What Las Vegas Paving Corp does

Las Vegas Paving Corp is a privately held heavy civil construction company founded in 1958 by Robert L. Mendenhall in Las Vegas, Nevada. The company operates through eight vertically integrated divisions — Concrete, Environmental, Excavation and Grading, Materials, Paving, Traffic Control, Trucking, and Underground — that enable it to self-perform 70-75% of contracted work. It owns and operates 9 asphalt hot plants, 4 limestone quarries, 10 aggregate material sources, and a fleet of over 150 trucks, supplying both its own projects and third-party buyers as Nevada's largest aggregate supplier. The company pioneered hot-mix asphalt recycling in 1974, holds 47 US patents related to asphalt recycling through its founder, and has recycled over 1.6 million tons of hydrocarbon-impacted soil since 1991.

The company generates revenue exclusively through project-based heavy civil construction contracts awarded via competitive bidding, primarily as prime contractor to government agencies including the Nevada Department of Transportation, Clark County Department of Aviation, Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, City of Las Vegas, City of Henderson, City of North Las Vegas, and Las Vegas Valley Water District, with additional private sector clients including Republic Services and MSG Sphere. Notable contract wins include a $265 million I-15 South design-build project (the largest Nevada DOT project to date), a $126 million McCarran Terminal 3 Roadways Project, and a $41.5 million Boulder Highway Bus Rapid Transit CMAR project. The firm operates across Nevada, California, Utah, Arizona, and North Dakota, with ENR ranking it #44 Domestic Heavy Contractor and #185 Top 400 contractors in 2013.

Name

Las Vegas Paving Corp

Legal name

Las Vegas Paving Corp

Website

https://lasvegaspaving.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1958

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Las Vegas Paving Corp is Nevada's largest heavy civil construction company, founded in 1958, operating eight vertically integrated divisions to self-perform 70-75% of contracted highway, airport, transit, and infrastructure projects for government agencies and private developers across the Southwest.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Heavy Civil Construction

NAICS

Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (237), Site Preparation Contractors (23891), Utility System Construction (2371), Asphalt Paving, Roofing, and Saturated Materials Manufacturing (32412)

SIC

Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600), Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction (1623), Asphalt Paving & Roofing Materials (2950)

akta.pro primary industry

Mass Excavation & Bulk Earthmoving (Cut/Fill, Grading) (IMAFAKAC)

Keywords

• Heavy civil construction
• Asphalt paving services
• Aggregate supply
• Highway construction
• Underground utility construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Las Vegas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Heavy Civil Construction Contracting: Las Vegas Paving generates revenue primarily through heavy civil construction contracting for both public works and private sector clients. The company serves as prime contractor and self-performs the vast majority of contracted work across multiple construction divisions including paving, excavation, concrete, underground, materials, trucking, traffic control, and environmental services. Projects range from small municipal contracts to large-scale design-build and CMAR projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Las Vegas Paving Corp performs heavy civil construction for public agencies and private developers through eight specialized divisions: Concrete, Environmental, Excavation and Grading, Materials, Paving, Traffic Control, Trucking, and Underground. The company self-performs 70-75% of contracted work, owns and operates aggregate quarries, asphalt hot plants, and a fleet of over 150 trucks, enabling end-to-end delivery of highway, airport, transit, and site development projects across the U.S. Southwest.

