Building the future of industry starts with the right partner. JE Dunn partners with clients across the United States to turn complex industrial and advanced manufacturing investments into high-performing facilities built for long-term success.
We are most effective when engaged early, before scope, schedule, and budget are locked in, aligning with owners and designers from the outset for greater certainty and long-term operational success.
As an industrial construction contractor, JE Dunn supports owners from front-end planning through commissioning and startup. Our integrated teams bring preconstruction, in-house design, self-perform trades, and multi-trade coordination to complex capital projects, providing a single point of accountability that drives cost certainty, schedule certainty, and long-term operational success.
JE Dunn’s manufacturing construction experience includes greenfield plants, expansions, and retrofits on active production sites. We align facility design with production goals and coordinate sophisticated equipment integration so each facility is ready to perform from day one.
Brent has spent his entire career with JE Dunn, advancing from Project Engineer to Senior Vice President over more than two decades. He leads JE Dunn’s national Industrial & Manufacturing business unit, overseeing projects across the United States for Fortune 500 manufacturers in the automotive, defense, paper, consumer goods, food & beverage, advanced warehousing, and process industrial sectors. Brent focuses on understanding each client’s purpose, goals, and needs to deliver transformational solutions.
Industrial construction covers facilities built for production, processing, energy, and distribution: manufacturing plants, battery and energy storage facilities, food and beverage processing plants, power infrastructure, and distribution centers. These projects integrate heavy structural, civil, process, and MEP systems with specialized equipment, and typically require early planning around scope, schedule, and operational requirements.
Industrial projects are driven by production goals rather than occupancy. Facility design must align with process equipment, utilities, and regulatory requirements such as FDA, USDA, or cleanroom standards, and work often occurs on active production sites. That makes early contractor involvement, equipment integration, and schedule certainty far more critical than in typical commercial construction.
Most sites are chosen on incentives, land cost, and availability, while utilities, workforce, and permitting are considered far too late. Those shortcuts become budget overruns and schedule problems. JE Dunn works alongside site selectors and economic developers to bring a construction lens in early, flagging power capacity, soil conditions, labor availability, and permitting timelines before a site is committed. Learn More
Engaging a contractor before scope, schedule, and budget are locked in allows owners, designers, and builders to align from day one. Early involvement surfaces constraints that bend schedules, enables long-lead equipment strategies, and provides greater cost and schedule certainty, leading to solutions that support long-term operational success. Learn More
JE Dunn builds advanced manufacturing, battery and energy storage, consumer products, food and beverage, power, and warehousing and distribution facilities nationwide. Our portfolio ranges from new plants and gigafactories to expansions and retrofits on active production sites, for clients such as Georgia-Pacific, LG Chem, YKK AP, Saronic Technologies, and Dongwha Electrolyte.
