What Certified General Contractors does

Certified General Contractors, Inc. (CGC) is a privately held, Florida-based commercial general contractor founded in 1992 and headquartered at 730 E Strawbridge Ave #100 in Melbourne, Florida. The firm delivers an integrated portfolio of construction services — Pre-Construction, Value Engineering, Construction Management, Design-Build, General Contracting, and Project Consulting — covering the full project lifecycle from early-stage planning and risk analysis through final handover. Work is executed across seven market sectors: Hotel & Hospitality, Multifamily & Build-to-Rent, Medical & Senior Living, Retail & Restaurant, Office & Professional, Industrial & Self-Storage, and Education & Religious.

CGC earns revenue through project-based professional services fees on commercial builds, structured as fixed-price or cost-plus contracts. Pricing is quote-based and project-specific, with no standardized public tiering. Go-to-market is direct enterprise and mid-market field sales targeting developers, national brands, healthcare systems, retailers, and government entities (e.g., City of Cocoa Beach), supplemented by referral and repeat-client pipelines. The firm emphasizes a boutique-service model with senior-partner involvement and reports a 98% client retention rate, with named relationships including Starbucks, Hyatt Hotels, Aloft Hotels, Element by Westin, Fairfield Inn & Suites, Kindred Healthcare, Aldi, The Fresh Market, Porsche of Melbourne, Extra Space Storage, Extant Aerospace, and Florida Eye Associates.

The firm operates as a traditional construction services provider rather than a technology company: headcount sits in the 11–50 range, there is no proprietary software, no AI/ML capabilities, no API or SDK, no disclosed funding, no M&A activity, and no parent company. Ownership appears founder/management-controlled, led by President & CEO Adam Broadway alongside EVP Ryan Runte, VP of Pre-Construction Corey Runte, VP of Construction Ryen Forry, and Senior Controller Robin Allen. Geographic reach covers Florida and the southeastern United States, with digital presence via a website, email newsletter, and LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube channels.

Name

Certified General Contractors

Legal name

Certified General Contractors, Inc.

Website

https://cgcflorida.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Certified General Contractors is a privately held Florida-based commercial construction firm founded in 1992 offering pre-construction, design-build, general contracting, and construction management services to developers, national brands, healthcare systems, and government entities across the southeastern United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Construction Services

NAICS

Specialty Trade Contractors (238), Other Specialty Trade Contractors (2389)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial General Contracting (New Build) (IMAFAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial/Process Plant General Contracting (IMAFAAAH), Self-Performing General Contractors (IMAFAAAI)

Keywords

• Commercial construction services
• Design build services
• Construction management
• General contracting
• Pre-construction planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Melbourne

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Construction Project Fees: Revenue generated through fixed-price or cost-plus construction contracts for commercial projects across various market sectors including hospitality, multifamily, healthcare, retail, and industrial construction.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Certified General Contractors is a Florida-based commercial construction firm delivering pre-construction, value engineering, design-build, general contracting, construction management, and project consulting services. The company serves seven market sectors including hotel and hospitality, multifamily and build-to-rent, medical and senior living, retail and restaurant, office and professional, industrial and self-storage, and education and religious. Projects are executed via fixed-price or cost-plus contracts for enterprise clients, national brands, and government entities across Florida and the Southeast.

Product overview

Certified General Contractors operates as a single, unified construction management service rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The company offers six integrated construction services: Pre-Construction Services (strategic planning and risk mitigation), Value Engineering (cost optimization), Construction Management (hands-on project oversight), Design-Build Services (integrated delivery), General Contracting (full-scale construction execution), and Project Consulting (advisory services). These services work together to support projects across seven market sectors: Hotel & Hospitality, Multifamily & BTR, Medical & Senior Living, Retail & Restaurant, Office & Professional, Industrial & Self-Storage, and Education & Religious. The company is a traditional construction firm, not a software/technology company, and does not offer software products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pre-Construction Services Strategic planning, schedule alignment, cost clarity, permit management, and proactive risk mitigation to set commercial construction projects up for success before the building phase begins.
• Value Engineering Data-driven approach to identifying cost-saving opportunities, optimizing materials and systems, and preserving project vision through function-cost analysis, material substitution, and lifecycle cost assessment for commercial construction clients.
• Construction Management Hands-on supervision, vendor coordination, budget control, safety oversight, and quality assurance to keep commercial projects on schedule, within scope, and exceeding expectations.
• Design-Build Services Integrated design-build delivery model that unifies design and construction under one contract to streamline communication, accelerate timelines, and centralize accountability with single-source responsibility.
• General Contracting Full-scale construction delivery with experienced crews, tight quality control, safety oversight, and seamless permit-to-completion execution from site setup through final handover for commercial projects.
• Project Consulting Expert consulting providing risk analysis, schedule optimization, cost modeling, dispute resolution support, and independent oversight to guide decision-making throughout the commercial construction project lifecycle.

Quantifiable outcome

• 98% client retention rate demonstrates ability to build lasting relationships and earn repeat business
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Clark Construction Group: Large national commercial GC active across healthcare, hospitality, education, and multifamily. Overlaps with CGC in healthcare and multifamily segments but operates at significantly larger scale.
• Brasfield & Gorrie: Birmingham-headquartered national GC with extensive Florida operations across healthcare, hospitality, multifamily, and commercial. Larger-scale competitor active in CGC's core market sectors, competing for the same brand-standard and healthcare projects.
• Gilbane Building Company: Large national commercial GC with established Florida presence serving healthcare, education, hospitality, retail, and commercial clients. Competes with CGC for healthcare, education, and multifamily work.
• Suffolk Construction: National commercial GC with strong East Coast presence including Florida, competing for healthcare, hospitality, and commercial projects. Larger and more capitalized, but overlapping target clients (national brands, healthcare systems, developers).
• Balfour Beatty (US): International construction firm's US operations cover commercial, hospitality, healthcare, and multifamily across the Southeast including Florida. Competes for the same multi-sector project portfolio at a larger scale.
• McCarthy Building Companies: National commercial GC with significant Southeast and Florida activity in healthcare, education, hospitality, and multifamily. Larger but directly comparable in project types and client mix.
• The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company: National commercial GC with offices across the US including Florida, serving commercial, healthcare, hospitality, retail, and multifamily sectors. Competes for many of the same client categories as CGC, including national retail and healthcare brands.
• Hoar Construction: Southeast-rooted commercial GC with strong Florida presence, active in retail, hospitality, multifamily, healthcare, and office sectors. Closely comparable in size, regional focus, and sector mix to CGC.

Regional players

• Moss & Associates: Fort Lauderdale-based commercial general contractor with a strong Florida presence across hospitality, multifamily, healthcare, and commercial sectors. Direct regional peer operating in the same geography with the same project types (hotels, retail, multifamily) under a comparable delivery model.
• Stiles Corporation: Florida-based commercial real estate and construction firm providing pre-construction, construction management, and design-build across office, retail, and industrial sectors. Strongest direct Florida peer by virtue of being a Florida-rooted, multi-sector, mid-sized commercial GC.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@certifiedgeneralcontractor1687
• Facebookfacebook.com/cgcflorida
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/certified-general-contractors-inc.

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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