J.e. Dunn Construction Company

J.E. Dunn Construction Company, doing business as Blue Hat Crane & Equipment Rental, is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri that delivers construction management, design-build, and facilities support services to federal agencies as a prime contractor (72% of recent awards). The company is a subsidiary of JE Dunn Construction Group Inc. and competes on full-and-open contracts across civilian and defense agencies without set-aside designations.

J.E. Dunn's federal footprint concentrates in commercial and institutional building construction (85 awards) and facilities support services (48 awards), with particular depth in hospital and medical facility repair and alteration, federal office building construction and renovation, and design-build outfitting. Representative prime work includes a $158.6 million Construction Manager as Constructor contract with the General Services Administration Region 8 for a new FDA laboratory facility at the Denver Federal Center, Lakewood, Colorado (awarded March 2023, ultimate completion January 2029), a $107.6 million facade replacement and restoration contract with GSA Region 6 for the Charles E. Whittaker Federal Courthouse in Kansas City, Missouri (awarded May 2022, ultimate completion March 2027), a $54.9 million design-and-construction contract with the Army Corps of Engineers-Louisville District for an Army Reserve Center at Dobbins Air Force Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia (awarded September 2025, ultimate completion April 2028), and a $29.4 million design-build initial outfitting delivery order with the U.S. Air Force at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida (awarded September 2021, completion September 2024).

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward Army Corps of Engineers district commands and the General Services Administration's Public Buildings Service. The Army Corps of Engineers-Little Rock Engineering District leads by potential value at three awards worth $1.62 billion combined; the Army Corps of Engineers-Savannah Engineering District accounts for three awards worth $950 million combined. GSA Region 7 holds two awards worth $900 million combined, and GSA Region 6 anchors 13 awards worth $793 million combined. The Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration appears across 48 awards by count, primarily construction and facilities support work at nuclear security facilities, reflecting sustained facilities management engagement across the NNSA portfolio.

J.E. Dunn holds positions on multiple Army Corps of Engineers Indefinite Delivery Contracts as a prime contractor. The three largest parent vehicles carry substantial combined potential value: IDC W9127S13D6001 supports eight task orders worth $384.3 million combined, IDC W9126G08D0057 supports nine task orders worth $194.3 million combined, and IDC W9127S17D6003 supports six task orders worth $175.7 million combined. These vehicles fund design-build, construction management, and facilities restoration work across Corps districts nationwide.

Activity has accelerated sharply in recent years. The vendor recorded three prime awards in 2022, four in 2023, then 22 in 2024 and 19 in 2025, with 13 awards in the first five months of 2026. Combined potential value across the entire federal portfolio stands at $8.45 billion, with $3.25 billion obligated (38% of combined potential). Two awards carrying combined potential value of $162.5 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete opportunity for competitors.

On SCI-reportable federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold, J.E. Dunn recorded $50.6 million in invoiced revenue across FY2022–FY2024, including $17 million in FY2022 and $33.6 million in FY2024. The FY2023 SCI records show zero invoicing, reflecting a shift in contract mix or reporting classification that year. The vendor deployed roughly 9.8 FTEs in FY2022 and 19.5 FTEs in FY2024 on SCI-reportable work, indicating growth in direct federal services delivery. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, J.E. Dunn self-performs the majority of work, with subcontractors representing roughly 15% of total contractor hours on average; the vendor has named 17 distinct subcontractors on these records. Government-paid median hourly rates on SCI work run around $302 per hour, with rates spanning from $135 per hour at the 10th percentile to $835 per hour at the 90th percentile, reflecting the mix of field construction labor and senior project management roles.

J.E. Dunn subcontracts to major federal contractors on energy and facilities work. The vendor appears across 53 sub-awards in the source data, with the overwhelming majority (approximately 45 sub-awards dated 2023–2026) routed through Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies LLC on construction and voice notification work supporting the National Security Campus management and operations contract (DE-NA0002839), a Department of Energy program. The vendor also performs sub work for The Leland Stanford Junior University on linear accelerator operation and maintenance projects, indicating specialized construction capability in scientific and research infrastructure. This subcontract concentration reflects J.E. Dunn's positioning as a feeder of construction expertise to large facility-management and energy-sector primes rather than as a primary holder of those franchise relationships.