Ocala, Florida
Commercial Contractor in Ocala, Florida
Commercial construction for Ocala and Marion County owners, from a firm that has been building across North Central Florida since 2001.
Marion County is part of Gray Construction Services' regular service area. We have completed commercial work in Ocala including a Florida Credit Union branch and the second Southern Pig & Cattle Co. restaurant, and our project staff have worked on school facilities in the county.
Ocala is the largest commercial market in our service area and the one with the most competition, which is a reason to be specific about what we bring rather than general. We are a commercial contractor whose portfolio is weighted toward public and institutional buildings: schools, county administration, health facilities and aviation. On the private side, our completed work in Marion County is financial and restaurant construction.
If your project is a K-12 facility, a county or municipal building, a clinic, a bank branch or an aviation facility, we have built that type. If it is heavy industrial or high-rise residential, we are not the right firm and will say so.
What we bring to a Marion County project
The core of it is delivery method experience on public work. Most of our recent portfolio has been delivered under construction management at-risk, which is the method most Florida school districts and counties use when they need a guaranteed maximum price before the drawings are done.
That experience includes the parts of public construction that are not about building: procurement rules, board reporting, phasing around an occupied and operating facility, and documentation that holds up when a project gets reviewed years later.
William McAteer, principal at Lake Weir High School in Marion County, has said of working with us that our communication and safety protocols made the relationship one of the best he experienced with an outside vendor in nineteen years as a school administrator.
Services available in Ocala
Marion County work spans general contracting, design-build and construction management. Pre-construction and consulting engagements are also available on a standalone basis.
Pre-Construction Planning
The decisions that determine whether a project lands on budget are made long before anyone breaks ground.
Construction Management
Two delivery models, one obligation: act in the owner's interest from conceptualization through final turnover.
Design-Build
One contract. One accountable party. No gap between what was designed and what gets built.
General Contracting
The traditional route, done properly: clear phases, competitive pricing, and one contractor answerable for the build.
Construction Consulting
Strategic guidance for owners who need a builder's read on a decision before they commit to it.
Recent work in neighbouring counties
Ocala sits inside a service area we work across continuously. These projects were delivered in adjacent counties.
- Drummond Community Bank, Trenton, FL, $1.1 Million, Construction Management at-Risk
- Sheltair Aviation Hangar, Williston, FL, $1.6 Million, Construction Management at-Risk
- Meridian Administration Building, Gainesville, FL, $2.9 Million, Construction Management at-Risk
- Suwannee River Fair Livestock Building, Fanning Springs, FL, General Contracting
- Chiefland Health Center, Chiefland, FL, $921K, Design-Build
- Williston Airport Terminal Building, Williston, FL, $3.5 Million, Construction Management at-Risk
Talk to us about a Ocala project
Our office is at 222 W Wade Street, Trenton, FL 32693, roughly an hour southeast of our Trenton office. Call (352) 463-3939 or send a message and a member of the team will get back to you.
Gray Construction Services holds Florida certified general contractor licence CGC #062854.