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Construction company website: what to include to win bigger jobs

The pages, project proof, safety documents and quote form a construction company website needs to be shortlisted for larger residential and commercial jobs.

October 21, 20267 min read

A construction company website that wins bigger jobs does three things: it shows finished projects of the size you want to land, it answers the prequalification questions a serious client or general contractor will ask (safety, insurance, licences, capacity), and it makes it easy to request a quote with enough detail for you to price it. Most contractor sites stop at a logo, a list of services and a phone number. That is enough for small repair calls. It is not enough for a $200,000 renovation or a commercial fit-out, where the buyer is comparing three or four firms and looking for reasons to cut the list.

Here is what to put on the site, page by page, and what to leave off.

Why the website matters more as job size grows

Small jobs are often won on availability and a referral. Larger jobs go through a vetting process, and the website is part of it.

BrightLocal's 2026 Local Consumer Review Survey of 1,002 US adults found that 97% read reviews for local businesses, and 54% visit the business website after reading positive reviews. Only about a third book or buy straight away; the rest keep researching. In other words, reviews get you considered, and the website is where the comparison happens.

On the residential side, Houzz's 2026 renovation plans report found that 93% of homeowners plan to work with professionals in 2026. These buyers are looking for someone, and they are looking at more than one firm.

Commercial buyers are stricter. Many general contractors and owners prequalify subcontractors before they will even send drawings. If your site makes that easy, you get on the bid list faster.

The pages a contractor site needs

Home page

The first screen should say what you build, for whom, and where. "Commercial interiors and tenant fit-outs for offices and clinics across the region" is specific. "Quality you can trust" is not. Put your main call to action (request a quote) and your phone number in the header, with the number as a tap-to-call link on mobile.

One page per service

Separate pages for each type of work you want more of: custom homes, additions, kitchen and bath, commercial fit-outs, concrete, roofing. Each page should cover:

the scope you take on (and the scope you don't);
typical project size or timeline, if you are comfortable sharing it;
two or three relevant projects from your portfolio;
a short FAQ with the questions you get on every call.

Separate pages also help with search: someone looking for "commercial renovation contractor" should land on a page about commercial renovation, not on a general home page.

Projects or portfolio

This is the page that wins larger work. A gallery of 40 untitled photos does little. A case-style project page does a lot. For each featured project, include:

the project type, size (square footage or value range) and duration;
what the client needed and any constraint (occupied building, tight schedule, heritage rules);
what you did, including trades you managed;
before, during and after photos;
a client quote, only if the client agreed to it.

Lead with the projects that look like the jobs you want next. If you want to move into commercial work, put your two commercial projects first, even if you have fifty kitchens.

About and team

Larger clients want to know who will run their job. Show the owner and the project managers with real photos, years of experience and relevant certifications. Mention how many crews or employees you have and what size of project you can carry at once. That is capacity information, and buyers use it to judge risk.

Safety, insurance and credentials

This is the page most contractor sites skip, and it is the one commercial buyers look for. Put it in the main menu, not buried in the footer. Depending on where you work, it can include:

Safety program certification. In Canada, the Certificate of Recognition (COR) is a nationally trademarked program that audits a company's health and safety management system. Ontario's IHSA notes that many contractors require COR as a prequalification condition on public and private projects.
Workers' compensation status. Some boards let a client check that your account is in good standing. Ontario's WSIB, for example, requires a principal hiring a contractor for construction work to obtain a clearance certificate before work starts, and the principal can be liable for unpaid premiums without one. In Quebec, the CNESST offers a validation de conformité that a contractor can produce before each contract. Say on the site that you provide these on request.
Licences. List your licence numbers where your jurisdiction requires a contractor licence.
Insurance. State your general liability coverage and that certificates are available on request.
Memberships and manufacturer certifications, if they are real and current.

Keep this page up to date. An expired certificate on display is worse than none.

Reviews and testimonials

Show a selection of Google reviews and link to your Google Business Profile. BrightLocal found that 74% of consumers look for reviews from the last three months, and 47% won't use a business with fewer than 20 reviews, so a steady flow matters more than a handful of old five-star ratings. Ask every satisfied client with a direct link. Google's rules prohibit offering incentives for reviews and asking only happy clients (so-called review gating), so build one simple request into your project close-out for everyone.

Quote request page

The form is where bigger jobs are won or lost. A one-line "message" box gets you tyre-kickers. A form that asks a few qualifying questions gets you something you can price:

project type (dropdown);
address or city;
approximate budget range (dropdown, with a "not sure yet" option);
desired start date;
whether drawings or plans exist;
file upload for plans or photos;
name, phone, email.

Six to eight fields is a reasonable limit. If you need more, ask on the first call. Tell people what happens next: "We reply within one business day and book a site visit if the project fits."

Careers

If hiring is a constraint on growth, a careers page with real openings does double duty: it attracts trades, and it shows clients you are growing.

Technical details that matter

Speed and mobile

Clients and site supervisors look you up on their phones. Google's Core Web Vitals give a clear target for a page to feel fast: the main content should load within 2.5 seconds (LCP), the page should respond to taps within 200 milliseconds (INP), and the layout should not jump around (CLS of 0.1 or less). Large project photos are the usual reason contractor sites miss these targets, so compress images and serve modern formats like WebP or AVIF.

Photos that also work for search

Google's image guidelines recommend real <img> elements (not CSS backgrounds, which Google doesn't index), descriptive file names such as office-fit-out-reception-after.jpg instead of IMG_4482.jpg, and alt text that describes the image. Put photos next to the text that describes the project.

Local business markup and your Google profile

Add LocalBusiness structured data with your business name, address, phone and opening hours, using the most specific business type available. Make sure the same details appear on your Google Business Profile. If you work at client sites rather than from a storefront, set service areas in the profile (up to 20 cities or postal codes) and hide your address if clients don't visit it.

Accessibility

Use readable contrast, real text instead of text inside images, and labelled form fields. The international standard is WCAG 2.2. Some jurisdictions make it a legal requirement for larger organizations: in Ontario, businesses with 50 or more employees must meet WCAG 2.0 Level AA on their public websites.

What to leave off

Stock photos of smiling workers in clean hard hats. Buyers spot them and it undermines your real projects.
Unverifiable claims like "best contractor in the region."
Prices you can't stand behind. A range for typical projects is helpful; a fixed number for "a kitchen" is not.
A blog with three posts from 2021. Either keep it current or leave it out.
Expired certifications and old team members.

A simple checklist before launch

Each service you want more of has its own page with matching projects.
At least five featured projects have size, scope, duration and before-and-after photos.
A safety and credentials page is in the main menu.
The quote form asks for project type, budget range, timeline and plans.
Phone number is clickable on mobile and visible on every page.
Google Business Profile details match the website exactly.
Images are compressed and the site passes Core Web Vitals on mobile.
Someone on your team can update projects without calling a developer.

The last point matters more than it sounds. A portfolio that is never updated stops working within a year.

How this fits with what we do

At PNE Solutions we design and build websites for contractors and construction firms, with a content system your team can update and a quote form that feeds straight into follow-up. For Kaltico, a construction and consulting firm, we built the site, a custom CMS so the team can update galleries and service pages without touching code, and a CRM pipeline behind the quote form. More on the approach on our website design page.