A COMBINATION OF GOOD BUILDING
SCIENCE AND MOM-AND-POP SERVICE
Greg Hardwick Has Created a State-of-the-Art
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Business Using Old-School Values.
Hardwick General Contracting has
built a successful company with a simple
philosophy of “good building science”
and “technical sense” combined
with “mom-and-pop” service.
For a building industry professional with multiple
awards and accolades to his credit, coupled
with respect from his peers, Greg Hardwick,
who earned a master’s degree in engineering
from the University of South Florida, certainly
has an unusual method of self-promotion.
He begins by stating something his company
doesn’t offer: “We don’t do specs or my own
home designs,” he says without hesitation.
Such is life (or business) when you’re at or
By MIKE CANDELARIA
Greg Hardwick’s company “can
really build anything you bring
to us.”
near the top of the food chain among the region’s general
contractors. Buyers know that Hardwick is more interested in
building a home that makes a statement about its owner than
he is in building a home that pushes a personal aesthetic.
“We can really build anything you bring to us,” he adds.
“That opens us up to unlimited styles and types of homes.”
Hardwick, as the saying goes, is comfortable in his own skin.
And why shouldn’t he be?
The president/owner of Hardwick General Contracting
is also the president of the Master Custom
Builders Council (MCBC), which represents an
elite and selective cadre of 26 of the area’s leading
custom home builders.
He’s a proven winner. Hardwick has earned
Builder of the Year from the MCBC, Remodeler of
the Year from the Greater Orlando Builders Association
(GOBA) and Project of the Year in Green
Remodeling from the National Association of
Home Builders (NAHB).
He’s a proven leader, too. In addition to heading
MCBC, Hardwick is a past president of GOBA
and has served in various NAHB leadership capacities.
He’s also vice president of the Florida Green Building
Coalition (FGBC) and has held numerous leadership positions
within NAHB.
“There’s nothing more educational than learning together
with your peers and discussing issues among your peers,”
Hardwick says of his industry involvement. “Everybody is helping
each other to become better.”