Albin Carlson & Co.

Incorporated in Illinois on March 22, 1913, Albin Carlson & Co. has a nearly one hundred year history of providing award winning, high quality and on-time projects. Our success is attributed to our high quality of work, excellent on-time record and our ability to offer clients various delivery methods. Our expanding client list includes key government agencies, railroads, as well as private and public clients in a vast range of industries. We focus on providing general contracting of highway and railroad bridges, bridge repair, foundations, and retaining wall projects. We specialize in self-performing concrete, excavation, piling, carpentry and demolition work and have vast experience providing both preconstruction and construction services. Albin Carlson & Co. has been recognized by Engineering News Record as one of the nation’s Top 600 Specialty Contractors in 2009. Capabilities include design/build delivery, scheduling, value engineering, project controls, cost controls, timely project completions, and safety programs.

Albin Carlson’s commitment to excellence has enabled us to continually climb the ranks of Midwest Construction’s Midwest Top Contractors. In 2010 Midwest Construction ranked Albin Carlson & Co. as the 74th largest contractor in the Midwest and the 8th largest Transportation Contractor. Our commitment to quality and to our clients’ goals goes beyond each individual project and extends into the long lasting work and a commitment to our clients’ specific needs.  We recognize that it is this commitment to excellence that sets us apart from our competition and we strive to maintain this reputation in every endeavor undertaken. As a testament to the quality of work Albin Carlson provides, please see the list of awards Albin Carlson has received over the past fifteen years.

The safety of our employees, other field personnel, and the general public is a priority at Albin Carlson & Co. We have recently released and utilize a completely new and improved Health and Safety Manual. We prepare project and job site specific safety plans. We require safety training for our employees, we track their safety training certificates and we conduct weekly safety meetings for all field personnel. Our safety professionals are constantly monitoring our onsite safety practices via site audits, and we have invited OSHA to visit our sites to review our practices and provide feedback. Our most recent injury incident rate was 1.1 which is well below the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics national average for our NCIAS of 4.7.