt-up concrete work, generating revenue through direct concrete craft labor, materials, and equipment for its own forces on projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

McAlvain Group of Companies is a large-scale commercial general contractor providing construction management, design-build, and general contracting services throughout the Western United States, with self-perform structural concrete, tilt-up, and parking structure construction as its core specialty. The firm places approximately 80,000 cubic yards of concrete and 1.8 million square feet of slabs annually across projects in aviation, food and beverage processing, government, hospitality, multi-family, sports, warehouse, water renewal, heavy civil, and commercial sectors.

Product overview

McAlvain Group of Companies offers a unified construction services portfolio centered on concrete expertise and self-performing capabilities. The core offering consists of structural concrete services, parking structures, and tilt-up construction, complemented by construction management, general contracting, and design-build services. Projects span ten market segments: Aviation & Transportation, Commercial, Food & Beverage Processing, Government & Public, Heavy Civil, Hospitality & Resorts, Multi-Family, Sports & Entertainment, Warehouse & Distribution, and Water Renewal. The company operates throughout the western United States with a $4 billion bonding capacity and has ranked #1 in concrete construction in ENR Mountain States for 6 consecutive years.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Structural Concrete Services Self-perform structural concrete work for commercial buildings including foundation systems, cast-in-place walls, shoring systems for elevated decks, beams, and building cores; for commercial, industrial, and government clients.
• Parking Structure Construction Specialized concrete construction of parking structures, including multi-story garages such as St. Luke's NW Downtown Parking Garage, BOI Parking Garage Expansion, and Jack's Urban Meeting Place parking structures for commercial and healthcare clients.
• Tilt-Up Concrete Construction Tilt-up concrete panel construction services for commercial, industrial, and warehouse facilities, used in large-scale distribution and logistics buildings.
• Construction Management Services Comprehensive construction management services for projects throughout the western United States, serving enterprise owners, government agencies, and developers.
• General Contracting

Quantifiable outcome

• 85% repeat business rate demonstrates exceptional client satisfaction
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments11 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Big-D Family of CompaniesflagshipOthersMcAlvain Companies is a member of the Big-D Family of Companies, one of the largest construction organizations in the country with revenues exceeding $2 billion a year. Big-D provides national support, shared resources, and brand identity across multiple regional construction companies including Big-D Construction, Big-D Mission Critical, Big-D Heavy Industrial, Big-D Food & Beverage, Big-D Signature, Dovetail Construction, and Martin-Harris Construction. Headquarters for the Big-D Family is in Salt Lake City, UT.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Sundt Construction: Large employee-owned GC with strong Western US presence across commercial, industrial, transportation, and heavy civil. Comparable to McAlvain on heavy civil and commercial GC, but with broader geographic reach and similar self-perform capabilities.
• Brasfield & Gorrie: Large private GC with comparable self-perform concrete and design-build capabilities across commercial, healthcare, industrial, and government. Comparable to McAlvain on business model and self-perform approach, though operating primarily in the Southeast US.
• Granite Construction: Public large-cap heavy civil and infrastructure construction firm with a heavy Western US presence in transportation, water resources, and site preparation. Comparable to McAlvain's heavy civil and water renewal verticals but at materially larger scale.
• Layton Construction: Large privately held commercial GC headquartered in Utah, with deep Mountain West coverage and a national footprint across commercial, healthcare, hospitality, and data centers. Comparable to McAlvain on commercial GC scale and Western US regional mix, but with broader national reach.

Direct peers

• Okland Construction: Salt Lake City-based commercial and industrial GC with self-perform concrete and tilt-up expertise across the Intermountain West. Closely comparable to McAlvain in size, geography, services mix, and self-perform concrete focus.
• Big-D Signature: Big-D Family sister focused on luxury resorts, hotels, and high-end residences in Park City, Jackson, and Sun Valley. Directly comparable to McAlvain's hospitality/resort vertical for similar mountain-community luxury construction projects.
• Big-D Construction: Sister company within the Big-D Family of Companies; large-scale commercial and industrial general contractor across the Mountain West. Most directly comparable as a Big-D sibling offering similar GC, design-build, and self-perform services in overlapping geographies.
• Big-D Food & Beverage: Big-D Family sister dedicated to food and beverage processing construction. Directly comparable to McAlvain's F&B vertical (Chobani, Clif Bar, NewCold, Idaho Milk Products) and a likely internal competitor or teaming partner on large food-plant builds.
• Martin-Harris Construction: Sister company within the Big-D Family operating in Las Vegas, Reno, and Lakewood, CO. Comparable commercial GC with design-build and self-perform capabilities, often competing or teaming with McAlvain on Western US projects.
• Big-D Mission Critical: Big-D Family sister specializing in mission-critical/data-center construction. Comparable to McAlvain on the NSA Utah Data Center JV and similar large-scale, technically demanding projects.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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