What Spear D Construction does

Spear D Construction is a privately held, family-owned New Mexico civil construction contractor operating as a dba of TLC Company, Inc. Founded in 1987 by Dale and Gail Armstrong as TLC Plumbing & Utility and rebranded in 2023, the company delivers a full-service utility and infrastructure portfolio across five integrated service lines: concrete construction, earthwork and grading, underground utilities (water, sewer, storm), asphalt paving, and water/wastewater treatment plant construction, plus 24/7 emergency utility repair with bypass pumping. The company self-performs up to 90% of work on public utility projects using modern automated grade-control equipment (Smart-Grade machines, Top Con TPS) and conventional estimating and CAD software (Ag Tec, Hard Dollar, AutoCAD, 3D modeling).

The business model is project-based B2B construction services sold directly to government, commercial, educational, healthcare, and tribal clients across New Mexico. Pricing is quote-based per project, awarded through competitive bidding or direct contract, with no recurring or subscription revenue. Spear D holds seven New Mexico contractor licenses and is one of the few contractors with security clearance to work at Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories. Customers include the Cities of Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, and Santa Fe; multiple counties and pueblos; K-12 and higher education institutions; and healthcare facilities. The company employs approximately 14 people at its Albuquerque headquarters and generates revenue through multi-year municipal contracts, with no public financial disclosure.

The company markets primarily through its website, direct sales engagement, and industry recognition, including a 2023 first-place AGC Best Buildings Contest award for Municipal and Utilities projects. Geographic reach is exclusively New Mexico, with supply-chain partnerships (notably Black Rock Services for asphalt) supporting self-performed paving. There is no external institutional investment, no M&A activity, and no disclosed AI or software-product strategy; the business is a conventional specialty civil contractor competing on self-perform capacity, licensing breadth, and long-standing public-sector relationships.

Name

Spear D Construction

Legal name

TLC Company, Inc.

Website

https://speardnm.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Spear D Construction is a family-owned New Mexico civil contractor, founded 1987 and rebranded in 2023, that self-performs underground utilities, concrete, earthwork, paving, water treatment plants, and emergency repairs for government, commercial, educational, and tribal clients throughout the state.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Utility & Infrastructure Construction Services

NAICS

Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction (237110), Utility System Construction (2371), Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (237)

SIC

Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction (1623), Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600)

akta.pro primary industry

Water & Wastewater Pipeline Construction (Mains, Force Mains, Interceptors) (IMAFAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Water Treatment Plant Construction (Drinking Water) (IMAFAGAA)

Keywords

• Underground utility construction
• Concrete construction services
• Earthwork grading services
• Asphalt paving construction
• Water treatment plant construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Albuquerque

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

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. Construction Services Revenue: Project-based construction services revenue generated through awarded contracts for utility infrastructure, concrete, earthwork, paving, and water treatment plant projects. Revenue is one-time per project with no recurring component. Projects range from small repairs to large municipal construction contracts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Spear D Construction is a New Mexico-based utility and infrastructure construction contractor that self-performs underground utility installation (water, sewer, storm systems), concrete construction (curb, gutter, sidewalks, structures), earthwork and grading, asphalt paving and repair, and water/wastewater treatment plant construction. The company also provides 24/7 emergency utility repair services, including bypass pumping for large-scale water and sewer emergencies, for government, commercial, educational, healthcare, and tribal clients throughout New Mexico.

