Mc Knight Construction

What Mc Knight Construction does

McKnight Construction Company, Inc. is a privately held, family-owned commercial general contractor incorporated in 1961 in Augusta, Georgia, with operating roots dating to 1929 when Mason McKnight Sr. founded M. H. McKnight as a residential builder. The firm is currently in its fourth generation of family ownership and operates as a Women-Owned Business under President Jane Marie Kinsey, with Will McKnight serving as Chairman. It provides an integrated suite of construction services — general contracting, construction management (including Construction Manager at Risk delivery), preconstruction/estimating, design-build, and self-performance of critical trades — using BIM-based coordination and a proprietary three-part Quality Control process for specialized installations. Revenue is generated through fixed-price contracts, cost-plus-fee arrangements, and CM-at-Risk fees, typically structured as a percentage of construction cost.

McKnight delivers projects across eight vertical markets in the Southeastern United States: Education (K-12, higher education, career/technical), Entertainment and Cultural Venues (performing arts centers, auditoriums), Healthcare, Housing/Multifamily, Industrial & Commercial, Justice/Correctional, Municipal/Government, and Office & Retail. Differentiated capabilities include occupied-campus construction, historic preservation renovation, high-security and SCIF construction, and sustainable delivery demonstrated by LEED (Bronze on Gwinnett County Medical Examiner's Office; full LEED on Athens-Clarke County Jail) and Energy Star (Mount Pleasant Town Hall) certifications. The company operates from three offices — Augusta, GA (headquarters, expanded 2025); Spartanburg, SC (regional); and Savannah, GA (regional) — targeting institutional owners, government entities, school districts, and private developers via direct bidding on public RFPs and direct negotiation for private work.

The go-to-market is enterprise field sales, relationship-driven and reinforced by repeat-client engagement, community philanthropy, and industry recognition including the AGC Build Georgia Award. Under fourth-generation leadership since the 2010s the company reports its most significant growth in company history (revenue tripled) while maintaining a safety profile of EMR under 1.0 for 15+ years and zero OSHA-recordable incidents for 8+ years, supported by an IMPACT Safety partnership for third-party jobsite audits.

Name

Mc Knight Construction

Legal name

McKnight Construction, Inc.

Website

https://mcknightconstructionco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1961

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

McKnight Construction is a fourth-generation, women-owned commercial general contractor founded in 1961 in Augusta, Georgia, delivering general contracting, construction management, design-build, and self-performed trade services across eight verticals (education, healthcare, justice, municipal, industrial, entertainment, housing, office/retail) in the Southeastern United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Construction Services

NAICS

Nonresidential Building Construction (2362)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial General Contracting (New Build) (IMAFAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Self-Performing General Contractors (IMAFAAAI), Office & Corporate Building Construction (IMAFACAA)

Keywords

• Commercial construction services
• General contracting
• Construction management
• Design-build construction
• Pre-construction services

Headquarters

HQ city

Augusta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. General Contracting: Traditional general contracting services for commercial construction projects including preconstruction, construction management, design-build, and self-performance of critical trades. Revenue is generated through fixed-price contracts, cost-plus-fee arrangements, and CM at Risk delivery methods.
2. Construction Management: Construction management services ensuring project success from preconstruction through completion. Fees are typically structured as a percentage of construction cost or fixed fee.
3. Preconstruction Services: Preconstruction consulting including estimating, budgeting, scheduling, and value engineering to align vision with budget from day one.
4. Design-Build Services: Streamlined design-build solutions blending creativity and precision for efficient, cost-conscious project execution under single contract.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

McKnight Construction is a family-owned commercial general contractor delivering full-service construction across the Southeastern United States. Core offerings include general contracting, construction management, pre-construction planning, design-build delivery, self-performance of critical trades, and estimating consultations, with projects served through CM at Risk, fixed-price, and cost-plus-fee contract structures. Work is executed across eight verticals — Education, Entertainment, Healthcare, Housing, Industrial & Commercial, Justice, Municipal, and Office & Retail — for institutional, governmental, and private commercial owners.

Product overview

McKnight Construction is a family-owned construction company offering a unified suite of construction services rather than a modular software platform. The core service portfolio includes General Contracting, Construction Management, Pre-construction, Design-Build, Self Performance, and Estimating Consultations. These services are delivered across eight distinct market segments: Entertainment, Healthcare, Housing, Industrial & Commercial, Justice, Education, Municipal, and Office & Retail. The company serves the Southeastern United States with offices in Augusta, GA, Spartanburg, SC, and Savannah, GA. Founded in 1961, McKnight Construction is currently in its fourth generation of family ownership and is recognized as a women-owned business.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• General Contracting Full-service general contracting for commercial construction projects across the Southeastern United States, providing single-point responsibility for execution from groundbreaking through closeout. Offered to institutional, governmental, and private commercial owners.

Quantifiable outcome

• Zero OSHA-recordable incidents in over 8 years
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• IMPACT SafetycoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMcKnight Construction partners with IMPACT Safety for third-party accountability and expert oversight on jobsite safety. IMPACT Safety's certified professionals conduct regular jobsite audits, provide specialized training, and help ensure full compliance with OSHA and industry standards. This partnership strengthens McKnight's internal safety protocols.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Holder Construction: Atlanta-based commercial GC specializing in CM-at-Risk delivery for corporate, education, healthcare, and performing arts facilities. Closely aligned with McKnight on delivery method and Southeast institutional client base.
• Robins & Morton: Birmingham-based, family-influenced commercial GC focused on healthcare, education, justice, and government clients across the Southeast. Closely mirrors McKnight's institutional client mix, occupied-campus expertise, and regional concentration.
• Gilbane Building Company: Family-influenced, multi-generation commercial GC with strong Southeast presence and concentrated education, healthcare, justice, and municipal portfolios. Closely matches McKnight on family-ownership continuity and institutional client focus.
• Brasfield & Gorrie: Birmingham-based employee-owned commercial GC with deep Southeast roots across healthcare, education, municipal, and commercial segments. Highly comparable regional competitor of similar self-perform and CM-at-Risk capabilities, though substantially larger in scale.
• Choate Construction: Atlanta-based employee-owned commercial GC operating across the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee, and Florida. Directly comparable in vertical specialization (education, healthcare, multifamily, municipal) and Southeast geographic focus.
• Messer Construction: Cincinnati-based, employee-owned commercial GC with strong Southeast operations serving education, healthcare, government, and justice clients. Comparable CM-at-Risk delivery model and institutional segment focus.
• JE Dunn Construction: Top-tier US commercial GC with significant Southeast operations (Charlotte, Atlanta) covering healthcare, higher education, and government. Comparable on multi-segment institutional delivery, though with much broader geographic scale.
• Barton Malow: Southeast-operating (Charlotte, Atlanta) employee-owned commercial GC serving education, healthcare, government, and industrial clients. Comparable delivery methods and similar segment coverage including occupied campus work.

Broad incumbents

• Turner Construction: Largest US commercial GC operating broadly across all segments including Southeast institutional work. Competes on the same RFPs but lacks McKnight's regional depth and family-ownership positioning.
• Balfour Beatty US: Large, diversified US construction group active in education, healthcare, justice, and municipal sectors with significant Carolinas/Georgia operations. Broad incumbent competing against McKnight on larger institutional bids.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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