Grit & Innovation: The Haydon Way

What Drives Us

As one of the largest local general contractors in the Southwest, Haydon is built on grit, integrity, and innovation. With expertise in building, heavy civil, virtual, electric, and landscape construction, we deliver unmatched quality and service. We are committed to creating exceptional experiences for our clients, industry partners, and team members—driven by a relentless pursuit of excellence in everything we build.

Since our cultural reboot in 2017, we’ve established a set of 31 Fundamental Behaviors that guide our daily actions and decisions. Each week, we highlight one behavior in meetings and in our company-wide huddle, keeping our values in focus.

Current Behavior of the Week:

Share Information

With appropriate respect for confidentiality, share information freely. Learn to ask yourself, “Who else needs to know this?” Information is one of our greatest assets. Find it, share it, and use it.

Our Fundamental Behaviors

Guided by Purpose, Grounded in Values

Grit

Haydon was established on a foundation of grit. Gary Haydon built this organization despite hardships and adversities. His resilience, tenacity, and passion for construction inspires us every day. Construction is a tough industry; grit is a necessity.
Find A Way

We find creative, quality solutions to achieve operational excellence. Where there is no path, Haydon builds its own. When there’s no known solution, we find a way.
Shoulder to Shoulder

We stand shoulder to shoulder in support and protection of the people next to us in the trench, in the field, in the office. We stand together, with humility, respect and commitment to our peers and partners.
Heart

Our people are the lifeblood of Haydon. Our passion for building, courage to do the right thing, genuine compassion, and respect for the individual are what set us apart from the competition. The heart of our people is what keeps Haydon building.
Many As One

No one person accomplishes a task on their own, it is a team effort. Our many divisions, many skills, and many individuals make us one unique company. Many as one in pursuit of common goals.

At Haydon, our culture is the foundation of everything we do. From our inclusive hiring process to the way we support your growth throughout your career, you’ll experience a true sense of belonging, proof that you made the right choice in joining our team. We’re committed to continuous improvement, celebrating wins, and helping each person reach their full potential. In 2017, our Haydon 2.0 culture refresh brought us back to what matters most: our people. We see each team member as more than a title or number—we see the whole person. That’s why we lead with intention, connect personally, and treat each other like family. We are Haydon.

Katie Haydon, President & CEO

Culture Fuels Our Success

01 Define

The team member behaviors (fundamentals) that drive your success.

Haydon has established our mission, values, and behaviors.

02 Ritualize

The practice of your fundamentals.

Haydon has many methods of ritualizing our company fundamentals. They are everywhere, from the kick off discussion of a meeting to a weekly email distribution, or even visually displayed on our walls, our words are those we live by.

03 Select

People who are the right fit for your culture

Haydon has a customized hiring process for each position, including internships, that assures each potential team member will be successful and fit into our culture. We understand that transitioning to a new role is a big decision and are here to help along the way.

04 Integrate

New hires into your culture

An extensive on-boarding process is implemented for various positions. A typical welcome week can entail a built out schedule featuring, orientation, training sessions, jobsite shadow opportunities and lunches with essential team members. We build community by taking time to integrate each new hire that joins our team.

05 Communicate

Your culture throughout the organization

Being a diverse organization with multiple divisions and subsidiaries, we operate as one team motivated to continually improve our communication strategies with frequent company huddles, email correspondence, and events.

06 Coach

To reinforce your culture

Our Fundamental Behaviors lay the foundation for great coaching opportunities. Through monthly one-on-one’s, internal peer groups, and leadership coaching, we empower our leaders to effectively coach their teams.

07 Lead

Your culture by example

Our culture is implemented at every level and are lead by various committees such as team member recognition and events. Our leaders take time to recognize and appreciate their teams through celebrating anniversaries, birthdays and holidays.

08 Drive

Your culture through accountability

Haydon ensures that all managers are protecting their team members from being overworked by giving recognition, developing skillsets, showing they care, honoring commitments, hiring correctly, engaging creativity, and challenging people intellectually.

Leadership & Legacy

Meet the people & stories

Haydon is proud to have transitioned to our second generation of leadership with the completion of a 10 year succession plan at the end of 2023, marked by the official shift from Haydon Building Corp to Haydon Companies. Our founding partners created a foundation and reputation that is directly related to our continued growth and success. We look forward to honoring their legacy and are proud to have been entrusted to lead Haydon into the future.

Our History Leadership Team

Safety First, Always: Protecting Our People and Projects

Our Safety Commitment

Building Stronger Communities Together

Haydon is proud to lead Helping Hands, our internal initiative making a difference where it matters most. Join us in giving back and creating a lasting impact.