Full-Service General Contracting
Monument Construction is your trusted general contractor in Colfax, CA, offering comprehensive construction services for residential and commercial projects throughout Placer County and Nevada County.
From ground breaking to final inspection, we manage every aspect of your construction project with professional expertise and attention to detail. California Contractor License #801602.
Complete General Contracting Services
As a licensed general contractor, Monument Construction handles the full scope of residential construction projects. Whether you're building a new home, adding to an existing one, or completely remodeling, we manage every phase with expertise and attention to detail.
Our general contracting services include site preparation, structural framing, roofing, siding, coordination of specialized trades (electrical, plumbing, HVAC), and complete interior finishing. We serve as the central point of contact and project manager for your entire construction process.
Our Construction Services
How a Project Runs With Us
Site Evaluation & Planning
Every project starts on the property, not on paper. We walk the site with you, assess existing conditions — soil, slope, access, utilities — and talk honestly about scope, budget, and timeline before anything is drawn. On older homes we look for the structural surprises that tend to surface once walls open up, so they're planned for rather than discovered.
Permits & Engineering
We prepare and submit plans, coordinate structural engineering where it's required, and manage plan check with whichever authority has jurisdiction — city building departments or the county offices of Placer, Nevada, Sacramento, Yolo, and El Dorado Counties. You don't chase paperwork; we do.
Construction & Trade Coordination
From site preparation and foundation work through framing, roofing, and siding, we self-perform the carpentry and schedule the specialized trades — electrical, plumbing, HVAC — around a single coherent timeline. Inspections are booked at each phase so the job never stalls waiting on a sign-off.
Finish Work & Final Walkthrough
This is where our finish-carpentry background shows. Drywall, flooring, cabinetry, doors, and trim are completed to the standard of a company that built its name on the details, and we close out with a punch list, final inspection, and a walkthrough of everything we built.
Building From the Valley Floor to the High Sierra
Our five-county service area spans an unusual range of building conditions — from Sacramento Valley neighborhoods near sea level to foothill towns like Colfax and Grass Valley, and on up to Truckee and South Lake Tahoe above 6,000 feet. General construction here isn't one-size-fits-all, and our estimates and plans reflect the site you actually have.
In the foothills, that means engineering foundations and decks for sloped, wooded lots, managing drainage on hillsides, and building to Wildland-Urban Interface fire standards — enclosed eaves, ember-resistant vents, and non-combustible exterior details where the code requires them. At elevation, roofs and structures are designed for real snow loads and a short building season. Down in the valley, hot-summer climates and expansive clay soils drive material choices and foundation planning, especially on older homes.
Hiring us as your general contractor means one point of responsibility for all of it: scheduling, materials procurement, subcontractor management, code compliance, and quality control from the first day of groundwork to the last coat of paint. That single-point accountability — backed by 25+ years in these specific communities — is what keeps projects on budget and out of dispute.
Licensed & Experienced Contractor
- • California Contractor License #801602
- • 25+ years construction experience
- • Featured on DIY Network
- • Fully insured and bonded
- • Serving Placer, Nevada, Sacramento, Yolo & El Dorado Counties
Areas We Serve
Professional general construction services throughout Northern California: