What Zachry Group does

Zachry Group, founded in 1924 and headquartered at 527 Logwood Avenue in San Antonio, Texas, is a privately held (Zachry Holdings, Inc.) EPC contractor serving North American energy, chemicals, power, refining, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. The company employs more than 20,000 people across 35+ offices and 400+ locations, operating through wholly-owned subsidiaries including Zachry Engineering Corporation, Zachry Nuclear Engineering (ZNE), JV Industrial Companies (JVIC), Madison Industrial, Ambitech Engineering Corporation, Computer Simulation & Analysis (CSA), Trillium Advisory Group, Zachry Sustainability Solutions, and Numerical Advisory Solutions.

The company's core product set spans full-service engineering (FEL/FEED, detailed design), EPC project execution, long-term maintenance services, turnaround and specialty services (JVIC), pipe and vessel fabrication (JVIC Fabrication, 200,000+ square feet of indoor space, 5,000+ pipe spools per month), procurement, and advanced analysis and simulation. Proprietary technology includes GOTHIC, RETRAN, VIPRE, PROTO Tools, and RADTRAD-NAI software developed with EPRI sponsorship, plus AI/ML and digital twin capabilities delivered through Numerical Advisory Solutions. The business model is enterprise project-based: revenue is generated through negotiated EPC contracts (multi-year), long-term managed maintenance agreements, professional engineering services, turnaround services, and fabrication hardware sales, with pricing not publicly disclosed.

Zachry serves a concentrated roster of Fortune 500 customers including Golden Pass LNG (Qatar Petroleum/ExxonMobil), Freeport LNG, Cameron LNG, Chevron Phillips Chemical, ExxonMobil, BASF, Dominion Virginia Power, Exelon Generation, Duke Energy, OPPD, LG&E, Calpine, X-energy, TerraPower, Natura Resources, and NET Power. The company executed major capital projects such as Warren County Power Station (1,346 MW), Mill Creek Generating Station retrofit (1,472 MW AQCS), Freeport LNG three-train facility (13.9 million tons/year), and Golden Pass LNG (approximately 16 million tons/year). In May 2024, Zachry Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy primarily due to financial challenges on the Golden Pass LNG project, with the court approving its restructuring plan in February 2025.

Name

Zachry Group

Legal name

Zachry Industrial, Inc.

Website

https://zachrygroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1924

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Zachry Group is a privately held San Antonio-based EPC contractor providing engineering, construction, maintenance, turnaround, and fabrication services to Fortune 500 energy, chemicals, power, refining, and industrial customers across North America, with more than 20,000 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Engineering and Construction Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction Management & General Contracting (EPCM, Scheduling, QA/QC, HSE) (EUAMAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Balance-of-Plant (BOP) EPC (Turbine Island, Conventional Systems, Buildings) (EUAKAAAF), Balance-of-Plant (BOP) & Civil Works for Power Plants (EUAEAAAL)

Keywords

• Industrial EPC services
• Engineering procurement construction
• Plant maintenance turnaround
• Petrochemical facility construction
• Nuclear power engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

San Antonio

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices22 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. EPC Projects: Full-service engineering, procurement, and construction services for major industrial capital projects including LNG terminals, petrochemical plants, power generation facilities, and nuclear installations. Revenue recognized through project-based contracts with long execution timelines.
2. Engineering Services: Full-service engineering and design capabilities for engineering studies, FEL/FEED, and detailed design for power, petrochemical, refining, and nuclear industries.
3. Maintenance Services: Long-term maintenance contracts providing ongoing facility maintenance, reliability services, and operational support. Revenue model based on multi-year service agreements with customers like Cheniere Energy (10-year renewal) and Chevron Phillips Chemical (5-year extension).
4. Turnaround Services: Specialized turnaround and specialty services for process industries through JVIC, including planning, execution, tower services, piping, welding, and mechanical services during planned outages.
5. Fabrication Services: Pipe, vessel, and modular fabrication through JVIC Fabrication with over 200,000 square feet of indoor fabrication space. Production capacity of 5,000+ pipe spools per month.
6. Analysis and Simulation Services: Advisory services, software development, and advanced modeling and simulation through Numerical Advisory Solutions for complex technical challenges in nuclear and energy industries.
7. Procurement Services: Full-service procurement group providing supply chain services including sourcing, buying operations, field procurement, subcontract management, material control, expediting, and logistics.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Zachry Group delivers turnkey engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for major industrial capital projects in the energy, chemicals, power, manufacturing, and industrial sectors, complemented by long-term maintenance, turnaround, specialty, and pipe/vessel fabrication services. The company also provides advanced analytical and simulation services through Numerical Advisory Solutions and is expanding into energy-transition projects (carbon capture, hydrogen, renewable fuels, advanced nuclear) via Zachry Sustainability Solutions.

