Makatura Construction

Makatura Construction, Inc., is a full-service, award-winning residential and commercial contractor located in northeast Pennsylvania. The company and our staff are noted for a rich heritage focused on fine craftsmanship, peerless millwork and an unsurpassed work ethic. Our focus is centered on client relationships and the delivery of superior turnkey projects. Serving as a trusted advisor, our communication with clients throughout the building process fosters creativity and solution-oriented design.

Unsurpassed residential and commercial remodeling and renovations is the cornerstone of our construction business. Phase-by-phase and through each step of the process, we encourage clients and their designers to work with our collaborative team. From custom millwork to Aging in Place Design, sustainability or Passive House Design for leading energy efficiency, Makatura Construction is poised to assist with your design and remodeling project needs. We work diligently to build and maintain collaborative communication between owner, architect, and our staff.

We consider each andeveryproject highly unique, and that is why we tailor the delivery method to best fit each customer's needs and project requirements. From pre-construction and design services through the permit process, architectural details, engineering, final material selections, and finishing touches, all work by our staff is 100 percent personal and client specific. Clients can consider our staff their personal construction concierge, with step-by-step project-management services. We are your "boutique construction firm, " offering personal care and attention throughout the building and project management process.

Design | Build is a method of construction project delivery in which one company - the Design | Build firm - works under one contract with the client to provide overall design and construction services and has the single source responsibility of delivering the project. The Makatura Construction, Inc. Design | Build method allows our clients the ability to plan their project from start to finish with just one company, providing improved communications and a superior service experience. The system streamlines the project delivery by shifting the entire responsibility to us and allows us to provide faster project delivery, increased cost savings, superior quality, reduced risks and overall higher client satisfaction.

Often working side-by-side with a talented pool of architectural firms, our in-house management, construction, budgeting and scheduling experts lead a project to end result in a timely, unified manner, commercial and residential contracting services at Makatura are rooted in collaboration. For more than three decades, we have brought countess commercial and residential plans to fruition, and our staff is equipped to welcome and collaborate with a growing list of designers and architects in the region.

Attention to detail, superior materials and advanced construction methods is the standard at Makatura. We develop a quality control plan at the start of every project with the goal of zero punch lists and at substantial completion. Our industry insight ensures the delivery of peerless new construction, remodeling and renovation to meet both residential and commercial project needs. Our experience and expertise in the many niche areas of the construction process are the driving principles and the core of our business model.

Our leadership is built around a hands-on team of professional craftsmen and designers with a unified vision of helping clients reach their unique construction goals. Armed with a dream, a certification in fine carpentry and a station wagon filled with his favorite tools, Andy founded Makatura construction in 1982 and continues to set the bar with an unwavering commitment to unsurpassed quality and integrity. Under his leadership, Makatura Construction has built and/or remodeled hundreds of superior residential and commercial properties.

Serving New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania along the Delaware River, the Greater Lehigh Valley, Pocono Mountain Region and beyond, Makatura Construction, Inc. has earned its reputation as one of the area's most comprehensive and innovative construction firms. In the firm's 30-plus-year history, founder Andy and his team have successfully completed scores of highly unique projects. Building and construction are integral to the Makatura DNA. Andy got his start using a small cache of precious tools he stowed in the trunk of his station wagon, earning respect and enhancing his reputation with every project he completed.

Passive House design is a method of building a high performance building, designed with materials to aggressively save energy and maintain sustainability while still allowing the structure to blend in with surrounding architecture and landscape. Each project is site-specific, designed and constructed according to the region, climate and geography and designs are verified by independent third-party raters to ensure that quality standards are met and the building will perform as intended. As Certified Passive House Consultants (CPHC), our goal is to bring our clients ideas, by working with work your architect, or utilizing our Design|Build option - to design a project that meets the most stringent building standard in the world for energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality.