Making The Impossible Happen… Making the Improbable Work

PHOENIX CONTRACTORS, INC

We are a full-service Construction Manager and General Contractor with over 25 employees.  Since 1984, Phoenix Contractors, Inc. has been serving our communities construction needs.  With hundreds of years of combined experience in the contracting arena, we provide our clients harmonic project delivery by focusing on the details of each event to ensure optimal timing and fluid transitions from each phase of the project.


We provide services to many core construction markets – from universities and municipalities to non profits, and multi-family residential buildings.  From light industrial and healthcare to recreational and religious.  From food service and senior living to commercial builds.  Our projects range from new construction to renovations and rehabilitation. 


We have provided construction services for over 40 years and have enjoyed working with an incredible list of clients and partners.  An exceptional team is essential to great success !!

What Differentiates Us

We make "Good Things Happen"

We Bring Harmony to Project Delivery. 


A key aspect of our business model and success is attained not just when a project is completed, but in how it is achieved.  Being client focused, a good teammate  and solution based, our harmonic approach is paramount to successful project delivery. 


We Are Dedicated and Committed.



Our employees are team players and take personal responsibility for the broad, and detailed, success of each phase. Each project is assigned the top level of resources to ensure proper management from project managers and project coordinators, to

superintendents and accounting. 

Collaborative Teammates and Solution Focused. 


We focus on taking out the stress and frustration through job completion by working synergistically and honestly with our client team and our sub-contractors. This drives high engagement throughout the project and ensures expectations are “set and met”.

Professional Team Players.



Your project will be staffed by professional and experienced managers and multiple trade resources.  Dedicated and focused, we will remain committed to your project from pre-construction service to the successful delivery of your vision.

Proven Track Record. 



 We pride ourselves on the collaborative success of our project teammates and have won  the Washtenaw Contractors Association Pyramid Award for Best Project Team multiple times!   It is important to us at Phoenix Contractors, Inc. to leave a proven track record in our long list of completed projects and satisfied clients.   It takes all of us " TO DO GOOD THINGS"

Our Markets

We are experienced contractors in many markets, however these are areas of particular expertise.

Non Profit

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Education

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Commercial/ Restaurants

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Our Services

At Phoenix Contractors we provide a full array of construction services including pre-construction, project estimating, scheduling, value enhancement / engineering, green building, constructibility, project management, lean construction and design build.

Phoenix Contractors, Inc. is a PROCORE certified service provider.

Contract Delivery

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Contract Specific Roles

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Awards/Articles




Washtenaw Contractors Association

Builders Bash 2025, “W. Nelson Vander Hyden Award,” Recipient Mark W. Hiser,

Recognition of Peer's for Life Long Achievement in the Construction Industry


Washtenaw Contractors Association

Builders Bash 2024, “Rising Star Award,” - Recipient Noah D. Hiser,

featured award for exemplary growth in project management



AIA Detroit Honor Award

2024 Rehabilitation Category  -

Phoenix was the contractor for award - winner END Studio for the transformation of a small forgotten

building into a creative repurposed use for Lower Town Proper



Millennium Magazine

May 2024, “Profile on Project Management”  Featuring Mark Hiser 



CAM Magazine

August 2023, “Empowering Detroit's Youth On and Off The Court”

Article featuring Racquet Up Detroit, Smith Group Architects & Phoenix Contractors, Inc.



Washtenaw Contractors Association

Pyramid Award 2021, “W. Nelson Vander Hyden Award,” Recipient Brian S. Wright,

Recognition of Peer's for Life Long Achievement in the Construction Industry


Washtenaw Contractors Association

Pyramid Award 2021, “Best Project Team,” Category: Projects Under $3 Million

University of Michigan Hospital Medical Procedures Unit (MPU) Anesthesia & Conference Room Project



The Who's Who in Building & Construction

Summer 2020, “The Better The People, The Better The Project ,”   Article featuring Phoenix Contractors, Inc.



Washtenaw Contractors Association

Pyramid Award 2020, “Best Project Team,” Category: Over $3 Million –



CAM Magazine

May 2019, “Recipient of Pyramid Award, Best Project Team,”  for Friends of Animals Metropolitan Detroit, Dearborn, MI.


