Lyles Construction Group (LCG) is one of California's oldest and largest family and employee-owned group of construction companies with our headquarters in Fresno. LCG began operations in the oil fields of Avenal in 1945 and has grown to be a consistently ranked ENR Top 400 Contractor and the 2nd Largest Environmental Contractor in California. We pride ourselves on the highest degree of self-performance and have reached as much as 1.0-million employee field man-hours per year in 2007. Our exceptional financial strength has allowed us to offer our clients bonding capacities of $500 million per project and $1.o billion aggregate at the lowest rates in the industry.
Our philosophy is one of delegating responsibility and authority to the operating level of each company or division. We have utilized "progress through performance" by having competently trained and experienced employees actively directing the tactical and strategic operations of each of our companies. Our Project Managers are hired from within the industry and through construction management and engineering academic programs across the country. As a result, we are able to leverage proven experience with the latest and best practices to ensure project success.