Since high school, Brandon Parker and Khalid Arafeh have dreamed of owning their own construction business. Their biggest goal? To one day create a neighborhood like Ross Bridge where residents could live, work, and play all in the same neighborhood. Working together during the summer on construction jobs, they got to experience first-hand life in the construction field and learn the ins and outs. After high school, both aspired to become engineers, but life had other plans. 

 

Brandon would start his first full-time job in the construction field at 21 and completed his builder’s license in 2014. “I ended up working with a local developer that offered for us to start building in a neighborhood which helped jumpstart our dream of starting our own business.” 

 

Khalid went on to complete his Civil Engineering degree from UAB. After graduation, he started working with a design manufacturing firm for multi-family projects. He then went onto getting his MBA in Business from UAB. From there, he changed jobs within the company to more of a customer service and business side of the company. With this change, Brandon and Khalid knew they were closer to starting their own company and realizing their dream and the rest is history. 

 

Their favorite projects so far? “My favorite projects have been where the clients have become lifelong friends. One of our clients, we were invited to his retirement party. How cool is that?! When we started building the houses in Vestavia, we were dealing with a lot of rock and we used those pieces of natural stone to build him a retaining wall from. So taking a piece of one project and using it for another to fit their specific needs– it’s what makes our projects build outside of the box. Those are my favorite.”