Haymes Brothers

What Haymes Brothers does

Haymes Brothers, Inc. is a second-generation family-owned heavy civil construction contractor founded in 1965 by brothers Bill and Charlie Haymes in Danville, Virginia, now headquartered in Chatham, Virginia. The company provides three integrated core services across Virginia and North Carolina: Site Preparation (clearing, grubbing, blasting, mass excavation, underground utility installation, erosion control, fine grading), Roadway & Bridge Construction (new road construction, realignment and widening, cast-in-place concrete bridge decks, multi-span steel girder bridges, cofferdam installation, plus a dedicated Bridge Maintenance division for DOT maintenance), and Dam & Reservoir Construction (excavation, mass and fine grading, cast-in-place concrete spillways, intake structures, access bridges, with experience across gravity concrete, roller compacted concrete, and earthen dams). Notable projects include the 14.8-billion-gallon Cobbs Creek Reservoir (1,500 acres, Henrico County), the 700-acre Rocky Pen Run Reservoir (1,000,000 CY earthen dam, Stafford County), the 2013 US Society on Dams Award of Excellence-winning Deep Creek Watershed Dam 5D, and the Caesars Virginia casino site (450,000 CY of earthwork and 4.5 miles of storm, water, and sewer utility installation in Danville, VA).

The business model is project-based: Haymes Brothers generates revenue through competitive bidding on public sector procurements (VDOT, NCDOT, county and municipal work) and direct negotiation with private commercial clients (developers, universities, casino operators). Projects are executed under fixed-price, cost-plus, or unit-price billing depending on client and scope, with no standard published pricing. The go-to-market motion is direct enterprise field sales led by President Chuck Haymes and CFO James Shelhorse, with operations running at a payroll of 180-250 employees scaled to workload. The firm holds VA Class A Contractor licensure (#2701010500) with CIC, H/H, and HIC classifications and NC Unlimited Licensed General Contractor status (#7276) with Highway/Heavy and Water & Sewer Lines classifications. Family ownership was transferred in 2001 from founders to their sons Andy and Chuck Haymes, and third-generation family members (Kent Bishop, Keith Bishop) currently lead the concrete and grading divisions respectively.

Customer concentration is anchored in Virginia and North Carolina state departments of transportation and county/municipal authorities, supplemented by private commercial engagements (Caesars Entertainment, Liberty University) and emerging work tied to regional economic development projects (e.g., NCDOT package for the Toyota Mega Site). Revenue is not publicly disclosed and there is no external investment, parent company, or subsidiaries; the firm operates as an independent private company with no funding rounds on record.

Name

Haymes Brothers

Legal name

Haymes Brothers, Inc.

Website

https://haymesbrothers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Haymes Brothers is a second-generation family-owned heavy civil construction contractor serving government agencies and private developers across Virginia and North Carolina with site preparation, roadway and bridge construction, and dam and reservoir services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Heavy Civil Construction Services

NAICS

Land Subdivision (23721)

SIC

Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Heavy civil construction
• Site preparation services
• Roadway and bridge construction
• Dam and reservoir construction
• General contracting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Chatham

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, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Heavy Civil Construction Contracts: Haymes Brothers generates revenue through project-based construction contracts with government agencies (VDOT, NCDOT, counties, municipalities) and private sector clients. Projects include site preparation, roadway and bridge construction, and dam and reservoir construction. Revenue is earned through competitive bidding on public projects and negotiated contracts with private clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Haymes Brothers is a family-owned heavy civil general contractor performing site preparation, roadway and bridge construction, and dam and reservoir construction for public agencies and private developers across Virginia and North Carolina. The company self-performs grading, excavating, concrete, utility, and erosion control work on projects ranging from state highways to large earthen dams and commercial site developments.

Product overview

Haymes Brothers is a second-generation family-owned construction company offering heavy civil construction services across Virginia and North Carolina. The company provides three integrated core services: Site Preparation, Roadway & Bridge Construction, and Dam & Reservoir Construction. These services work together to deliver comprehensive heavy civil construction solutions for both public sector (state DOT, county, municipal) and private sector clients, covering the full project lifecycle from initial site preparation through to completion of infrastructure assets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Site Preparation Full site preparation services from clearing to asphalt, including clearing, grubbing, blasting, erosion control installation and maintenance, mass excavation, installation of underground utilities (storm, water, sanitary), underground water detention storage facilities, boring, stone placement, and fine grading. Targets public and private clients needing turnkey site preparation for small or large developments.
• Roadway & Bridge Construction DOT-focused road and bridge construction services including new road construction, road re-alignments and widening, new bridge construction with cast-in-place concrete decks, multiple span steel girder bridges, coffer dam installation, and cast-in-place piers on land and water. Includes utility installation and erosion control, plus a Bridge Maintenance division serving DOT maintenance needs.
• Dam & Reservoir Construction Dam and reservoir construction services including excavation, mass and fine grading, erosion and sediment control, remediation of unsuitable soils, seeding, construction of cast-in-place concrete spillways, intake structures, and access bridges. Experience across gravity concrete, roller compacted concrete (RCC), and earth dam types.

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple successful dam projects including Cobbs Creek Reservoir (1500 acres, 14.8 billion gallon capacity) and Rocky Pen Run Reservoir (700 acres)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 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

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Granite Construction: Public, California-based heavy civil contractor with extensive east-coast operations in transportation infrastructure, including highway, bridge, and rail — competes on the same VDOT/NCDOT work and exerts margin pressure on regional players.
• Skanska USA Civil: Major international contractor with a U.S. civil division focused on transportation infrastructure, bridges, and water projects — competes for the largest VDOT/NCDOT mega-packages and represents an incumbent threat as it expands regional presence.
• Lane Construction: National heavy civil contractor (subsidiary of Webuild) performing large-scale highway, bridge, and dam work across the U.S. — competes with Haymes on VDOT/NCDOT mega-projects and represents the kind of larger incumbent that increasingly bids in their core market.

Direct peers

• English Construction Company: Lynchburg, Virginia-based heavy civil and site development contractor serving VDOT, municipalities, and private developers across central and western VA — competes for many of the same rural/regional DOT and site-prep opportunities as Haymes Brothers.
• W. M. Schlosser Company: Virginia-based heavy civil contractor with capabilities in site development, utilities, highway, and bridge construction serving VDOT and private clients — comparable size and market footprint to Haymes Brothers.
• Shirley Contracting Company: Northern Virginia heavy civil contractor specializing in highway, bridge, and site development for VDOT and private developers — operates in the same geographic market with overlapping service lines in roadway, bridge, and mass grading.
• Branch Civil (Branch Group): Virginia-based heavy civil and site development contractor performing road, bridge, dam, and utility work for VDOT and surrounding state DOTs — the closest direct mid-Atlantic comparable to Haymes Brothers in scope, customer base, and project scale.
• CW Wright Construction Company: Regional heavy highway and bridge contractor active across Virginia and the Carolinas, performing DOT let work and site preparation — comparable mid-Atlantic contractor with similar customer types and project scale.

Regional players

• T.A. Loving Company: North Carolina-based heavy civil contractor performing site work, utility installation, bridge, and roadway construction for NCDOT and private developers — comparable regional contractor serving the Carolinas.
• Faulconer Construction: North Carolina-based heavy civil and site development contractor primarily serving NCDOT and private developers across central and eastern NC — adjacent regional peer that overlaps on the North Carolina side of Haymes' footprint.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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