The capabilities statement, for owners, lenders and prequalification.
Bonding, insurance, safety, volume, people. The full statement with financial references and project contacts goes out the same day you ask.
The facts, in one place.
Licenses, limits, people and systems. Copy it straight into your prequal.
| Legal name | Meridian Builders, Inc. |
| License | Arizona ROC 199882, B-01 General Commercial |
| Founded | 2004, Phoenix, Arizona |
| Employees | 72: 18 superintendents, 14 project managers, 9 preconstruction, 12 self-perform field, 19 office |
| Annual volume | $180M (2025), $162M (2024), $141M (2023) |
| Bonding | Single $40M, aggregate $120M; surety rated A+ XV |
| Insurance | GL $2M/$4M, Auto $2M, Umbrella $25M, Professional $5M, WC statutory; builder's risk per project |
| EMR | 0.71 (2025), 0.74 (2024), 0.76 (2023) |
| Largest project | $58M (multifamily, 2024) |
| Typical project | $2M–$30M |
| Offices | Phoenix (HQ), Tucson |
| Memberships | AGC Arizona, DBIA, NAIOP Arizona, ULI |
EMR 0.71. Here is what sits behind it.
- Corporate safety program with a full-time safety director and two field safety managers.
- OSHA 30 for every superintendent and PM; OSHA 10 for all field staff; subcontractors required to match.
- Site-specific safety plans and daily pre-task plans on every project; weekly safety walks documented.
- Heat illness prevention program May through September; hydration and rest enforced.
- Zero fatalities in company history; recordable incident rate 1.4 (2025), below the industry average.
Who runs your job.
Elena Marsh
President and CEO
Elena started as a project engineer with a national GC, ran healthcare projects for nine years, and co-founded Meridian in 2004 to build the kind of firm she wanted to work for: superintendents who stay, a preconstruction group that tells the truth about cost, and owners who get the schedule in writing. DBIA certified.
David Okafor
Chief Operating Officer
Runs operations across both offices; 26 years in commercial construction.
Luis Arana
General Superintendent
Thirty-one years in the field; oversees all superintendents and site safety.
Rachel Kim, DBIA
Director of Preconstruction
Leads the nine-person precon group; the reason the number holds.
James Whitaker
Director, Healthcare Group
Fifteen years of healthcare-only construction; ICRA and ADHS on every job.
Project list with contacts on request.
Six recent projects with sizes, systems and the GC or owner are on the Projects page. Contact names and phone numbers for each are in the PDF packet, which we send the same day you ask.
Request the PDF packetTell us about the project. We will tell you what it costs and how long it takes.
A project executive replies the same business day. Conceptual estimates within two weeks of the information we need.