Product overview

Zachry Group is North America's leading provider of turnkey engineering, construction, maintenance, turnaround, and fabrication services to the energy, chemicals, power, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. The company's portfolio consists of multiple integrated service offerings: Engineering and EPC Projects (full-service design and capital project execution), Maintenance Services (ongoing facility maintenance), Turnaround Services via JVIC (specialized shutdown/maintenance services), Fabrication via JVIC (pipe and vessel fabrication), Analysis and Simulation via Numerical Advisory Solutions (advanced modeling with AI/machine learning/digital twins), Digital Project Delivery via Trillium Advisory Group (digital transformation consulting), Zachry Sustainability Solutions (decarbonization services for carbon capture, hydrogen, renewables, nuclear), and Zachry Nuclear Engineering (nuclear industry services). Zachry Group operates across 400+ locations with approximately 20,000 employees and has been serving customers since 1924.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• EPC Projects Full-service engineering, procurement, and construction services for major industrial capital projects across energy, chemicals, power, and manufacturing sectors, including LNG terminals, petrochemical complexes, refineries, and power plants.
• Engineering Full-service engineering and design capabilities for engineering studies, FEL/FEED, and detailed design services for power, petrochemical, refining, and nuclear industries.
• Maintenance Services Long-term maintenance and reliability services for industrial facilities including mechanical and soft craft maintenance work, supporting customers such as Cheniere Energy (10-year renewal) and Chevron Phillips Chemical (5-year extension).
• Turnaround Services (JVIC) Turnaround, specialty, and project services for America's process industries, including planning, scheduling, piping, specialty welding, tower services, mechanical and exchanger services, and bolt torqueing/machining, delivered through JV Industrial Companies (JVIC).
• Fabrication (JVIC) Turnkey industrial pipe and vessel fabrication with over 200,000 square feet of indoor fabrication space, ASME Code fabrication capabilities, 46 acres of laydown yardage, and 5,000+ pipe spools per month production capacity.
• Analysis and Simulation (Numerical Advisory Solutions) Advanced analytical solutions and modeling including thermal hydraulics analysis, radiological analysis, and safety analysis for nuclear and energy industries, delivered through Numerical Advisory Solutions using proprietary software (GOTHIC, RETRAN, VIPRE, RADTRAD-NAI, PROTO Tools) and AI/ML/digital-twin capabilities.
• Digital Project Delivery (Trillium Advisory Group) Digital project delivery and construction consulting services including data analytics, machine learning, Advanced Work Packaging, BIM, and digital twinning, delivered through Trillium Advisory Group.
• Zachry Sustainability Solutions Sustainability and energy-transition services focused on decarbonization markets, including carbon capture, hydrogen, renewable fuels and chemicals, and nuclear energy projects.
• Nuclear Engineering and Construction (Zachry Nuclear Engineering) Engineering, design, licensing support, dry fuel storage solutions, and construction project management for operating nuclear plants and advanced reactor developers (X-energy Xe-100, TerraPower, Natura Resources MSR).
• Procurement Full-service procurement group providing supply chain services including sourcing, buying operations, field procurement, subcontract management, material control, expediting, and logistics.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99% elimination of sulfur dioxide, mercury and particulate matter emissions at Mill Creek Generating Station
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers24 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

28 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, major, core and supporting.

• TerraPowerflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 September 2024Awarded BOA (Basis of Agreement) for TerraPower's Advanced Nuclear Project. DOE Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program. Major nuclear expansion initiative.
• Terrestrial EnergymajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 September 2024MOU signed to accelerate IMSR (Integral Molten Salt Reactor) plant development and deployment. Partnership to support energy transition through advanced nuclear technology.
• Natura ResourcesflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 August 2023Engineering Services Agreement for Detailed Design Engineering of Natura's first Molten Salt Reactor system at Abilene Christian University. ZNE responsible for FEED review and NRC design approval. MSR designed to be one of first advanced reactors licensed by NRC.
• Abilene Christian UniversitymajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 August 2023Site of first Natura Resources MSR deployment. Construction permit application under review with NRC. Completed Science and Engineering Research Center to house the research reactor.
• Texas A&M UniversitymajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 August 2023Part of Natura Resources Research Alliance along with UT Austin and Georgia Tech. University partnership supporting advanced reactor development and deployment.
• University of Texas at AustinmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 August 2023Part of Natura Resources Research Alliance for MSR deployment. University partnership supporting advanced reactor technology development.
• Georgia Institute of TechnologymajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 August 2023Part of Natura Resources Research Alliance for advanced reactor development. University partnership supporting MSR technology deployment.
• NET PowerflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 April 2023First EPC Partner licensed by NET Power to provide FEED and EPC services for world's first large-scale gas-fired power facility with near-zero emissions. FEED underway in Houston office, facility expected online in 2026. Represents Zachry Sustainability Solutions focus.
• Technip EnergiescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 March 2023Partnership with Technip Energies and Shell Catalysts & Technologies for Calpine's Baytown carbon capture project. Zachry providing OSBL engineering, utility systems, construction planning. Project designed to capture 2 million tons per annum of CO2.
• Shell Catalysts & TechnologiescoreTechnology or Integration · 9 March 2023Strategic alliance with Shell for CANSOLV CO2 Capture System technology. Project at Calpine's Baytown Energy Center representing 95% CO2 emissions capture from processed flue gas.
• CalpineflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 March 2023Carbon capture unit project in Baytown, Texas. Partnership with Technip Energies and Shell providing complete end-to-end solution. Project showcases CCS as critical emissions-reduction technology.
• Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)supportingTechnology or Integration · 9 March 2023GOTHIC, RETRAN and VIPRE software incorporate technology developed for the electric power industry under EPRI sponsorship. Ongoing relationship for nuclear and power industry software development.
• Numerical Advisory SolutionscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 August 2022Subsidiary of Zachry Group providing unique analytical solutions and modeling. Uses cutting edge technologies including AI, machine learning, and digital twins. Nearly 40 years of industry experience in thermal hydraulics, radiological analysis, safety analysis and software development.
• X-energyflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 July 2022Selected as constructor for design and deployment of Xe-100 advanced reactor fleet. DOE Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program project. Paradigm shift with constructors engaged early in development process. Each reactor 80 MW electric, optimized as four-unit plant (320 MW).
• JGC America, Inc. (JZJV)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 April 2022Joint venture for Cameron LNG expansion FEED and EPC Bid Agreement. JZJV responsible for FEED design work followed by EPC proposal submission. Expansion project adding fourth train to existing three-train facility.
• Trillium Advisory GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 September 2021Acquired in 2021. Full-service construction consultancy focused on digitalization and digital transformation. Founded 2018, headquartered in Calgary. Supports clients globally in commercial, energy, infrastructure, heavy industrial sectors. Key areas: data analytics, machine learning, Advanced Work Packaging, BIM, digital twinning.
• Burns & McDonnellcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2019Joint venture partner for Warren County Power Station project with Dominion. Also partnered with Burns & McDonnell on Exelon Generation projects. Combined capabilities for successful project delivery.
• Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 June 2019Selected to construct two-train polyethylene unit for Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (GCGV) chemical complex near Corpus Christi, Texas. GCGV is a joint venture of ExxonMobil and Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC).
• Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (ExxonMobil/SABIC)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 June 2019Joint venture between ExxonMobil and Saudi Basic Industries Corporation building chemical complex near Corpus Christi. Zachry/MHIA building polyethylene unit as part of 1.8 MTPA ethane cracker and 1.1 MTPA MEG facility.
• Chiyoda International CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 February 2019Joint venture partnership with Chiyoda for Golden Pass LNG export terminal project in Sabine, Texas. Chiyoda joined the Zachry-CB&I joint venture for LNG liquefaction projects. Partners on multiple LNG projects including Freeport LNG and Cameron LNG expansion.
• McDermott International Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 February 2019Joint venture partnership with McDermott for Golden Pass LNG export terminal. Previously partnered on Freeport LNG project where McDermott was engaged for Pre-FEED in 2011 followed by FEED works. Major partner for LNG liquefaction projects.
• Qatar Petroleum / ExxonMobil (Golden Pass)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 February 2019EPC contract with Golden Pass Products LLC, a joint venture partnership of Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil affiliates, for LNG liquefaction and export facilities with production capacity of around 16 million tons per year.
• Ambitech Engineering CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2017Acquired in 2017. Global full-service provider of engineering, design, project management, procurement and construction management services. 750 employees across US, India, Philippines, Middle East. Ranked No. 107 on ENR's 2016 Top 500 Design Firms.
• Catalyst Services (from Clean Harbors)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2016Acquired from Clean Harbors in 2016 and rebranded as JVIC Catalyst Services. International leader in catalyst change-out services with expertise in refining and petrochemicals. 500 employees operating in US, Canada and Trinidad.
• Computer Simulation & Analysis, Inc. (CSA)coreTechnology or Integration · 4 February 2015Acquired by Zachry Nuclear Engineering in 2015. Specialized in nuclear safety and operational transient analysis, power plant simulation and computer software development. Based in Idaho Falls. SBA Tibbetts Award winner.
• TechnipcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 October 2013Gulf Coast Partners partnership with Technip for Chevron Phillips Chemical polyethylene project. Zachry Industrial and Technip formed Gulf Coast Partners to build two 500,000 MTA polyethylene plants for Chevron Phillips Chemical.
• CB&I (Chicago Bridge & Iron)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2013Joint venture for Freeport LNG liquefaction project. CB&I led engineering and design while Zachry led field management and direct-hire construction. Partnership expanded to include Chiyoda for Train 3.
• JV Industrial Companies (JVIC)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 October 2012Acquired in 2012. Leading provider of turnaround and specialty services to America's process industries. 20 office locations throughout US. Services refining, petrochemical, midstream oil and gas, forest products, fertilizer/ammonia markets. Includes JVIC Fabrication and JVIC Catalyst Services.

