What Cessford Construction Company does

Cessford Construction Company is a regional construction materials and paving services provider headquartered operationally in Burlington, Iowa, with primary production centered on the Le Grand Quarry in Le Grand, Iowa. Founded as a family-owned business in Toledo, Iowa in the 1950s, the company expanded into asphalt paving in 1956 alongside the construction of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Interstate Highway System and acquired the Le Grand Quarry in the same year to secure proprietary aggregate supply. Today Cessford produces and sells aggregates, asphalt, ready-mix concrete, paving aggregates, landscaping sand, and landscaping gravel, and delivers professional services including concrete installation (sidewalks, curbing, steps, paving), construction grading, and full paving solutions.

The company's core technology is physical infrastructure: aggregate quarrying and processing, asphalt production, ready-mix concrete batching, and a delivery fleet supporting direct-to-jobsite distribution across Southeast Iowa and West Central Illinois. The vertically integrated quarry-to-paver model — anchored by Le Grand Quarry — is the defining operational asset. Distribution is regional and direct, supported by online material calculators, a content marketing blog (Industry Insights), and a quote-based sales motion with no publicly disclosed pricing tiers.

Cessford has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of CRH plc (NYSE: CRH), one of the world's largest building materials companies, since 2007 and operates within CRH's Americas Materials division. Revenue is generated through two streams: one-time construction materials sales to residential, commercial, industrial, and government customers, and professional paving and construction services. Pricing is project-specific and quote-based. No public revenue, headcount, or backlog figures are disclosed; the company is private and reports only through the consolidated financials of its CRH parent.

Name

Cessford Construction Company

Legal name

Cessford Construction Company

Website

https://cessfordconstruction.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1950

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Cessford Construction Company is a regional aggregates, asphalt, ready-mix concrete, and paving services provider serving Southeast Iowa and West Central Illinois from its Le Grand Quarry and production facilities. It has operated as a subsidiary of CRH plc since 2007, supplying residential, commercial, industrial, and government customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Materials and Services

NAICS

Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block Manufacturing (324121), Site Preparation Contractors (23891), Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors (23811)

SIC

Asphalt Paving & Roofing Materials (2950), Concrete Products, Except Block & Brick (3272), Construction - Special Trade Contractors (1700)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction Aggregates Mining & Processing (Sand, Gravel, Crushed Stone) (IMADAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sand & Gravel Extraction & Processing (IMAKAHAB)

Keywords

• Construction aggregates supply
• Ready-mix concrete
• Asphalt paving services
• Construction grading services
• Landscaping materials supply

Headquarters

HQ city

Le Grand

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Construction Materials Sales: Cessford Construction generates revenue primarily through the sale of construction materials including aggregates, asphalt, paving aggregates, ready-mix concrete, landscaping sand, and landscaping gravel. Products are sold to residential, commercial, and industrial construction customers for various project applications.
2. Paving and Construction Services: The company provides construction services including concrete services (sidewalks, curbing, steps, paving), construction grading, and full paving solutions. These services are offered alongside their material products to provide complete construction solutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Cessford Construction Company supplies construction materials — including aggregates, asphalt, ready-mix concrete, sand, and gravel — and delivers construction services such as concrete work, site grading, and paving. The company operates two business segments (Construction Materials and Construction Services) and serves customers across Southeast Iowa and West Central Illinois.

Product overview

Cessford Construction Company operates as a construction materials and services provider offering a unified portfolio of aggregates, asphalt, and paving solutions. The product suite includes Concrete Services (foundations, driveways, sidewalks, curbing, steps, paving), Grading services, Paving Aggregates, Landscaping Sand, and Landscaping Gravel. Additionally, Material Calculators serve as an online tool enabling customers to estimate cubic yards or tons required for concrete flatwork, concrete columns, asphalt, aggregate, and landscape products. The company primarily serves Southeast Iowa and West Central Illinois, providing both materials and construction services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Concrete Services
• Grading
• Paving Aggregates
• Landscaping Sand
• Landscaping Gravel

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CRH (Oldcastle)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007In 2007, Cessford Construction Company became part of the CRH family (NYSE: CRH), one of the world's largest building materials companies. As a subsidiary of CRH Americas Materials, Cessford benefits from access to global resources, operational expertise, industry best practices, and capital resources while maintaining its regional presence and operations in Southeast Iowa and West Central Illinois.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Summit Materials: Vertically integrated construction materials company with aggregates, cement, asphalt, and ready-mix operations across U.S. regional markets. Closely comparable to Cessford in the aggregates-and-asphalt-vertical-integration model and the regional/sub-national footprint.
• Knife River Corporation: Aggregates, asphalt, ready-mix, and paving services provider operating across the western, central, and southern U.S. Highly comparable to Cessford in business model — vertically integrated heavy-side materials with regional operating footprint.
• Sterling Infrastructure (formerly Sterling Construction): Heavy-civil and specialty services contractor with a strong Midwest and South-Central presence in transportation and water infrastructure. Comparable to Cessford on the paving/grading services side and Midwest regional footprint.

Broad incumbents

• CRH plc: Global building materials group and Cessford's direct parent. Comparable as the platform under which Cessford operates and as the broader industry context (aggregates, asphalt, paving at global scale).
• Granite Construction: Vertically integrated heavy-civil contractor and materials producer with aggregates, asphalt, and paving operations serving public infrastructure markets. Comparable to Cessford's combined materials + paving services model.
• Martin Marietta Materials: One of the largest U.S. producers of aggregates (crushed stone, sand, gravel) and a major supplier of asphalt and ready-mix concrete. Directly comparable to Cessford in the aggregates and heavy-side materials business, but operates nationally with vastly greater scale.
• Vulcan Materials Company: The largest U.S. producer of construction aggregates with vertically integrated asphalt and concrete operations. Directly comparable product set to Cessford (aggregates, asphalt, ready-mix, paving services) at a national scale.
• Oldcastle (CRH Americas Materials): CRH's U.S. materials and products arm, operating aggregates, asphalt, and ready-mix plants across the U.S. Directly comparable as Cessford's sister operations and the most operationally similar broad portfolio of regional materials businesses.

Regional players

• Wendling Quarries: Eastern Iowa-based family-owned aggregates, asphalt, and concrete producer with a long operating history. Closely comparable to Cessford as a long-tenured regional aggregates and paving materials competitor in the Iowa market.
• RiverStone Group: Regional aggregates, ready-mix concrete, and asphalt producer serving the Quad Cities / Eastern Iowa / Western Illinois region. Highly comparable to Cessford on a smaller scale with substantial geographic overlap in the same SE Iowa / W Central Illinois markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cessford-construction-company-inc.

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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