Montpelier Construction

Montpelier Construction is a construction company in Montpelier, Vermont. The firm is a full service residential builder serving Central Vermont, with a focus on sustainable, energy efficient custom building. Its services cover new home builds, including Passive Home construction, renovations and additions, kitchens and baths, fine woodwork, and custom tile work. The partners have built many different types of homes for Central Vermont residents, from energy efficient bungalows to passive house timber frame post-and-beam structures, and the company works with clients on projects ranging from a custom home to a new backsplash.

The company traces its work back to 1997, when five original partners chose to collaborate on a large project as a single, cohesive team rather than as individuals, and it has been building since 1998. Founding partner Malcolm Gray began working in the construction trades in Florida in 1971 and came to Vermont in 1975 for Goddard College's Social Ecology Program, where he focused on energy efficiency, affordable construction, and renewable energy systems. He has been certified for Home Performance with Energy Star since 2006 and as a Passive House consultant since 2012. Founding partner Harry Strand has been a dedicated woodworker since the 1980s and brought his skills to Vermont in 1994.

The company's stated mission is to build quality, energy-efficient residential homes, additions, and renovations at reasonable prices, within a humane, respectful, anti-racist, and cooperative work environment. Its core principles include deciding matters of policy consensually among partners with input from employees and subcontractors, working with clients in an open and clear manner, treating all persons fairly and honestly, supporting anti-sexist and anti-racist conduct within the company and on job sites, using healthy and sustainable practices and products that are as locally sourced as possible, actively seeking feedback, and supporting growth within the trades. The company describes five approaches that set it apart from other builders in Central Vermont: it is budget conscious, environmentally conscious, builds using solid building science principles, builds low-energy use and reduced-carbon sustainable homes, and is fun to work with. Its services page notes that whether a client wants to build a custom home or add a new backsplash to freshen up a kitchen, the team aims to bring that vision to life, holding builds to high standards and adhering to sound building science in every project, with careful attention to energy efficiency and environmental impact.

The business is located on Plainfield Brook Rd, about a mile and a half from East Hill and roughly two and a half miles from the Middlesex Wildlife Management Area.

Montpelier Construction pairs more than two decades of Central Vermont residential building with Passive House and Energy Star credentials, work that centers on durable, low-energy homes suited to the Vermont climate.