Scale indicators20 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• Jacobs Solutions Inc. Large, publicly traded professional services firm spanning critical infrastructure, advanced facilities and life sciences. Overlaps with Zachry on industrial engineering, environmental remediation, and nuclear services, and is a known alumni employer of several Zachry executives.

Direct peers

• Bechtel Corporation: Largest privately held US EPC contractor with deep LNG, power, nuclear and refining capabilities. Closest like-for-like private peer given shared focus on mega-EPC execution, nuclear, and government-adjacent industrial work.
• Fluor Corporation: One of the largest publicly traded global EPC contractors serving energy, chemicals, mining, power and government clients. Directly comparable as a competing integrator on LNG, petrochemical, refining, and power EPC megaprojects, with overlapping self-perform capabilities.
• Technip Energies: Leading LNG, petrochemical and energy-transition EPC contractor. Recurring JV partner with Zachry (Gulf Coast Partners for CPChem polyethylene and Calpine Baytown CCS) and a direct competitor on ethylene and decarbonization projects.
• KBR, Inc. Global engineering, procurement, construction and government services provider with comparable refining/petchem EPC and maintenance exposure. Direct overlap with Zachry on energy, chemicals and sustainable technology solutions projects and a similar services/government mix.
• McDermott International: Premier LNG liquefaction EPC contractor and recurring JV partner with Zachry on Golden Pass and Freeport LNG. Closest peer in LNG modular construction, with parallel Chapter 11 histories underlining shared lump-sum EPC risk profile.
• Worley Limited: Energy, chemicals and resources project services and EPC contractor — a direct competitor on petrochemical, refining, LNG and energy-transition projects, and the recent employer of multiple Zachry senior hires, signaling overlapping talent and customer overlap.
• Burns & McDonnell: Privately held engineering, architecture, construction and environmental services firm with strong power generation and T&D EPC overlap. JV partner with Zachry on Warren County (Dominion) and Exelon Generation projects, and a direct competitor on US power EPC.
• Black & Veatch: Global EPC and consulting company focused on power, water and telecommunications infrastructure. Direct competitor on power generation EPC and energy-transition work; recent employer of Zachry's SVP of Engineering Services.

Emerging players

• MasTec, Inc. Infrastructure construction contractor across power delivery, oil & gas pipelines, clean energy and communications. Comparable in energy infrastructure field execution, with growing clean-energy and LNG-related exposure, though narrower than Zachry's process-industry focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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