We price it straight
Line-item estimates and disciplined change control. You know what a change costs before we swing a hammer, not at closeout.
General Contractor · San Benito County
We build commercial
We build commercial
spaces that open on time.
Halvorsen Construction is a general contractor on California’s Central Coast — tenant improvements, retail and restaurant buildouts, and small ground-up work, delivered with the schedule discipline your lease depends on.
- 15+
- Years building
- 120+
- Projects delivered
- On time
- Around live tenants
How we work
Built around your schedule, priced without surprises.
We keep you open
Most of our commercial work happens around operating tenants. Phasing, dust control, and off-hours scheduling are the norm, not an upcharge surprise.
We finish the punch list
A project isn’t done when it’s mostly done. We close out every item, hand over clean documentation, and stand behind the work.
What we build
All services Commercial general contracting
Tenant Improvements
Turnkey buildouts for offices, medical suites, and retail — sequenced to get you occupied on schedule with minimal disruption to neighboring tenants.
- Space planning coordination
- Permit & inspection management
- Off-hours phasing available
Retail & Restaurant
Ground-up and shell buildouts for storefronts, quick-serve, and full-service kitchens, including grease, hood, and Title-24 compliance work.
- Kitchen & hood systems
- Storefront & signage coordination
- Health-department sign-off support
Ground-Up Commercial
Small-footprint new construction — light industrial, flex, and single-tenant retail — from grading and foundations through final CO.
- Site & civil coordination
- Structural steel & tilt-up
- Owner’s-rep friendly reporting
Structural & Seismic
Retrofits, structural repairs, and code upgrades for aging buildings across the Central Coast’s older commercial stock.
- Soft-story retrofit
- Foundation repair
- ADA & code upgrades
Recent work
Full project list Selected commercial projects
Commercial Tenant Improvement 2024
Gavilan Retail Center — Anchor TI
Full interior buildout for a national grocery anchor: demising walls, refrigeration rough-in coordination, storefront, and Title-24 lighting controls.
Commercial Office Buildout 2024
San Benito Business Park — Suite 200
Class-A office suite for a regional insurance firm — open workspace, glass conference rooms, and upgraded mechanical zoning.
Commercial Restaurant 2023
Third Street Kitchen
Full-service restaurant conversion: Type-I hood, grease interceptor, ADA restrooms, and a rebuilt storefront patio.
In their words
“We had three tenants operating around the work and Halvorsen still handed us the space on the date they promised. The weekly reporting made my job with ownership easy.”
“Their team caught two code issues in our plans before we ever pulled a permit. That kind of read on a project is why we’ve used them on four buildouts now.”
“Clean job sites, straight answers on cost, and no surprises at closeout. Rare combination for a contractor our size.”
Start a project
Have a space that needs building out?
Send us the scope and we’ll walk the site, talk through phasing, and get you a straight estimate.