Brait Construction Managers

What Brait Construction Managers does

Brait Builders Corporation (DBA Brait Builders) is a first-generation, family-owned construction management firm headquartered at 57 Rockwood Road, Marshfield, Massachusetts, founded in 1993 by four brothers — Michael A., Robert A., Stephen P., and Gary Brait — who built their careers in the Greater Boston construction industry. The firm specializes in K-12 educational facility construction across Massachusetts and Rhode Island, operating primarily as a Construction Manager at Risk (CMaR) on competitively-bid public school projects including new construction, comprehensive renovations, additions, and a niche "completion contracts" practice that takes over and finishes school projects abandoned by contractors who have gone out of business. Notable project scopes range from 72,680 sq ft elementary schools to 259,000+ sq ft high schools, with individual contract values from approximately $25 million to $134 million (Nauset Regional High School), and include LEED Gold (Marshfield HS) and LEED Silver (Hingham MS) certified buildings as well as MSBA incentive-eligible work.

The company's revenue model is professional services-based, derived from construction management fees on public K-12 projects secured through formal competitive procurement processes with school committees and municipal authorities. Its technology stack is conventional for the construction sector: a content-managed portfolio website, standard social media presence on LinkedIn/Facebook/Twitter, and traditional project delivery — there are no proprietary software products, AI/ML capabilities, or technology partnerships disclosed. Brait maintains an 11–50 person organization including a Project Executive, General Superintendent, multiple Superintendents and Project Managers, a Controller, and a President (Kait Johnson) working alongside the four founding brothers who remain as Founding Partners/Directors, indicating an early-stage leadership succession with family continuity preserved at the ownership level. The business remains privately held with no external investors, no subsidiaries, no disclosed funding rounds, and no M&A activity, operating as a regional specialty contractor rather than a scaling platform.

Name

Brait Construction Managers

Legal name

Brait Builders Corporation

Website

https://braitbuilders.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Brait Builders is a family-owned Construction Manager at Risk founded in 1993 in Marshfield, MA, specializing in K-12 public school construction and renovation projects across Massachusetts and Rhode Island, including completion contracts for troubled or abandoned school builds.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Educational Facility Construction Management

NAICS

Nonresidential Building Construction (2362)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540)

akta.pro primary industry

Modular/Offsite General Contracting & Installation (IMAFAAAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Education & Public Sector Interior Fit-Out (IMAFANAD)

Keywords

• Construction management services
• K-12 school construction
• Public building construction
• Construction manager at risk
• General contracting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Marshfield

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

Revenue model

1. Construction Management Services: Brait Builders generates revenue as a Construction Manager at Risk (CMaR) for school construction projects. The company handles public school building projects including new construction, renovations, additions, and completion contracts for projects where previous contractors have failed.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Brait Construction Managers (Brait Builders) provides Construction Manager at Risk (CMaR) services for K-12 public school and public building projects throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The firm manages new school construction, comprehensive renovations, additions, demolition, and specialized completion contracts for projects left stalled or abandoned by previous contractors. Services cover elementary, middle, high, and technical high schools with LEED-certified sustainable construction capability.

Product overview

Brait Builders is a first-generation, family-owned general contracting firm founded in 1993 by four brothers, specializing in educational facility construction throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The company operates through two primary service offerings: Construction Management at Risk for new school builds and renovations, and Completion Contracts for finishing stalled or abandoned projects. Their core project vertical focuses on K-12 educational facilities including elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools, with expertise in LEED-certified sustainable construction, phased construction, and complex site development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Construction Management at Risk (CMaR) Construction management services where Brait Builders assumes risk for project delivery, coordinating subcontractors, engineers, and architects for K-12 educational facility construction under a guaranteed maximum price contract structure for public school districts and municipalities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
• Completion Contracts for Troubled School Projects Specialized service taking over stalled or abandoned K-12 school construction projects after the original contractor has gone out of business or defaulted, and bringing them to on-time completion without liquidated damages. Demonstrated on Oliver Ames High School, Sutton Middle High School, Norfolk County Agricultural High School, and Pompositticut Center Elementary School.
• K-12 Educational Facility Construction New school construction, comprehensive renovations, additions, and demolition for elementary, middle, high, and technical high schools across Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with capability in LEED Gold and LEED Silver certified sustainable construction and MSBA Green Schools reimbursement qualification.

Quantifiable outcome

• Completion contract for Sutton Middle High School finished on schedule in 2015 after being awarded March 2014
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers29 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Consigli Construction: Family-owned (third-generation) construction management firm headquartered in Massachusetts with deep K-12 and higher-education public-sector portfolio across New England. Highly comparable in business model (CMaR), vertical focus, regional geography, and family-ownership structure.
• Windover Construction: Massachusetts-based construction management firm with strong K-12 and higher-education public-sector portfolio in New England. Comparable in regional focus and educational facility specialization.
• W.T. Rich Company: Massachusetts-based general contractor specializing in public school construction and municipal projects, frequently bidding against Brait on MSBA-funded school work. Closely comparable in size, geography, and K-12 vertical concentration.
• CTA Construction: Massachusetts-based general contractor with significant K-12 public school construction portfolio, often bidding on MSBA projects in the same MA/RI territory as Brait.
• Fontaine Brothers: New England-based construction manager with strong K-12 school construction portfolio across Massachusetts, frequently competing for the same municipal school district work.

Broad incumbents

• Suffolk Construction: Large Boston-based construction manager with major New England operations and growing K-12/higher-education public-sector practice. Competes for larger school projects but operates across many verticals at enterprise scale.
• Shawmut Design and Construction: Boston-headquartered construction management firm with strong K-12, higher-education, and commercial public-sector portfolio across New England. Competes for school projects but operates much broader verticals at greater scale.
• Gilbane Building Company: One of the largest privately-held construction firms in the US with a major Boston/New England presence and substantial K-12 and higher-education public-sector portfolio. Competes for the same school bids but at significantly larger scale.

Emerging players

• Colliers Project Leaders: Owner's-project-management firm serving K-12 and higher-education public-sector clients across North America, sometimes competing for owner-side CM roles adjacent to Brait's contractor-side CMaR work.

Regional players

• Bond Brothers: Massachusetts-based construction management firm with civil and building expertise, occasionally competing for school and municipal projects in the same MA geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/braitbuilders
• Facebookfacebook.com/search/347432105350818/local_search?surface=tyah
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/brait-builders-corporation

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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