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Secure infrastructure. Thriving communities.

Defense-grade infrastructure that strengthens the communities that host it.

Ber Wilson is a defense contractor. We design, build, and power secure infrastructure for the nation, and every project is built to leave its community stronger.

Our mission

To build secure, sovereign infrastructure that protects the nation and puts communities in control of their own future.

Secure
Built to defense standards. Hardened facilities, protected power, and EMP protection where a project calls for it.
Sovereign
Power a community controls. On-site generation and microgrids keep essential services running when the grid does not.
Thriving
Value that stays local. Local jobs, trade training, a real local share, and a partner who stays after construction.

Ownership

Built with the town. Owned with the town.

Communities should own what they depend on. Local partners hold a real share of what we build, and we stay on as a partner after construction.

Our values come from our Pacific Islander roots, where ʻohana means responsibility to the people and place you build in. That is why we hold a stake in what we build instead of handing over the keys.

How the model works
A real local share
Local partners, such as a town, a utility, or local investors, hold a real share of what gets built. It is not sold off after the ribbon cutting.
A partner who stays
We stay on as a co-owner, so we only do well when the project, and the town around it, does well too.
Jobs and skills that stay
We plan to hire locally and train people in the trades, with manufacturing and trade careers based where we build.

Find your path

Where do you come in?

  • Federal and military

    How we work as a defense contractor: credentials, standards, and the service branches we build for, stated as facts.

  • Community and local leaders

    How we build with a town: local hiring and training, a real local share, and a partner who stays after construction.

  • Data centers and industrial power

    Speed to power from on-site clean generation, protected power, and zero-water or low-water cooling, from one accountable team.

  • Investors and public partners

    How the model works, where the risk sits, and why strong local support protects returns.

  • Prefab steel buyers

    Roof trusses, floor trusses, wall panels, and framing kits made in our U.S. plant. Straight to product and price.

  • Careers

    Engineers, operators, tradespeople, and strategists who want to build something a town will rely on for decades.

How we do it

What defense-grade means.

Five capabilities, each in plain terms, with the specification behind it and what it means for the community.

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  1. 01

    Clean power made on site

    We generate power where it is used, so a project does not wait years in line to connect to the grid.

    The specification

    Behind-the-meter generation sized to the load profile and engineered with the building. Solid oxide fuel cells produce power electrochemically, without combustion, on natural gas, biogas, or hydrogen. Battery and hydrogen storage firm the supply. Small modular reactors are a long-horizon option for multi-hundred-megawatt loads, subject to NRC licensing.

    Why it matters to a town

    New load from a data center or a plant is carried by power built for it, so the town's own grid stays stable as it grows.

    Energy and power →
  2. 02

    Protected microgrids

    Generation, storage, and controls tied together so a site can separate from the grid and keep running.

    The specification

    Microgrid controls island the site from the utility and orchestrate generation, storage, and load to carry critical load through extended grid events. Systems are designed to keep running on their own and do not need the grid to restart.

    Why it matters to a town

    When the wider grid goes down, the homes, clinics, and essential services on the microgrid keep running.

    Microgrids →
  3. 03

    EMP hardening

    Shielding that protects power systems from an electromagnetic pulse, including the kind a major solar storm can cause.

    The specification

    Where a project calls for it, we design and build to MIL-STD-188-125, the U.S. military standard for protecting facilities against high-altitude electromagnetic pulse. Protection is designed into the structure, the penetrations, and the electrical and control systems from the first drawing, not retrofitted.

    Why it matters to a town

    The power a community counts on in an emergency survives the event it is meant to cover.

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  4. 04

    Data center cooling

    Cooling for data centers that limits, or removes, the draw on local fresh water.

    The specification

    A zero-water cooling architecture, alongside low-water designs that use reclaimed municipal water, treated on site, where possible. Closed-loop process water is treated and reused. Each system is engineered to the community it serves.

    Why it matters to a town

    A new data center can come to town without competing with homes for fresh water.

    Data centers →
  5. 05

    American steel

    We make the steel frame in our own U.S. plant.

    The specification

    Cold formed steel trusses, wall panels, and framing kits are cut, punched, and numbered in erection sequence. Steel does not rot, warp, or burn, and lead time is a production decision, not a supplier's promise.

    Why it matters to a town

    The structure is made in America and built to last for decades, so a date we give a town is a date we can hold.

    Prefab steel →
Data center infrastructure

Data centers

The building, the power, and the cooling. One company.

Engineered for speed to power. Behind-the-meter clean generation brings capacity online without waiting on the interconnection queue, and keeps the community grid stable as load grows. Zero-water and low-water cooling, using reclaimed water where possible, protects local supply. Operators get speed and uptime. Communities get jobs, stable power, and protected water.

  • Edge sites to hyperscale campuses
  • Zero-water and low-water cooling
  • Behind-the-meter clean power
  • EMP protection to MIL-STD-188-125 where needed
  • Compact, space-efficient footprints
  • One contract, one team, one schedule

Partners

For investors and public partners who want a sponsor that originates, finances, and builds.

We build infrastructure the community backs, because projects that strengthen the local economy are easier to permit, staff, and sustain. Strong local support is how we protect your returns.

Joint ventures
Prefabricated steel framing kit components staged for delivery

Prefab steel

Need the structural system on its own?

We manufacture cold formed steel roof trusses, open web floor trusses, and complete framing kits. Every member arrives cut, punched, numbered, and bundled in the order your crew sets it.

If you have your own construction capability and want the structural system on its own, that has its own set of pages, product detail, and a direct quote.

Projects

Selected work.

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FORT POLK31.05° N 93.20° WLA
Federal & Military

Fort Polk

Site:
Fort Polk, Louisiana
What we did:
General contractor, construction manager, and design-build manufacturing partner, with SNA Consulting as prime.
Scope:
New unaccompanied housing for soldiers, framed in Ber Wilson prefab steel and built to the Department of Defense's current barracks standards for habitability, structural performance, and long-term maintainability.
Awarded:
October 31, 2025
Community benefit:
Soldiers and their families at Fort Polk.
Read the Fort Polk story →
HELPER39.68° N 110.86° W · 316 ACRESUT
Infrastructure & Utilities

Helper

Site:
Helper, Utah
Scope:
A 316-acre site planned with room for rail, power, water, and industry.
Community benefit:
Helper and Carbon County, with room for local jobs.
TOOELE40.53° N 112.30° W · 100 ACRESUT
Infrastructure & Utilities

Tooele

Site:
Tooele, Utah
Scope:
A 100-acre development site.
Community benefit:
Tooele County, Utah.
Credentials
  • GSA Approved Builder
  • USACE Quality Management Certified
  • NAVFAC
  • VA
  • Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force & Coast Guard
  • LEED Certified
  • American Steel, Made in USA
GSA Approved Builder
GSA is the U.S. General Services Administration, which buys and builds for federal agencies.
USACE Quality Management Certified
USACE is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which certifies contractors in its construction quality program.
NAVFAC
NAVFAC is the Navy's facilities command. We have delivered NAVFAC projects.
VA
VA is the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. We have delivered VA projects.
Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force & Coast Guard
The five military branches we build for.
LEED Certified
LEED is the U.S. Green Building Council's green building rating system.
American Steel, Made in USA
Our steel framing is made in the United States.

Bring us your site, your load, or your capital plan.

One team and one contract, from the first site visit to the day the power comes on. Where we bring in partners, we stay accountable for the result.