Abbott Construction, STO Building Group Merger to Expand Geographic Reach

Abbott Construction has merged with STO Building Group to become a member of the STO family of companies. The merger will allow both firms to leverage each other’s geographic reach to better serve clients with multiple locations and enhance the services and areas of expertise they can offer across that expanded footprint.

Founded in 1983, Abbott is a West Coast commercial builder that works with clients in a variety of sectors such as healthcare, hospitality, education, nonprofit, retail and tenant interiors. Some of its most notable recent projects include the Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital and University of Puget Sound Welcome Center in Tacoma, Washington; FAA Northwest Mountain Regional Headquarters in Des Moines, Washington; Big Fish Games Seattle (Washington) headquarters, the UCLA Margo Leavin Graduate Art Studios in Culver City, California and h. Club Los Angeles in California.

Formerly operating as the Structure Tone Organization, STO restructured as the STO Building Group in 2018 to provide a platform for growth that allows each of its member companies to maintain their cultural identity, while leveraging the strengths of a multi-company organization. In the last four years, Canadian firm Govan Brown and U.S. firms Ajax Building Company, BCCI Construction and Layton Construction have merged with STO Building Group.

Now part of the STO Building Group family of companies, Abbott will keep its identity, and its current leaders will retain an ownership position in the organization and maintain their roles as the senior leadership team of the business. It is anticipated that new job opportunities will be created as a result of the merger to support the company’s projected growth for 2021 and beyond.