A Family-Led Commercial Contractor Serving the Southeast Since 1931
Built in Atlanta. Working across the Southeast.
A Contractor Built to Last
Nine Decades of Trust
Van Winkle Construction has worked as commercial general Contractors in Georgia since 1931, with the fourth generation still in leadership today. That kind of tenure changes how a commercial construction company operates. Decisions get made for the relationship that comes after this project, not just the one in front of us. Most of the team has been here for decades, not years, our repeat clients are not just asking for Van Winkle to come back but for specific employees/teams.
Getting It Right the First Time
Being a commercial construction company that's still standing after nine decades means something was learned along the way. We deliver most projects as a commercial general Contractor at risk, with a Guaranteed Maximum Price locked in before the client goes to their board, congregation, or investors. The rest run traditional design-bid-build. Not every one of the commercial building construction companies you'll talk to during preconstruction will hold that number once the job starts. We do. Owners who've been burned by change orders elsewhere tend to notice that first.
Design Partners From the Start
We're not a commercial design-build Contractor in the sense of running design in-house, but we act as commercial design-build Contractors do, brought to the table alongside the Architect while the design is still taking shape. Early pricing on concept drawings, honest value engineering, and a preconstruction team that flags problems before they cost anyone money. Architects tell us that it keeps them looking good in front of their own clients.
Building and Renovating Across the Southeast
Whether the project is new construction or falls to commercial renovation Contractors working around an occupied building, the approach is the same: plan around the client's operations, not the other way around. From our Atlanta headquarters and Greenville, South Carolina office, we're licensed to build across Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Florida.
Church Construction and Every Market Beyond It
Church construction and church remodeling projects have shaped much of our history, and we've built relationships with churches like 12Stone across six campuses over more than a decade. That same discipline carries into multifamily construction company work, apartment construction, student housing construction, senior living builders' projects, assisted living facility construction, hospitality renovation Contractors' scopes, and industrial and specialty builds. We approach each market with the same commitment: a realistic budget, an honest schedule, and a team that stays through closeout.
What Our Partners Say
Our Services
Every project starts with the same question: what does this client need from us to feel confident in the outcome? From there, we bring in the right service, whether that's shaping the budget early or running the job site day to day.
A Contractor built to last
Van Winkle Construction was founded in 1931 and has stayed in the family ever since. What started as an Atlanta Contractor has grown into a builder that operates throughout the Southeast - while maintaining the culture and integrity the company was built on
Founded in Atlanta
Van Winkle Construction opens its doors as a general Contractor in Atlanta, Georgia.
Classical civic architecture — the permanence Van Winkle was founded to build.
Loew’s Grand — the night Atlanta premiered Gone With the Wind.
A Gulf storefront — small-business commerce taking shape across the South.
Van Winkle & Company
Robert Watkins retires, and Van Winkle & Watkins becomes Van Winkle & Company.
A July 1941 reference from Georgia Power, the client behind fifteen projects during the utility's expansion.
The Coca-Cola Company vouches for the firm — the start of more than 800 projects together.
The Atlanta Journal, whose WSB broadcasting center Van Winkle completed, recommends the newly renamed firm.
Community Cornerstones
The Atlanta Speech School, Darlington's New Junior School, and Kennestone Hospital anchor the postwar decade.
Marietta's 105-bed Kennestone Hospital — a $1.5 million project finished after wartime material delays.
The Speech School relationship began with its original 1951 facility and continued through the 2005 addition pictured.
Darlington School's New Junior School building under a rare Georgia snow.
Stone Mountain Partnership Begins
Work on the gondola lift to the summit opens a decade of landmarks, from Memorial Hall to Delta's first computer center.
Georgia Tech, the Alma Mater of both Van Winkle founders and at-the-time Project Manager Edward Van Winkle Jr, contracted the company to add to the existing western stand at Georgia Tech’s Grant Stadium in 1968.
Historic Stone Mountain Park and Van Winkle’s relationship began in 1961 when Van Winkle performed work on the gondola lift system to the landmark’s summit. In 1962, Van Winkle completed the park’s original Memorial Hall museum.
Delta Air Lines' first Computer Center — 55,700 square feet, delivered in 1967.
A New Generation Leads
Edward Van Winkle retires, Edward Van Winkle Jr. becomes Company President, and Cornerstone Builders is incorporated under the Van Winkle & Company name.
Grady's second-floor entry addition — Edward Van Winkle III's first project as Project Engineer.
The senior living tower completed in 1975 — the company's tallest project to date.
Work at Atlanta's Lakewood Chevrolet plant grew steadily through the late 1970s.
The Manufacturing Decade
Saturn, General Motors, and Thrall Car put Van Winkle to work on plant floors across Georgia and Tennessee.
The Van Winkle brand as it appeared in 1980.
Plant additions and improvements for manufacturers across Georgia and Tennessee.
Trinity School's 1988 expansion — a 28,000-square-foot gymnasium, library, and performing-arts building.
A New Direction
Building Holy Spirit Catholic Church's 1995 sanctuary, the company finds the calling that shapes its next three decades.
The Holy Spirit sanctuary — where the company's formal entry into the faith-based market began.
The Lee B. Philmon Branch Library — winner of the AIA/ALA Library Building Award.
The Auburn Avenue Research Library, completed in 1993.
Dedicated to Christ
Van Winkle Construction is formally dedicated to Christ, putting a name to the faith already shaping how the company operates.
The Church of the Apostles sanctuary above Buckhead — an anchor of the faith-based portfolio.
The Capital City Club's Brookhaven clubhouse and golf facilities.
The first of six 12Stone Church campuses built between 2007 and 2019.
Across the Southeast
Lockheed Martin hangars, Sugar Hill City Hall, and campus landmarks carry the work across the region.
Sugar Hill City Hall — a new civic centerpiece for a growing Gwinnett County city.
Inside the B-82, B-83, and B-84 hangars — part of 70 years and 90 projects with Lockheed Martin.
The James C. Bailey Student Center at Wallace State Community College.
Common Questions About Working With Us
What services does Van Winkle Construction offer as a commercial general Contractor?
We deliver commercial general contracting, construction manager at risk, preconstruction, and value engineering services across the Southeast, most often as a general Contractor at risk with a Guaranteed Maximum Price set before construction begins.
What markets and industries does Van Winkle Construction specialize in?
We build for faith-based, multifamily, senior living, student housing, commercial, industrial, and hospitality clients, with a particularly deep history in church construction going back decades.
How long has Van Winkle Construction been in business?
What areas of the Southeast does Van Winkle Construction serve?
How do I request a project estimate or consultation from Van Winkle Construction?
Reach out through our contact form or call our Atlanta office directly, and a member of our team will follow up to talk through your project.
What states is Van Winkle Construction licensed to build in?
What areas and states do you serve?
Our primary market is Metro Atlanta, with an expanding footprint across the Southeast, including cities like Marietta, Athens, Gainesville, Macon, Columbus, Albany, Savannah, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Murfreesboro, Greenville, Montgomery, Birmingham, and Huntsville.
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