BuilderGuru·The Practice

Forty years of building well.

BuilderGuru was founded on the Chesapeake in 1985 as a small family contracting house with a simple promise — build well, build truthfully, build to last.

Four decades later, we remain owner-operated. Our project leads are the same hands that walk the site, sign the change orders, and answer the phone at six in the morning when something needs to be made right.

We do not chase scale. We choose work where the brief is exacting, the program is meaningful, and the result is worth standing in front of.

40
Years in Practice
A single line of stewardship since 1985.
40k+
Projects Delivered
From fit-outs to ground-up landmarks.
96%
Repeat Owners
Clients who hire us a second time, and a third.
2
Affiliated Houses
BuilderGuru Contracting & Gardiner & Gardiner.

Two firms, one standard of care.

BuilderGuru Contracting, Inc.
Our commercial construction practice — restaurants, schools, medical, retail, and tenant fit-outs across Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic. Construction management, design-build, and full general contracting.
Gardiner & Gardiner Contracting, LLC
Our specialty arm for ground-up institutional work, pre-engineered metal buildings, and select private residences. Where the program is unusual and the standards are uncompromising.

The hands on the work.

William Gardiner
Founder · President
Thomas Gardiner
Vice President · Operations
Marcus Hale
Director · Preconstruction