What Facility Builders does

Facility Builders & Erectors, Inc. (FB&E) is a private, self-performing general contractor founded in 1993 by Ken Thomson and headquartered in Anaheim, California, with a regional office in Escondido (San Diego County). The company delivers commercial and industrial construction services across the Western United States, holding active contractor licenses in Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, and Washington, and operating with an estimated 51-100 employees. Its core offering spans preconstruction services, general contracting, integrated design-build delivery, and pre-engineered metal building (PEMB) construction, with the latter enabled by in-house structural steel erection crews and a longstanding partnership as a Butler Manufacturing Career Builder, which provides access to proprietary systems including the MR-24 standing seam roof and Kynar 500 PVDF-coated building components.

FB&E serves a diversified set of enterprise and public-sector verticals — aviation and aerospace, manufacturing and processing, transportation and trucking, refuse and recycling, warehousing and distribution, community buildings, infrastructure, and public works — with projects typically won through competitive bidding and direct negotiation with property owners, developers, and municipal entities. Revenue is project-based, generated via lump-sum contracts, cost-plus arrangements, or negotiated design-build fees, supplemented by structural steel erection subcontracting on third-party jobs. The business is differentiated by its self-performance model, single-source design-build accountability, documented safety record (1,000+ days and 367,000+ hours without a lost time injury as of late 2021), and multi-decade client relationships (one client relationship exceeds 30 years). The company's distribution is primarily direct enterprise field sales through phone/email outreach, supplemented by a content-marketing website, LinkedIn presence, and portfolio showcase.

In 2026, FB&E was acquired by Span Construction & Engineering, Inc. (SPAN), a nationally recognized steel building contractor, with FB&E continuing to operate under its established brand, leadership team (President Kenneth B. Thomson, Vice President Steven S. Sindelar), and project execution model as a SPAN subsidiary. The acquisition is positioned to extend FB&E's technical and geographic reach without altering its operating identity.

Name

Facility Builders

Legal name

Facility Builders & Erectors Inc.

Website

https://facilitybuilders.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Facility Builders & Erectors (FB&E) is a self-performing general contractor founded in 1993 in Anaheim, California, delivering design-build, PEMB, and general contracting services for commercial and industrial clients across the Western United States. Since 2026 it has operated as a subsidiary of Span Construction & Engineering.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Anaheim

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 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 Services: FB&E generates revenue as a self-performing general contractor delivering commercial and industrial construction projects. Revenue is project-based, derived from lump-sum contracts, cost-plus arrangements, or negotiated project fees for design-build, PEMB construction, and general contracting services across multiple industry sectors.
2. Preconstruction Services: Early-stage planning services including project feasibility analysis, cost estimation, design-to-budget alignment, and procurement strategy development. These services are provided as part of the overall project delivery or as standalone consulting.
3. PEMB Subcontracting: FB&E also performs structural steel erection as a subcontractor on third-party construction projects, providing their field expertise and self-performance capabilities to other general contractors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Facility Builders & Erectors (FB&E) is a full-service design-build commercial and industrial general contractor specializing in pre-engineered metal building (PEMB) construction with self-performed structural steel erection. The company delivers preconstruction planning, general contracting, design-build delivery, and PEMB erection services for aviation, manufacturing, transportation, waste management, infrastructure, warehousing, and community-building clients across the Western United States.

Product overview

Facility Builders & Erectors (FB&E) is a full-service commercial and industrial construction company offering integrated building solutions through preconstruction services, general contracting, design-build delivery, and pre-engineered metal building (PEMB) systems. The company operates across multiple industry verticals including aviation/aerospace, transportation, waste management, infrastructure, manufacturing, warehousing, and community buildings. As a self-performing general contractor with in-house PEMB erection capabilities, FB&E delivers projects from concept to completion serving clients throughout the Western United States.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Preconstruction Services
• General Contracting
• Design-Build Delivery
• PEMB (Pre-Engineered Metal Building) Construction
• Aviation & Aerospace Construction
• Manufacturing & Processing Facility Construction
• Transportation & Trucking Facility Construction
• Refuse & Recycling Facility Construction
• Infrastructure & Public Works Construction
• Warehousing & Distribution Center Construction

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,000+ days and 367,000+ hours without a lost time injury
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Butler ManufacturingcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1993As a Butler Career Builder since inception in 1993, FB&E has provided clients with access to Butler Manufacturing's state-of-the-art building solutions including the MR-24 standing seam roof system, Kynar 500 PVDF coatings, and Thermawall wall systems. This partnership enables endless customization options and premier building quality with lifetime savings.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Swinerton: Large national general contractor with deep California roots and a strong industrial, aviation, and commercial build portfolio. Competes for many of the same Western U.S. projects as FB&E but operates at substantially greater scale.
• DPR Construction: National technical builder with strong advanced industrial, manufacturing, and mission-critical facility practices in California and the Western U.S. Competes for the upper-tier of FB&E's industrial pipeline.
• McCarthy Building Companies: National employee-owned general contractor with heavy industrial, manufacturing, aviation, and infrastructure portfolios. Overlaps with FB&E in industrial and aviation facility construction across the Western U.S.
• Sundt Construction: Large employee-owned general contractor serving the Western U.S. with strong industrial, transportation, and heavy-civil portfolios. Competes for industrial building projects in overlapping geographies with FB&E.
• Kiewit Construction: Major North American construction firm with significant industrial, transportation, and infrastructure work in the Western U.S. Competes for larger industrial and infrastructure projects that overlap with FB&E's verticals.

Others

• Butler Manufacturing: Manufacturer of pre-engineered metal building systems (MR-24 roof, Kynar coatings) and FB&E's long-standing strategic supplier. Included as an adjacent/ecosystem participant rather than a direct competitor, since Butler supplies the systems FB&E designs and erects.

Direct peers

• ARCO National Construction: Design-build general contractor focused on commercial/industrial construction including warehouses, distribution centers, and light-industrial facilities. Closely comparable in delivery model and target customer profile to FB&E.
• Span Construction & Engineering: Nationally recognized PEMB-focused design-build general contractor that acquired FB&E in 2026. Operates in the same pre-engineered metal building, design-build delivery, and industrial/aviation end markets across overlapping Western U.S. geographies.
• Stellar: Design-build firm specializing in industrial, manufacturing, and warehouse construction with self-performed trades. Competes with FB&E for similar large-format industrial and logistics owner-clients across the Western U.S.

Regional players

• Tarlton Corporation: Regional design-build general contractor with industrial and institutional construction focus. Comparable delivery model and self-perform orientation, though primarily anchored in the Midwest rather than the Western U.S.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/facilitybuilder
• Facebookfacebook.com/facilitybuilders
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/facility-builders

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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