EDRI Construction is a Bernal Heights-based design-build firm serving San Francisco and Marin County, working across both residential remodels (including soft-story seismic retrofits) and commercial buildouts. Since EDRI covers similar ground to Solid Bay — same two-county service area, same design-build model — the comparison here is closer than most, and comes down to a few specific questions.
QUESTIONS FOR A SIMILAR-SCOPE SF/MARIN DESIGN-BUILD FIRM
| Residential focus within a mixed practice | Ask what share of current projects are residential versus commercial, since firms serving both segments split crew and PM time across them. |
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| Active CA contractor license | Verify on the CSLB website (cslb.ca.gov) before hiring anyone. |
| Seismic and structural retrofit experience | If your project involves a soft-story or foundation retrofit, ask specifically how many similar retrofits the firm has completed and whether structural engineering is staffed in-house. |
| Marin jurisdiction experience | Marin has 11 separate building jurisdictions — ask which specific Marin cities the firm has recently pulled permits in, not just "Marin County" broadly. |
| Pricing structure | Ask whether estimates are fixed-price or time-and-materials, and how change orders are handled. |
WHERE SOLID BAY CONSTRUCTION SF STANDS
- Licensed California general contractor — License #1156572, verifiable at cslb.ca.gov
- Residential-only design-build firm serving San Francisco and Marin County since 2016
- In-house architects, structural engineers, and designers — including seismic and foundation retrofit experience across SF's older housing stock
- A dedicated permit expeditor who works both SF DBI/Planning and Marin's individual city building departments
- Fixed-price contracts with milestone-based payments — no hidden fees
- Complimentary 3D rendering provided before any commitment
We're not affiliated with EDRI Construction, and nothing here is a claim about the quality of their work — we don't have visibility into another company's project history or current staffing split, which is exactly why we recommend asking these questions directly before hiring anyone. What we can speak to directly is our own focus, license standing, and service area.
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Call (415) 888-5361 or email is@solidbayconstructionsf.com Request a Consultation"EDRI Construction" is referenced here for comparison purposes only, as the name of a company operating in the same San Francisco and Marin County remodeling market. Solid Bay Construction SF has no affiliation, partnership, or endorsement relationship with EDRI Construction. All trademarks belong to their respective owners. Verify any contractor's current licensing and standing directly with the California Contractors State License Board (cslb.ca.gov).
Also researching other SF general contractors? See our full directory of contractor comparison guides, or read our seismic retrofit guide.