GBA Builders

What GBA Builders does

GBA Builders is a US-based construction management and project delivery firm headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas, founded in 2004 and operating as a subsidiary of GBA Companies, Inc., a diversified parent group that also owns Compli (compliance services), GBA Facility Services, I-Solutions, and ViroCon. The firm focuses on building and managing complex facilities in regulated industries — specifically pharmaceutical and life sciences, mission critical (data center) environments, healthcare, industrial, and federal projects — with explicit positioning around EM 385-1-1 federal compliance, FDA-compliant life sciences execution, and zero-downtime mission critical delivery.

GBA Builders' core service offering comprises construction management and preconstruction services, supplemented by a Trade Partner Program (accessible via gbabuildersplans.com) that onboards subcontractor capacity for project execution. The firm markets a safety-first operating model, citing an Experience Modification Rate (EMR) below the industry average, zero-tolerance workplace safety programs, and a zero-accident/injury objective, with safety procedures developed early in the preconstruction phase. Technology and delivery tools referenced are conventional construction management practices plus drone/UAV site surveying as an emerging capability.

GBA Builders generates revenue through project-based construction management contracts, with pricing determined by project scope, complexity, and client requirements rather than through publicly disclosed rate cards or SaaS pricing. Its go-to-market is direct enterprise engagement with facility owners and operators in regulated sectors within the United States. The firm has approximately 56 employees and is privately held with no external funding rounds or public listing disclosed.

Name

GBA Builders

Legal name

GBA Builders

Website

https://gbabuilders.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

GBA Builders is a US-based construction management and preconstruction services firm specializing in complex facility and process projects for pharmaceutical, mission critical, healthcare, industrial, and federal clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Management Services

NAICS

Industrial Building Construction (23621), Nonresidential Building Construction (2362), Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (236220)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540)

akta.pro primary industry

Pharmaceutical & Biotech Manufacturing Facility Construction (IMAFADAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Semiconductor & Electronics Fab Construction (Cleanrooms) (IMAFADAJ), Office & Corporate Building Construction (IMAFACAA)

Keywords

• Construction management services
• Preconstruction planning services
• Regulated industry construction
• Mission critical facilities
• Pharmaceutical facility construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Lenexa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Construction Project Management Services: GBA Builders generates revenue through construction management and project delivery services for complex facilities in regulated industries. Revenue is earned through project-based contracts with clients in pharmaceutical, mission critical, healthcare, industrial, and federal sectors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

GBA Builders delivers construction management and preconstruction services for complex facility and process projects in regulated industries, including pharmaceutical, mission critical, healthcare, industrial, and federal sectors. The firm maintains the integrity of client business operations during construction and supports projects through safety-driven preconstruction planning and execution. Its offerings are contracted directly with facility owners and operators in the United States.

Product overview

GBA Builders operates as a construction services firm providing project management and construction services for regulated industries. The company offers construction management and preconstruction services as its core offerings, with a trade partner program enabling collaboration with external contractors. Services target pharmaceutical, mission critical, healthcare, industrial, federal, and other regulated industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Construction Management Services Project management services for complex facility and process projects in pharmaceutical, mission critical, healthcare, industrial, federal, and other regulated industries, with emphasis on maintaining the integrity of client business operations during construction.
• Preconstruction Services

Quantifiable outcome

• EMR below industry average
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GBA Facility ServicescoreOthersGBA Facility Services is an affiliate company within the GBA Team of Companies. Both operate under the GBA umbrella and likely share resources, expertise, and client relationships across the construction and facility services value chain.
• CompliminorOthersCompli is an affiliate company within the GBA Team of Companies, providing compliance-related services that complement GBA Builders' construction services for regulated industries.
• I-SolutionsminorOthersI-Solutions is an affiliate company within the GBA Team of Companies, providing technology or information solutions that may support construction and facility projects.
• ViroConminorOthersViroCon is an affiliate company within the GBA Team of Companies, likely providing specialized environmental or contamination control services relevant to regulated facility construction.

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Burns & McDonnell: Burns & McDonnell is a Kansas City-based EPC firm with significant federal, industrial, and mission critical practices, sharing GBA's hometown and several end markets. While its EPCM model is more engineering-led, it competes for the same owner-direct regulated facility work in the Midwest.
• JE Dunn Construction: JE Dunn is a Kansas City-headquartered national builder with strong healthcare, federal, and mission critical practices, making it the most direct regional competitor to GBA in the Midwest. Both firms share geography, vertical mix, and operating culture, and routinely compete for the same regulated facility owners in the region.

Direct peers

• Mortenson Construction: Mortenson is a top-tier builder in mission critical data centers, healthcare, and renewable energy with a national footprint. Like GBA Builders, it focuses on technically complex projects where operational continuity during construction is critical, and competes directly for the same hyperscaler and life sciences clients.
• DPR Construction: DPR Construction is a national technical builder with dedicated life sciences, healthcare, and mission critical practices, directly overlapping GBA Builders' primary verticals. Both firms emphasize technical expertise, advanced technology integration, and self-perform capabilities for complex regulated facility construction.
• McCarthy Building Companies: McCarthy is one of the nation's largest life sciences, healthcare, and higher education builders, with deep expertise in cGMP, sterile, and regulated environments that mirrors GBA's life sciences positioning. Both firms emphasize preconstruction services, safety track records, and operating inside active client facilities.

Broad incumbents

• Skanska USA: Skanska USA has dedicated life sciences, healthcare, and mission critical/data center practices nationally, and competes for the same complex facility owners as GBA Builders. As a global incumbent, Skanska serves as a benchmark for what scaled technical builders offer in GBA's verticals.
• AECOM: AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting and construction firm with major federal, life sciences, and industrial practices. It competes broadly for the same regulated facility and federal programs that GBA targets, typically at a larger program scale, and represents the global-incumbent competitive threat.
• Turner Construction: Turner is the largest domestic general contractor, with dedicated healthcare, mission critical, and federal practices that broadly overlap GBA's verticals. While Turner is far larger and more diversified, it competes for the same complex nonresidential projects and serves as the incumbent benchmark for clients evaluating specialty builders like GBA.
• Brasfield & Gorrie: Brasfield & Gorrie is a large national general contractor with significant healthcare and industrial practices, competing for many of the same complex nonresidential projects GBA targets. While it has a stronger presence in the Southeast, it is a credible alternative for clients evaluating regional specialty builders.
• Walsh Construction: Walsh Construction is a national builder with established healthcare, mission critical, and federal practices that overlap with GBA's vertical mix. As an incumbent with national reach and self-perform capabilities, it represents the kind of scaled competitor GBA must differentiate against to win complex regulated facility work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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