SAK Construction Relocates Headquarters

SAK Construction, one of the fastest-growing privately held pipeline rehabilitation and tunneling contractors in the U.S., has relocated its national headquarters to larger, newly renovated facilities a few miles from its original headquarters in O'Fallon, MO. The building, located at 864 Hoff Road in O'Fallon, was formerly an automotive components storage facility.

SAK converted the existing structure's cavernous 88,000-square-foot interior into efficient and attractive office, warehouse, equipment fabrication and repair areas. Among the functions of the new building will be to provide an interior space for the storage, maintenance and repair of the firm's massive tunneling equipment. SAK, which has more than 250 employees and serves clients in 25 states across the nation, provides specialized, high demand services ranging from large diameter tunneling to the full spectrum of current trenchless or "no-dig" technologies, including CIPP (cured-in-place) pipeline rehabilitation.

Jerry Shaw, SAK president, said  the expansion reflects the five-year-old firm's success and rapid growth. "Despite the soft economy, our gross revenues shot up from $31 million in 2009 to more than $70 million in 2010, and we're experiencing growth beyond that in 2011. We take pride in our success and believe that our new facilities will help us continue to grow while providing the service and technologies that our customers expect and deserve."

SAK's most recent expansion was the March 2011 acquisition of Pipenology Inc., a Rocklin-Calif.-based contractor that grossed $10.5 million in 2010. By acquiring Pipenology, SAK expanded its Western U.S. presence, which already included work on major contracts in California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas.

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