What Danis does

Danis is a third-generation, privately owned construction services firm founded in 1916 and headquartered in Dayton, Ohio. The company provides construction management, general construction, and design/build services to enterprise clients across the Midwest and Southeast United States, operating from six regional offices in Ohio (Dayton, Cincinnati, Columbus), Indiana (Indianapolis), Florida (Jacksonville), and North Carolina (Raleigh). Danis serves 11 named vertical markets — Healthcare, Life Sciences, Mission Critical, Food + Beverage, Technology + Advanced Manufacturing, Athletic, Corporate + Workplace, Cultural + Lifestyle, Education, Historic, and Senior Living — with healthcare and complex occupied-environment construction as primary anchors. Reference projects include a 206,000 SF hospital for Bon Secours Mercy Health, a 260,000 SF patient tower for Dayton Children's Hospital, and a Tier 2 data center for Cisco.

The company's underlying delivery platform combines a self-perform multi-trade workforce of 620 crafts professionals with a set of proprietary methodologies. Core technical capabilities include Virtual Design + Construction (BIM, laser scanning, 3D coordination), Lean Construction, Target Value Delivery, an Integrated Team Approach, and an Onsite Industrialized Construction Center (ICC) — a 16,000 sq ft portable assembly facility with takt scheduling, engineered carts, and rolling assembly lines that the company reports produced 5-month schedule savings and 81% workforce utilization improvement on a flagship hospital project. An Information + Communications Technology (ICT) practice provides SMART Building, electronic access control, CCTV, and structured cabling integration. Danis reports a 96% repeat client rate, suggesting durable embedded relationships, particularly with healthcare systems and universities.

Danis generates revenue through project-based contracts — fixed-price, cost-plus, and integrated project delivery arrangements — secured via competitive bidding, RFIs, and negotiated procurement. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. Customers are predominantly enterprise owner-clients (healthcare systems, universities, corporations, public agencies) rather than long-tail SMB volume, making revenue lumpy at the project level. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales supported by regional Business Development Directors and a content marketing platform (InSite blog), industry publication presence, university recruiting, and the Constructing Hope community program. John Danis (third generation) serves as CEO; the company has no public shareholders, no disclosed institutional investors, and no M&A history in available data.

Name

Danis

Legal name

DANIS

Website

https://danisconstruction.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1916

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Danis is a 110-year-old, third-generation family-owned construction firm providing construction management, general contracting, and design/build services across healthcare, life sciences, mission critical, education, and corporate verticals in the US Midwest and Southeast through six regional offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Dayton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Construction Services: Project-based revenue from construction management, general construction, and design/build services. Revenue generated through fixed-price contracts, cost-plus contracts, and integrated project delivery arrangements across commercial building sectors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Danis provides construction management, general construction, and design/build services across healthcare, life sciences, mission critical, education, corporate, historic, athletic, senior living, food and beverage, cultural/lifestyle, and technology/advanced manufacturing sectors. The firm employs self-perform multi-trade capabilities, an Onsite Industrialized Construction Center (ICC) with takt-scheduled prefabricated assembly lines, Virtual Design + Construction (BIM/laser scanning/3D modeling), Lean Construction, Target Value Delivery, Integrated Team Approach, and Information + Communications Technology (ICT) integration for SMART building, access control, and security systems. Services are delivered through six regional offices across Ohio, Indiana, Florida, and North Carolina under fixed-price, cost-plus, and integrated project delivery contracts.

Product overview

Danis is a third-generation, privately owned construction company founded in 1916, offering construction management, general construction, and design/build services. Their portfolio spans multiple core services including Virtual Design + Construction, Self-Perform Work, and an Onsite Industrialized Construction Center (ICC). The company employs methodologies like Integrated Team Approach, Target Value Delivery, and Lean Construction. Their technology offerings include Information + Communications Technology (ICT) services and SMART building technologies. Danis serves 11 core markets: Healthcare, Food + Beverage, Life Sciences, Mission Critical, Technology + Advanced Manufacturing, Athletic, Corporate + Workplace, Cultural + Lifestyle, Education, Historic, and Senior Living.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Construction Management
• General Construction
• Design/Build
• Onsite Industrialized Construction Center (ICC)
• Virtual Design + Construction
• Information + Communications Technology (ICT)

Quantifiable outcome

• 5-month schedule savings using Onsite ICC at Mercy Health Kings Mills Hospital
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments11 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Brasfield & Gorrie: Regional general contractor headquartered in Birmingham, AL with strong healthcare, life sciences, and commercial focus across the Southeast. Closely comparable to Danis in size, vertical mix (healthcare-heavy), regional concentration, and self-perform capabilities.
• Messer Construction: Cincinnati-based construction manager serving Midwest and Mid-Atlantic markets with healthcare, life sciences, and higher education as anchor verticals. Highly comparable to Danis given shared Ohio/Midwest geography and healthcare/life sciences emphasis.
• Robins & Morton: Birmingham, AL-based general contractor specializing in healthcare construction across the Southeast. Directly comparable to Danis on healthcare vertical depth, project delivery approach, and regional Southeast footprint.
• Barton Malow: Midwest-headquartered (Southfield, MI) construction firm serving healthcare, education, energy, and industrial markets with strong self-perform capabilities. Comparable to Danis on Midwest geography, healthcare/education focus, and employee-owned/privately-held structure.
• Walsh Construction: Chicago-based general contractor serving Midwest markets with healthcare, education, and commercial projects. Comparable to Danis on Midwest geographic focus, vertical mix, and privately-held family/founder-controlled ownership.

Broad incumbents

• DPR Construction: National ENR top-5 general contractor with deep healthcare, life sciences, and mission critical/data center practices. Comparable to Danis on vertical focus but operates at materially larger scale across the full US.
• McCarthy Building Companies: National general contractor with healthcare and life sciences as flagship verticals, including cleanroom/cGMP construction. Highly comparable to Danis on life sciences/mission critical expertise but operates nationally at larger scale.
• Gilbane Building Company: National family-owned general contractor with strong healthcare, education, and life sciences practices. Comparable to Danis on family ownership structure and healthcare vertical depth, but serves all major US markets.
• Mortenson Construction: National general contractor specializing in data centers/mission critical, healthcare, and renewable energy. Comparable to Danis on mission critical capabilities (e.g., Cisco Tier 2 build) and self-perform model.
• Turner Construction: Largest US general contractor by revenue with national presence across healthcare, education, and mission critical. Comparable to Danis on vertical mix but operates at substantially larger scale and broader geographic footprint.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/danisbuilds
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@DanisBuilding
• Facebookfacebook.com/DanisBuilds
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/danisbuilds
• Instagraminstagram.com/danisbuilds

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles40 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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