Bagwell Construction Services, Inc. (BCS) is a premier, family-owned and operated construction firm. David and Jodi Bagwell founded the company over five years ago and haven’t looked back since. They have taken over 20 years of professional construction, military and business know-how and put it into becoming one of the most sought after commercial and residential general contracting and construction management businesses in Southern California.

Initially, David and Jodi made a name from themselves by building loft additions in Ventura County. The company began in 2002 with only three employees who worked one job site at a time. Today, BCS is a full-service construction firm that does pre-construction consulting, program management, construction management, commercial general contracting and residential general contracting. Currently, it has a staff of 16 on its payroll and approximately a dozen projects at any one time.

“I was in the military for a while and enjoyed construction,” said David, president and CEO. “When I got out, I got a construction management degree and then I began working for a very large commercial company that built hospitals. But I wanted to be closer to home. My wife and I had been dreaming about starting our own company for several years, so we went back and got our MBAs at night and worked on our business plans,” shortly thereafter, they founded BCS.

In 2004, BCS wanted to add a residential line to its commercial line of construction services and in order to do this they applied for an SBA Patriot Express Loan. David had served eight years in the Army and had recently heard about this loan through Tim Weaver, David’s banker at California Oaks State Bank. David soon after received his $112,000 Loan.

Around the same time BCS was selected by ABC-TV on three separate occasions to work on homes for ‘Extreme Make-over: Home Edition.’ This led to further contract opportunities and the Loan helped to position them favorably.

David and Jodi’s main focus is to achieve excellence in the construction arena, and they do this by striving to enrich themselves through education and going the extra mile for their clients and employees. Both hold MBA’s and encourage their employees to enhance their knowledge base of residential and commercial construction.

The BCS slogan “Building a Better Experience” is best understood by seeing and experiencing the exquisite work and services they provide. They have earned a sterling reputation by providing services such as filing the paperwork necessary to obtain city permits and licenses, hiring specific architects for individual clients, and even taking a client’s building plans to the homeowner’s association for approval.

 

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