Family-Owned Since 1994 · [City, State]

We Don't Cut
Corners.
We Build Them.

Third-generation builders doing honest, lasting construction work across [Region]. No chain of subs passing the buck. Same crew, start to finish — and we still answer our own phones.

30+
Years in Business
500+
Projects Completed
3rd
Generation Builders
0
Subcontractors on Site

Every Kind of Build,
Done the Right Way

We don't chase every job in the book. We build what we know how to build right — and we've been doing it the same way for thirty years.

Custom Home Construction

Built around how you actually live, not around a floor plan from a catalogue. We work with your architect or ours, and we're on-site every single day.

Commercial Builds

Retail, office, warehouse, mixed-use. On-time delivery matters in commercial work, and we've never handed a client a key late because of something we controlled.

Additions & Renovations

New square footage that feels like it was always part of the house. We match materials, mind the structure, and don't leave you with a room that feels tacked on.

Structural Framing

The bones of the build. We frame tight, plumb, and true — because every problem hidden behind drywall traces back to what the framer did or didn't do.

Foundations & Concrete

Poured, block, slab — we do it all in-house. A bad foundation is a forever problem. We take our time, do it once, and stand behind it.

Site Work & Prep

Excavation, grading, drainage. We prepare the land the same way we build on it — thoroughly, with nobody cutting corners before the first footing goes in.

Started in a Pickup Truck. Still Run Like One.

Ironwood Construction started in 1994 when Jack Mercer loaded his tools into a beat-up Ford F-250 and decided the industry was doing it wrong — too many middlemen, too many handoffs, too little ownership over the finished product.

Three decades on, Jack's kids are on the tools. His grandkids are already asking questions on the job site. We haven't gone corporate. We haven't farmed out the hard work to whoever calls back first. You hire Ironwood, you get the Mercer crew — from the first walkthrough to the final handshake.

When something goes wrong — and in construction, something always does — you'll hear from us before you hear about it. That's not a policy. It's just how we were raised.

Talk to Us Directly

Most builders will tell you what you want to hear. We'll tell you what you need to hear — before it costs you anything to find out the hard way.

— Jack Mercer, Founder
100%
Self-Performed Work

The Jobs We're Proud Of

Every project here was built by our crew, start to finish. No proxy photos, no borrowed portfolios.

Custom Home

Ridgeline Residence
Cedar Bluffs

Completed 2024 · 4,200 sq ft
Commercial

Hartfield Mixed-Use
Block A & B

Completed 2023 · 18,000 sq ft
Addition & Renovation

Brennan Farmhouse
Expansion

Completed 2024 · +1,800 sq ft
Ground-Up Commercial

Mercer Point
Warehouse & Office

Completed 2022 · 22,500 sq ft

These are just four. We've got 500 more where these came from.

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No Mystery. No Runaround.

This is exactly what happens between you calling us and you getting the keys.

01

Straight Talk

We walk the site together, discuss what's realistic, and give you a quote you can actually trust. No lowball bids, no scope games.

02

Real Planning

No surprises. We map out every phase before the first nail goes in. You get a schedule you can hold us to.

03

Our Crew, Our Work

We don't subcontract the hard stuff to whoever is available. Our team builds it. You'll recognize every face on your site.

04

We Don't Leave Early

Punch list, final inspection, warranty walk — we stay until it's done right. You shouldn't have to chase your builder to finish what they started.

Real Projects. Real People.

We don't ask for reviews until the job is done right. These are the ones we earned.

★★★★★

Other contractors gave me a number. Ironwood gave me answers. Every question I had, they had a real one back. Moved in on the date they said. Not a week later, not two weeks later — that date.

Custom Home, Cedar Bluffs
★★★★★

Three bids. Two flaked by week three. One showed up every morning with a plan. You can guess which one we hired. And then hired again for the second building.

Commercial Build, Hartfield District
★★★★★

They told us the timeline and stuck to it. When one supplier ran late, they called us before we had to ask. We'd never had a contractor do that. Never.

Addition, Riverside Heights

Why People Leave the Big Guys and Don't Go Back

Corporate construction companies have project managers who have never swung a hammer. You deserve builders who know what they're building.

Ready When You Are

Let's Build Something
Worth Building

Skip the waiting game with the big guys. Tell us what you're building and we'll get back to you within 24 hours — with a real person, not an automated response.

Tell Us What You're Building

No obligation. No hard sell. Just a real conversation about what you need and whether we're the right fit.

Office

123 Trade Street
[City, State] 00000

Contractor License #: [Your License Number]
Fully licensed, bonded, and insured in [State].
General Liability & Workers' Comp on file — ask and we'll send the certificates same day.