Granite Construction Incorporated

Holding company Granite Construction has a rock-hard grip on infrastructure projects. The company's main subsidiary, Granite Construction Company, is a transportation and heavy construction contractor that works on public infrastructure projects, such as airports, bridges, highways, mass transit, dams, water-related facilities, utilities, and tunnels. Granite's private sector projects involve residential and commercial site preparation. In addition to construction services, the company mines and processes aggregates and has plants that produce construction materials, such as asphalt concrete. Granite has offices from Alaska to Florida, and in Canada, Guam, and Utah. The firm was incorporated in 1922. Its operation in California generates about 30% of sales.