Product overview

Las Vegas Paving Corp is Nevada's top heavy civil construction company offering a vertically integrated suite of construction services through eight specialized divisions. The company operates as a single unified operation where the Concrete, Environmental, Excavation and Grading, Materials, Paving, Traffic Control, Trucking, and Underground divisions work together to self-perform the vast majority of contracted work. This integrated structure enables the company to handle projects from aggregate production and materials supply through excavation, grading, underground utilities, concrete work, paving, and traffic control, completing projects ranging from highway construction and airport facilities to environmental remediation and landfill closure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Concrete Division Structural concrete construction services including retaining walls, sound walls, drainage channels, pump stations, post-tension box girder bridges, precast girder bridges, steel girder bridges, and Portland cement concrete pavement for government and private clients.
• Environmental Division Environmental remediation services including recycling of hydrocarbon impacted soils, planning, permitting, execution, compliance monitoring, emergency response, and storm-water compliance, with stationary and portable plants treating soil to Non-Detect limits.
• Excavation and Grading Division Mass excavation and grading services using bulldozers, motor graders, loaders, scrapers, compactors, excavators, off-road haul trucks, and GPS-controlled equipment for hard rock blasting, mining, and precision site preparation.
• Materials Division Aggregate and asphalt supply services from four limestone quarries and ten material sources, producing specialized products for commercial, industrial, residential developments, and government agencies including NDOT, FAA, and CALTRANS.
• Paving Division Asphalt paving services supported by nine hot plants (five stationary and two portable) and an AASHTO-accredited laboratory; the company has placed over 38 million tons of asphalt across Nevada, California, Utah, and Arizona since inception.
• Traffic Control Division Traffic control services including ATSSA-certified design, installation and monitoring of traffic control systems, pavement marking, sign fabrication, permanent traffic system installation, and intelligent traffic systems.
• Trucking Division Hauling services provided by a fleet of over 150 trucks including belly dumps, end dumps, side dumps, live bottoms, transports, and oil distributors with 20 to 40-ton capacities; drivers are signatory with Teamsters Local #631.
• Underground Division Underground utility construction including sanitary sewer, water and storm drain systems, water pumping and sewage lift stations, and waste water treatment plant improvements.

Quantifiable outcome

• I-15 North project completed 7.5 months ahead of schedule with 2010 National Design-Build Merit Award
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers10 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

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• BechtelcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 June 2008Bechtel served as Owner's Representative for Clark County Department of Aviation on the $2.4 billion McCarran Terminal 3 improvements project. Las Vegas Paving coordinated with eight other contracts and numerous contractors facilitated through the roadways contract. Bechtel, Clark County Department of Aviation, and Las Vegas Paving maintained excellent working relationship such that both Partnering and Disputes Resolution Board activities were deemed unnecessary approximately one-third through the project.

Scale indicators21 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Granite Construction: One of the largest U.S. heavy civil construction companies, with vertically integrated aggregate, asphalt and paving operations across the West. Closely comparable to Las Vegas Paving in scope (excavation, paving, materials) and customer base (state DOTs, airports, municipalities).
• Teichert Materials: Family-owned California heavy civil and aggregate producer with integrated materials, paving and underground utility capabilities. Mirrors Las Vegas Paving's vertical integration and self-performance model in an adjacent Western geography.
• Sterling Construction Company: Heavy civil contractor focused on highways, bridges, and water infrastructure with in-house materials. Comparable to Las Vegas Paving's mix of transportation infrastructure, underground utilities, and design-build delivery.
• Ames Construction: Privately held heavy civil and mining contractor serving the western and midwestern U.S. with mass earthwork, grading, and highway experience. Directly comparable to Las Vegas Paving's Excavation & Grading and Paving divisions.

Emerging players

• Summit Materials: Vertically integrated construction materials company combining aggregates, cement, and ready-mix with paving services. Overlaps with Las Vegas Paving's Materials Division and aggregate-led model.
• Knife River Corporation: Aggregates, asphalt, and construction services provider across the western and central U.S. Comparable scale and integrated materials-plus-paving offering relative to Las Vegas Paving.
• Construction Partners, Inc. Civil infrastructure services company operating through hot-mix asphalt plants, aggregate facilities, and paving crews across the Sun Belt. Comparable in operating model and customer mix to Las Vegas Paving.

Broad incumbents

• Vulcan Materials Company: Largest U.S. producer of construction aggregates with significant hot-mix asphalt operations. A broad incumbent whose aggregates and asphalt segments directly overlap with Las Vegas Paving's Materials Division.
• Martin Marietta Materials: Major U.S. supplier of aggregates and heavy building materials, including asphalt products. A broad incumbent with an aggregates-led business model parallel to Las Vegas Paving's vertically integrated Nevada operations.
• CRH plc (Oldcastle/APAC): Global building materials group whose Oldcastle/APAC division operates aggregate, asphalt, and paving operations across the U.S. Broad incumbent whose asphalt and aggregates segments compete with Las Vegas Paving's Materials and Paving divisions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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