Construction / General Contractor
We buildwhat lasts.
06:12 — Concrete pour scheduled, Level 22 · Bayou Tower
06:12 CST01Who we are
We don’t simply construct buildings. We create places designed to endure — built with purpose, precision and permanence.
Three generations of the Martens family have built across Texas since 1968. We plan like engineers, build like craftspeople, and answer our own phone when something goes wrong.
- 700 people on our payroll
- 3 offices across Texas
- 23 active sites today
02Sectors
Four ways
we build
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Project counts are demo values.
03Featured projects
Recent work
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01 · Commercial -
02 · Residential -
03 · Industrial -
04 · Industrial -
05 · Residential -
06 · Commercial
Project names, budgets and figures are demo values.
04Spec sheet
Fifty-eight
years of
numbers
- Founded1968Houston, Second Ward
- Projects delivered400+Since 1968
- Square feet built31MAcross Texas
- On-time delivery98%Last 10 years
- Repeat clients74%Of 2025 revenue
- People on payroll700Three offices
Demo values for a fictional company.
05Process
Plan. Permit.
Build. Hand over.
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Plan
Every project begins with a clear understanding of the site, the people and the purpose behind the building.
- Site survey
- Cost model
- Constructability review
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02
Permit
Drawings, engineering and agency reviews run in parallel, so approvals land when the schedule needs them.
- Code review
- Agency coordination
- Trade buy-out
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03
Build
Our own superintendents, self-performed concrete and a daily safety brief before the first crane pick.
- Self-performed concrete
- Daily reports
- Third-party QA
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Hand-over
Commissioned systems, trained facility teams and a complete digital record — and a warranty walk at year two.
- Commissioning
- As-built model
- Warranty walk
06Safety & trust
Built with
responsibility
Every worker goes home the way they arrived. Every owner is protected by bonding, insurance and a quality programme audited by third parties.
- 0Lost-time incidents · last 1.6M work-hours
- 0.64Experience modification rate (EMR)
- $200MSingle-project bonding capacity
- 100%Insured — general, auto, umbrella, builder’s risk
- LicensedTexas registered general contractor · TX-GC-000000 (demo)
- BondedSurety to $200M single / $400M aggregate
- Insured$25M umbrella and builder’s risk on every job
- OSHA 30Every superintendent and foreman
- Quality controlThird-party inspection at every hold point
- ComplianceOSHA, ADA, TAS, prevailing wage
Safety, bonding and insurance figures are demo values.
07About · three generations
For more than five decades we’ve combined engineering discipline with craftsmanship to build spaces that outlive trends.
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1968
Two trucks and a mixer
Walt Martens and his brother Ed start pouring driveways and slabs in the Second Ward.
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1984
First tower
A 14-storey hospital wing in the Medical Center — the first job over $20M.
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2001
The second generation
Ruth Martens takes over and starts the industrial group on the Ship Channel.
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2017
Built through Harvey
Every active site reopened within nine days of the storm. No one was hurt.
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2026
Three offices, 700 people
Houston, Austin and San Antonio — and still self-performing the concrete.
—Client words
Owners who
build with us again
“They told us the hard news early and priced it honestly. We moved our first tenants in a month ahead of schedule — on a 36-storey tower.”
“The cleanest industrial site we have ever walked. Their superintendents run it like a plant.”
“They built our house through a hurricane season without one day of rework.”
“Open-book pricing, weekly drone updates and a punch list of eleven items at hand-over.”
Google rating · demo
187 verified reviews
- 5★92%
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- 3★1%
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- 1★0%
- A+BBB rating (demo)
- 2025AGC Houston safety award (demo)
- 74%of revenue from repeat clients
08Careers
Build your
future with us
Contractors are always hiring — and we promote from the field. Our COO started as a summer laborer in 1991.
View open positions| Role | Team | Location | Type | Apply |
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| Project Manager | Commercial | Houston, TX | Full-time | |
| Site Superintendent | Industrial | Baytown, TX | Full-time | |
| Field Engineer | Commercial | Austin, TX | Full-time | |
| Skilled Trades | Concrete & Steel | All regions | Hourly | |
| Estimator | Preconstruction | San Antonio, TX | Full-time |