General Contractor in Evans City, PA
Building Contractors United is a general contractor in Evans City, PA, providing excavation and site work, new homes on acreage and metal buildings along Route 68, just 10 minutes from our Zelienople office.
Building Contractors United is a general contractor in Evans City, PA, and the surrounding Forward and Jackson Township countryside, specializing in excavation, land clearing and site work, new homes on acreage, and commercial and light industrial buildings along Route 68. Evans City is about 10 minutes from our Zelienople office, which makes it one of the closest communities we serve and one we know road by road. BCU is woman-owned, founded in 2024, fully insured, and led in the field by JT Minarik, our Construction Manager, who has been building since 2009. Every project carries a 2-year workmanship warranty.
Construction in Evans City
Evans City is a Butler County borough of about 1,800 people where Route 68 and Route 528 meet, with Breakneck Creek running through the center of town. It is a working community with a compact downtown, Seneca Valley schools and older homes on tight borough lots. The borough itself is largely built out, so construction inside town tends to be remodels, additions, garages and the occasional infill home. The growth is in the townships around it. Forward Township to the south and west and Jackson Township toward Zelienople hold farms, wooded tracts and large residential lots, and that is where new homes on acreage, pole buildings, barns and shops get built.
Excavation is where most of these projects begin. Building on acreage in Forward or Jackson Township usually means clearing trees, cutting a long driveway, grading a building site on a hillside, trenching for a well line and electric service, and installing an on-lot septic system where public sewer does not reach. Butler County ground is clay over shale with rock close to the surface on many ridges, so a simple-looking site can hide rock or a drainage problem. Getting the grading, foundation drainage and stormwater right at the start is what keeps a new house dry for the next fifty years. Excavation is one of our core services, so site work and building are planned together.
Route 68 between Evans City and Zelienople, and south toward Cranberry Township, carries light industrial and contractor businesses: machine shops, fabricators, equipment yards, auto and truck service, and warehousing. These owners need pre-engineered metal buildings, shop additions, paved yards and stormwater systems. Route 528 heads north toward Route 422 and Butler through farm country, and the Seneca Valley School District keeps bringing families into the plans and acreage lots across both townships. Being 10 minutes from Cranberry Township's growth is a big part of why people build here.
Services we offer in Evans City
In Evans City and the surrounding townships our core work is excavation and site work and new homes on acreage, along with metal buildings and shops for Route 68 businesses. We also handle additions and remodels for borough homeowners.
- Excavation and site work including land clearing, driveways, grading, foundation excavation, utility trenching, septic coordination and stormwater.
- Custom homes and new construction on acreage in Forward and Jackson Townships and infill lots in the borough.
- Commercial construction including pre-engineered metal buildings, shops and contractor facilities along Route 68.
- Home additions and remodels for older borough homes and township farmhouses.
- Design-build so site, structure and finishes are planned and priced together.
- Commercial renovation and tenant build-outs for downtown storefronts and offices.
Permits and local requirements
Evans City Borough issues zoning and building permits through the borough office, with Uniform Construction Code plan review and inspections handled through its code agency. Forward Township and Jackson Township each handle their own zoning and permits, and both use third-party agencies for UCC inspections. New homes on acreage typically need a township zoning permit, a driveway permit, and a Butler County sewage enforcement officer's approval for an on-lot septic system, which requires soil probes and percolation testing before the house can be sited. Any new or changed driveway onto Route 68 or Route 528 requires a PennDOT highway occupancy permit, and lots along Breakneck Creek carry floodplain limits.
The Butler County Conservation District reviews erosion and sediment control plans, and any project disturbing one acre or more needs a PA DEP NPDES permit, which is common for homes on large lots and for commercial sites along Route 68. We prepare and manage these submittals as part of our site work scope and build the review time into your schedule from the first conversation.
Why BCU in Evans City
Evans City is 10 minutes from our office. That means we can be on your site quickly for an estimate and check on the work as often as the job needs. We know the soils, the township offices and the conservation district process here because this is where we live and work. We show up when we say we will, we price it honestly up front, we build it to last for decades, and we stand behind it for two years.
Clearing a lot, building a new home on acreage or putting up a shop on Route 68? Request a free estimate or call (724) 900-4123. We also serve nearby Zelienople and Harmony, Cranberry Township and the rest of Butler County.
Common questions
Permits and soils vary by township. We will walk your site and give you a written, itemized estimate.
(724) 900-4123Get a Free EstimateYes. Building on your own lot is common in Butler County, and a general contractor that handles both site work and construction can take the project from raw land to finished home.
Before design starts, confirm the lot's zoning, setbacks and any deed restrictions with the township, verify access to public water and sewer or test for a well and septic, and get a survey. A site visit will identify slope, soil and drainage issues that affect the foundation and site cost. Lots with existing utilities and a flat building area are the simplest. Rural acreage north of Butler often needs more site work but offers more freedom in the design.
Usually yes. Most Butler County townships require a grading permit for earth disturbance above a set threshold, and state rules add requirements based on the size of the disturbance.
Any disturbance of 5,000 square feet or more needs a written erosion and sediment control plan. Any disturbance of one acre or more needs an NPDES permit through the Butler County Conservation District before work begins. Thresholds and fees differ between Cranberry Township, Adams Township, Jackson Township and the other municipalities, so check with the township building department. A good contractor knows the local rules and handles the application.
The cost to clear and grade a lot in Western Pennsylvania depends on how many trees are on it, how steep it is, what the soil is like, and how much material has to be hauled off or brought in. Two lots of the same size can vary widely for those reasons alone.
Wooded lots cost more because trees and stumps have to be removed and disposed of. Sloped lots need more cut and fill and sometimes a retaining wall. Clay and shale, which are common across Butler and Allegheny Counties, are slower to move than loose soil. Because cost depends on the site and the scope, BCU gives a free, itemized estimate once we have walked the lot.
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