General Contractor in Vancouver, WA

Where you submit depends on the address: the City of Vancouver's permit center handles projects inside city limits, Camas, Battle Ground, Ridgefield and Washougal run their own smaller city offices, and Clark County Community Development covers the unincorporated acreage between them. Longview and Kelso in Cowlitz County are served from this office as well. We know which office an address belongs to and what each one expects in a plan set.

Two local conditions change the permit path. Hillside and drainage-adjacent sites — above the Columbia, along Salmon Creek and the Lacamas drainages — can fall under critical-areas rules that call for engineered foundations and stormwater design, so we check the critical-areas map on the first visit. Inside Vancouver, infill lots and older neighborhoods bring tree-preservation and design-review considerations we plan for before submittal. Otherwise the codes match the rest of Western Washington — the Washington State Building Code and Energy Code, seismic framing and wet-weather envelope details — and our in-house engineering and permitting team carries the plans through.

Clark County work splits between the City of Vancouver's permit center, the smaller city offices in Camas, Battle Ground, Ridgefield and Washougal, and Clark County Community Development for the unincorporated acreage between them. Larger lots outside the city are where we build detached garages, shops and DADUs, often coordinating well and septic; inside Vancouver, infill lots and older neighborhoods bring tree-preservation and design-review considerations we plan for before submittal. We also serve Cowlitz County — Longview and Kelso — from this office.

Hillside sites above the Columbia and along the Salmon Creek and Lacamas drainages need engineered foundations and careful stormwater design; we check the critical-areas map on the first visit so there are no surprises later. Otherwise the fundamentals match the rest of Western Washington: wet-weather envelope details, seismic framing and the Washington State Energy Code. Our Vancouver office meets by appointment and keeps travel short, and every trade on the job is our own crew.