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Granite Construction Company, one of the nation’s largest and most respected heavy-civil construction contractors, was established in the Central California coastal city of Watsonville in 1922. Granite is consistently ranked in the top five in all heavy-civil construction categories of the Engineering News-Record Rankings.
The nearly 30 regional operations in California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Texas, Georgia, Florida and New York respond to the needs of federal and state agencies as well as the requirements of the railroad, mining, petroleum and power industries. A publicly traded firm listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GVA, Granite’s strength lies in its 5,000 employees, including 3,500 craftworkers and 1,500 salaried staff. More than 51% of its professional staff has technical degrees relating to the construction industry. Among managerial and supervisory personnel, the average length of service with Granite is 18 years. The company has more than 6,000 pieces of construction equipment valued at $700 million. Granite is nationally recognized for its expertise in the construction of highways, bridges, transit systems, railroads and airports. As a pioneer in the Design-Build delivery of heavy-civil projects, Granite with its joint venture partners has completed more than $4 billion in design-build projects in the last decade. Next >>