Product overview

Spear D Construction is a full-service utility and infrastructure construction company offering a unified portfolio of five interconnected service lines. Concrete Services provides the structural finishing and drainage elements (curb, gutter, sidewalk, ramps, channels, retaining walls) that complement both Earthwork & Grading Services (site preparation, excavation, erosion control) and Underground Utility Services (water, sewer, and storm systems). Paving Construction delivers asphalt installation and maintenance, often serving as the final surface layer following utility trench work. Water Treatment Plant Contractors provides specialized process-plant construction that draws on all other service lines for a complete build. Emergency Utility Repair Services provides 24/7 on-call response across all utility types. All services are self-performed (up to 90% of work on public utility projects) by in-house crews, enabling integrated project delivery from early-stage earthwork through final paving and plant commissioning. The company operates as a dba of TLC Company, Inc., having rebranded from TLC Plumbing & Utility in 2023.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Concrete Services Full-spectrum concrete construction and finishing services including curb and gutter installation (18", 24", 32"), sidewalk construction, handicap ramp installation, drive pads, valley and alley gutter, concrete fillets, rundowns, perma curb, concrete channel lining, retaining wall construction, subdivisions, structures, and water storage tanks. Provided for municipal, commercial, educational, healthcare, and tribal clients throughout New Mexico.
• Earthwork & Grading Services Specialized excavation and grading services including mass earthwork, over-excavation, site grading, building pad preparation, subdivision preparation, and rock excavation, complemented by soil erosion protection services such as soil stabilization, rip rap, and dam/dike/channel construction. Executed with Smart-Grade Machines and Top Con Automatic Grade Control systems for precision.
• Underground Utility Services Underground utility construction covering water systems (CCP, PVC, C-900, ductile iron, fusible PVC, hydrants, fire risers, booster pump stations, storage tanks, meters, pressure regulating valves, backflow preventers), sewer systems (vitrified clay, cast iron, concrete, PVC SDR 25, lift stations, grease traps, septic tanks, leach fields), and storm systems (RCP, HDPE, structural drain inlets, detention ponds, French drains, rip rap). Services include design-build and value engineering.
• Paving Construction Asphalt paving and road construction services spanning new installation (parking lots, roads, airports, shopping centers, hotels/hospitals, restaurants), road rehabilitation, and asphalt repair (patching, milling, repaving, crack filling, overlays, seal coating, striping). Materials supplied through relationships with local asphalt suppliers including Black Rock Services.
• Water Treatment Plant Contractors Construction and maintenance of water and wastewater treatment plants across New Mexico, including wastewater treatment plants, drinking water treatment plants, arsenic treatment plants, concrete and steel reservoirs, interior process piping and plumbing, process equipment installation, underground process and utility piping, plant renovations and upgrades, and booster pump stations. Complementary services include design-build, sanitary lift stations, bypass pumping, well sites, and plant maintenance.
• Emergency Utility Repair Services On-call emergency utility repair services across New Mexico covering water, sewer, and storm systems, with specialized bypass pumping capabilities for large-scale water and sewer emergencies.

Quantifiable outcome

• Self-perform 90% of work on public utility projects
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Black Rock ServicesminorOthersBlack Rock Services is a locally owned and operated asphalt supplier. Spear D Construction maintains close relationships with top suppliers including Black Rock Services to ensure easy access to high-quality asphalt materials, enabling streamlined construction processes and minimizing supply chain issues.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• MasTec: Large infrastructure construction services firm with substantial utility, water, and pipeline operations — a broad incumbent that competes for water/wastewater and utility work at scale.
• Sterling Infrastructure: Diversified infrastructure services company with E-Infrastructure (utility/underground) and Transportation (paving) segments — broad incumbent whose specialty contracting divisions compete with Spear D's service lines.
• Granite Construction: Large publicly-traded heavy civil contractor with significant water resources, underground utility, and paving divisions — a much larger incumbent competing for many of the same municipal and federal project pipelines.

Regional players

• Western Municipal Construction: Western U.S. utility and infrastructure contractor focused on water/wastewater pipeline and plant construction — comparable service mix and self-perform model, though operating across multiple states rather than exclusively New Mexico.
• RMG Construction: Southwest regional heavy civil and utility contractor performing earthwork, underground utilities, and concrete work — comparable service mix to Spear D with similar self-perform model in adjacent geographies.

Direct peers

• RMCI Inc. New Mexico general and utility contractor providing heavy civil, concrete, and infrastructure services to municipal and commercial clients — a directly comparable regional self-perform civil contractor in the same geography.
• Garney Construction: National water and wastewater pipeline / treatment plant contractor with design-build capability — directly comparable in underground utility installation and water treatment plant construction scope.
• Achen-Gardner Construction: Specialty underground utility and heavy civil contractor serving municipal water/wastewater clients across the Southwest — directly comparable scope in pipeline, treatment plant, and earthwork construction.
• SAK Construction: Specialty contractor focused on underground infrastructure rehabilitation and installation for water, sewer, and storm systems — directly comparable in underground utility scope, though operating across multiple regions.
• AUI (Albuquerque Underground Inc.): New Mexico-headquartered underground utility contractor performing water, sewer, and storm drainage installation — directly overlapping Spear D's core underground utility and earthwork services in the same Albuquerque market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/spear-d-construction

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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