When you're building a new house, choosing the right home builder is absolutely critical to your final outcome. You want the style to reflect your architect's drawings and the final product to be of significant quality (to reduce future maintenance costs). Perhaps one of the most overlooked factors is finishing the construction on time, let alone on budget. Time is money … [Read more...]

We compiled a list of the most active California contractors, by looking at those contractors that obtained the most permits from California building departments in 2014. This list considers all contractors regardless of classification type, including home builders, HVAC specialists, plumbers, general contractors, etc. The total number of building permits captures different … [Read more...]

This list considers general contractors that specialize in discretionary home improvement projects, e.g. kitchen, bath, or other room remodels/additions for both single and multifamily housing; firms that mainly focus on a narrow facet of home remodels or repairs (e.g. roofs, doors, windows, etc)  were omitted. The total number of building permits captures different types of … [Read more...]

Last month we compiled a list of the Top 25 US Solar Contractors from 2014. This month we decided to take a closer look at the contractors driving commercial growth in California, by studying those with the most building permits from 2014.  This list is compiled of firms that work primarily on new commercial construction. We omitted firms that mainly focus on tenant improvement … [Read more...]