John Burns Construction Co.: Chicago Government Payments
as recorded by Chicago: JOHN BURNS CONSTRUCTION CO.
John Burns Construction Co. is the 56th-largest recipient of Chicago city government payments tracked by SpendLedger. Its payments amount to 4.2% of everything the Chicago Department of Transportation has paid vendors in that span. Payments to it rose 103755.4% year over year.
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Payments by fiscal year
The payment history
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2 fiscal years on record. The incoming flows below combine all recorded years.
Fiscal years may be partial; missing years are not zero spending. Negative columns reflect net refunds or corrections. Amounts share a linear scale.
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Apr 4, 2024 to Dec 22, 2025 · All recorded fiscal years
Showing 3 of 3 positive agencies in these records.
Flow widths compare the relationships shown. Percentages use the full recorded supplier total for this period: $39,308,603.51. Zero and net-negative relationships are excluded from positive flows.
The relationships at a glance
- Total shown
- $39,308,603.51
- Payments represented
- 162
- Paying agencies shown
- 3
- Largest share of supplier total
- 60.3%
Largest displayed relationship: Chicago Department of Transportation. Select a flow to explore its details.
Apr 4, 2024 to Dec 22, 2025 · All recorded fiscal years. Amount and payment count cover the relationships shown; shares use the full supplier total.
John Burns Construction Co.
$39,308,604from the agencies shownJohn Burns Construction Co.
$39,308,604 from the agencies shown
- $23,684,69460.3% of supplier total
- $15,010,23538.2% of supplier total
- $613,6751.6% of supplier total
This is a selection, not a full spending breakdown. Other agencies are not included in the flow. Some recorded agencies have no public profile link. Coverage may be partial. Review the agency table.
Payments by fiscal year and agency
| Fiscal year | Agency | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY 2025 | Chicago Department of Transportation | 143 | $23,684,694 |
| FY 2025 | Department of Water Management | 11 | $15,010,235 |
| FY 2025 | Unknown Department | 6 | $575,862 |
| FY 2024 | Unknown Department | 2 | $37,813 |
| Total | 162 | $39,308,604 |
Largest payments by fiscal year
The biggest individual payments in each fiscal year, up to 20 per year. Where the source publishes a purchase order behind a payment, the PO description appears; older payments may carry a bare PO reference because the government's published PO files do not reach back that far.
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FY 2025top 20 of 160 payments$39,270,791
| Date | Agency | Amount | Category | Purchase order |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2025 | Department of Water Management | $3,030,046.28 | – | PO 238222 |
| Aug 1, 2025 | Department of Water Management | $1,862,187.94 | – | PO 238222 |
| Jul 9, 2025 | Department of Water Management | $1,822,559.82 | – | PO 238222 |
| Jul 9, 2025 | Department of Water Management | $1,544,765.06 | – | PO 238222 |
| Oct 31, 2025 | Department of Water Management | $1,532,542.93 | – | PO 238222 |
| Oct 24, 2025 | Department of Water Management | $1,515,054.53 | – | PO 238222 |
| May 16, 2025 | Department of Water Management | $1,219,503.27 | – | PO 238222 |
| Dec 10, 2025 | Department of Water Management | $1,205,388.34 | – | PO 238222 |
| Jan 8, 2025 | Chicago Department of Transportation | $1,103,665.98 | – | PO 144545 |
| Feb 24, 2025 | Chicago Department of Transportation | $973,875.02 | – | PO 144545 |
| Dec 5, 2025 | Chicago Department of Transportation | $755,788.35 | – | PO 301915 |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Chicago Department of Transportation | $629,602.34 | – | PO 144545 |
| May 20, 2025 | Department of Water Management | $620,184.44 | – | PO 238222 |
| Oct 8, 2025 | Chicago Department of Transportation | $617,082.30 | – | PO 263498 |
| Jun 24, 2025 | Chicago Department of Transportation | $585,433.27 | – | PO 144545 |
| Aug 8, 2025 | Chicago Department of Transportation | $568,395.20 | – | PO 263498 |
| Jan 13, 2025 | Chicago Department of Transportation | $562,336.47 | – | PO 144545 |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Chicago Department of Transportation | $549,967.16 | – | PO 144545 |
| Dec 5, 2025 | Chicago Department of Transportation | $508,931.14 | – | PO 136596 |
| Aug 25, 2025 | Chicago Department of Transportation | $501,719.70 | – | PO 136596 |
FY 2024top 2 of 2 payments$37,813
| Date | Agency | Amount | Category | Purchase order |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2024 | Unknown Department | $22,552.97 | – | – |
| Apr 4, 2024 | Unknown Department | $15,260.00 | – | – |
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VerifiedData refreshed Sep 24, 2026 from Chicago Checkbook (data.cityofchicago.org): 266,483 payments on record, Jan 3, 2022 to Dec 31, 2025. How we verify this data