QUALITY
Third-party inspection welcomed on every structural pour. Workmanship warrantied for two years; structure for ten. We build to be tested.
ABOUT THE FIRM — DOC 02
FIFTY-FOUR YEARS OF LOAD-BEARING WORK.
FERRUM CONSTRUCTION GROUP IS A FAMILY-HELD GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND DESIGN-BUILDER. WE HAVE POURED, FRAMED, AND HANDED OVER 483 PROJECTS SINCE 1971 — AND EVERY ONE OF THEM IS STILL STANDING.
HISTORY & MISSION
FOUNDED ON A CONCRETE TRUCK AND A HANDSHAKE.
Ferrum began in 1971 as a two-man concrete crew working foundation contracts along Foundry Row. The founder's rule was written on the door of the first truck: pour it right or break it out yourself. That rule has survived three generations, four recessions, and 9.2 million square feet of construction.
Today we are a full-service general contractor with 140 employees, self-performing crews in concrete, carpentry, masonry, and roofing, and a portfolio spanning custom residences, multi-family housing, healthcare, education, industrial, and civil work.
Our mission has not changed since the truck: build structures that outlast the people who ordered them, at the price we quoted, on the date we promised. We grow by referral, not by advertising — roughly 80% of our volume is repeat clients or their recommendations.
HONESTY
Open-book estimating on request. Every allowance itemized, every change order signed before the work happens. No surprises at handover.
PERMANENCE
We refuse work we cannot stand behind for a decade. If value engineering weakens the structure, we say so in writing — and decline.
MILESTONES — 1971–2026
71
FOUNDED
Ferrum Concrete founded with one mixer truck and two men. First contract: residential foundations, Lawrenceville.
78
FIRST COMMERCIAL CONTRACT
Silo complex for Northside Grain — our first industrial structure and the start of the works index we keep to this day.
89
GENERAL CONTRACTING LICENSE
Incorporated as Ferrum Construction Group. Added carpentry and masonry crews to self-perform beyond concrete.
02
DESIGN-BUILD DIVISION
Brought architecture and structural engineering in-house for single-contract delivery. First design-build project delivered 22% under the bid-build benchmark.
14
RESIDENTIAL STUDIO
Opened a dedicated custom-home and renovation studio applying commercial QA/QC standards to residential work.
26
TODAY
140 employees. EMR 0.62. 1,412 consecutive days without a lost-time incident. Booking construction starts for 2027.
LEADERSHIP — THE PEOPLE UNDER THE HARD HATS
E. FERRUM-KOVAC
PRESIDENT / CEOThird-generation. Started on a finishing crew at 16; has signed every structural warranty since 2011.
B.S. CIVIL ENGINEERING · DBIA · 28 YRS
R. OYELARAN
VP — OPERATIONSRuns field operations and the master schedule. Believes a plan that is not on the wall is not a plan.
PMP · CCM · OSHA 500 · 21 YRS
S. WHITAKER
CHIEF ESTIMATORAuthor of the number that becomes the price. Within 3% of final cost on 91% of projects over the last decade.
CPE · LEED AP · 24 YRS
M. DELGADO
DIRECTOR OF SAFETYFull authority to stop any job, any time, for any reason. Has used it. Would do it again.
CSP · CHST · OSHA 500 · 17 YRS
A. LINDQVIST
DIRECTOR — DESIGN-BUILDLicensed architect leading the in-house design studio. Draws what the crews can actually build.
AIA · NCARB · 19 YRS
T. BRANKO
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENTForty years on site, the last twenty running ours. If it was poured after 2006, he has walked it.
OSHA 30 · ACI FIELD GRADE I · 40 YRS
J. NAKAMURA
DIRECTOR — RESIDENTIALLeads the custom-home studio. Sends every homeowner a photo log and cost ledger, every Friday, without fail.
CGR · CAPS · 15 YRS
P. KOWALCZYK
VP — PRECONSTRUCTIONOwns budgeting, permits, and procurement before a shovel moves. The quiet reason schedules hold.
DBIA · CPC · 18 YRS
LICENSES, BONDS & CERTIFICATIONS
LICENSED
PA HIC 001971 · General Contractor registrations in PA, OH, WV. Verified on request — ask and we hand you the folder.
BONDED
Bonding capacity of $60M aggregate / $25M single project through an A-rated surety.
INSURED
$10M general liability, statutory workers' compensation, builder's risk on every project. COIs issued before mobilization.
CERTIFIED
OSHA Strategic Partner · ACI-certified concrete crews · AISC erection · LEED APs on staff · EPA RRP lead-safe certified.