What Wolfe House & Building Movers does

Wolfe House & Building Movers, LLC is a US-based structural moving and lifting contractor founded in 1970 and headquartered in Bernville, Pennsylvania. The company relocates, lifts, and supports houses, commercial buildings, and specialty structures including historic landmarks and industrial assets, with a documented capability of more than 500 projects per year and thousands of completed projects over its operating history. Its service portfolio spans structure moving, structure lifting, roof lifting, shoring and structural support, under-excavation, and rigging/heavy hauling, delivered across a multi-state footprint that includes regional offices in Indiana, Connecticut, North Carolina, and Oregon, covering most of the continental United States east of the Mississippi plus Iowa and Missouri in the East and seven western states from Washington to Arizona.

The company differentiates itself through proprietary equipment it designs and manufactures in-house under the Buckingham brand, including the Buckingham Unified Jacking System (a synchronized multi-jack hydraulic lift), the Buckingham Power Dolly System with SmartSteer (a remote-controlled, proportionally steered dolly platform), and the Buckingham SmartJack System. These systems allow it to execute technically demanding projects such as the 1,750-ton Belleview Biltmore Hotel move, an 800+ ton commercial building lift, and the relocation of Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structures. Pricing is entirely project-based, requiring on-site estimator visits and written proposals; the company does not publish fixed rate cards. Customer segments span residential homeowners, historic preservation organizations, municipalities, commercial property owners and developers, and government entities, with revenue generated through one-time project fees across all six service lines.

Name

Wolfe House & Building Movers

Legal name

Wolfe House & Building Movers

Website

https://wolfehousebuildingmovers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Wolfe House & Building Movers is a US structural moving and lifting contractor that relocates, lifts, and supports residential, commercial, and historic buildings using its proprietary Buckingham hydraulic jacking and remote-controlled dolly systems, serving customers across the continental United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Structural Moving & Lifting Services

NAICS

Residential Remodelers (236118), Construction of Buildings (236), Used Household and Office Goods Moving (484210)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Moving for Homes (Single-Family, Townhome) (HSAKAAAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interstate Mobile Home/Manufactured Home Moving (HSAKABAL), Local Moving with Packing/Unpacking Add-On (HSAKAAAH)

Keywords

• Structural moving services
• House lifting services
• Roof lifting contractors
• Structural shoring
• Heavy rigging hauling

Headquarters

HQ city

Bernville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Structural Moving Services: One-time service fees for relocating buildings and structures from one site to another. Costs vary significantly based on structure size, weight, accessibility, move distance, and other obstacles. Pricing is quote-based, requiring on-site estimator visits and written proposals. Each project is individually priced.
2. Structural Lifting Services: Fees for lifting structures, typically to prevent flooding or install new foundations. Often combined with moving services. Quote-based pricing depending on structure type, foundation height, and lift height requirements.
3. Roof Lifting Services: Commercial roof lifting to create additional interior clearance space, commonly used for warehouses and commercial buildings. Custom project pricing.
4. Shoring & Structural Support Services: Supporting and shoring services for buildings during repairs, foundation replacement, or structural work. Often bundled with lifting projects.
5. Rigging & Heavy Hauling: Specialized rigging and heavy hauling services for industrial equipment, barges, and oversized loads. Custom project-based pricing.
6. Under-Excavation Services: Excavation services under existing structures to install new foundations or increase headroom. Typically bundled with lifting services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Wolfe House & Building Movers specializes in physically moving and lifting entire buildings rather than constructing new ones. Its core services include relocating structures to new foundations, lifting houses and commercial buildings for foundation repair or flood mitigation, raising roofs, installing temporary and permanent shoring, under-excavating beneath existing buildings, and providing heavy rigging and hauling for oversized loads. The company primarily serves property owners, developers, historic preservation organizations, and municipalities across multiple U.S. regions.

