In-House Trades and Capabilities

Seven interior trades, delivered by one in-house workforce.

Capability statement

One workforce, not a contact list

Most NYC interior subcontractors are a phone list. We are a payroll.

Seven interior finish trades, self-performed on our own W2 payroll: painting, carpentry, drywall, tile, doors, general construction, and glazing. Most NYC interior contractors are a brokered phone list of subs of subs. We are a payroll. Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing specialists are coordinated under our project controls, never handed off.

  • 90+ W2 employees, not a rotating cast of day labor
  • Seven trades under one point of accountability
  • Section 3 certified and prevailing wage capable in-house
  • Certified payroll generated from our own timecards
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Interior renovation underway in a New York City building

The workforce, by the numbers

90+

W2 employees on our own payroll

Seven interior trades staffed in-house, not subcontracted out.

7
trades self-performed Painting, carpentry, drywall, tile, doors, general construction, and glazing.
$100M+
of interior work produced Across affordable housing and capital improvements citywide.
3,000+
units renovated Delivered across all five boroughs of New York City.

Section 3 certified. NYCHA approved. Prevailing wage compliant from day one.

What we self-perform

The seven trades on our payroll.

Each trade runs on its own crew, its own foreman, and its own production tracking. For a general contractor, that means one point of accountability across seven scopes that would otherwise sit with seven different subcontractors.

  1. Painting

    Interior and exterior, residential and commercial, prevailing wage capable on every job. Building-wide programs, occupied unit work, common-area refreshes, and turnover painting at portfolio scale.

  2. Carpentry

    Trim, base molding, door installation, framing, and millwork, from custom finish work through production-volume hallway and unit carpentry.

  3. Drywall

    Hang, tape, finish, patch, and demo, coordinated with our painting crews so finish handoffs never stall the schedule.

  4. Ceramic Tile

    Bathroom, kitchen, floor, and wall tile, sequenced to occupied-unit timelines so tubs and showers come back into service the same day.

  5. Doors

    Interior doors, hardware, and frames, running building-wide door replacement programs without disrupting resident access on any floor.

  6. General Construction

    Demolition, cleanup, general labor, and site prep, with HEPA dust control, a daily clean policy, and material logistics built in. This is the crew that keeps every other trade on schedule.

  7. Glazing

    Window installation and replacement, mobilized on a project-by-project basis with experienced glazing partners we have run with for years.

Why one payroll matters

What a single employer actually buys the GC.

When painting, carpentry, drywall, and tile all report to the same company, the handoff between trades is internal. There is no finger-pointing across subcontractors, no rework from a missed handoff, and no schedule slippage while one trade waits on another to finish.

  • No subs of subs on your critical path
  • One RFI list, one submittal log, one schedule
  • Trades that already know how to work together
  • Fewer vendors to qualify, insure, and chase
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Chelsea Elliott-Fulton Houses during the Phase 1 PACT renovation led by Perennial Empire as Prime GC in Manhattan.

How the crews run

Seven trades, one operating system.

  1. One quality standard on every floor.

    Because the trades share an employer, the handoff between them is internal. No finger-pointing, no rework, no schedule slippage from one trade waiting on another.

  2. Compliance built into hiring.

    Section 3 certification, OSHA-30 onboarding, and prevailing wage compliance run through our payroll system, not through a subcontractor's spreadsheet. Certified payroll comes out of the same software that runs the timecards.

  3. Production tracking the GC can see.

    Real-time unit completion rates, crew allocation across active jobs, and weekly look-ahead schedules. The same data we use to decide where to mobilize next is the data we share with GCs and agency PMs.

Where these trades show up

Recent projects across all seven trades.

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Trades and capability questions

Do you ever subcontract any of the seven trades?

Six of the seven (painting, carpentry, drywall, tile, doors, general construction) run on our own W2 payroll on every engagement. Glazing is mobilized on a project-by-project basis with experienced glazing partners we have run with for years. Mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and other specialty trades are coordinated through partner subcontractors and managed inside our project controls system, not handed off.

What size projects can your in-house crews actually handle simultaneously?

Our active project mix typically runs 8 to 10 jobsites at once, ranging from single-building common-area refreshes to 1,000+ unit PACT bundles. Crew allocation is decided weekly through our operations planning meeting, and we do not take on work we cannot mobilize at our standard. If your project is over 200 units or runs across multiple buildings, mention it at scoping so we can confirm capacity before you build us into the schedule.

Are your tradespeople qualified for prevailing wage and Section 3 work?

Yes. Our W2 workforce is Section 3 certified at the company level, and individual workers are tracked against HUD income thresholds for project-specific Section 3 utilization. Prevailing wage classifications, fringe benefits, and apprenticeship ratios are managed through our payroll system, with certified payroll generated weekly on every public-funded engagement.

Can I see crew references for a specific trade?

Yes. For qualified procurement teams and boards we share trade-specific past-performance references, including foreman names, project values, and completion dates. Common requests: painting at portfolio scale (Brooklyn Bundle, Manhattan Bundle), carpentry on occupied unit turnovers, drywall and tile on PACT kitchen renovations. Request via our contact form and we return references within one business day.

In-house trades

Need seven trades that answer to one company?

Send us the scope. We will tell you which of our crews fit, what we can mobilize, and how soon, and return a capability statement within one business day.

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