Integrity
Clear expectations, honest communication, ethical change handling, and a long-term view of every owner, engineer, and agency relationship.
Company
Local ownership with large-project capability.
DLM Contracting has built heavy civil work from Bozeman since 2002, pairing experienced field leadership with the kind of planning, communication, and follow-through complex sites require.
What sets DLM apart
Integrity and proficiency are not taglines here. They are how the work gets run.
Contractors are easy to find. The difference is whether the company can understand the owner's goal, respect the limits of the site, and deliver the finished result without losing sight of ethics, safety, schedule, and quality.
Proficiency
Field knowledge built through subdivision development, utilities, water and wastewater work, roads, earthwork, gravel, and demanding public projects.
Accountability
DLM keeps leadership close to the work, so decisions about equipment, crews, subcontractors, and site constraints stay connected to the end result.
Built for real constraints
Small-business attention. Heavy civil range.
DLM is locally owned and relationship-driven, but the work has never been limited to small scopes. The company has managed complex civil construction for private owners, developers, municipalities, federal agencies, and public land environments.
- Budgetary design review through final plat and closeout
- Construction management for crews, suppliers, and subcontractors
- Agency coordination with DNRC, FWP, Federal Highways, DOT, DEQ, Bureau of Reclamation, Army Corps of Engineers, National Park Service, and others
- Competitive field execution across underground utilities, water treatment, roads, earthwork, ponds, gravel, and dewatering
DLM's mission is to safely complete each project with proficiency and in a timely manner, while promoting integrity within our industry.
Key personnel
The work is only as strong as the people leading it.
Charles (Chuck) Dearhamer
Chuck brings decades of heavy civil supervision and project management experience, including leadership of large crews and complex work in subdivision development, site work, waterline, sewerline, wastewater treatment, roads, and earthwork.
Also serves as equipment manager and OSHA competent person.Raymond (Brad) Lewis
Brad's background spans surveying, estimating, project management, permitting, project controls, erosion control, and business management. He holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Montana State University.
Also supports estimating, project control, and OSHA competent person duties.Kurik Mattics
Kurik handles DLM's bidding and estimating, helping turn plans, quantities, scopes, and field conditions into clear proposals for public, private, commercial, and civil infrastructure work.
His work supports accurate pricing, practical schedules, and a clear understanding of what each project will take to complete.Alan Kunkel
Alan brings more than 30 years of construction experience and has been with DLM for more than 12 years, serving as a superintendent, project manager, and heavy equipment operator on Forest Service, Federal Highway, municipal infrastructure, agriculture, spring development, private, and commercial projects across five states.
He leads large crews and small crews with a safety-first mindset, a production focus, and pride in protecting DLM's reputation for integrity, quality work, and finishing on schedule.Cole Ypma
Cole brings 24 years of heavy construction experience, including 21 years in management positions, with a strong background in utility work and field coordination.
His experience supports DLM's focus on organized utility construction, clear communication, productive crews, and work completed with integrity.Client proof
Client feedback points to the same pattern: plan well, communicate clearly, and finish the work.
Southridge Acres Phase II
Client feedback highlighted DLM's work through deep sewer conditions, saturated soils, and groundwater while keeping the project on time, on budget, and ethically managed.
View related projectJohn Rian Addition
The owner emphasized trust, steady communication, and dependable follow-through across waterlines, sewer lines, manholes, earthwork, and roadway construction.
View related projectForest, municipal, and water projects
Testimonials from agency, engineering, and municipal clients pointed to professional coordination, value engineering, quality workmanship, and strong project sequencing.
View projectsDLM resume
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