Barnhill Contracting Company provides general construction, site development, and heavy highway construction services throughout the Carolinas and Virginia. Barnhill's building division provides construction services in the industrial, biotech, office, retail, mixed-use, hospitality, correctional, and institutional markets. The unit offers general construction, construction management, design/build, and fast-track services. Barnhill Contracting also operates asphalt plants and has one of the largest construction equipment divisions in the US Southeast. The family-owned firm was founded in 1949 by Robert E. Barnhill Sr; it is headed by his son, Robert Barnhill Jr.