General Contractor in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Our Services
Design-build, new construction and multifamily work across Luzerne County, from a builder 40 minutes down the river.
Goodridge Construction Group builds in Luzerne County regularly. We have put up duplexes and multifamily buildings in Nanticoke, and Wilkes-Barre, Kingston, Pittston, Hanover Township and Hazleton are all inside our normal working radius. We are based in Berwick, roughly forty minutes down the Susquehanna, which is close enough that our own superintendent is on your site and close enough that problems get solved the same day instead of the next trip out.
Luzerne County has a housing stock most contractors quietly avoid. A lot of it went up between 1900 and 1940 for the coal patch towns, which means balloon framing, knob and tube still in the walls, undersized services, and foundations that have taken a century of freeze and thaw. The river has flooded this valley more than once. We price that reality into the job instead of discovering it at framing and coming back with a change order.
Design-Build Construction
One contract, one schedule, one builder accountable for the drawings and the build. For owners in the Wilkes-Barre area who do not want to referee between an architect and a contractor, this is the fastest way to a finished building.
Our design-build services in Luzerne County include:
- Concept through permit drawings, coordinated with your lender and your timeline
- Budget set early and held, so the design is drawn to the number instead of value engineered later
- A single contract covering design, permitting and construction
- One superintendent running the job and one number to call
- Guaranteed maximum price on projects where the owner needs certainty
New Home Construction with Ridgemark Homes
New homes are built under our homes brand, Ridgemark Homes, with the same crews, superintendents and suppliers behind every Goodridge project. If you own ground in Luzerne County and want houses on it, or you are a developer or land seller who needs a builder, that is a conversation worth having.
What Ridgemark builds in Luzerne County:
- Custom homes built to your plan or to one from the Ridgemark plan library
- To-be-built packages on lots owned by developers, land sellers and agents
- Builder partnerships where you bring the lot and we bring the crew and the schedule
- Full site work, foundation, framing and finish under one contract
- Coordination with your lender through draw inspections and the certificate of occupancy
Multifamily and Townhome Construction
Multifamily is a different animal than single-family, and Luzerne County is where we have done the most of it. Duplexes and townhome buildings in Nanticoke, repeated units on a schedule that has to hold because the rent roll depends on it.
Our multifamily construction services include:
- Duplexes, townhomes and small apartment buildings
- Repeating unit builds where the schedule and the cost per unit both have to hold
- ICF and monolithic foundation systems on sites that call for them
- Phased delivery so early units can be occupied while later ones finish
- Coordination with your property manager on turnover and punch
Commercial Construction and Fit-Out
Offices, medical and professional space, retail and light industrial. We do ground-up buildings and we do fit-outs inside existing shells.
Our commercial services in the Wilkes-Barre area include:
- Ground-up commercial construction
- Interior fit-out for new tenants and relocating businesses
- Exterior fit-out, facade work and building envelope repair
- Occupied renovations phased so the business keeps running
- Work performed under general contractors on bonded public projects
Renovations, Additions and Remodeling
Additions, second-floor build-outs, kitchens, baths and whole-house renovations on the older housing stock this valley is full of.
Our renovation services include:
- Additions and second-story build-outs on existing homes
- Kitchen and bathroom renovations
- Structural repair on older framing, sills and foundations
- Electrical service upgrades, including panel replacement and 200 amp service
- Insurance and storm damage restoration
Site Work, Excavation and Concrete
Our site and concrete services include:
- Excavation, grading and site preparation
- Foundations, footers, slabs and retaining walls
- Driveways, sidewalks and flatwork
- Stormwater management and drainage correction
- Demolition and site clearing
Why Owners in Luzerne County Call Goodridge
Most of the contractors bidding work in Wilkes-Barre are either small outfits that cannot carry a full schedule or out-of-market firms that treat the valley as overflow. We sit in between, close enough to show up and large enough to finish. Pennsylvania enforces the Uniform Construction Code through the municipality or a third-party agency depending on where you are building, and the requirements are not the same in Wilkes-Barre City as they are in Hanover Township. We handle that, including the permits and the inspections, rather than handing you a packet and wishing you luck.
Contact Goodridge Construction Group to talk through your Wilkes-Barre area project. We work throughout Luzerne County, including Wilkes-Barre, Nanticoke, Kingston, Pittston, Hanover Township, Plymouth, Dallas and Hazleton.
