Heavy civil and commercial contractor across the Intermountain West
Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction (RLW) is a 501–1,000-person heavy civil and commercial contractor operating across the western U.S., acquired by Sterling Construction in 2009. The tech stack is heavily weighted toward design and site visualization tools (Revit, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Navisworks, Bluebeam, SketchUp, Trimble suite, Leica) with emerging data-capture workflows (GPS, DynamoDB, C#), signaling investment in jobsite intelligence and real-time asset tracking. Hiring remains construction-dominant (102 of 119 roles), but the presence of 11 engineering roles and pain-point focus on cost control, safety compliance, and distributed BIM workflows suggests internal pressure to digitize project delivery and reduce manual coordination friction.
Notable leadership hires: Survey Party Chief, Survey Chief
RLW delivers multi-million-dollar infrastructure projects—heavy civil, commercial, municipal, and transportation-oriented work—using design-build, progressive design-build, CM/GC, and traditional design-bid-build models. The company operates across Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, Texas, Washington, Wyoming, and Utah. Active projects span data centers, wastewater treatment facilities, bridge and highway construction, avalanche structures, and parking facilities. Founded in 1975 and acquired by Sterling Construction (ranked #59 on ENR's 2024 Top 400 Contractors), RLW is led by President Brandon Squire and EVP Tod Wadsworth.
RLW's core stack includes Revit, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Navisworks, and Bluebeam for design and coordination; Viewpoint and Primavera P6 for project management; Trimble, Leica, and GPS for site surveying and positioning; Power BI and Tableau for analytics.
RLW is headquartered in Draper, Utah. The company operates across 11 western states and is a subsidiary of Sterling Construction Company, based in Houston, Texas.
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