Houston-based, executive-led
A general contractor built so the executives stay on the project
AP plans and builds commercial and light-industrial facilities across Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana, with ownership-level attention from the first site review to turnover.
Why AP
AP Construction was founded to be a different kind of general contractor: one where the executives who win the work stay with it. The people in the room when the commitments are made are the same people the owner works with through construction and turnover.
Our executives stay involved in preconstruction, operations, and client communication on every project. It is the reason the company was started, and it shapes how we staff, how we plan, and how we solve problems together.
The result is a contractor that behaves like an owner: careful in planning, direct in communication, quick to act, and interested in the relationship that lasts past the ribbon cutting.
How we operate
Six habits that shape every AP project
Ownership mindset
We treat the budget, the schedule, and the site as if they were ours. Decisions are made the way an owner would make them, with the long view in mind.
Open communication
Owners, design teams, and trade partners hear the real status early, while there is still time to act on it. Clear communication keeps every decision cheap.
Problem solving
Every project has decisions to make. We surface them early, price the options, and bring a recommendation the owner can act on.
Urgency
An operational date is a commitment. We plan around it from the first review and protect it through turnover.
Careful planning
Preconstruction is where the money is saved. We settle scope, cost, procurement, and permitting early, so the field can build with confidence.
Long-term relationships
We measure success by the second project as much as the first. Facilities that perform bring owners back.
Technology is changing the game for general contractors
For decades a general contractor’s value was who it knew and how hard its superintendents pushed. That still matters. What changed is the amount of information a project now produces, and how much of a schedule is decided by whether that information is read in time.
AP runs projects on Procore, so drawings, RFIs, submittals, schedules, daily logs, and photos live in one place the owner can open. Trades bid through BuildingConnected against one scope. And AP is at the forefront of putting AI to work in its market: reviewing document sets for conflicts and gaps, checking quantity takeoffs, and reading schedules for risk before a person would have found it.
None of it replaces judgment. It gives the people making the commitments more of the picture earlier, which is the whole point of how AP is built.
What the technology changes for an owner
One source of truth
Procore holds the current drawing, the open RFI, and today’s photo, so the owner can check status any time, from anywhere.
Bids you can compare
BuildingConnected puts every trade on the same scope, and AP levels the bids so the owner sees complete, comparable pricing before award.
Cleaner documents before the field
AI-assisted document review resolves conflicts and scope gaps with the design team while they are still easy to fix.
A schedule read for risk
Long-lead items, permit milestones, and sequencing surface earlier, so the operational date is planned for and protected.
What that means for an owner
Decision-makers you can reach
The people who set the budget and schedule are the same people who answer the phone when something changes.
A team on every project
A Project Manager, Project Superintendent, and Project Coordinator are assigned to every job, with clear responsibilities.
Planning before commitment
Estimating and bid leveling in BuildingConnected, constructability review, and long-lead planning all happen before contract, so the owner commits with the full picture.
Facility-specific knowledge
We build a small set of facility types on purpose, so truck circulation, docks, fueling, and slabs are familiar questions.
Footprint
Where AP works
01
Houston headquarters
AP is based at 12848 Queensbury Ln in Houston. The Houston metro is where most of our completed work sits and where the team is closest to the site.
02
Texas statewide
Texas is the priority market: Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin, and San Antonio alongside Houston, with the same preconstruction and delivery system in each.
03
Oklahoma and Louisiana
AP serves owners in Oklahoma and Louisiana as part of its approved service area. Tell us where the site is and we will confirm coverage.
04
One delivery system
Wherever the site is, the same preconstruction, team structure, and schedule discipline apply.
Leadership
The people accountable for your project
AP’s leaders take part in preconstruction and stay involved through construction. Meet the executives and see how they work on the leadership page.
Robert Pedraza
Robert brings more than 20 years of executive-management experience, including a background in technology companies, to AP’s leadership. He stays directly involved in preconstruction and operations and sets the policies and procedures the project teams run on.
Chris Copeland
Chris leads strategy, business development, team management, and project execution, and coordinates preconstruction and estimating. He has 15 years of commercial-construction experience and studied Geology and Earth Science at Texas A&M and the University of Houston.
Brian Lancaster
Brian leads regional construction operations with more than 15 years in the field, taking projects from mobilization through turnover and keeping the project team, trade partners, and client on one schedule.
Rudy Pedraza
Rudy leads business development for AP and is the first point of contact for owners, developers, and brokers planning a facility. He brings new projects into preconstruction and keeps the conversation connected to the team that will build it.
Questions about AP Construction
What kind of contractor is AP Construction?
AP is a commercial general contractor and construction management firm headquartered in Houston. We focus on light-industrial and operational commercial facilities: warehouses, distribution centers, truck and fleet facilities, manufacturing buildings, bank branches, and substantial workplace projects.
What does executive involvement actually mean?
AP was founded so that the people who run the company stay on the projects. Executives take part in preconstruction, review estimates and schedules, and remain reachable through construction. You are not handed to a team you never met after the contract is signed.
Where does AP work?
AP is headquartered in Houston and builds across Texas, with additional coverage in Oklahoma and Louisiana. Texas is the priority: Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin, and San Antonio, with the same team and system in each metro.
Who will manage my project day to day?
Every AP project carries a Project Manager, a Project Superintendent, and a Project Coordinator. The Project Manager owns cost, schedule, and communication. The Superintendent runs the field and the three-week look-ahead. The Coordinator keeps submittals, RFIs, and documentation moving.
What does AP not build?
Residential and multifamily, small tenant improvements, schools, healthcare, government work, heavy industrial, civil infrastructure, facility maintenance, and small service work. We stay inside the facility types we know so the planning advice holds up.
How does AP choose subcontractors?
Trade partners come from a prequalified subcontractor database. Each firm goes through a stringent prequalification process before it is invited to bid, and bids are leveled in BuildingConnected so the owner sees who priced the full scope.
Want to work with a contractor whose executives stay on the job?
Tell us about the site, the facility, and the date it has to operate. We will start with a preconstruction conversation.