Product overview

Wolfe House & Building Movers offers a comprehensive suite of physical structural moving and lifting services organized around core offerings: Structure Moving and Structure Lifting as primary services, supported by specialized Roof Lifting, Supporting & Shoring, Under-Excavation, and Rigging & Heavy Hauling services. The company differentiates itself through proprietary equipment it designs and manufactures—including the Buckingham Unified Jacking System, Buckingham Power Dolly System with SmartSteer, and Buckingham SmartJack System—which enables precise, controlled lifting and transportation of structures ranging from residential homes to 1,750-ton commercial buildings. Services are delivered across two regional operations: Eastern United States (from Bernville, PA with service areas in Indiana, Connecticut, and North Carolina) covering east of the Mississippi plus Iowa and Missouri; and Western United States (from Oregon) covering Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Structure Moving Physically relocating an entire house or commercial building from one site to another, including preparation of the new foundation, transport on dollies, and setting the structure at its destination. Used by homeowners moving houses, developers repositioning buildings on a site, and preservation societies re-siting historic landmarks such as the David Wright House and the USS Sequoia.
• Structure Lifting Synchronized hydraulic lifting of an entire building in place to create clearance for foundation repair, basement addition, flood elevation, or column repair. Used by homeowners with foundation or flood issues and by commercial/institutional clients such as First International Bank, Connecticut Children's, and Yale.
• Roof Lifting Raising the roof of an existing building while keeping the structure intact, typically to add a second story or expand usable interior space without demolishing the existing walls. Used by homeowners and commercial property owners needing additional vertical space inside an existing footprint.
• Supporting & Shoring Installing temporary or permanent structural supports to carry building loads while foundations, walls, or columns are repaired or replaced. Used when a building must remain occupied or stable during underpinning work, often in combination with structure lifting or under-excavation.
• Under-Excavation Excavating soil from beneath an existing supported building to deepen the basement, add living space, or accommodate new below-grade infrastructure while the structure is held in place by Wolfe's shoring and jacking system. Used by homeowners adding a basement and by commercial/institutional owners expanding below-grade capacity.
• Rigging & Heavy Hauling Specialized rigging and heavy-haul transport for oversized loads, structural components, and equipment requiring engineered lift plans and oversize-route logistics. Used by industrial, commercial, and infrastructure clients with oversize cargo that conventional haulers cannot move.

Quantifiable outcome

• Structures can be lifted and moved without affecting their integrity when done correctly by qualified movers
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• International Association of Structural MoverscoreOthersWolfe House & Building Movers is a member of the International Association of Structural Movers, the primary industry association for the structural moving profession. Membership provides industry credentials, networking, and standards alignment.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Enerpac: Manufacturer of high-force hydraulic tools, jacks, and lifting systems used in heavy structural work. Comparable because Enerpac supplies the underlying hydraulic technology Wolfe integrates into its proprietary Buckingham jacking systems.
• Ram Jack Foundation Solutions: National foundation repair and stabilization franchise network. Adjacent peer because residential foundation repair often co-occurs with lifting/shoring work; some customers use one company for the complementary service.

Broad incumbents

• Mammoet: Global heavy lifting and transport specialist. Comparable on large-scale structure movement and hydraulic jacking, but Mammoet serves industrial and energy markets rather than residential or small commercial building relocations.
• Sarens: International heavy lifting and engineered transport company. Overlaps with Wolfe on mega-moves and jacking operations, but operates globally on infrastructure and industrial projects rather than localized building relocations.
• Barnhart Crane & Rigging: Large US heavy rigging, crane, and specialized transportation firm. Comparable on heavy lifting and rigging work but serves a much broader industrial/customer base (power, petrochemical, manufacturing) rather than structural building relocation.

Direct peers

• Expert House Movers: Oklahoma-based structural moving and lifting company serving residential and commercial customers across the central US. Comparable because it offers the same core value chain—house lifting, structural relocation, and foundation work—making it a head-to-head competitor on routine structural moving projects.
• Acme Building Movers: Northeast US structural mover specializing in residential and commercial building relocation, lifting, and shoring. Comparable on service mix, customer type (homeowners, municipalities, developers), and project-based quote pricing model.
• Reliable House Movers: Regional structural mover with multi-state coverage in the Eastern US offering house moving, lifting, and shoring. Comparable on core services and customer segments, though typically with smaller scale and limited proprietary equipment.
• Hull House Movers: Northeast structural mover focused on residential house relocation and lifting. Comparable on basic service offering and homeowner customer base, often cited as a regional competitor to Wolfe in Pennsylvania and adjacent states.

Emerging players

• TCC Corporation (structural lifting/heavy rigging): Specialty structural lifting and rigging firm with growing footprint in the Eastern US. Comparable on building lifts and shoring work for residential and light commercial customers, and represents the type of regional competitor consolidating in Wolfe's adjacent markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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