Business View Magazine | August 2020

26 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE AUGUST 2020 T he J.F. Wilkerson Contracting Company, Inc. was founded in 1965 and incorporated in 1968 in Roxboro, North Carolina, by Joseph Fenton Wilkerson and his son, Joe Jr., the firm’s current president. The company’s line of business includes providing general contracting services such as constructing water and sewer mains, replacing existing utilities, and upgrading large municipal systems. Today, the family-owned business is located in Morrisville, North Carolina and has 63 employees. “We cover about a 70-mile radius in the Raleigh-Durham area,” says John Patrick, Vice President of Operations, who runs the company with Joe and Joe’s son, Brian. “Most of our work is for government agencies, putting in underground water and sewer infrastructures. We hard-bid to the owner who is generally either a county board or a county administrator, or a city or town.” Patrick believes that J.F. Wilkerson has certain advantages in what is a competitive sector, one where most jobs tend to go to the lowest bidder. “Most of our work comes down to price,” he avers. “But what gives us our competitive edge is our production and our low ownership costs. We have no debt. That’s our biggest tool for competition. Everything is paid for when we buy it – specifically the AT A GLANCE J.F. WILKERSON CONTRACTING COMPANY, INC. WHAT: A public utility contractor WHERE: Morrisville, North Carolina WEBSITE: www.jfwilkerson.com J.F. Wilkerson CONTRACTING COMPANY, INC. Debt-free and busy