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Those are the company's figures, from a post on March 3, 2026, about an Executive Voice profile of founder and president Tyler Marks in the Triangle Business Journal.\n\nThe backlog is the company's estimate. Its post does not say which contracts make it up.\n\nThe company now calls itself a turnkey sitework contractor for large residential and commercial work within about 75 miles of Raleigh. It handles the clearing, grading, underground utilities, curb and paving.\n\nThe profile also covers the land under the work. MC&G Capital, the company's land arm, buys land, gets government approvals for it, develops it, then delivers finished lots to national homebuilders. That lets the company carry a project from raw ground to a lot a builder can start on. In October 2025, then chief executive Gregg Marks said the arm was self-developing around 14 projects under contract.\n\nThe post says the profile credits the growth to people and culture. 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