Built Wright Construction

What Built Wright Construction does

Built Wright Construction (BWC) is a Waco, Texas-based, founder-owned general contracting and construction management firm founded in 1998 by Tom Wright. Originally established as a steel construction company, BWC was transitioned in 2006 into a full-service General Contractor and Construction Management firm. The company offers eight service lines spanning the construction lifecycle: Program Management, Pre-Construction Estimating, Pre-Construction Scheduling, Design Build Construction, Traditional General Contracting, "At Risk" Construction Management, Construction Management as an Agent, and Strategic Contracting Partnerships. Pricing is project-based and quote-only, with no publicly disclosed rates.

BWC serves enterprise clients across at least seven verticals — healthcare, K-12 education, financial services, commercial/retail, industrial, government/municipal, and religious — with a documented project portfolio that includes bank branches (American Bank, Alliance Bank Central Texas, Prosperity Bank), schools (Kids R Kids Learning Academy, China Spring ISD, Abbott ISD), healthcare facilities (Heart of Texas Behavioral Health Network crisis center), industrial facilities (Abacus Engineering, Forget Power, Starcorr Sheets), religious buildings (Grace Church, Joshua Baptist Church, First Woodway Baptist Church), and government work (City of Waco animal shelter). The firm holds a 100% Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) certification, differentiating it in diversity-driven public and private procurement.

The business operates a regional direct-sales model, securing contracts through referrals, reputation, and repeat relationships across the Central Texas corridor. There are no disclosed funding rounds, M&A activity, subsidiaries, or external institutional investors; Tom Wright remains actively involved in leadership. Marketing is limited to a company website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Yelp, and a Google Business Profile. The firm carries no disclosed AI/ML capabilities and is positioned as a traditional, relationship-driven regional general contractor rather than a technology-forward construction platform.

Name

Built Wright Construction

Legal name

Built Wright Construction

Website

https://built-wright.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Built Wright Construction is a Waco, Texas-based, founder-owned general contracting and construction management firm founded in 1998. It delivers pre-construction, design-build, and at-risk construction services across healthcare, education, financial, industrial, government, and religious verticals in Central Texas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Services

NAICS

Nonresidential Building Construction (2362), Industrial Building Construction (236210)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540)

akta.pro primary industry

Design-Build / EPC General Contracting (IMAFAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Construction Management (Agency/Owner’s Rep) (IMAFAAAC), Office & Corporate Building Construction (IMAFACAA)

Keywords

• General contracting services
• Construction management services
• Design build construction
• Pre-construction estimating
• Commercial construction projects

Headquarters

HQ city

Waco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. General Contracting Services: Traditional general contracting services for construction projects including pre-construction and construction phase services. Revenue generated through project-based contracts for both new construction and renovation projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Built Wright Construction is a full-service General Contracting and Construction Management firm offering pre-construction and construction services across healthcare, commercial/retail, K-12 education, financial, industrial, worship, and government/municipal sectors in Central Texas. The firm delivers Program Management, Pre-Construction Estimating, Pre-Construction Scheduling, Design Build Construction, Traditional General Contracting, "At Risk" Construction Management, Construction Management as an Agent, and Strategic Contracting Partnerships.

Product overview

Built Wright Construction (BWC) is a full-service General Contracting and Construction Management firm offering a portfolio of construction services. The company provides eight distinct service offerings: Program Management, Pre-Construction Estimating, Pre-Construction Scheduling, Design Build Construction, Traditional General Contracting, "At Risk" Construction Management, Construction Management as an Agent, and Strategic Contracting Partnerships. These services cover the full construction lifecycle from initial planning through project completion, serving markets including healthcare, commercial/retail, K-12 education, financial, industrial, and government/municipal sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 4.8 star customer rating demonstrates high client satisfaction
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers21 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Austin Industries: Dallas-based family-owned general contractor and construction management firm serving commercial, industrial, and institutional markets across Texas. Closely comparable in size, family/founder-owned ownership structure, regional Texas operating model, and breadth of pre-construction through construction-management service offerings.
• Flintco, LLC: Tulsa, Oklahoma-based (with Austin/Dallas offices) diverse general contractor delivering commercial, education, healthcare, and industrial projects. Comparable as a regional full-service GC operating in Texas with design-build, at-risk CM, and traditional contracting capabilities parallel to BWC.
• CORE Construction Group: Illinois-based mid-size general contractor operating across multiple US regions with full pre-construction, design-build, and CM services for commercial, education, healthcare, and government clients. Relevant comparable on size, service breadth, and vertical mix.
• Manhattan Construction Group: Oklahoma-headquartered general contractor with a major Texas operating presence, providing design-build, CM, and program management for commercial, education, healthcare, and government clients. Comparable regional GC profile with similar vertical mix to BWC and overlapping Central/South-Central US geography.
• Hoar Construction: Birmingham, Alabama-headquartered mid-size general contractor with offices across the southern US, serving commercial, healthcare, education, and multifamily sectors. Similar service mix, similar relationship-led/regional operating model, and comparable size bracket to BWC.
• Robins & Morton: Birmingham-based general contractor known for healthcare, education, and commercial construction with a regional multi-state footprint. Comparable as a mid-size diversified GC with strong vertical specialization, similar size, and similar pre-construction-to-delivery service profile.

Broad incumbents

• Balfour Beatty US: US arm of the UK-headquartered infrastructure and construction group, operating a general contracting and CM business in education, commercial, and government markets. Large national competitor in the same verticals BWC serves, with significant central-Texas institutional project history.
• Gilbane Building Company: Major US general contractor with deep healthcare, education, and government/public-sector practices. Operates CM, design-build, and program management nationally and competes with regional GCs like BWC for institutional and healthcare work in Central Texas.
• JE Dunn Construction: Large national general contractor with strong healthcare, education, and commercial practices and offices throughout the southern and central US. Overlaps BWC directly in healthcare, education, and commercial vertical bidding across Texas.
• Turner Construction Company: One of the largest US commercial general contractors, serving healthcare, education, commercial, and government markets nationally with full construction management and design-build capabilities. Broad incumbent whose Texas operations (and Central Texas presence) compete for the same enterprise RFPs BWC pursues.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/BuiltWrightConstruction
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/built-wright-construction
• Xx.com/builtwrightcon

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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