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Faulconer Construction is a heavy civil and site development contractor headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia, with regional offices serving the Southeast. This profile pulls the company's verifiable numbers, services, sectors, projects, and hiring details into one page. Where public sources disagree, including on founding year and employee count, both figures appear side by side.
Faulconer Construction Services at a Glance
The company works as a heavy civil contractor specializing in site development and heavy highway construction, including transportation construction, demolition, earthwork, site civil work, underground stormwater and sanitary sewer utilities, bioswales, and curb and gutter installation.
Faulconer has historically performed over 80% of the value of its contracts in-house.
That self-perform percentage is the single most useful number on this page if you are an owner or a general contractor. It tells you how much of the schedule sits under one contract instead of spread across subcontractors.
What the Self-Perform Model Actually Changes
The breadth of personnel plus a large fleet of company-owned equipment supports a rapid and flexible approach, with the company serving as a single source for site work needs.
In practice, that shows up three ways on a jobsite:
- A weather delay gets resequenced internally rather than triggering separate subcontractor remobilizations.
- Earthwork, utilities, and concrete share one superintendent and one call list.
- Change orders route through fewer tiers, which usually shortens pricing turnaround.
Our own crews run the same model on residential and light commercial work. On a basement and site package we ran last spring, keeping excavation and foundation concrete under one crew cut eleven days off the schedule compared with the subcontracted version of the same scope we bid the prior year.
Preconstruction
Preconstruction covers budgeting and estimating, constructability review, and phase development planning.
Heavy civil budgets usually break on the same three items: unexpected rock, conflicting underground utilities, and phasing. All three are cheapest to solve while the drawings are still editable.
Utility conflicts are also a safety issue, not just a cost one. OSHA requires that the estimated location of utility installations such as sewer, telephone, fuel, electric, and water lines be determined before opening an excavation , under the federal excavation standard, 29 CFR 1926 Subpart P.
Self-Performed Construction Trades
Published and federally documented capabilities include:
- Excavation and grading
- Underground storm and sanitary utilities
- Rock drilling and blasting
- Structural and site concrete
- Demolition
- Environmental work
- Curb, gutter, and building pads
Faulconer Construction by the Numbers
Published figures vary by source. Here is the spread, with the source attached to each one so you can weigh them yourself.
| Metric | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1946 | Cvillepedia |
| Founded | December 1954 | Federal registration record |
| Employees | 201 to 500 | LinkedIn company profile |
| Employees | ~300 | Chamber directory listing |
| Revenue | ~$120.8 million | Third-party aggregators (estimate) |
| Self-perform rate | Over 80% of contract value | Company statement |
| Safety | EMR consistently below 1.0 | Company statement |
| Active workload | 30 to 40 major projects | Company statement |
A few notes on reading that table.
Federal award records list the company's primary registered NAICS code as 237310, Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction, with the corporation founded in December 1954 and federally registered in September 2004.
Cvillepedia dates the founding to 1946. Marketing language of "over 75 years" fits the earlier date better.
The company reports being routinely engaged in 30 to 40 major projects in the site development and heavy highway construction markets.
It also states that it maintains rigorous safety standards with EMRs consistently below 1.0.
An EMR under 1.0 means a contractor's workers' compensation loss history runs better than the industry average. Many public owners use that line as a prequalification screen, so it carries weight beyond marketing.
The revenue figure deserves a caution. It comes from business-data aggregators, not from audited statements, and different providers publish different totals.
Sectors and Project Delivery
The company specializes in heavy highway and public works projects, as well as residential, commercial, industrial, and academic site development.
Its portfolio ranges from miles-long highway projects to nuclear power plant renovations and green-field elementary schools.
School and hospital work generally means phased sitework around occupied buildings. Transportation is the deepest-documented sector in the public record, so it gets the detail below.
Transportation
Public-agency transportation work runs on prequalification, not relationships. VDOT requires all contractors to be prequalified in order to submit a bid or proposal and perform work on VDOT-administered contracts.
VDOT publishes a searchable list of prequalified vendors, updated weekly on Wednesday.
You can confirm current standing yourself through the VDOT highway contractor prequalification program.
Documented Virginia roadwork includes:
Route 220 Safety Improvements, covering alignment improvements, road widening, turn lane additions, and intersection improvements along a 10-mile stretch
Route 29 improvements at Hollymead Town Center and the county's portion of the Meadow Creek Parkway
Federal and Subcontract Work
Through past federal subcontract awards, the company has provided site utility, flatwork, asphalt, vegetation, demolition, earthwork, site civil, sanitary sewer, underground stormwater, bio-basin, and curb and gutter services to prime contractors including RQ Construction LLC and the RQ-DPR joint venture.
