California is a great place to conduct business because of sizable population and reliable, pleasant weather. There are never-ending career opportunities in California. This state offers a wealth of like-minded individuals and activities that can aid any business’s growth, whether people are beginning a venture in a major or a niche field. The state is regarded as a frontrunner in the fields of technology, aerospace, entertainment, travel, and life sciences.
Listed here are the best office contractors working in California. Featured along with the firms are its best and most notable projects, providing a glimpse into each firm’s range of skills and services. The firms on this list have worked in a variety of industries and market sectors, and you’re sure the find the right contractor for your next project.
Suffolk
550 South Hope Street, Suite 700, Los Angeles, CA 90071
Since its inception, Suffolk has expanded and grown while enhancing its procedures and services. The company, a national construction pioneer, continues to redefine what clients can expect from a contractor. Plan + Control is the first step in its procedure, which minimizes the impact on cost and time by discussing the design and construction process much earlier during planning. This method, which is founded on lean principles, helps resolve design restrictions before they can pose a problem. Additionally, Suffolk has CoLabs, a designated area for a full-time team that assesses, fosters, and disseminates technology and creative methods.
Suffolk developed this five-story brick structure for Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) into a contemporary six-story, loft-style headquarters. The project’s scope included the addition of a ground-floor lobby and a 7,000-square-foot glass rooftop pavilion, as well as renovations and new construction. The pavilion links to a north-facing terrace featuring views of the city and offers additional artistic office and conference space. The scope also included a significant structural update to the current structure. In order to conserve energy, the steel windows were updated and reglazed with high-performance glass. The ground level includes a new storefront system that offers visibility and a direct connection to the streetscape.
BCCI Construction
150 E Dana Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
BCCI Construction considers each facet of a project from every viewpoint to provide unmatched value and great results. Michael Scribner, the company’s CEO, has worked in this sector for more than 40 years. Scribner is dedicated to working with clients and business partners. He creates an open and inclusive workplace that enables staff to succeed by offering high-quality services. He also actively supports the building sector and volunteers a lot of his time to numerous philanthropic causes. Under his leadership, BCCI has completed numerous projects. Some of the firm’s clients are household names, and McAfee, Accenture, Google, and Adobe are on that list.
Since its founding, BCCI has won numerous awards, including two Merit Awards from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Design Awards and Interior Design Best of Year Awards for Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP. BCCI’s tenant improvement work for this project included an upgraded interconnecting staircase, training rooms, A/V conference rooms, open and private office space, a lunch room, and satellite coffee spaces. It also included mechanical improvements: one Main Distribution Frame (MDF) room, and two Independent Distribution Frame (IDF) rooms. Further features of the tenant improvement are the reception area’s porcelain floors and folding ceiling, the corridors’ slat walls, and lighting as the building’s cohesive feature.
Hillhouse Commercial Construction Company, Inc.
140 Charcot Avenue, San Jose, CA 95131
Serving the Bay Area for more than 30 years, Hillhouse Construction Company has built hundreds of highly technological, architecturally award-winning work environments. The company has worked in collaboration with customers, architects, construction managers, and collaborators to bring the innovative spirit of Silicon Valley to every project. Additionally, Hillhouse Construction is a proud member of notable regional, national, and international builders’ associations. Some of these associations are the Associated General Contractors (AGC) California, CoreNet Global, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), and Northern California Carpenters.
Hillhouse Construction has received numerous awards, including three Safety Excellence Awards in 2021, 2020, and 2017 from Pentarisk Insurance, the 2016 Silicon Valley Business Journal Structure Awards Best Green Project, and the 2016 CoreNet Global Awards Program Sustainable Leadership Award. One of its notable projects is featured here, the eBay Cafe and Employee Services Center. A new commercial-grade kitchen with a service bar and open seating areas were installed as part of this 22,000-square-foot build. To improve circulation through the cafe, it also moved the storefront to an exterior location. Finally, elegant finishes and eye-catching wall murals were added to reflect the client’s branding and culture.
Truebeck Construction
951 Mariners Island Boulevard, Suite 700, San Mateo, CA 94404
In 2007, Truebeck Construction was established to challenge traditional practices and improve processes to provide the best possible work. The company believes that it can raise standards and enhance construction techniques while building excellent public spaces. Throughout its years in business, Truebeck Construction is a recipient of numerous recognitions, including being ranked among 2019’s Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 100 Design-Build Firms, 2018’s San Francisco Business Times Top 10 Largest Greater Bay Area Contractors, and 2017’s Top 10 Greater Bay Area Contractors.
Truebeck Construction has accomplished numerous projects throughout the area, working with big names, including Uber, Facebook, and Stanford. Featured here is Truebeck’s project for Redhat, which was a collaboration with IA Interior Architects. The company provided tenant improvement services for the 22,000 square feet in Sunnyvale’s 150 Mathilda Place office building. The work included full interior floor improvements, demolition, new walls, and ceilings. That work also encompassed all related plumbing, electrical, mechanical, and fire alarm installations. Even the lobby’s lighting and carpet were upgraded.
Pacific Building Group
9752 Aspen Creek Court, Suite 150, San Diego, CA 92126
Greg Rogers established Pacific Building Group in San Diego in 1984. It is now one of the area’s top general contracting companies with a reputation for excellent work and lasting partnerships. By acting as builders rather than just managers, the firm is able to give each project more value. Pacific Building Group’s expertise lies in corporate, life sciences, medical office, hospitality, technology/research and development (R&D), institutional, veterinary, and retail projects. The company offers preconstruction, design-build, conceptual budgeting and scheduling, and other services.
