What Damon Construction does

The Damon Company, doing business as Damon Construction, is a privately held general contracting and construction management firm founded in 1995 and headquartered at 62 Warner Street, Newport, Rhode Island (per its own website). The firm delivers projects across three core service categories — Residential Construction, Commercial Construction, and Historic Restoration — supplemented by specialized capabilities in green building and sustainable design (LiveRoof-certified green roofs, solar installations, advanced insulation packages) and ADA/handicap-access compliance. Its client base spans homeowners, small commercial tenants (restaurants, retail), hospitality operators (Mill Street Inn), cultural and educational institutions (Newport Art Museum, IYRS, East Greenwich Free Library, Boys & Girls Club of Newport), religious organizations, and government/military entities, the last accessed via Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOC) with the U.S. Department of the Army and the Air Force National Guard Bureau. Notable historic restoration projects include Fort Adams, Eisenhower House, Colony House, the Herreshoff Museum cupola, and the Hope St. Barn — the latter recognized with the 2025 Doris Duke Preservation Award for Restoration with Adaptive Reuse.

The firm's product surface is organized around four delivery offerings: General Contracting & Construction (lump sum), Construction Management (fixed-fee, owner-aligned delivery with no markup on change orders and full cost-accounting access), Project Planning, and Other Construction Services including green building. Underlying execution relies on a lean core staff of seven employees supported by a network of specialized and carefully supervised sub-contractors, with the firm explicitly citing 30+ years of cultivated relationships with regionally known architects, sub-contractors, and building supply sources as a determinant of speed, cost, and quality. The company is fully bondable for local municipal, school, government, and military contracts, which underpins its ability to compete for DoD MATOC task orders and larger public-sector work.

Damon Construction operates a project-based revenue model under either lump-sum contracts or fixed-fee construction management arrangements, with pricing determined through competitive bidding or scope-specific quotations (no public pricing disclosure). It pursues work through two primary channels: direct private-sector engagement (residential, commercial, historic) and competitive bidding on public-sector and DoD contracts. Marketing is light-touch, consisting of a portfolio-driven website (thedamonco.com) and a Facebook page. There is no evidence of institutional ownership, outside funding, or parent-company relationships; the firm appears to be founder-owned and independently operated.

Name

Damon Construction

Legal name

The Damon Company

Website

https://thedamonco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Damon Company is a Newport, Rhode Island-based general contractor and construction manager founded in 1995, delivering residential, commercial, and historic restoration projects for SMBs, nonprofits, and government/military clients throughout Rhode Island via lump-sum and fixed-fee construction management contracts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Services / General Contracting

NAICS

Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (23622), Nonresidential Building Construction (2362)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540), General Bldg Contractors - Residential Bldgs (1520)

akta.pro primary industry

Office & Corporate Building Construction (IMAFACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Construction Management (Agency/Owner’s Rep) (IMAFAAAC), Renovation, Remodeling & Tenant Improvements (General Contracting) (IMAFAAAE), Disaster Recovery & Restoration General Contracting (IMAFAAAJ)

Keywords

• General contracting
• Construction management
• Historic restoration
• Residential construction
• Commercial construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Newport

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. General Contracting Services: The company manages lump sum or construction management contracts for residential, commercial, and military projects. Revenue is generated through fixed-price contracts (lump sum) or construction management fee structures where the company provides heightened control of construction cost and quality for the owner.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Damon Construction is a general contracting and construction management firm that delivers ground-up construction, renovation, and project planning services for residential, commercial, government, and historic properties. The firm also provides green building and sustainable design services, with specialized historic restoration expertise and eligibility to perform bonded Department of Defense work under MATOC contracts.

Product overview

The Damon Company is a general contracting and construction management firm offering a comprehensive suite of construction services organized around three main categories: Residential Construction, Commercial Construction, and Historic Restoration. These core services are delivered through specific offerings including General Contracting & Construction, Construction Management, Project Planning, and Other Construction Services. The company operates as a unified service provider rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture, where projects typically involve General Contracting & Construction or Construction Management delivery methods combined with Project Planning support, with specialized capabilities in green building and historic restoration as differentiated offerings. The company is fully bondable for local municipal, school, government and military contracts, and holds a Multiple Award Task Order Contract with the Department of the Army and Air Force National Guard Bureau.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Delivers finished products meeting plans, specifications and building/zoning requirements in a timely efficient manner
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers16 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

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Department of the ArmycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDamon Construction has been granted a DoD multiple award task order contract (MATOC) with the Department of the Army. This award pre-qualifies the company to bid on a fixed price basis multiple trade contracts, fully bonded, for the military.
• Air Force National Guard BureaucoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDamon Construction has been granted a DoD multiple award task order contract (MATOC) with the Air Force National Guard Bureau. This award pre-qualifies the company to bid on multiple trade contracts, fully bonded, for military projects.
• Regional Architects and Sub-contractorscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe company has established and maintained excellent relationships with regionally known architects, sub-contractors and building supply sources which greatly benefit clients in quality, design solutions and cost.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Suffolk Construction: Large national general contractor with strong presence in commercial, institutional, hospitality, and government projects — competes for the same enterprise and institutional clients but at materially larger scale.
• Shawmut Design and Construction: National design-build and construction management firm with institutional, commercial, hospitality, and historic projects — competes for the same premium commercial and institutional clients Damon serves, but with vastly greater scale.
• Tocci Building Companies: New England construction manager delivering commercial, institutional, and residential projects with strong historic and sustainable-building practices — overlapping capabilities but at much larger scale.
• Consigli Construction Co., Inc. Large New England-based construction manager and general contractor with institutional, commercial, and historic restoration capabilities — same market but substantially larger scale and broader geographic reach.

Regional players

• BOND Building Construction: New England-based construction manager with similar client mix across institutional, commercial, and historic projects — operates in overlapping geography but at larger scale.
• Nauset Construction: Cape Cod and southeastern Massachusetts general contractor/construction manager with similar project mix and historic/restoration work — regional peer operating in adjacent coastal New England territory.

Direct peers

• Dimeo Construction Company: Rhode Island-based general contractor and construction manager serving commercial, institutional, and historic projects across southern New England — directly comparable geography, scope, and delivery model to Damon.
• A.R. Building Company: Small-to-mid New England general contractor and construction manager with residential, commercial, and renovation work — comparable size, delivery model, and regional footprint to Damon.
• Maron Construction: Rhode Island/Massachusetts-area general contractor serving commercial, institutional, and historic clients with a comparable small-to-mid regional footprint and project portfolio.
• Churchill Building Corporation: Rhode Island-based general contractor/construction manager with comparable regional focus and mixed commercial, institutional, and renovation portfolio — direct peer on size and geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/The-Damon-Company-317199178826720
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/damon-construction

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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