HOFFMAN & ASSOCIATES BUILDING CORPORATION

What HOFFMAN & ASSOCIATES BUILDING CORPORATION does

Hoffman & Associates Building Corporation (HABC), founded in 1978 by Chris and Sharon Hoffman, is a privately held general contractor headquartered in Van Nuys, California, with additional offices in Costa Mesa (Orange County) and San Diego. The firm operates from three regional offices covering the greater Southern California market and holds California Contractor's License #B421531. With 15 total employees, HABC is a small, founder-led construction firm.

HABC delivers construction services across three integrated phases: pre-construction (design collaboration, feasibility analysis, cost analysis, value engineering, scheduling, and subcontractor pre-qualification), construction (full project management, site logistics, phasing, and compliance coordination), and post-construction (warranty management, operational training, and post-occupancy improvements). The firm's product surface is organized around four primary specialization verticals: religious facilities (churches, cathedrals, parish halls), educational facilities (private K-12 classrooms, libraries, gymnasiums, science wings), senior living and healthcare (memory care units, assisted living), and community/institutional construction. No proprietary technology platform, API, or digital product is offered; competitive differentiation rests on hands-on ownership involvement, deep domain knowledge of sacred architecture and ADA-sensitive occupied-facility construction, and rigorous pre-construction planning.

The business model is project-based: HABC earns revenue primarily through fixed-price or cost-plus construction contracts, sourced via competitive bidding, direct referrals, and architectural firm recommendations. Pricing is project-specific with no publicly disclosed rate cards or recurring revenue streams. Customer concentration runs heavily toward nonprofit, faith-based, and institutional buyers (Catholic, Episcopal, Protestant, and Unitarian Universalist congregations; Catholic schools; senior living nonprofits), with repeat engagements and word-of-mouth as the primary commercial engine. Distribution is direct; no resellers or marketplace channels are used.

Name

HOFFMAN & ASSOCIATES BUILDING CORPORATION

Legal name

Hoffman & Associates Building Corporation

Website

https://habuildingcorp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hoffman & Associates Building Corporation is a privately held Southern California general contractor, founded in 1978, specializing in pre-construction, construction, and post-construction services for religious, educational, senior living, and community institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial & Institutional Construction Services

NAICS

Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (23622), Nonresidential Building Construction (2362), Construction of Buildings (236)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540), Operative Builders (1531)

akta.pro primary industry

Office & Corporate Building Construction (IMAFACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Renovation, Remodeling & Tenant Improvements (General Contracting) (IMAFAAAE), Healthcare Facility Construction (Hospitals, Clinics, Labs) (IMAFACAD)

Keywords

• General contracting services
• Commercial construction management
• Religious facility construction
• Institutional building construction
• Senior living construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Van Nuys

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Construction project fees: HABC generates revenue through fixed-price or cost-plus construction contracts on a project-by-project basis. Revenue is earned as projects progress through pre-construction, construction, and post-construction phases. No recurring subscription or recurring revenue streams are indicated.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Hoffman & Associates Building Corporation is a Southern California general contractor providing pre-construction, construction, and post-construction services for senior living, commercial, institutional, educational, religious, and healthcare facilities. The firm manages projects from conceptual design and budgeting through subcontractor coordination, phased construction, and warranty support, with a specialization in faith-based and occupied-facility construction across California.

Product overview

Hoffman & Associates Building Corporation (HABC) is a construction company offering three core service phases: Pre-Construction (design collaboration, feasibility analysis, cost planning, subcontractor pre-qualification), Construction (full project management, scheduling, site logistics, compliance coordination), and Post-Construction (warranty management, training, occupancy support). The company specializes in religious facilities (churches, cathedrals, parish halls), educational facilities (schools, libraries, auditoriums, gymnasiums), senior living and healthcare facilities, and commercial/institutional buildings. Founded in 1978, HABC operates primarily in Southern California with offices in Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pre-Construction Services Collaborative pre-construction services for institutional clients including design-development budgets, risk analysis, feasibility analysis, cost analysis, value engineering, scheduling, subcontractor pre-qualification, and final cost-of-construction budget preparation.
• Construction Services Full-service construction management for institutional projects including project management, scheduling, subcontractor coordination, site logistics, phasing, construction document management, environmental compliance, and coordination with city building officials.
• Post-Construction Services Follow-up services including operation and maintenance training, post-construction warranty management, mechanical and electrical adjustments, and post-occupancy improvements for institutional clients.
• Religious Facilities Construction Construction and renovation services for churches, cathedrals, parish halls, and religious institutions including sanctuary renovations, liturgical furnishings, sacred architecture, and campus-wide projects.
• Educational Facilities Construction Construction services for schools, including classroom buildings, auditoriums, libraries, science wings, gymnasiums, playgrounds, and campus expansions, with phased delivery to minimize disruption to academic operations.
• Senior Living & Healthcare Facilities Construction Construction and renovation for senior living centers and healthcare facilities including memory care units, assisted living facilities, and skilled nursing centers, with phased delivery to maintain peaceful resident atmosphere.
• Commercial & Institutional Construction General commercial and institutional building services including office buildings, community centers, multi-purpose facilities, and campus-wide renovations for non-profit and community service organizations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Holy Spirit Catholic Church Doyle Hall: 10,000 sq ft parish hall with operable walls subdividing into eight classrooms, completed in nine months with two teams of supervision
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Walsh Construction: Major national institutional general contractor with active West Coast presence in healthcare, education, and community facilities. Comparable institutional client mix, though operating at much larger scale with formal pre-construction and design-build programs.
• Clark Construction Group: Major national general contractor with significant California institutional and healthcare work. Overlaps with HABC on religious, education, and healthcare client verticals, though at much greater scale and with formal design-build and program management capabilities.
• Hensel Phelps: National employee-owned general contractor with a strong West Coast presence serving federal, healthcare, education, and institutional clients. Comparable institutional renovation and occupied-facility expertise, though at significantly greater scale than HABC.
• Bernards: Los Angeles-based general contractor delivering commercial, institutional, healthcare, and education projects across Southern California. Significantly larger than HABC and competes in the same regional nonresidential and institutional renovation market, though with a broader portfolio including civic and mixed-use work.
• C.W. Driver Companies: Pasadena-headquartered general contractor with deep Southern California roots delivering commercial, healthcare, education, and institutional projects. Comparable regional footprint and overlapping client verticals (schools, healthcare, civic), though operating at materially greater scale than HABC.
• DPR Construction: Top-tier national general contractor with offices throughout California serving healthcare, education, and commercial clients. Competes for many of the same institutional and complex occupied-facility renovation projects that HABC targets, though with substantially larger resources and proprietary technical capabilities.
• McCarthy Building Companies: Large national general contractor with a strong Southern California office delivering healthcare, education, and institutional projects. A more capital-intensive competitor than HABC, but with overlapping clients in faith-based, K-12, and senior living construction.
• Swinerton: Established West Coast general contractor with significant Southern California presence serving commercial, healthcare, education, and institutional clients. Competes for many of the same institutional and mid-sized commercial projects as HABC, with a broader service offering and national reach.

Direct peers

• Pankow Builders: West Coast-based general contractor specializing in commercial, institutional, and mixed-use projects with a similar mid-size, design-build-oriented culture. Most directly comparable to HABC in size, geographic focus on the West Coast, and mix of institutional clients.
• AMG & Associates: Southern California general contractor focused on commercial, institutional, and healthcare projects of similar mid-size scale to HABC. Closely comparable in geography, project types (community, healthcare, institutional renovations), and reliance on repeat institutional clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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