Featured is Pacific Building Group’s build for Moss Adams La Jolla Commons office tower. Large open rooms with distinctive meeting and break-out places—including wood ceilings, open ceilings, glass walls, and garage doors—were incorporated into this 15,455-square-foot project. The scope also covered landlord construction for the new hallway layout and the new electrical and mechanical systems that were fitted into the building systems. The structure was entirely occupied when the project was completed. While the team was deployed on-site in anticipation of acquiring the permit for the work to begin, Pacific Building Group offered preconstruction assistance and focused on procuring equipment and material early.
Skyline Construction
100 Pringle Avenue, Suite 330, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
To accomplish the goals of a customer or its organization, Skyline works as a commercial interior building specialist that focuses on converting commercial space into adaptable, effective, and creative workspaces. Its mission is to transform ordinary spaces into imaginative and highly functional places that foster growth and creativity. The staff values open communication with clients, as well as partnerships, cross-departmental cooperation, and an ownership culture where everyone has input.
For the well-known tech firm Twitch, Skyline refurbished a room that is more than 100,000 square feet. The multi-phase venue combined Twitch’s high-tech, fun culture. Notable features of this improvement are their asymmetrical vortex hallways, an all-hands area with stadium seating, a custom bar with kegerators, huddle rooms that mimic video game scenes, a large graphic wall devoted to well-known video game characters, multidimensional ceilings, scrape-and-sniff wallpaper, and an AV feature with nine monitors able to stream a live broadcast of patrons using Twitch.
DesCor Builders
3164 Gold Camp Drive, Suite 250, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
In Northern California, DesCor Builders, a licensed general contractor, offers full-service preconstruction, general contracting, and construction management services. Brad Desjardin, the CEO of DesCors Builders and a third-generation builder, has 35 years of experience in the construction business. He is known for continuously exceeding customer expectations by demonstrating strong leadership and coming up with innovative solutions to meet the demands of his clients. Desjardin is also known for his commitment to giving back to the community. He serves on councils and boards for a number of nonprofits and professional organizations, including Region Builders, Sierra Forever Families, and Contractor’s Caring for Kids.
The Rancho Cordova Campus is a 130,000-square-foot tenant enhancement project that allowed more than 1,000 people to move into two already-existing office buildings from various locations. This design-build project came in three phases, including two office phases and a full-service café phase. Blue Shield wanted the style to represent a more contemporary workplace compared to the old offices. In response, DesCor Builders, along with Williams + Paddon architects, created a new, contemporary workplace layout with new workstations and offices, focus rooms, open office conferencing, updated training facilities, a fitness center, and lodging areas for traveling employees.
SC Builders
910 Thompson Place, Sunnyvale, CA 94085
Sam Abbey and Chris Smither established SC Builders—a mid-sized, financially sound commercial general contracting company—in 1999. The firm completed more than 2,100 projects, received 90% of its business from return customers, and has received Excellence in Safety honors from the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) for 14 years running. Along with adhering to sustainable and green building, SC Builders is a company that specializes in complex requirements for various industries, including corporate interiors, life science, mission-critical, and institutional. The business has been recognized for offering the same high-quality services for projects of all sizes, from modest office interior projects to significant data center extensions to brand-new school additions.
Conference, meeting, and phone rooms were all incorporated into the project’s open floor layout for GitHub. A one-foot thick backlit fabric wall was added to help with the room’s low ceilings and limited natural light. This wall divides the main gathering area from the outlying areas for concentrated work and runs the length of the office. Among the project’s highlights are a quiet room, a stairwell with a mezzanine that connects GitHub’s two buildings through a new aperture on the third floor, and an HVAC design. The area also features one of the city’s first gender-inclusive restrooms as well as a nap room. This project is a recipient of two awards from the 2019 International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Honor Awards.
Illig Construction
431 Jessie Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Illig Construction Company was established in 1919 and has a long history of success. Illig Construction, a family-run general contractor with its corporate office in Los Angeles, has been providing services to individual, institutional, and business clients for over a century. The firm has a strong focus on excellence, quality, and integrity. Additionally, it provides cutting-edge business solutions and project teams led by established and well-respected professionals in the sector. As a result, a huge percentage of Illig’s clients are referrals from past clients and repeat customers.
Services offered by Illig include pre-construction, virtual construction and building information modeling (BIM), construction, and safety. It has completed several church projects as well as the senior living, education, commercial, historic renovation, and retail and hospitality sectors. Among its projects is this office renovation for Manatt, Phelps, Phillips, LLC. This occupied remodeling required careful planning, progressive floor-by-floor staging, and minimum interference with the client’s ongoing operations. Broad modifications to meeting rooms, restrooms, elevator lobbies, visitor’s lobbies, lighting, and external wall re-cladding were also included.
BMY Construction
5485 E Olive Avenue, Fresno, CA 93727
BMY Construction is a licensed general contractor specializing in building commercial, healthcare, corporate office, industrial, civic, lease-leaseback, and educational facilities. With offices in Missoula, Montana, and Fresno, California, BMY can serve a wide range of clients. The company has people from the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) that have worked on medical healthcare projects. Eric Bower, the president of BMY, has been employed in the construction industry since 1992. Bower worked on a wide range of projects throughout his career, including tenant renovations, and retail, industrial, commercial, and office buildings.
BMY can help clients in considering options by offering budget estimates to assist in the decision-making process, whether they want to remodel or develop something new. This office for Quinn in Corcoran was renovated by the company. In addition to refurbishing the current office and parts area, BMY was required to construct a pre-engineered metal building addition for the sales office and area. The remodeling work also involved replacing the concrete in the parking lot and entrance area and creating a new structure addition with metal wall panel systems for an industrial appearance.
