_______________________________________________________________________________________________ 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.

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“ 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

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