Donley's, Inc.

What Donley's, Inc. does

Donley's, Inc. is a Cleveland, Ohio-based specialty concrete construction firm founded in 1941 that has operated continuously for more than 80 years as a self-perform contractor. The company delivers cast-in-place concrete, parking deck construction, and structural restoration services for institutional, healthcare, higher-education, municipal, and commercial-industrial clients across the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast United States, with offices in Cleveland, Virginia, the Carolinas, and Florida. Its project portfolio includes marquee engagements such as the Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University joint health education campus, multi-phase parking deck programs exceeding 230 structures, and civic venues like the North Charleston Coliseum.\n\nThe firm's core offering is the direct execution of concrete scopes — formwork, placement, finishing, and restoration — supported by Tekla-based 3D modeling for preconstruction and detailing. By self-performing rather than subcontracting, Donley's controls labor productivity, schedule, and quality on the structural package, which is the primary technical and margin-critical element of most building projects. Specialty work in parking deck engineering and concrete restoration represents a higher-margin adjacency that deepens the firm's relevance to owners with aging infrastructure.\n\nDonley's is structured as an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) following a 2023 transition from family ownership, with Mac Donley serving as Chairman, Mike Dilley as CEO (the first non-family chief executive, appointed 2024), and Steve Hamilton as President. The company generates revenue through competitive-bid and negotiated contracts on public and private projects; its business model is project-based and lumpy, with annual revenue concentration driven by a small number of large multi-year programs. The 2020 divestiture of its Construction Management business to Independence Construction sharpened focus on the higher-margin self-perform concrete core.

Name

Donley's, Inc.

Legal name

Donley's Inc.

Website

https://donleyinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1941

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Donley's is an employee-owned, Cleveland-based specialty concrete contractor founded in 1941 that self-performs cast-in-place concrete, parking deck construction, and structural restoration for healthcare, higher-education, municipal, and commercial clients across the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast U.S.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Concrete Construction Services

NAICS

Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors (23811)

SIC

Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600)

akta.pro primary industry

Ready-Mix Concrete Production & Delivery (IMADAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Concrete & Cement Finishing (EDAOAAAC)

Keywords

• Concrete construction services
• Parking deck construction
• Concrete restoration services
• Design-build construction
• Commercial concrete contracting

Headquarters

HQ city

Cleveland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Concrete Construction Services: Project-based revenue from providing concrete construction services including formwork, placing, and finishing for commercial and institutional projects. Revenue is earned through fixed-price contracts, construction management fees, and design-build arrangements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Donley's, Inc. is a concrete construction services provider specializing in commercial and institutional projects. The company delivers concrete construction services (formwork, placing, and finishing), parking deck construction and restoration, and design-build and integrated project delivery services. Founded in 1941 and employee-owned since 2023, Donley's self-performs concrete work on projects for healthcare systems, universities, municipalities, and commercial developers across the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast United States.

Product overview

Donley's, Inc. is a concrete construction company that operates as a unified suite of interconnected services rather than discrete software products. The core offerings center on concrete construction (including concrete services, restoration, and parking deck expertise), supported by delivery models (Design-Build, Design-Assist, and Integrated Project Delivery), and enabling services (Preconstruction with 3D modeling capabilities and the SAFE-D safety program). These services work together to deliver projects from planning through completion.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Parking Deck Construction Specialized construction and restoration of parking structures including both precast and cast-in-place systems, with design-builder capabilities on 40+ projects. Serves healthcare systems, universities, municipalities, and commercial developers.
• Concrete Services Full-spectrum concrete construction services including formwork, placing, and finishing for commercial and industrial projects. Self-performed capabilities covering all major concrete work.
• Concrete Restoration

Quantifiable outcome

• Value engineering can reduce concrete construction costs by up to 10%
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Independence Construction (DiGeronimo Family of Companies)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020In 2020, Donley's sold its Construction Management (CM) business to Independence Construction of Independence, Ohio, part of the DiGeronimo Family of Companies. This positioned Donley's to continue investing in and growing its concrete business.
• Blair Concrete (Raleigh, NC)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2009Acquired Blair Concrete in Raleigh, North Carolina in 2009, extending Donley's geographic range of concrete services into the North Carolina market.
• MB KahncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMB Kahn served as part of the Design-Build team for the North Charleston Coliseum Parking Deck project. Donley's was a team member in this design-build partnership.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Turner Construction Company: Large national general contractor with full building delivery capabilities including concrete structures, healthcare, education, and commercial projects. Overlaps with Donley's on large healthcare and institutional concrete scopes but operates as a broad GCs rather than a concrete specialist.
• Holder Construction: National construction manager at risk serving commercial, healthcare, and higher education markets with design-build delivery. Competes with Donley's on large institutional parking and concrete scopes as part of broader project delivery.
• Brasfield & Gorrie:

Direct peers

• Wayne Brothers Companies: Mid-Atlantic and Southeast-based concrete and sitework contractor performing foundations, walls, slabs, and parking structures. Comparable self-perform concrete model with similar regional footprint to Donley's.
• Baker Concrete Construction: One of the largest specialty concrete contractors in the U.S., providing foundations, structural concrete, and parking structures for commercial and institutional projects. Direct competitor in the same self-perform concrete category.
• Lithko Contracting: National specialty concrete contractor focused on foundations, slabs, walls, and parking structures with self-perform crews. Directly comparable to Donley's in scope of concrete services, multi-region footprint, and design-assist delivery model.
• TAS Concrete Construction: Concrete specialty contractor serving the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic with foundations, structural concrete, and parking structures. Direct competitor in self-perform commercial concrete services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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