Groundwork Builders Co. · Denver, Colorado
We break ground, then we hand over the keys.
A commercial and residential general contractor building across the Front Range since 2004 — pre-construction, design-build and self-perform crews under one roof, on schedule and on the number we quoted.
$680M+
Put in place
240+
Projects delivered
0.54
TRIR safety rate
Site Permit
NO. DEN-24-0187
Project
Cherry Creek Medical Pavilion
Scope
Design-build · 4 stories
Sq Ft
82,400
Completion
Q3 2026 · On schedule
What we build
Four ways we take a project from dirt to occupancy.
Whether you are budgeting a ground-up build or reworking an occupied floor, one team owns the schedule, the number and the crew on site.
Pre-construction
Budgeting, constructability review, value engineering and realistic schedules before a shovel moves — so there are no surprises at buyout.
From $12k / preconstruction phase
Design-build
One contract for design and construction. We hold the architect, engineers and trades to a single budget and a single date you can plan around.
From $185 / sq ft
Renovation
Additions, gut remodels and historic restorations — sequenced to keep tenants, staff or a family living around the work with the dust contained.
From $95k / project
Commercial fit-out
Tenant improvements and core-and-shell buildouts for offices, clinics and retail — permit-ready drawings to punch list, fast-tracked when the lease clock is running.
From $65 / sq ft
Selected projects
Recent work across the Front Range.
Healthcare
Cherry Creek Medical Pavilion
A four-story outpatient pavilion delivered design-build, with an occupied clinic kept running on the ground floor throughout construction.
$41.2M · 22 mo · 82,400 sq ft
Mixed-use
RiNo Ironworks Lofts
Ground-up construction of 96 residential units over street-level retail, structural steel and post-tension deck, in a tight urban infill site.
$58.9M · 28 mo · 96 units
Education
Foothills STEM Academy
A phased addition and renovation completed across two summer breaks, adding labs and a commons without missing a single school day.
$18.6M · 14 mo · 44,000 sq ft
How a job runs
Five stages, and you always know which one you are in.
01
Bid & buyout
We price the drawings, level subcontractor quotes and lock a guaranteed maximum you can take to your lender.
02
Permit
We shepherd the plan set through the city, answer review comments and pull the permits so the schedule holds.
03
Build
Self-perform crews and vetted trades work to a live schedule, with weekly owner reports and open-book cost tracking.
04
Punch list
We walk the building with you, log every item and close it out before we ask for the final draw.
05
Handover
You get the keys, the closeout binder, warranties and as-builts — plus an eleven-month warranty walk before it expires.
Safety is the schedule
A crew that goes home in one piece finishes on time.
0.54
Recordable incident rate (TRIR) against a 2.4 industry average.
1,180
Consecutive days incident-free on our largest active jobsite.
100%
Of field crews carry a current OSHA 30 card, refreshed every three years.
0.71
Experience modification rate — below 1.0 for fourteen straight years.
OSHA 30 certified
EM 385 compliant
AGC Safety Award
Drug-free workplace
We self-perform
Our own crews on the critical path.
The trades that make or break a schedule, we keep in-house. That means we control quality, cost and the calendar instead of chasing a sub who is triple-booked.
- Concrete, foundations & flatwork
- Rough & finish carpentry
- Structural steel erection
- Sitework, excavation & utilities
- Demolition & selective removals
On the yard
Excavators & skid steers
18
Telehandlers & forklifts
11
Concrete pumps & power buggies
9
Tradespeople on payroll
140+
Sectors served
We know the codes your building lives by.
Every sector has its own inspectors, tolerances and shutdown constraints. We staff each job with people who have built in that world before.
Healthcare
Clinics, imaging suites and pavilions built to ICRA infection-control protocols.
Retail & office
Core-and-shell and tenant improvements sequenced around lease dates.
Education
K-12 and campus work phased into breaks so classrooms never go dark.
Industrial
Warehouses, light manufacturing and tilt-up shells on aggressive timelines.
Licensed, bonded and insured — certificates on request.
Every job is covered before a crew clocks in. Ask for our qualification statement and we will send current certificates the same day.
CO GC License #GC-11042
$10M General Liability
Bonded to $25M
EMR 0.71
AGC of Colorado Member
Owner references
The people who signed the final draw.
“They ran our pavilion like a Swiss watch. Weekly cost reports, no surprise change orders, and they kept the ground-floor clinic open the entire time. We opened two weeks early.”
Dana Whitfield
Director of Facilities, Cherry Creek Health Network
“Tight infill lot, angry neighbors, a lender watching every draw — Groundwork handled all of it. The number they gave us in preconstruction is the number we paid at closeout.”
Marcus Ellery
Managing Partner, Ironworks Development LLC
Request a bid
Send us the plans. Get a real number back in five days.
Drawings, a scope sketch or just an address and a budget — an estimator, not a call center, reviews every inquiry and replies with a feasibility read, a target range and next steps.
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