Washtenaw Contractors Association

Pyramid Award 2019, “Best Project Team,” Category: Over $3 Million – for construction of the New Animal Shelter

for Friends of Animals Metropolitan Detroit, Dearborn, MI.



Washtenaw Contractors Association

Pyramid Award 2017, “Best Project Team,” Category: Under $3 Million – for The Ark Renovations, Ann Arbor MI.


Washtenaw Contractors Association

Pyramid Award 2016, “Best Project Team,” Category: Over $3 Million – for University of Michigan, William L. Clements Library

Expansion and Restoration, Ann Arbor, MI.


AIA Huron Valley Honor Awards

2009 Preservation category – Phoenix was the contractor for award-winner Lord, Aeck & Sargent, Inc.’s

lighting improvements renovation at the University of Michigan’s Cook Law Library, Ann Arbor, MI.


Washtenaw Contractors Association

Nomination for Pyramid Award 2009 – for joining with the University of Michigan and the Lord, Aeck & Sargent architectural

firm in the full restoration of the Cook Law Library at Hutchins Hall in Ann Arbor, MI.


AIA Huron Valley Honor Awards

2008 Commercial Interior category – Phoenix was the contractor for award-winner Architects Design Group’s

offices for Adams Outdoor Advertising in Ypsilanti


Ann Arbor Historic District Commission

2008 Historic Preservation Project of the Year – for restoration of the University of Michigan’s

Cook Law Library at Hutchins Hall in Ann Arbor


Saline Area Chamber of Commerce

Business Enterprise Award 2008 – Category: More than 20 Employees


Washtenaw Community College

Award of Merit 2007 – presented to Bill Kinley of Phoenix Contractors, for service to WCC and the community


Washtenaw Contractors Association

Pyramid Award 2003, “Best Project Team,” Category: Over $3 Million

for Michigan Antique Fire Equipment Museum, Ypsilanti


Insider Business Journal

“Best Industrial Park,” April 2001 – for Airport Industrial Center, Ypsilanti


Washtenaw Contractors Association

Pyramid Award 2001, “Best Project Team,” Category: Under $3 Million

for Arbordale Apartments Renovation, Ann Arbor


Huron River Watershed Council

Land Use Award 2000 – for Murphy’s Crossing, Saline


Washtenaw Contractors Association

Pyramid Award 2000, “W. Nelson Vander Hyden Award,” Recipient William D. Kinley,

Recognition of Peer's for Life Long Achievement in the Construction Industry


Washtenaw Contractors Association

Pyramid Award 1998, “Best Project Team,” Category: Over $3 Million

for University of Michigan Student Activities Building, Ann Arbor


Insider Business Journal

“Best Contractor Developer,” April 2001 – presented to Phoenix Contractors and The Phoenix Company


Washtenaw Development Council

Jim Hart Economic Development Award 2000 – for “Voluntary Leadership and Commitment to Economic Development”


AIA Huron Valley Chapter

Honors Award Program 2000 “Renovation & Restoration Award” – for Crazy Wisdom Bookstore & Tea Shop, Ann Arbor


Testimonials

  • “Phoenix Contractors, Inc. worked with the project’s Architect and the University of Michigan to develop a team that cooperatively and respectfully worked to solve any problems that arose on this very beautiful, but tired and challenging building.”

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  • “The logistics of installing the mechanical and electrical equipment needed to be orchestrated very carefully.  The Phoenix team members did a stellar job in accomplishing this. They worked well with the neighboring businesses to assure minimal disruption and safely perform the multitude of activities involved.”

  • “The collective efforts and level of coordination from Phoenix Contractors, Inc. along with the Subcontractors, Owner and Architect were instrumental in being able to coordinate and complete the project on time and within budget”

  • “The design and construction team of Phoenix Contractors and A3C, along with the engineers and subcontractors, faced many challenges throughout the process. Working together as a team was essential to this project’s success, and team meetings were cooperative and productive.”

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    “The sequence of construction was key to managing early work on the site.  Mark Hiser demonstrated exceptional estimating capability and provided proactive leadership which were both key elements to work effectively and make good decisions from design development through project completion.”

  • “Thanks to the efforts of the onsite Superintendent and Project Manager team at Phoenix Contractors, the project challenges and unknown field conditions were efficiently resolved through tireless coordination and communication.”

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