Built for Education
Wright Contracting is a Knoxville general contractor for commercial, institutional and industrial work across East Tennessee — construction management, design-build and design-bid-build delivery, by a team that stays on the job from estimate to closeout.
A trusted Knoxville general contractor for commercial, institutional and industrial projects across East Tennessee
Wright Contracting partners with owners, designers, subcontractors and suppliers to deliver high-quality projects on schedule and at a great value — and we build the long-term relationships that come from doing that job after job.
Our Services
Services that turn your program into a building
Pre-Construction & Estimating
Budgets, constructability review and bid packaging that align scope, cost and schedule before anyone mobilizes.
View more → 02General Contracting
Hard bid, negotiated or design-build — the method changes, the team and the process don't.
View more → 03Construction Management & Design-Build
Single-point accountability when the owner wants a partner at the table from concept through occupancy.
View more → 04Self-Performed Work
Our own crews on temporary controls, cut-and-patch and punch-list completion — the work that keeps a phased job on schedule.
View more →Featured Projects
Projects that serve our clients and communities
Occupied-building renovations, ground-up facilities and complex systems work for universities, the State of Tennessee, utilities, the Air National Guard and private owners.
→TANG Repair Dining & Medical Training Facility — Building 420
$9.25M renovation for the Tennessee Air National Guard at McGhee Tyson — dining hall, medical training suite and site work on an active base.
→Superior Steel Paint Building
Pre-engineered paint facility with heavy slab, foundations and process utilities on a working fabrication yard.
→Cherokee Health Systems — East Knox Clinic
Ground-up community health clinic delivering primary and behavioral care to East Knoxville.
→All Souls Church — Downtown Knoxville
Adaptive reuse of a downtown commercial building into a sanctuary, classrooms and gathering space.
Why Wright
A construction partner you can trust
You need more than a low number. You need a team that communicates clearly, owns the details, and delivers safe, high-quality work in buildings that stay open while we work.
Experience you can rely on
Repeat work for the University of Tennessee, the State of Tennessee, KUB, ORNL and the Air National Guard — the owners with the most demanding paperwork.
A hands-on leadership team
The people who price your work manage it and stay reachable through closeout. Problems get solved by the people who priced the work.
Built for occupied buildings
Phasing, dust and noise control, after-hours work and clear daily communication with the people who use the building.
Owners we build for
Let's talk
Put a hands-on team behind your project
Tell us what you're planning. We'll listen, ask the right questions and give you a straight answer on budget, schedule and approach.