History of Quality and Service

Since 1973, Stephenson General Contractors has provided high quality construction services to our clients completing projects on-time and within budget. For the past 20 years, we have witnessed a market in transition with Design-Build method of construction rapidly gaining popularity.

We are a NC Unlimited Licensed general building contractor with over thirty-five years experience in real estate development, specializing in commercial and industrial construction.

In addition, we are an authorized dealer in this area for pre-engineered structures by three nationally known manufacturers. Complete metal building packages can be customized and combined with conventional materials such as glass, wood, and masonry to produce a cost effective, aesthetically sound building designed for your special requirements. Inland Building chose Stephenson General Contractors as its National Builder of the month for March, 2001. Our firm has also been selected several times by independent newspaper reader's survey as "BEST BUILDER." In 2006 Inland Steel selected the Four Oaks Kidney Center Building of the Year nationally. In 2007 we earned Building of the Year in Retail Category.
 

By building affordable quality for a variety of purposes, Stephenson General Contractors has developed a reputation for integrity, fairness, and sound business dealings. We currently employ three licensed general contractors, three real estate brokers, a licensed home inspector and an excellent support staff to meet your needs. We also offer design capabilities through a registered architect with over thirty-five years experience, along with site planning through a professional engineer and registered land surveyor.

Our professionals at Stephenson General Contractors are available to design, construct, build to suit and manage for you! In addition to our construction services, we assist our clients in securing financing, if needed.

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BUDGETS & VALUE ENGINEERING

Frequently projects are planned, budgeted and bid only to find construction costs exceeds funds available by a considerable margin. Stephenson General Contractors has earned a reputation for our ability to effectively value-engineer your project to assure project can be constructed within budget, without sacrificing quality, appearance or utility. We are often contacted by owners, architects and lenders to request our assistance in reducing costs to comply with planned budgets or available funds.

Stephenson General Contractors completed Four Oaks Town Hall , a project where we reduced construction costs by $ 268,633. We also recently completed Midway Business Center in Chapel Hill. We reduced construction costs at this project by more than $ 100,000. It has become a speciality in which we have been very successful and in which we take great pride.

THE SMITHFIELD HERALD NEWS ARTICLE
BY ANGELA NOFSINGER, STAFF REPORTER

FOUR OAKS After months of watching the building take shape on the lot behind them, town employees moved into the new town hall last week.

Builders broke ground on the project in March and beat their scheduled completion date of late October by more than a month.

We moved last Tuesday and Wednesday, said Town Clerk Amy Dunn McLamb. We have worked hard.

Town employees still have some unpacking to do and some pictures to hang, but their offices are up and running, ready to handle town business.

The 4,584-square-foot building suffered many setbacks during planning, as commissioners debated everything from design to cost.

I know we spent a lot of time on it, Commissioner Stacey Lee said, adding that town leaders worked with the prime contractor to get the price within the $640,000 the town had set aside.

But the attention to detail and cost paid off, said Lee, who praised Durwood Stephenson of Stephenson General Contractors, the projects builder. We certainly got our money's worth, Lee said. Durwood worked with us all the way. We couldn't have had anybody who would have worked with us any better than he did.

The new town hall, located just behind the old building, includes separate wings for town and police offices.

In addition to the town clerk, Utilities Director Roy Adams and Mayor Jack Austin now have offices of their own.

The only part of the building not open for business yet is the drive-through payment window. Until the old building is demolished and the new parking lot is paved, customers will have to come inside to make payments.

The law enforcement side includes a central office, offices for two policemen, an interview room, evidence room and the chief�s office.

At the center of the building is the commissioners room, where town meetings are held. The chamber can seat up to 60 people in a room with 16-foot ceilings.

It looks great, said Commissioner Linwood Parker. I think it will be something the citizens can be proud of. It will be serviceable to the town for a long time to come and will begin a period of downtown revitalization.

Reprinted by permission by The Smithfield Herald.

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