Commercial Construction
Ground-up commercial construction across Dallas–Fort Worth and Texas.
Ground-up commercial builds for retail, office, hospitality, and mixed-use developments across Texas.
Overview
Walker Co Construction is a commercial general contractor delivering ground-up retail, restaurant, hospitality, medical, office, and mixed-use projects across Dallas, Fort Worth, and the broader Texas market. Our preconstruction-led approach gives owners early cost certainty, defensible schedules, and a single point of accountability from concept through closeout. Every commercial project we build is led by a dedicated project executive supported by a superintendent, project manager, and project engineer assigned for the duration of the work.
We invest deeply in preconstruction because the decisions made in the first 90 days drive 80% of the outcome. Our team partners with your architect and engineers early to align scope, budget, and schedule, validate constructability, sequence long-lead items, and de-risk the permit path. The result is a buildable design priced against a realistic Texas labor and material market, not a wish list..
Benefits
- Texas-licensed commercial general contractor with full liability and builder's risk coverage
- OSHA-aligned site safety program with zero recordable incidents over the last 24 months
- Dedicated preconstruction team that locks scope, budget, and schedule before mobilization
- Vetted subcontractor base across DFW, Houston, Austin, San Antonio, and El Paso
- Open-book pricing options with weekly owner reporting and full cost transparency
- Disciplined permit, inspection, and AHJ management to protect critical schedule milestones
Our process
- 01
Preconstruction
Owner alignment, site due diligence, conceptual budgeting, schedule development, constructability review, and trade-partner targeting.
- 02
Buyout & Mobilization
Final scope packaging, subcontract awards, long-lead procurement, site logistics planning, and safety orientation.
- 03
Construction
Daily field leadership, weekly owner reporting, RFI/submittal discipline, QA/QC, and schedule and cost controls.
- 04
Closeout & Warranty
Punch, commissioning, training, O&M turnover, and a structured 11-month warranty walk.
Project examples

Chipotle in Texas
Texas · Ground-up shell

Uptown Specialty Coffee Build-Out
Dallas, TX · 2,400 sf

Preston Center Retail Pad
Dallas, TX · 8,900 sf
Frequently asked questions
- What size commercial projects do you take on?
- We regularly deliver commercial projects from $500K tenant build-outs to multi-million dollar ground-up developments across Texas.
- Do you self-perform any work?
- We selectively self-perform carpentry and general conditions to protect schedule on critical-path activities. Most trade work is competitively bid to our prequalified subcontractor base.
- How do you guarantee budget?
- Owners can choose lump-sum, GMP, or open-book CM-at-risk delivery. In every case, we lock pricing before mobilization and report cost variance weekly.
Build with Walker Co
Planning a commercial construction project?
From restaurant build-outs to ground-up commercial construction, we deliver on schedule and on budget.