General Contracting / Advisory / Design-Build — Washington DC · Maryland · Virginia
Building Confidence. Empowering Missions.
You are building something a community will use for the next thirty years. We make sure it gets funded, permitted and finished, with crews hired from the neighborhood it serves. One team, start to finish.
The Usource Model
People are the core. Construction is how we serve them.
Every building we put up is used by somebody: a congregation, a class of four-year-olds, a family moving back into a renovated unit, a block that finally has a park. That is the measure. Construction is the discipline we bring to it, and our advisory and design work exists so the construction process goes right.
That means a strategic framework agreed before the drawings are final, a budget tested against real budget constraints instead of hope, the approvals cleared before the schedule depends on them, and sustainable design decisions made while they still cost nothing to make. For more than 25 years we have navigated that complex process on behalf of owners who answer to boards, congregations, residents, city councils and funders.
Services
Three core tracts leading to a successful project.
Bring us a finished set of drawings and we build. Come earlier and we will help you decide what to build, what it should cost and whether the site will accommodate your vision.
What we are known forConstruction
General contracting and construction management on commercial, institutional, multifamily and infrastructure projects. We hold the prime contract and coordinate every trade on the job, self-performing the work that drives the schedule and subcontracting the rest to firms we have worked with for years.
- General contracting
- Construction management
- Preconstruction & scheduling
- Quality control & safety
Before you commit the moneyAdvisory
Real estate and construction advisory for owners making consequential decisions early. Feasibility, budget, funding strategy and the regulatory path, from a team that spent 25 years on the agency side of the table before it ever held a contract.
- Feasibility & budget testing
- Financing & tax credit strategy
- Entitlements & permitting
- Owner's representation
From drawings to keysDesign
Design-build delivery on a single contract, so the drawings and the budget move together instead of meeting for the first time at bid. Includes sustainable design, high-efficiency operating systems installation, historic restoration and accessibility modernization.
- Design-build delivery
- Constructability review
- Sustainable design
- Historic restoration
The arc of a project
From vision. To construction. To impact.
From Vision
We help owners make the complex early decisions before they get expensive. Scope, budget constraints, sequence, and how the whole thing gets funded.
To Construction
We coordinate talented professionals, materials and trades so the project keeps moving, and so you always know exactly where it stands.
To Impact
We build functional living and working spaces designed for the future, with reduced operating costs and decades of service left in them.
Featured work
Four projects. Four different kinds of owner.
Every project below is a real contract with a real owner in the DMV.
1640 Columbia Rd NW · Washington DC
Festival Center
Design-build of a community facility housing 19 nonprofit organizations, with an art gallery, conference and meeting space and a teaching commercial kitchen. A state-of-the-art solar awning is projected to cut operating costs by more than 60 percent.
DOEE 2024 Sustainability AwardView project →
Washington DC · With R4 Capital and Manna Homes
40+ Unit Affordable Housing Renovation
A distressed apartment community with units sitting empty and building systems failing. Usource brought more than 40 units back online for income-eligible families, delivered while keeping every unit affordable.
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885 Barnaby Street SE · Washington DC
Early Childhood Academy
Interior modernization of an occupied early childhood education facility: nine new administrative offices, modernized special education classrooms, upgraded mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, and finishes chosen for the demands of an early childhood setting.
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4501 16th St NW · Washington DC
Simpson-Hamline United Methodist Church
Slate roof replacement, foundation repairs and interior renovation on a historic sanctuary that had to keep serving its congregation throughout the work.
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Who we help
Different owners. Different pressures. Same builder.
A church board and a housing authority are not solving the same problem. We have delivered for both.
Private · Multifamily & mixed-use
Developers & Owners
New construction and major capital improvements, from a contractor who meets participation goals without you having to chase them and who can carry design and construction together when the schedule is tight.
Public · Bid & procurement
Municipalities & Agencies
Public work done under public scrutiny. We know procurement, prevailing wage and disadvantaged business requirements, and we hold a schedule that delivers for the officials who answer for it and the communities they serve.
Institutional · Occupied buildings
Faith & Education
Sanctuaries, schools and community halls that cannot close while you fix them. We sequence the work around the calendar of the people using the space.
Mission-driven · Grant-funded
Nonprofits & Foundations
Restricted funding and grant deadlines that will not move. We build inside those constraints and keep your leadership focused on the mission instead of the weekly construction meeting.
Markets served
Where we work, and what we know inside out.
Multifamily Housing
New construction and major capital improvements, including occupied-building work delivered without displacing residents.
Community Facilities
Recreation centers, libraries, nonprofit offices and shared community space, built to take heavy daily use for decades.
Houses of Worship
Historic sanctuary restoration, additions, accessibility modernization and roofing on buildings where a mistake cannot be undone.
Education
Classrooms, administrative and media spaces, sequenced around an academic calendar and an occupied building.
Streetscape & Infrastructure
Sidewalks, roadway, inlets, landscaping, facade improvements and public realm work for municipal clients. DDOT and MDOT certified.
Stormwater Management
Micro-bioretention, reinforced concrete pipe and inlet systems that solve flooding rather than move it downstream.
Architectural Engineering & Design
Architectural design delivered on design-build contracts, so drawings, constructability and budget are resolved together rather than at bid.
How the work gets done
One team. Every trade. Clear accountability.
We perform key work with our own crews alongside subcontractors. You have one point of contact, one team coordinating the work, and a clear line of accountability from start to finish.
- Finishing
- Casework & millwork
- Rough & finish carpentry
- Windows & doors
- Wood & metal framing
- Drywall & painting
- Concrete & masonry
- Streetscape infrastructure
Community impact
Handing over the keys is not the end of the job.
We build in the communities our crews call home. That connection shapes how we hire, who we partner with, and the lasting impact we work to create long after construction is complete.
Memorial Park · Mount Rainier, Maryland
Decades of flooding on Rhode Island Avenue. Now a park built for the community.
Our team
Talented professionals committed to successful execution.
Usource Construction team at the School Modernization Project.
In their words
What clients say once the work is done.
Usource did a fantastic job despite some unforeseen obstacles. Their personable approach and commitment to honoring our budget, needs, aesthetics, and functional goals were consistently evident.
Client · House of worship renovation
One young mother recently thanked us for including changing tables for her young son. Parents no longer have to juggle trying to change their babies.
Client · House of worship renovation
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