The California-based firm bought Kenny Seng Construction, which focuses on earthwork and site preparation as well as managing a gravel pit and recycling yard.
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Dive Brief:
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Granite Construction continued its multiyear buying spree by snatching up a Provo, Utah-based infrastructure contractor, according to a Monday news release. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
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Kenny Seng Construction focuses on earthwork, site preparation, utility installation, concrete work and construction management. It runs a gravel pit and recycling yard, as well as a fleet of multiuse dump trucks. The firm was founded in 1985 and has annual revenue of approximately $150 million per the release.
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“KSC is a great fit for Granite,” Kyle Larkin, Granite’s president and CEO, said in a statement emailed to Construction Dive. “Our cultures and values are closely aligned, and KSC’s work complements what Granite already does well and expands Granite’s service offerings in Utah.”
Dive Insight:
The move builds on Watsonville, California-based Granite’s “home market” strategy, where it supplies material from its own yards to help it build infrastructure projects in the nearby construction markets. The KSC deal includes a hard rock quarry with 1 million tons of annual production and approximately 45 million tons of reserves, according to the announcement.
In addition to subdivision and land development, KSC focuses on the education market with experience in school site work and athletic complexes, according to its website.
The acquisition builds on both the broader trend of mergers and acquisitions in the building and construction technology industries, as well as Granite’s own penchant for “bolt-on” acquisitions. On its most recent earnings call in February, the firm said it would continue to look for additional purchase targets. In 2025, it bought Warren Paving and Papich Construction, along with Cinderlite Trucking via its subsidiary, Centennial Aggregate.
KSC’s leadership team will continue to steer the organization while the company will maintain its brand, Granite said.
“Granite is growing, and this deal is in line with that effort,” Granite CFO Staci Woolsey said in a statement shared with Construction Dive. “As with our other recent acquisitions KSC is a well-led, high-performing company that will provide immediate benefits to our bottom line. We are excited to welcome them to our team.”
Granite is scheduled to report its first quarter 2026 earnings on Thursday.
Source: Utah News