Granite Construction
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Company type | Public |
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NYSE: GVA S&P 400 Component | |
Industry | Engineering, Construction |
Founded | 1922 |
Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | James H. Roberts (Director, President and CEO) |
Number of employees | 3,600 (2013) |
Website | www |
Granite Construction Inc. (NYSE: GVA) is a member of the S&P 400 Index based in Watsonville, California, and is the parent corporation of Granite Construction Company, a heavy civil general contractor and construction material producer.
Incorporated in 1922 and publicly traded since 1990, Granite Construction Company is composed of a materials division and two geographically divided operating divisions (Granite West, located in Watsonville, and Granite East, located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex suburb of Lewisville, Texas), under which are several regional offices.
Granite specializes in both public and private sector transportation infrastructure projects that include: roads, highways, tunnels, bridges, locks and dams, mass transit facilities and airports. The materials division produces construction materials such as sand, gravel, ready-mix and asphalt concrete.