Commercial general contractor, Nashville TN
We build it once, and we build it right the first time.
Rampart is a commercial general contractor in Middle Tennessee. Ground-up construction, tenant improvements and renovations from five to fifty million dollars. We self-perform concrete and carpentry, which means fewer subs between you and the work.
Licensed in TN, KY and AL. Bonded to $75M. EMR 0.68.
- Bonded to $75M
- EMR 0.68
- Self-performing crews
- Licensed in 3 states
Choose your path
Owners, developers and architects
Looking for a contractor
See what we build, how we deliver it, and send us your drawings for a preliminary budget.
Trades, foremen and field staff
Looking for work
Four roles open right now, with the pay range on every one of them. Apply in about a minute.
Scope
What we build.
Ground-up commercial.
Retail, light industrial, medical office and multifamily up to five storeys.
Tenant improvements.
Occupied-space work, phased so your tenants keep operating.
Renovation and adaptive reuse.
Older buildings where the drawings never match what is actually behind the wall.
Design-build.
We bring the architect and engineer, you get one contract and one point of accountability.
Concrete, self-performed.
Footings, slabs, tilt-up. Our own crews, our own schedule.
Carpentry, self-performed.
Rough and finish, in house.
How a job runs
From drawing to structure.
A set of drawings is a description of a building that does not exist yet. Our job is to turn it into one that does, on the date we said, for the number we quoted. That starts with reading the set properly: the grid, the levels, the dimensions, and every place where the drawings and the site are going to disagree.
South elevation, five storey commercial frame. Column grid A to F, five bays, 184 ft by 68 ft. Drawn here as an illustration of the sort of set we price from, not as a real project.
Delivered
Recent work.
Described by scope, size, value and delivery method. No client names, because a client's business is theirs to talk about, not ours.
Medical office, ground-up.
- Area
- 42,000 sq ft
- Contract value
- $8M to $12M
- Duration
- 14 months
- Delivery
- Design-build
Retail centre, ground-up.
- Area
- 31,000 sq ft
- Contract value
- $5M to $7M
- Duration
- 10 months
- Delivery
- Design-bid-build
Tenant improvement, occupied office.
- Area
- 24,000 sq ft
- Contract value
- $5M to $7M
- Duration
- 6 months
- Delivery
- Construction manager at risk
Multifamily, five storeys.
- Area
- 148,000 sq ft
- Contract value
- $32M to $38M
- Duration
- 22 months
- Delivery
- Design-bid-build
Light industrial, tilt-up.
- Area
- 96,000 sq ft
- Contract value
- $11M to $14M
- Duration
- 11 months
- Delivery
- Design-build
Warehouse to office, adaptive reuse.
- Area
- 55,000 sq ft
- Contract value
- $14M to $18M
- Duration
- 16 months
- Delivery
- Construction manager at risk
Concept project. These are illustrative scopes, not completed jobs.
Safety
Safety is a schedule item, not a poster.
Our EMR is 0.68. Every crew runs a pre-task plan each morning, and every incident gets reviewed within 24 hours whether or not anyone was hurt. We do this because a jobsite injury stops your project, and because it is the right way to run a crew.
- Experience modification rate
- 0.68
- Lost-time incidents, 2025
- Zero
- For all supervisors
- OSHA 30
Careers
We are hiring, and we pay for skill.
Finding good crews is the hardest part of this business. If you are a carpenter, concrete finisher, foreman or superintendent, we want to talk. We pay above the Nashville market rate, we run consistent hours, and we do not lay off between projects.
Open positions
Concrete Finisher.
$28 to $36 per hourTilt-up and flatwork, mostly Davidson and Williamson County.
Carpenter, Rough and Finish.
$26 to $38 per hourCommercial interiors and framing.
Superintendent.
$95,000 to $130,000Running a job from mobilisation to closeout.
Project Engineer.
$70,000 to $88,000Submittals, RFIs and schedule support.
Apply in about a minute.
Four fields and an optional resume. If you are a fit, a superintendent calls you back, not a recruiter.
Prequalification
Straight answers.
What size projects do you take?
Five to fifty million. Below that we are not the right fit and we will tell you so rather than waste your time.
Are you bonded?
Bonded to $75M aggregate, $30M single project. Bonding company details come with the bid package.
What is your EMR?
0.68. We will provide the loss runs with any prequalification package.
Do you self-perform?
Concrete and carpentry, with our own crews. Everything else goes to subs we have worked with for years.
What states are you licensed in?
Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama.
How do I get on your bid list as a subcontractor?
Send your licence, insurance certificate and three references through the contact form. We review new subs every quarter.
Do you do residential?
No. Commercial only.
Preconstruction
Send us the drawings. We will send back a number.
Preliminary budget within five business days on most projects. If we are not the right fit for the scope, we will say so and point you to someone who is.
Or call (615) 555-0148