Cowdin Construction & Development
The Cowdin Construction crew in front of the company fleet and excavators

Salt Lake City · Commercial General Contractor

The contractor that
does the work itself.

Tenant improvements, ground-up retail, civil, and concrete across the Wasatch Front. Over 20 tradespeople on our own payroll and our own heavy equipment, so your schedule never waits on a sub.

2018

Building in Utah since

20+

In-house tradespeople

In-house

Civil crew & heavy equipment

40+

Years of leadership experience

Repeat work for brands and owners across Utah

  • Swig
  • Guzzle
  • Fiiz Drinks
  • Roxberry Juice Co.
  • Solutionreach
  • Aspire Apartments
  • Snelgrove
  • The Other Side Village

Why Cowdin

Self-performing
changes everything.

Most general contractors manage subcontractors. We put our own people on the job. That is why our schedules hold, our numbers are real, and the finish looks like the framing.

Self-performing GC in Utah
Framing crew on a roof structure

01

We self-perform

Over 20 tradespeople on our own payroll, versed in nearly every trade. Fewer subs means one schedule, one standard, and fewer hand-offs where details get lost.

02

We own the equipment

Excavators, skid steers, trucks, and trailers in our own yard. Civil and site work start when we say they start, not when a sub has an opening.

03

We bid fair, not low

We do not come in low and make it up on change orders. The plans are the contract, the number is real, and we say so up front.

04

We take the hard ones

Historic rehabs, seismic upgrades, buildings other contractors walk away from. Complicated work is where a self-performing crew earns its keep.

Community

It takes a village.
We helped build one.

Cowdin Construction donated time and resources to The Other Side Village, a Salt Lake City community of healing and purposeful living, and was recognized by HomeAid Utah at the April 2025 ribbon cutting.

“Thank you for the time and resources you so willingly donate to help build our community. Our staff and Village residents are all made better because of you.”
Cathy Holt, Development Director, The Other Side Village
See the project
HomeAid Utah acknowledgement of Cowdin Construction at The Other Side Village
Framed thank-you letter from The Other Side Village

Have a project? Let's walk the site.

Tell us what you are building and where. Jason meets every owner in person before a number goes on paper.

Call (385) 777-5631