Built to Last: The Family Construction Business White Paper

Free Research Brief for Construction Business Owners

You Build Things That Outlast You. Is Your Company One of Them?

95% of US construction firms never cross $10 million in revenue.
If yours has, the operating model that got you here is the one
that will limit what happens next. This research brief shows
you what to build instead.

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95%

of construction firms
never cross $10M

41%

of next-gen say no succession plan exists

30%

of family businesses reach the 2nd generation

#1

concern of heirs: communication between generations

The "I'll Figure It Out Later"
Tax Is Already Compounding

Every year succession, governance and advisor coordination get postponed, they get more expensive. Not on your income statement. In slower decisions, deferred leadership development, missed estate planning windows, family resentment, and key employees quietly updating their resumes.

This brief names the three forces that decide whether a family construction business survives the move from owner-led shop to multi-generational enterprise:

The Owner Bottleneck: Every decision still flows through you. Your team has been trained to defer, not to lead.

The Coordination Gap: Your CPA, attorney, and investment advisor are all competent. No one is coordinating them and the tax system attends every meeting whether you invite it or not.

Family Friction: The next generation is not asking for control. They are asking for clarity and communication is their single biggest concern.

"Instead of them running the business, the business is running them."

Anthony DiTucci

"If I don't fix this, I'm going to have a heart attack within the next 6 months."

Jerry Aliberti

"We spent all this time preparing the money for the heirs. And no time preparing the heirs for the money."

Roey Diefendorf

What's Inside

The industry data that defines your real peer group — $2.18T in annual spending, 3.7M firms, and why crossing $10M puts you in the top 5%
Why "built to last" has been misunderstood in construction for decades and what the project mindset costs when applied to the enterprise
The three forces framework with field observations from advisors who have coached operators through more than $10 billion of bid work
The Family Business Flywheel — an open framework treating the business, the wealth, and the family as one operating system
Nine diagnostic questions from three experts, designed to be answered alone first, then with the people who matter

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The Panel

Five specialists who work inside family construction enterprises every day ,
each bringing a different lens on the same system.

Michael Palumbos

Family Wealth
& Legacy

Architect of the Family Business Flywheel

Ricky
Stellar

Stellar Advisors

Wealth coordination
& estate strategy.

Roey
Diefendorf

MTM360
Fourth-generation family business principal· 50-year veteran advisor.

Jerry
Aliberti

Pro-Accel

$10B+ in employee performance training bid work.

Anthony
DiTucci

Livingston Associates

Construction operational excellence.

You've Built Something Worth Protecting.

The buildings outlast the people who put them up. The enterprise should, too.
Start with the brief , then take the free Snapshot and ask your family to take it independently.
That single comparison surfaces more truth than the previous year of family meetings combined.

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