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About Willis A. Smith
Willis A. Smith Construction, Inc. is a privately held, Florida Corporation based in Sarasota, Florida. Founded in 1972, Willis A. Smith Construction has provided quality planning, construction and related services to a variety of clients along Florida's West Coast for 33 years.

We offer the following services:

  • Construction Management & General Contracting
  • New Construction
  • Facility Additions
  • Interior Renovations
  • Tenant Build-out
  • Building Systems - Authorized Butler Builder
  • Butler Pre-Engineered Metal Buildings
  • Concrete Tilt Wall
  • Design/Build Construction
  • Special Accounts and Maintenance Contracts
  • Consulting Services
  • Site Evaluation and/or Selection
  • Budget and Constructability Analysis
  • Cost Consulting
  • Scheduling
  • Equipment Installation and Relocation

Our successful delivery of construction services comes from the commitment of experienced, skilled, and dedicated construction professionals striving to provide creative and cost effective solutions for your construction needs.

Since its establishment in 1972, Willis A. Smith Construction has taken great pride in this dedicated and innovative attitude of our people. This attitude, fundamental to our business philosophy, can be witnessed in every project that we undertake. Most importantly, the confidence of many clients has been earned by this attitude for constructing projects within exacting requirements of time, cost, and quality.

Principles & Values
Our goals are simple:
  1. Provide top level construction services at a fair price
  2. Enjoy our clients
  3. Establish long-term, mutually beneficial relationships
  4. Be a profitable company
  5. Share the company's success with the employees
  6. Encourage and develop the professional talents of the staff
  7. Support our community with civic charitable participation
  8. Have some fun

At Willis A. Smith Construction, Inc. we believe that in all aspects of business or personal relationships we strive to treat people the way we want to be treated. Our staff is trained in our business philosophy which is to always serve the client's best interests.

"It is not what lies behind us, nor what lies before us that matters - it is what lies within us that matters."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Corporate Statement
Our philosophy at Willis A. Smith Construction, Inc. is to provide quality construction, guarantee that quality and advise our customers about creative ideas to keep their projects on time and in budget.

The way to accomplish a quality project result is by contracting with only proven-quality subcontractors and by operating in a cooperative working environment which fosters new ideas and value-engineered designs. Managing the subcontractors so as to maintain strict control over quality and keeping them on schedule is vital. Paying the subcontractors promptly helps to maintain cooperation and performance. This also assures our clients that we are obtaining the best subcontractors for a fair market price.

We maintain satisfied customers by building quality projects, completing the projects ahead of schedule and on or below budget. We have developed a construction team that demonstrates the competency and capacity for fast-track construction and effective problem solving.

We have constructed numerous projects for many clients using the above philosophy. Confidence comes from the trust and integrity we build into each and every project.


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