Where We Work

Carl A. Nelson & Company is an Eastern Iowa-based construction firm with offices in Burlington, Iowa, and Cedar Falls, Iowa. Our design-build, construction management and general contracting firm does business across the state, throughout the Midwest and all around the United States.

We are a licensed contractor in 22 of the 50 states to meet the needs of repeat clients, who represent about 80% of our annual construction volume. Our primary service area is within about 350 miles of our main office in Burlington, which includes all or portions of:

Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin. 

We also are licensed in: 

Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.

As for those blank spots on the map? Those are mainly places we haven't worked in yet.


Beyond Where

More important than where is what, and Carl A. Nelson & Company is experienced in a range of construction market segments. Visit our Project Portfolio to learn more about the work we have done, and our Construction Project Delivery pages to learn more about how we did it.