What D.L. Withers Construction does

D.L. Withers Construction was an Arizona-based Construction Manager and General Contractor founded in 1981 by Dan Withers and operational until 2020. The company delivered commercial, public sector, institutional, and transportation infrastructure projects across Arizona, with offices in Phoenix and Tucson. Between 1981 and 2019, it completed over 3,000 projects with annual revenue peaking at $400 million and cumulative project value of $4.6 billion. Its portfolio spanned government facilities (downtown Phoenix redevelopment, sheriff's offices, courthouses), education (Arizona State University, Central Arizona College, and 800+ K-12 school projects), transportation (Sky Harbor Airport, Maricopa Rail Station), commercial offices, retail, industrial, hospitality, and cultural venues.

The company's service offering centered on construction management and general contracting under fixed-price and cost-plus contracts, with go-to-market driven by reputation, staff relationships, and a long track record rather than active marketing. Differentiators included a proprietary safety evaluation system, a 3D building modeling technology used for cross-stakeholder visualization, an in-house training forum called D.L.Withers University, and environmental sustainability leadership via solar panels at its Phoenix office that supported zero grid electricity usage for 10 years. Customer segments were horizontal across government, private, and institutional clients.

The company was bootstrapped, founder-owned, and had no institutional investors, parent company, M&A activity, or funding rounds. In 2020, Dan Withers stepped down and the company ceased operations, leaving a legacy retrospective website as the only remaining public presence.

Name

D.L. Withers Construction

Legal name

D.L.Withers Construction

Website

https://dlwithers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

D.L. Withers Construction was an Arizona-based Construction Manager and General Contractor founded in 1981, delivering commercial, public sector, institutional, and transportation infrastructure projects across Arizona until ceasing operations in 2020.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Construction Services

NAICS

Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (236220), Industrial Building Construction (23621)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction Management (Agency/Owner’s Rep) (IMAFAAAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Construction Program Management (Multi-site/Portfolio) (IMAFAAAF)

Keywords

• Commercial construction services
• General contracting
• Construction management
• Government construction projects
• Institutional building construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Phoenix

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

Revenue model

1. General Construction Contracting: As a Construction Manager and General Contractor, D.L. Withers generated revenue through fixed-price or cost-plus construction contracts for commercial projects across public, private, and institutional sectors. Revenue peaked at $400,000,000 annually with total project value completed of $4.6 billion.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

D.L. Withers Construction was an Arizona-based Construction Manager and General Contractor delivering commercial, public sector, institutional, and transportation infrastructure building projects throughout the Southwest, with a primary focus on Arizona. The firm provided full-service construction management and general contracting across government, private, and institutional sectors, completing over 3,000 projects between 1981 and 2019 with peak annual revenue of $400 million before ceasing operations in 2020.

Product overview

D.L. Withers Construction was a single, unified construction management and general contracting firm offering commercial, public sector, institutional, and transportation infrastructure construction services. The company operated primarily in Arizona with offices in Phoenix and Tucson, completing over 3,000 projects between 1981 and 2019. The core offerings included commercial building construction, government/municipal projects, educational facilities, aviation and transportation infrastructure, and specialty services such as building modeling technology for project visualization and D.L.Withers University for internal staff training and development. The company ceased operations around 2020.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 3,000+ projects completed between 1981 and 2019
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Subcontractors and Suppliers NetworkcoreOthersThe company maintained carefully selected subcontractor relationships based on quality of work, ability to stay on schedule, and willingness to solve problems. Hundreds of subcontractors and suppliers supported project execution across Arizona.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Gilbane Building Company: Large private GC and CM with strong education, government, and healthcare portfolios — direct overlap in the institutional and public-sector verticals where D.L. Withers competed.
• Turner Construction Company: Largest US commercial GC, competing across the same nonresidential verticals (commercial, education, healthcare, transportation). Provides the national scale benchmark against which regional GCs like D.L. Withers compete.
• JE Dunn Construction: Large national GC with significant Southwest regional operations covering commercial, education, healthcare, and government sectors. Broader scale but overlapping core markets and service lines.
• Hunt Construction Group (AECOM Hunt): Major commercial GC/CM (now part of AECOM) with deep aviation, transportation, sports, and large commercial project capabilities — overlapping with D.L. Withers' transportation and large-scale project work.
• DPR Construction: National commercial GC with advanced building information modeling and prefabrication capabilities — a tech-forward incumbent competing for similar nonresidential, institutional, and public-sector work.

Direct peers

• Sundt Construction: Arizona-headquartered general contractor and construction manager with similar public, private, and institutional project mix across the Southwest. Direct competitor in K-12, higher education, government, and commercial work in the same geography.
• Adolfson & Peterson Construction: Mid-sized regional GC with comparable commercial, education, and public-sector project mix across the Southwest and Mountain West. Similar size, model, and customer profile to D.L. Withers.
• Kitchell Corporation: Arizona-based commercial construction manager and general contractor with deep public-sector and institutional relationships across the same Phoenix market. Highly comparable in scale, geography, and client mix.
• McCarthy Building Companies: Large employee-owned GC and CM with strong Southwest presence and comparable portfolio of education, healthcare, government, and commercial projects. Direct competitor in Arizona institutional and public-sector work.

Emerging players

• Willmeng Construction: Arizona-based commercial GC with comparable tenant improvement, education, healthcare, and municipal project focus; a current market participant in the same Phoenix-area commercial building space D.L. Withers once dominated.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dl-withers-construction

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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