Our Beginnings
Drymalla Construction Company was founded in 1946 by J.L. Drymalla. Mr. Drymalla worked hard to establish a reputation for quality; the company enjoyed success and growth because of those efforts. Initially, the company concentrated upon residential and small commercial projects.
By the early 1960s Drymalla ceased residential projects and performed exclusively commercial construction. During the 1970s, a significant portion of projects were pre-engineered Drymalla Leadership 1970s- J.L. Drymalla, center metal buildings. Earl Pitchford, an employee that began his career with Drymalla in 1965, was the leader of that division of the company.
J.L. Drymalla retired in 1979 and Earl Pitchford acquired Drymalla Construction. With Earl at the helm, Drymalla continued to grow. When the pre-engineered market eased, he focused the company upon substantial commercial projects; public schools came to comprise a large share of Drymalla’s workload.
Drymalla Today
Drymalla Construction Company LLC is one of Texas’ leading builders, employing qualified, professional staff and experienced craftsmen, delivering a superior finished project and producing satisfied clients. Our portfolio contains a broad variety of commercial projects, including, airport hangars, churches, financial institutions, higher education, healthcare, industrial, municipal, office buildings, retail, restaurants, manufacturing and warehousing. With over 50,000,000 square feet of public schools delivered, our experience in K through 12 projects is unsurpassed in the industry.
Drymalla employs approximately 150 craftsman and professionals, but because our project managers and superintendents average more than 12 years tenure, we are able to maintain the personal touch necessary to construct small and mid-size projects, yet possess the expertise to manage projects exceeding $350 million in value. In addition to our central office in Columbus, Texas, we maintain a branch office in Houston and Kingwood to keep our management personnel close to our clients on the north, south and east side of Houston.
We are committed to the green building process. We are a member of the USGBC and have delivered projects that are LEED certified, silver and gold.
Our growth and success is the result of performance, professionalism, quality and the personal participation of our leadership — leadership which possesses cumulatively over 125 years of commercial construction experience.
Our financial strength is a tangible asset. We are a Texas owned, debt free corporation with over $1,000,000,000 in bonding capacity, yet we consistently provide one of the most competitive fee structures in the industry.
Drymalla believes strong team relationships lead to successful projects which exceed our client’s functional, aesthetic, budgetary and scheduling goals.
We build Quality through Teamwork.
