Lithko is Recognized as an ENR Top Specialty Contractor for 2025

We’re proud to share that Lithko Contracting has been ranked #2 among the Top Concrete Specialty Contractors and #25 among the Top Specialty Contractors overall by Engineering News-Record (ENR) for 2025. Here are some words from our CEO, Rob Strobel, on today’s market, innovation, and what’s next for our industry.

Lithko’s Navigation of Today’s Market

In today’s world, it isn’t the big that eat the small—it’s the fast that eat the slow. Our ability to react quickly has been our biggest success. We’ve had to stay focused on agility and speed to keep moving forward.

As we continue to expand geographically, Lithko’s focus remains on identifying new markets, strengthening customer relationships, and providing value engineering solutions that deliver measurable results.

Lithko’s Current Growth Goals

We’re continuing to expand geographically, identifying new markets and acquisitions to grow beyond 30 locations while positioning ourselves as the concrete contractor of choice. Our goal is to provide unique value engineering and solutions for owners and contractors.

Lithko’s Safety Focus

Our growth and performance go hand-in-hand with our commitment to safety and people. Lithko’s safety philosophy centers on understanding human behavior, why people take risks, and creating an environment where every coworker feels supported and accountable.

We address safety at the individual behavior level, understanding why people take risks and helping them make better choices. When someone shows risky behavior, we look for the underlying reasons and provide support. That’s how safety and mental health connect.

Lithko’s Take on AI

Lithko’s approach to technology continues to evolve as we integrate AI and data to make smarter, faster decisions across every project. These tools strengthen collaboration across regions and help us maintain the agility that drives our success.

AI helps us retain the speed and connectedness that built Lithko, turning data into smarter decisions and stronger performance. Our focus is on data quality and how AI can capture and share knowledge across all our regions—keeping the voltage of collaboration high as we grow.

Lithko’s Take on Recruiting in Today’s Market

At every level, our people remain the foundation of our success. From developing new craft talent to empowering leaders in the field, we’re committed to building strong teams and lasting careers.

Attracting and keeping craft professionals is about relationships, picking up the shovel, making connections, and giving people a path to grow. We’re leveraging technology, including platforms like Skill-It (the ‘Indeed’ of craft labor), to connect with workers and gain more traction.

Lithko’s Take on Customer Relationships

Our customer relationships are built on trust, performance, and problem-solving, project by project and manager by manager.

The best relationships come from doing quality work and being a proactive subcontractor, solving problems on the jobsite and identifying constraints early. Relationships are built project by project, manager by manager, and across geographies. That’s how we strengthen trust with our customers.

Lithko’s Take on BIM Modeling

As the construction industry continues to evolve, Lithko remains focused on making innovation practical and impactful, keeping people at the center of every advancement.

Technology only works when it helps people perform better. Our job is to make innovation practical, scalable, and beneficial for the people in the field. Paper drawings are outdated the moment they’re printed. The future is live models, where everyone builds from the same, constantly updated source of truth.