John Burns Construction Co.: Chicago Government Payments
as recorded by Chicago: JOHN BURNS CONSTRUCTION CO.
John Burns Construction Co. is the 57th-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
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 | – | – |
Recent payments
Other vendors serving Chicago Department of Transportation
- F.H. Paschen S.N. Nielsen & Associates, LLC $94,404,650
- Bigane Paving Company $68,787,788
- Transystems Corporation $41,068,684
- Sumit Construction Co., Inc. $32,220,242
- Mat Construction Leasing, Inc. $30,410,315
- M.Q. Sewer & Water Contractors $26,116,692
- Rausch Infrastructure LLC $18,661,279
- Granite Construction Company. $13,070,120
- Pan-Oceanic Engineering Co Inc $12,271,259
- Reliable Asphalt Corp. $10,731,502
VerifiedData refreshed Jul 20, 2026 from Chicago Checkbook (data.cityofchicago.org): 266,585 payments on record, Jan 3, 2022 to Dec 31, 2025. How we verify this data