Build Group Ends 2025 With Strong Momentum Across AI, Infrastructure, and Institutional Markets
Owners spent 2025 prioritizing certainty over optimism. Build Group finished the year with steady growth across AI-driven infrastructure, mission-critical industrial work, public improvements, and institutional projects - the sectors where speed, risk control, and delivery discipline matter most.
Operating across California, the Pacific Northwest, and the Mountain West, the firm advanced work in advanced technology, civic infrastructure, hospitality, housing, and defense. The common thread: resolve tough problems early and finish strong.
AI, Mission-Critical, and Industrial Work Led the Way
AI adoption, hyperscale computing, and semiconductor investment ignited a new cycle across the company's footprint. Build Group expanded its mission-critical and AI-related portfolio with high-electrical-density, infrastructure-intensive facilities that demand advanced MEP coordination and precise execution.
The team's technology and industrial work spans data centers, advanced manufacturing, robotics, logistics, and R&D environments - where uptime, speed-to-market, and system reliability are non-negotiable.
"AI infrastructure is reshaping the built environment," said Cody Bedell, President of Build Group. "Clients need builders who understand electrical systems, cooling, redundancy, and constructability - not just square footage."
For context on the policy tailwinds behind chip manufacturing, see the CHIPS and Science Act programs from the U.S. Department of Commerce: CHIPS for America.
Public Infrastructure and Energy Transition Investment Accelerated
States and municipalities continued to fund transportation, water resilience, and clean-energy-related scopes. Build Group delivered improvements that support both public benefit and private development viability.
Recent work includes the Crenshaw Boulevard improvements in Los Angeles and utility, roadway, stormwater, and recycled-water systems tied to major Silicon Valley developments such as CityLine Sunnyvale and a confidential corporate headquarters expansion.
"Public infrastructure today demands technical rigor and coordination," Bedell noted. "We help de-risk delivery by resolving permitting, utility interfaces, and phasing early in the process."
For project teams tracking federal funding streams, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law overview is a useful reference: U.S. DOT BIL.
Institutional, Hospitality, Housing, and Defense Work Rebounded
Institutional and mission-driven construction regained momentum, especially adaptive reuse, hospitality, housing, and defense-related facilities. Build Group's portfolio includes the renovation of The Huntington Hotel in San Francisco, the UC Hastings / UC Law Tower, and affordable housing projects across the Bay Area.
The firm also continued work with defense-sector clients including Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and Trimble. "These projects require precision and trust," Bedell said. "Clients rely on us when the margin for error is zero."
How Build Group Helped Owners De-Risk Development
In a tough cost and financing environment, the firm's model emphasized control, visibility, and delivery certainty. In-house trades, mission-critical MEP expertise, and a preconstruction-led approach tightened budgets and schedules while lifting quality.
- Self-perform trades across concrete, framing, finishes, and specialty scopes
- Heavy MEP coordination for high-performance, high-electrical-load facilities
- Adaptive reuse, structural reinforcement, and seismic retrofit capabilities
- Design-build MEP and advanced preconstruction
Geographic Expansion Across High-Growth Markets
Build Group's momentum reflects selective expansion into markets seeking sophisticated GC partners with West Coast delivery experience.
- California: AI-ready workplaces, infrastructure, hospitality, and adaptive reuse
- Pacific Northwest: Tech migration, aerospace, and logistics
- Idaho (Boise / Sun Valley): Hospitality, industrial, and R&D
- Arizona (Phoenix / Chandler): Semiconductor and hyperscale campuses
- Utah (Salt Lake City): Tech migration and defense corridor work
- Nevada (Reno / Sparks): AI, data center, manufacturing, and distribution
"These regions are investing aggressively," Bedell said. "Our experience delivering complex projects on the West Coast translates directly to success in these markets."
Positioned for 2026
Build Group enters 2026 with one of its most diversified backlogs to date: AI infrastructure, mission-critical facilities, public works, institutional revitalization, and energy transition projects. "Our momentum is built on performance," Bedell concluded. "Clients trusted us during a volatile market, and that trust continues to drive growth."
Contact
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About Build Group
Build Group is a privately held general contractor, construction manager, and design-builder founded in 2007 in the San Francisco Bay Area. With offices throughout California and the Pacific Northwest, the firm delivers ground-up builds, interior transformations, and specialty projects across commercial, residential, education, and hospitality sectors.
Self-perform capabilities include structural concrete, shoring and formwork, wood, exterior skin systems, drywall and insulation, flooring, and cabinetry - enabling quality control and schedule discipline from start to finish. The company has been consistently recognized as an ENR Top Contractor, a Fastest Growing Private Company, and a Best Place to Work.
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