Martin Construction Company

Martin Construction Company is a design and build general contractor based at 14588 Kutztown Rd in Fleetwood, Pennsylvania. The firm works on commercial, residential, and agricultural projects, handling jobs from initial drawings through final finish work. Rather than assembling a project out of separate specialty contractors, the company performs most functions with its own crews, which means a property owner deals with one office, one schedule, and one point of contact for the duration of a build. The business can be reached at (610) 683-6270.

The range of work is unusually broad for a single firm. In a given season, Martin Construction crews may be pouring a foundation for a fire station, framing a horse arena, remodeling a kitchen in a Berks County home, replacing a roof with standing metal panels, and grading a building pad for a warehouse. That mix reflects the area the company serves, where farmland, older housing stock, small manufacturers, and municipal buildings sit close together.

Services

Work is organized around several main categories, though many projects cross between them:

• Commercial construction, including fire stations, churches, automotive and truck repair shops, retail storefronts, offices, warehouses, landscaping facilities, manufacturing plants, and bulk storage. Specialized features such as drive through bays, decontamination areas, backup power, high ceiling service bays, in floor drainage, and loading docks are built into the design when the use requires them.
• Agricultural buildings, including horse barns, riding arenas, stables, dairy and milking facilities, free stall and calf barns, bank barns, grain and hay storage, farm shops, chemical storage, silos, and dog kennels.
• Residential interior remodeling: kitchens, bathrooms, basements, flooring, drywall, cabinetry, tile backsplashes, and built in entertainment centers.
• Residential exterior work: decks, patios, walkways, garages, doors, gutters, painting, and siding in vinyl, fiber cement, wood, and stone veneer.
• Home additions, from single story expansions to full second story additions and pool houses, for owners who would rather add space than move.
• Roofing, including new roofs, repairs, and conversions to metal roofing for both houses and commercial buildings.
• Replacement windows aimed at drafty or poorly sealed units that raise heating and cooling costs.
• Storage buildings, garages, and workshops, ranging from residential sheds and hobby shops to self storage units and climate controlled commercial facilities.
• Excavation and site work: site stakeout, laser elevation mapping, land clearing and grading, basement excavation, building pads, septic systems and wells, waterways, water and sewer hookups, block retaining walls, concrete removal, hauling, driveways, seeding, and landscaping. NRCS compliant projects are part of the agricultural side of this work.
• Commercial asphalt paving for parking lots and roadways, with free estimates in Fleetwood and surrounding areas.
• Commercial snow plowing, using heavy duty plows and spreaders to keep access roads, parking areas, and work zones open through the winter.
• Truss setting, concrete foundations and flatwork, and retrofitting of older commercial buildings with better insulation and updated heating and cooling systems.

Construction Methods

Martin Construction builds using both post frame (often called pole building) construction and conventional stud wall framing, and will discuss which approach suits a particular use and budget. Standard post frame specifications include glu laminated support columns, treated splashboards, pre engineered roof trusses, galvanized purlin hangers, painted steel siding and roofing, and sidewall overhangs. Agricultural buildings are typically detailed with raftered roofs for ventilation, roofing insulation to reduce condensation, vented ridge caps, and double treated splashboards, all choices that matter in structures housing livestock or feed.

On the site work side, soil stability, moisture content, and backfill quality are evaluated on every job before building begins, since those conditions determine how foundations and pads are prepared.

Design, Drawings, and Permits

The company handles building design in house. Standard construction drawings with engineer sealed truss drawings are included with every building proposal, and fully engineer sealed drawings are available at additional cost. Staff also prepare permit paperwork and work directly with the relevant municipality to secure building permits, with permit fees themselves paid by the property owner. A ten percent deposit is required at signing.

John Scully serves as Principal Contractor for residential projects.

Service Area

Martin Construction primarily works within roughly a ninety mile radius of its Fleetwood headquarters. That territory covers Berks, Lehigh, and Northampton counties, including Reading, Kutztown, Allentown, Bethlehem, and the farms and smaller boroughs between them. Being based on Kutztown Road places the company close to the agricultural corridor along Route 222 as well as within reach of the Lehigh Valley commercial market.

Materials and Affiliations

The company specifies products from established manufacturers and supply lines. Windows and doors come from Pella, Andersen, ProVia, Simonton, ViWinCo, and Therma Tru. Siding and trim include CertainTeed, with decking from Trex and AZEK. Interior remodeling draws on cabinetry from KraftMaid, Kemper, Schrock, and Wolf Home Products, with plumbing fixtures from Kohler, American Standard, and Ferguson.

Martin Construction is an active member of the National Frame Builders Association and is affiliated with the PA Builders Association and the Home Builders Association.

Practical Information

Property owners considering a project generally start with a conversation about intended use, square footage, ceiling heights, access and loading needs, and site conditions. For commercial buildings, that discussion often includes future expansion and the mechanical systems a particular operation requires. For homes, it usually centers on how the space will be used day to day and which materials fit the budget and the existing structure.

Because electrical, plumbing, and HVAC rough in and finish work are carried out in house or by long term subcontractors the company works with regularly, scheduling and finished quality stay under direct control. The same applies to concrete, framing, insulation, and interior finishes. For clients, the practical benefit is a single schedule and a single phone number rather than coordinating trades independently.

Estimates for commercial paving and other services can be arranged by calling the Fleetwood office. The company has been in business for decades, long enough that much of its work comes from repeat clients and from farms, municipalities, and businesses across the three county region that have used it for more than one project.