Our story began with Matthew Myles Walsh’s small carpentry business in 1898. Since then, our company has evolved through four generations of family ownership to become the multi-billion dollar contracting business we are today, with more than 8,000 skilled tradespeople and professional staff.
Incorporated in 1949, Chicago-based Walsh Construction is one of the city’s largest and most respected general contracting, construction management and design-build firms, and recognized as a top-15 contractor nationally. The firm operates out of regional offices across North America, working with union labor and union subcontractors in the building, civil and transportation sectors.We operate out of 18 regional offices across the United States and Canada, each strategically located to support maximum quality and responsiveness to a growing customer base.