Sundt | Southwest Contractor - Nationwide Experience

Sundt is celebrating its 120th anniversary this year. Want to learn more about our history? Click here.

Sundt is a very different kind of construction company. Please take a moment to explore our site and learn what this means and how it will benefit you. We’re a modern, innovative construction company with very deep roots. Our principles of honesty and integrity originated with the founder, M.M. Sundt, over a century ago. He built his business with hard work and a dedication to doing things the right way. He treated everyone fairly—both customers and employees—and as a result, his company grew and prospered. Today we’re one of the 100 largest general contractors in the United States, but we still live by the ethical principles he handed down to us. Click here to view our Code of Conduct

Sundt is 100 percent employee owned, so our employees take special pride in their work. We build projects in a collaborative team environment, using Building Information Modeling, Lean Construction tools and other innovative techniques to improve productivity, reduce costs and give our owners the best project possible. We do this while maintaining a safe project site and creating an environment for our employees that is consistently recognized by business publications as one of their city’s “best places to work.”

We think that working with us is a different kind of experience—The Sundt Experience.

Planing Mill - Early home of M.M. Sundt, Contractor and Builder, Las Vegas, New Mexico 1900

Agua Pura Dam - Completed for $21,843, it still serves residents of northern New Mexico. 1943

First Methodist Church - Sundt’s first project in Tucson, Arizona 1929

U of A Chemistry-Physics Building - One of the company’s six depression-era projects at the University of Arizona 1936

Los Alamos, New Mexico - World War II home of the Manhattan Project, where the atomic bomb was developed 1943

Titan II Missile Launch Facility - Sundt built the first Titan II missile launch facilities at Vandenberg AFB 1962

Kitt Peak Observatory - Construction of a Telescope building in Southern Arizona, 105-feet in diameter, that houses a 158-Inch Mayall Telescope 1968

London Bridge - Historic bridge in Great Britain that was dismantled stone by stone, shipped to the U.S., and reassembled in Lake Havasu City, Arizona 1971

Arizona Biltmore Hotel, Paradise Wing Addition - Expansion of this world famous hotel in Phoenix that has a Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired design 1975

Reunion Theme Tower - Slipformed structural concrete project for a 50-story, 562 ft theme tower that is a prominent feature in the Dallas skyline 1978

Loews Ventana Canyon Resort Hotel - Award winning 400,000-square-foot, 398-room luxury resort completed in Tucson in 1984

ARAMCO Housing, Saudi Arabia - Sundt built $750 million worth of projects for the Arabian-American Oil Company 1985

Slipformed Core, IBM Tower in Atlanta - Slipform building core, 725 feet above street level, performed by Sundt’s Concrete Division 1986

Fort Drum Military Family Housing - Design-build project to construct 1,150 one- and two-story military family housing units in upstate New York 1990

Salt Lake City Runway - Construction of an 11,000-foot-long runway, two parallel taxiways, ten high-speed taxiways, signage, and an airfield lighting system 1996

Los Alamos Flood Control Structure - Construction of a 390-foot-wide, 66-foot-high, 93-foot-thick, concrete flood control structure to protect a nuclear research reactor from flooding 2000

Westin Kierland Resort - Multi-story 750,000-square-foot, 700-room hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona with 32 suites in four separate casita buildings. 2002

U.S. 60 Expansion - Design-build project to widen 13 miles of Phoenix-area freeway, which included widening 12 bridges and adding carpool and merge lanes 2003

SeaWorld Journey to Atlantis - A water coaster ride themed as the Lost City of Atlantis in San Diego that includes a 130,000-gallon dolphin tank. 2004

BioDesign Institute at Arizona State University - LEED Platinum facility for biomedically 2004

Apollo Riverpoint Center - Worldwide headquarters for the University of Phoenix Online, consisting of three office buildings and two parking structures 2007

Sundt Corporate Headquarters, Tempe - Apollo Riverpoint Center - facilities 2008

ASU Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication - A 223,000-square-foot, design-build project in downtown Phoenix containing offices, retail space, 12 classrooms, and studios 2008

Phoenix Light Rail - Construction of several line sections for first light rail system in Arizona, serving Phoenix and several surrounding cities 2008

Ryan Nessen

Served eight years of active duty as a U.S. Navy Seabee (Construction Battalion) Promoted to Operations Manager and Vice President in 2009 Designated Design Build Professional (2006) Master of Business Administration (2009)

Came to Sundt in 2003 as a Project Manager LEED Accredited Professional (2004) AIC Certified Professional Constructor (2005) Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management (2007) Construction Management (ASCM) Degree (2003)

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Marie Crist

"Working at Sundt allows many opportunities and challenges me to always do what it takes to get the job done. Our employee-owners stay focused on the end result and work with a sense of urgency to get there. At Sundt, we thrive on continuous improvement and enlist employees to constantly train in many areas. This produces very positive results for the entire company."

Marie Crist

Miramar College Arts & Humanities and Business Technology Classroom Buildings (CM Multi-Prime)
Miramar College Library Learning Resource Center (CM Multi Prime)
Sweetwater High School Expansion (Lease-Leaseback)
County of San Bernardino Juvenile Detention Facility (Design-Build)
UCSD Muir Student Housing (CMAR)
Cal Poly Student Recreation Center Expansion (CMAR)
San Diego Airport Landside Expansion (Design-Build)
Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) San Diego Post
Landmark Professional Development
Toastmasters International