That relationship is worth noting if you are mapping the federal design-build supply chain. We covered the prime side of it in our profile of RQ Construction's Carlsbad design-build operation.
Technology and Field Reporting
One detail most profiles skip: the company's own account of how long cost feedback used to take. A company leader described hand-delivering and emailing timecards weekly, which meant it could take almost three weeks before cost feedback arrived on completed work.
The point of digitizing that loop is money, not neatness. As the company's COO put it, rework costs roughly five times what it costs to install correctly the first time, so shared information supports getting the install right initially.
If you are vetting any civil contractor, ask how fast field cost data reaches the project manager. A three-week lag means problems get discovered after the money is spent.
Careers at Faulconer Construction
The company hires for multiple positions across its Virginia and North Carolina sites. Roles run from equipment operators and pipelayers to estimators, foremen, project managers, and safety staff.
Senior project manager postings reference large-scale heavy civil projects valued at over $25 million.
Benefits and Pledges
Published pledges include a pay equality commitment, a career advancement program aimed at helping employees upskill into higher-paying positions, and first-job programs that maintain entry-level hiring and career development.
Safety Training
Field training typically starts with OSHA 10 at orientation and continues with OSHA 30 for supervisors.
Know what those cards do and do not mean. The 10-hour class gives workers awareness of common job-related hazards, while the 30-hour class is aimed at supervisors or workers with some safety responsibility.
OSHA states plainly that the program is voluntary, does not meet the training requirements of any OSHA standard, and that none of its courses counts as a certification.
That is the detail most contractor profiles get wrong. Read the full rules on the OSHA Outreach Training Program page before treating an OSHA card as proof of competence.
A sub-1.0 EMR plus documented trench and shoring training is a stronger signal than card counts alone.
How to Vet Any Heavy Civil Contractor
The same checks apply whether you are hiring in Virginia or anywhere else.
- Pull the license record and confirm the classification matches your scope.
- Ask for the current EMR letter from the insurance carrier, not a marketing number.
- Request three references on projects of similar dollar value and phasing complexity.
- Confirm prequalification status with the owning agency if the job is public.
- Ask who self-performs each trade and who is subbed out.
- Ask how field costs are reported and how often.
If your project is residential or light commercial rather than highway scale, the vetting logic is identical but the trades differ. See our general contractor services and structural framing pages for how that scope is typically broken out, or commercial construction for build-out and ground-up work.
Planning a site or foundation package in New Jersey? Get a free estimate and we will walk the scope with you before pricing it.
FAQ
Where is Faulconer Construction's headquarters?
The headquarters address is 2496 Old Ivy Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903, with a listed phone number of (434) 295-0033.
A Salem, Virginia office is also listed in chamber directory records.
A North Carolina location operates at 7140 Weddington Rd, Concord, NC.
What is Faulconer Construction's revenue?
Business-data aggregators list annual revenue of roughly $120.8 million. One such provider publishes $120.8 million in revenue alongside an employee count of 221. Treat it as an estimate. It is not an audited or company-published figure, and headcount estimates differ across providers.
When was Faulconer Construction founded?
Sources conflict. Federal registration records state the corporation was founded in December 1954.
Cvillepedia reports a 1946 founding. Company materials referencing 75-plus years align with the earlier date.
Does Faulconer Construction hold a Virginia contractor license?
Permit-data records indicate the company holds a Highway/Heavy (H/H) license plus four other licenses according to the Virginia license board. License status changes, so verify current standing through the Virginia DPOR license lookup before contracting.
How many employees does Faulconer Construction have?
Estimates range. LinkedIn lists the company size at 201 to 500 employees.
A chamber listing states approximately 300 employees, including degreed and registered professional engineers, four full-time safety personnel, and an outside safety consultant.
What sectors does Faulconer Construction work in?
The firm supports residential, commercial, industrial, and academic developments along with public works projects.
Market sectors listed on a construction network profile are commercial, infrastructure, and residential.
Is Faulconer Construction a good company to work for?
Published material emphasizes safety culture, internal advancement, and training. Recruiting material describes an emphasis on safety, quality, operational excellence, employee growth, team collaboration, and a proactive safety culture. Employee review scores on public job platforms vary, so read a range of them rather than one aggregate score.
Does Faulconer Construction work outside Virginia?
Yes. The company describes itself as headquartered in central Virginia with regional offices serving the Southeast.
It operates a Concord, North Carolina location specializing in earthwork.
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