What Chervenell Construction does

Chervenell Construction is a private, full-service general contractor founded in 1975 by Gary Chervenell and headquartered in Kennewick, Washington, with a second office in Walla Walla established in 2017 through the acquisition of Opp & Siebold Construction. The company delivers commercial, institutional, and industrial construction projects under multiple delivery methods including Bid/Build, Construction Management, Design/Build, Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP), Lump Sum, Cost Plus, and Development/Build to Suit-Lease. Its project portfolio spans ten market sectors — Education (K-12 and Higher-Ed), Healthcare, Public Safety/Government, Manufacturing/Industrial, Food & Beverage/Hospitality, Retail, Office/Commercial, Multi-Family, and Community/Civic — and is licensed to operate in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho across roughly a 120-mile radius of the Tri-Cities.

The core operating model centers on traditional construction execution with full-time on-site supervision staffed on every project, supported by a formal subcontractor qualification portal and an in-house team of project managers, superintendents, lead carpenters, and a controller. Notable project credentials include a 67,000 SF higher-education building for Columbia Basin College, a 61,000 SF multi-tenant medical office building for Kadlec Regional Medical Center, a 53,000 SF medical-dental clinic for YVFWC, a $5.2M fire station for the City of Pasco, a 20,500 SF police facility for the West Richland Police Department, and a 21,000 SF winery for Bookwalter Winery. The company emphasizes on-time delivery (documented ~4-month acceleration for Hermiston School District campuses) and safety performance, with an EMR as low as 0.6, a 20-year average EMR of 0.64, and multiple AGC Zero Incident Rate awards between 2015 and 2020.

Revenue is generated through one-time construction contracts awarded via competitive public-sector bidding (RFQ/RFP) and direct client engagement on negotiated or private work; pricing is quote-based and project-specific with no publicly listed tiers. The go-to-market is sales-led and reputation-based, relying on client referrals, public bid lists, and a long-tenured regional brand rather than paid digital marketing. Ownership transitioned from founder Gary Chervenell (retired 2018) to a management-led team, with Brandon Mayfield serving as President since 2018 alongside VP Manny Torrez and Senior Project Manager/owner Kyle Clark; the company operates without external institutional investors or a parent company.

Name

Chervenell Construction

Legal name

Chervenell Construction

Website

https://chervenell.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Chervenell Construction is a private, full-service general contractor founded in 1975, delivering commercial, institutional, and industrial projects across education, healthcare, government, manufacturing, and hospitality sectors in the Pacific Northwest under multiple delivery methods.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

General Contracting / Construction Services

NAICS

Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (23622), Industrial Building Construction (23621)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540)

akta.pro primary industry

Office & Corporate Building Construction (IMAFACAA)

Keywords

• General contracting services
• Commercial construction services
• Design build construction
• Construction management services
• Educational facility construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Kennewick

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. General Construction Services: Revenue is generated through construction contracts with various delivery methods including Lump Sum, Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP), Cost Plus, Design/Build, Bid/Build, and Construction Management arrangements. The company serves diverse market sectors with project sizes ranging from smaller retail builds to large-scale institutional projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Chervenell Construction is a full-service general contractor providing commercial, institutional, and industrial construction services across the Pacific Northwest. The company executes projects through multiple delivery methods including Bid/Build, Construction Management, Design/Build, Development/Build to Suit-Lease, and Consulting, with every project staffed by full-time on-site supervision to ensure quality and on-time delivery.

Product overview

Chervenell Construction is a full-service general contracting company offering construction services across multiple sectors. The company's core offering consists of general construction services with various project delivery methods including Bid/Build, Construction Management, Design/Build, Development/Build to Suit-Lease, and Consulting. Projects span across diverse categories including Community, Eats & Drinks, Healthcare, Higher-Ed, Manufacturing, Multi-Family/Hospitality, Office, Pre-K & K-12, Public Safety, and Retail sectors. The company emphasizes full-time on-site supervision for every project to ensure quality work delivered on time.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• General Construction Services Full-service general contracting covering commercial, institutional, and industrial construction across the Pacific Northwest. Each project is staffed with full-time on-site supervision and delivered through multiple methods including Bid/Build, Construction Management, Design/Build, Development/Build to Suit-Lease, and Consulting.
• Construction Project Delivery Services Delivery method offerings for clients selecting the contractual and project execution framework that fits their needs, including Bid/Build, Construction Management, Design/Build, Development/Build to Suit-Lease, and Consulting services.

Quantifiable outcome

• EMR (Experience Modification Rate) as low as 0.6, significantly below industry average
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• BNBuilders: BNBuilders is a Seattle-based general contractor growing rapidly across healthcare, life sciences, and education in the PNW. It represents a next-generation, technology-enabled regional peer that Chervenell increasingly encounters in larger negotiated pursuits.

Broad incumbents

• Gilbane Building Company: Gilbane is a national construction manager with significant healthcare, education, and public-sector work. It is comparable in delivery-method breadth and frequently competes with regional GCs on mid-size institutional projects across the PNW.
• Swinerton: Swinerton is a large national general contractor with deep Pacific Northwest operations serving commercial, healthcare, and public-sector owners. It competes with Chervenell for larger negotiated and design-build opportunities while also serving as a benchmark for the scale-up trajectory.
• Turner Construction Company: Turner is one of the largest U.S. general contractors with a strong Pacific Northwest presence across healthcare, education, and commercial building. It represents the upper-scale competitive pressure Chervenell faces on larger institutional pursuits.

Direct peers

• Andersen Construction: Andersen is a Pacific Northwest general contractor with comparable multi-sector commercial, healthcare, education, and public-sector work and similar design-build and CM delivery capabilities. It serves many of the same institutional clients across Oregon and Washington.
• Lydig Construction: Lydig is a Washington-based general contractor focused on commercial, healthcare, education, and public-sector construction in the Pacific Northwest. It shares Chervenell's emphasis on long-tenured owner relationships and multi-delivery-method execution.
• Bouten Construction Company: Bouten is a Tri-Cities-based general contractor with a comparable regional footprint and similar-sized commercial, healthcare, education, and industrial project portfolio. It competes head-to-head with Chervenell for the same Pacific Northwest owner clients and is the closest like-for-like peer in the home market.
• Absher Construction: Absher is a Pacific Northwest general contractor headquartered in Washington with comparable multi-family, hospitality, public-sector, and commercial experience. It competes in adjacent geographies for similar owner relationships.
• Walsh Construction Company: Walsh is a Pacific Northwest general contractor (Portland-area) operating across commercial, healthcare, education, and public-sector projects. It competes for many of the same design-build and negotiated work opportunities in Oregon and Washington.
• Lease Crutcher Lewis: Lease Crutcher Lewis is a Washington-state general contractor delivering nonresidential commercial, healthcare, education, and life-science projects using GMP, design-build, and CM delivery. It is comparable in operating model, though larger in scale and headquartered in Seattle.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

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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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