Private company
Manhattan Construction Company
American construction company
The Manhattan Construction Company is an American-owned construction company founded by Laurence H. Rooney in Chandler in Oklahoma Territory in 1896. Today, the firm operates under its parent company, Manhattan Construction Group with affiliates Cantera Concrete Co.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
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The Manhattan Construction Company is an American-owned construction company founded by Laurence H. Rooney in Chandler in Oklahoma Territory in 1896. Today, the firm operates under its parent company, Manhattan Construction Group with affiliates Cantera Concrete Co.2
Funding
Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.
- Federal contracts $695.5M
Figures by year
| Year | Federal contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $3.2M | $3.2M |
| 2025 | $17.5M | $17.5M |
| 2024 | $3.8M | $3.8M |
| 2023 | $120.8M | $120.8M |
| 2022 | $12.5M | $12.5M |
| 2021 | $64.1M | $64.1M |
| 2020 | $161.3M | $161.3M |
| 2019 | $10.4M | $10.4M |
| 2018 | $48.9M | $48.9M |
| 2017 | $77.6M | $77.6M |
| 2016 | $138.1M | $138.1M |
| 2014 | $278.0K | $278.0K |
| 2010 | $408.7K | $408.7K |
| 2009 | $7.3M | $7.3M |
| 2008 | $29.5M | $29.5M |
Federal awards
Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov4, by calendar year, 2008–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.
Largest contracts
- Feb 23, 2016$154.7M from Department of the Army: Construction of inscom facility igf::ot::igf5 To MANHATTAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LLC Award W912DR16C0004
- May 1, 2023$115.0M from Department of the Army: Arlington national cemetery southern expansion phase ii - operations complex construction award.6 To MANHATTAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LLC Award W9123623C2022
- Nov 2, 2017$104.0M from Department of the Navy: Igf::ot::igf p275 electronic science and technology lab, nrl, washington, dc7 To MANHATTAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LLC Award N4008018C0005
- Jan 2, 2020$89.6M from Department of the Army: Design-bid-build construction contract for a 281,075 square foot dla aviation operations center dscr in richmond va8 To MANHATTAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LLC Award W9123621C2019
- Mar 6, 2020$85.6M from Department of the Army: Usawc general instruction building9 To MANHATTAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LLC Award W912DR20C0007
Links
- WikipediaManhattan Construction Company
- WikidataQ17080191
Sources
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- 5USAspending.govW912DR16C0004: Department of the Army
- 6USAspending.govW9123623C2022: Department of the Army
- 7USAspending.govN4008018C0005: Department of the Navy
- 8USAspending.govW9123621C2019: Department of the Army
- 9USAspending.govW912DR20C0007: Department of the Army