_______________________________________________________________________________________________ Young

& Burton

For 40 years , Y & B has specialized in the construction of unique residences , remodels and select commercial projects . Founded in 1985 , its offices are in San Ramon , California and its work covers the greater Bay Area from the East Bay to San Francisco and from the Napa Valley to the Monterey Peninsula .

Y & B works closely with clients , architects , engineers , and government agencies to facilitate the process in a timely and efficient manner . Providing close supervision at every step , Y & B ensures that cost controls , scheduling and coordination between the many different trades and the design team are maintained so that projects are completed properly each time .

Having completed hundreds of projects , the team not only has a long list of satisfied clients but also the expertise necessary to construct architecturally diverse projects with a proven track record .

“ Y & B was formed by my father Mike Burton , a General Contractor since 1979 , and his then partner Larry Young in 1985 . The newly formed company was in the right place at the right time and , with a lot of hard work and luck , the business has been booming ever since ,” begins Samantha Burton , Vice President . “ The partnership continued to grow and even branched out to Arizona for a period but that move proved to be another catalyst for change and the partnership ended in the late 1990s with my dad keeping the company here in the Bay Area .

“ Coming from a builders ’ background , we had always self-performed framing and finished carpentry , and , at one point , we had as many as 60 employees . Today , while we still self-perform some carpentry , we ’ ve

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