About Big J

Company Highlights

1976

• Big J Enterprises founded by Gary and Dee Johnson in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Over the next thirteen years Gary and Dee expand Big J into one of New Mexico's leading commercial and industrial contracting firms.
   

• Growth fueled by winning major projects and sustaining contract work at:

  • Intel

  • General Mills

  • Sandia National Laboratories

Dedication To Safety, Quality and Accountability Define Big J's Culture

1994

• Gary Johnson is sworn into office as New Mexico State Governor and Harold Field named trustee of the company. 
   

• Big J employment peaks with 900 employees on the payroll.

1999

• Big J Enterprises is sold to Dick Teater. Dick brings over thirty years of construction experience to Big J. 
   

  • US Naval Academy (BS Mechanical Engineering)

  • Purdue University (MS Construction and Finance)
     

  • Fluor Daniel

    • Group President - Power & Government (International)

    • 7,500 employees

    • 12 office locations worldwide

    • $2,000,000,000 revenue responsibility
       

  • Holmes & Narver

    • Project Manager: Mid East, Asia, Antarctica
       

  • US Navy Civil Engineer Corps

2000

• Major initiatives completed to upgrade telecommunications, accounting systems, estimating systems, networking and computer equipment. 
   

• Employment at Big J increases steadily from 220 employees in 1999 to 450 employees.

2001

• Geographic region of business expands to 400 mile radius from Albuquerque. Big J opens office in Colorado Springs.
   

• General Operations Manager hired to oversee expanding commercial, industrial and federal business. 
   

• Largest non-industrial mechanical project in company history awarded to Big J

  • City Of Albuquerque Metropolitan Courthouse

    • Value of Big J's scope of work: $5,000,000+
       

• Big J completes first Los Alamos National Laboratories design/build project

  • DARHT Vessel Preparation Facility

    • Value of Big J's scope of work: $3,000,000
       

• Big J awarded major work package at world's leading semiconductor manufacturer*
  * Client/project name confidential at client request

  • Value of Big J's scope of work: $12,000,000+
     

•  Payroll peaks at 500 employees.

2003

• Big J consolidates Albuquerque offices and Fabrication shops into a single, custom designed, facility.
   

• Largest federal project in company history awarded to Big J

  • Sandia National Laboratories MESA Micro Fab

  • State-of-the-art nanotechnology research and production facility

    • Value of Big J's scope of work: $7,000,000+
       

• Colorado Springs office awarded largest project since opening in 2001

  • Semiconductor tool installation and base build package

    • Value of Big J's scope of work: $3,000,000+