# Walters & Wolf

> Walters & Wolf is an employee-owned (ESOP) building-envelope contractor based in Fremont, California. Founded in 1977 by John Walters and Randy Wolf, the firm designs, engineers, fabricates, and installs curtain wall, architectural glass, metal panels, stone cladding, GFRC and architectural precast concrete, plus interior door/frame/hardware systems. With roughly 600 employees across seven locations in five western states, it is one of North America's largest building-envelope manufacturers and has clad landmark projects for Apple, Google, Adobe, Kaiser, and Sutter Health.

- **Founded:** 1977
- **Headquarters:** Fremont, California, United States
- **Founders:** John Walters (Co-founder), Randy Wolf (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 600-650 employees across seven locations in five states
- **Products:** Curtain Wall & Glazing, Architectural Precast Concrete, GFRC (Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete), Metal Panels & Stone Cladding, Interiors
- **Notable:** Grew from a two-person glass company in 1977 to one of North America's largest building-envelope manufacturers, Employee-owned via ESOP since 2000, Building envelopes for landmark projects including Apple Park, Google Charleston East, and Moffett Towers/Place

## Products & services

- **Curtain Wall & Glazing** — Design, engineering, fabrication and installation of unitized and stick-built curtain wall, storefronts, window systems and architectural glass for commercial high-rise and campus buildings.
- **Architectural Precast Concrete** — Custom precast concrete panels with finishes including integral color, sandblasted exposed aggregate, and brick, tile, stone or terra cotta veneer.
- **GFRC (Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete)** — Lightweight GFRC cladding panels with integral color and sandblasted exposed-aggregate finishes.
- **Metal Panels & Stone Cladding** — Metal panel systems and natural stone cladding integrated into complete building-envelope assemblies.
- **Interiors** — Doors, frames, hardware and specialty/interior glazing, including ExamGlide and VersaGlide sliding door systems, fire-door testing and post-construction service agreements.

## Achievements

- Grew from a two-person glass company in 1977 to one of North America's largest building-envelope manufacturers
- Employee-owned via ESOP since 2000
- Building envelopes for landmark projects including Apple Park, Google Charleston East, and Moffett Towers/Place
- Supplied the envelope for the LEED Platinum, net-zero-energy Clifford L. Allenby Building in Sacramento
- Operates five divisions and seven locations across California, Nevada, Washington, Arizona and Texas
- Transitioned to fully paperless operations in 2020

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Construction In Focus profile highlights leadership promotions (Brian Mickelson named COO), 600+ employees across seven locations, and continued promote-from-within culture.
- **2022-04** — NEXT Energy Technologies delivered a transparent-solar prototype window wall to integration partner Walters & Wolf.
- **2020-01** — Company transitioned to fully paperless operations as part of its lean/digital-efficiency push.

## Links

- Website: https://waltersandwolf.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/walters-&-wolf
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFyGskstcUF-yknIermcgzA
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/waltersandwolfwellness

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