General contracting has been the heartbeat of Swank Construction, Inc for over 25 years. Swank Construction, Inc. negotiates contracts based on our client’s prerequisites & constraints. Swank Construction, Inc. has a wide variety of expertise in commercial general contracting, including negotiated contracts, hard bid, design build/assist collaboration and construction manager at risk. Swank Construction, Inc. will perform pre-construction services, separately or along with complete site general engineering and-or building construction services.
Type of Work performed & client list:
- Building Upgrades and Additions
- Micro Plastics, Fairfield
- Dobbins Street Professional, Vacaville
- Robbins & Myers, Fairfield
- BC Stocking, Vacaville
- Tenant Improvements
- Thornton & Sons, Vacaville,
- Simonton Windows, Vacaville
- Vacaville Sanitary , Vacaville
- TLCD Architects, Fairfield
- Kaufman & Broad, Vacaville
- Turnkey Buildings
- Pad 2 Professional & Retail Center, Fairfield
- Blockbuster, Vacaville
- Animal Hospital, Suisun City
- Prudential Realty, Fairfield
- Phillippi Engineering, Vacaville
- Shopping Plazas
- Elmira Plaza, Vacaville
- Antelope Plaza, Antelope
- Grant Station Retail, Winters
- Historical Renovation
- Hoening Photography, Vacaville
- Vacaville Opera House Seismic Renovations, Vacaville
- Salvador Elementary School, Napa (Hard Bid)
- Dixon Multi-Modal, Dixon (Hard Bid)
- Industrial Improvements
- A.F. Bray Courts, Outdoor Cell, Martinez (Hard Bid)
- P1 Air Mobility Command, Warehouse Improvement, Travis AFB Fairfield (Hard Bid)
- Solano Detention Center Warehouse, Fairfield (Hard Bid)
NOTE: During the economic down turn of 1992-95, Swank Construction, Inc. developed a strong presence in the City of Suisun City working on both local government and private client projects. Initially, we subcontracted to the Dutra Group as their builder for the Harbor Master office while they were fully transforming the urban waterfront for the City. We went on to work closely with:
- Suisun City Downtown Improvements
- Harbor Master Building, Dutra Group (Hard Bid)
- Bab’s Delta Diner, Bab’s Curless
- Virgil’s Bait Shop, Maury Epps
- Train Station Clock, City of Suisun City, Dan Kasperson
- La Cabana (formerly Grizzly Bay Brewing Company)
- Harbor Theater Phase III, City of Suisun City, Dan Kasperson (Hard Bid)
- Harbor Park, Suisun City
- Hard Bid
- School Districts
- Napa Valley Unified School District
- Fairfield Suisun Unified School District
- Rio Vista Unified School District
- Antioch Unified School District
- Davis Joint Unified School District
- Benicia Unified School District
- Vacaville Unified School District
- Travis Unified School District
- San Ramon Unified School District
- Dixon Unified School District
- Pittsburg Unified School District
- St Helena Unified School District
- Woodland Unified School District
- Vallejo Unified School District
- City of Fairfield
- City of Vacaville
- City of Suisun City
- City of Davis
- City of Dixon
- Town of Yountville
- Solano County
- US Federal Govt. Travis AFB, Fairfield
- Solano County Library District
- Green Valley Country Club
- Travis Federal Credit Union
- CMT Federal Credit Union
- Bank of the West
- Continental Pacific Bank
- West America Bank
- Mare Island Credit Union
- LDS Church
- School Districts
As a general contractor Swank Construction, Inc. will hold all subcontract agreements and by self-performing many of the below listed building trades has maximum control over quality, cost & schedule standards. Swank Construction, Inc. will guarantee completion of the work based on a fixed lump sum cost, completion schedule, or “GMP”- guaranteed maximum price where a fee is applied to all costs with a not- to- exceed ceiling. Swank Construction, Inc. regularly self performs all or portions of the work noted below during the construction phase.
- Demolition and general engineering for grading and asphalt paving
- Structural building concrete as well as site concrete paving, walls and stairs
- Structural steel erection and metal stud framing
- Structural wood framing, trusses and premanufactured lumber
- Finish carpentry for cabinet installation, millwork, installation of doors, hardware and misc. specialties
This delivery method does not require that Swank Construction, Inc. have any involvement during the design or pre-construction phase. SCI is awarded a “Lump Sum” contract for construction where the client has previously completed all property acquisition and “For Construction” contract documents. SCI has a solid foundation of quality, integrity and timeliness in our competitive Hard Bidding.
Client List
- School Districts
- Napa Valley Unified School District
- Fairfield Suisun Unified School District
- Rio Vista Unified School District
- Antioch Unified School District
- Davis Joint Unified School District
- Benicia Unified School District
- Vacaville Unified School District
- Travis Unified School District
- San Ramon Unified School District
- Dixon Unified School District
- Pittsburg Unified School District
- St Helena Unified School District
- Woodland Unified School District
- Vallejo Unified School District
- City of Fairfield
- City of Vacaville
- City of Suisun City
- City of Davis
- City of Dixon
- Town of Yountville
- Solano County
- US Federal Govt. Travis AFB, Fairfield
- Solano County Library District
- Green Valley Country Club
- Travis Federal Credit Union
- CMT Federal Credit Union
- Bank of the West
- Continental Pacific Bank
- West America Bank
- Mare Island Credit Union
- LDS Church
Pre-construction Services may include:
- A&E consultant recommendations and pre-qualification
- Design development budgets
- Constructability reviews
- Value engineering
- Phasing plans and schedules
- Budget estimates
- Permit procurement
- Subcontractor pre-qualifications
- Formal estimates
- Bid management
- Cost control
- Cash flow projection
- Document control