Construction Company Website Design in Wisconsin: Built to Win Bids

Construction Company Website Design in Wisconsin: Built to Win Bids

Key takeaways

  • General contractors and owners vet construction companies online before the first call, so the website is part of every bid.
  • Project galleries with real photos and clear scope details outperform generic stock imagery every time.
  • Safety record, bonding capacity, markets served, and service area belong on the site, because estimators look for them.
  • Drone photography turns completed work into proof no brochure can match.

What should a construction company website do?

It should convince three audiences at once: owners and GCs checking whether you can handle their project, inspectors and partners verifying you are legitimate, and skilled tradespeople deciding whether to apply. That means real project photos, clear capabilities and markets, safety and bonding information, and a fast path to your estimator.

What separates a bid-winning contractor site from a brochure site?

Specifics. A page that says commercial concrete, pre-engineered steel, or design-build with project examples, square footage, and timelines gives an estimator something to trust. A page that says quality and integrity gives them nothing. Structure the site around the work you want more of, with a page per market or capability.

  • Project pages with scope, size, role, and completion photos
  • Markets served: municipal, industrial, agricultural, retail, healthcare
  • Safety program, EMR if you publish it, bonding and insurance basics
  • Service area stated plainly, with your Wisconsin base

How does photography change how a contractor is perceived?

Buyers believe finished work they can see. Ground-level photography shows craft; aerial photography shows scale, site logistics, and progress in a way nothing else can. Our construction drone documentation service pairs FAA-licensed pilots with editors who turn flights into gallery-ready images and progress sets your marketing can reuse for years.

Should a construction website help with recruiting?

Yes, and most do not. The same site that wins bids should carry a careers page with real jobsite photos, plain descriptions of the work, and a one-minute application. We cover this in depth in our guide to recruiting skilled trades workers online, because crews decide from your website whether you look like a company worth leaving a competitor for.

How should project pages be structured?

Give each flagship project its own page with a consistent skeleton: the owner and location, your role, delivery method, size and duration, the interesting problem and how your team solved it, and a gallery that moves from wide aerials to finish details. Consistency matters because estimators skim; when every project reads the same way, they can compare and shortlist you quickly. End each page with related projects and a contact path so the visit does not dead-end.

  • Owner, location, role, delivery method
  • Size, schedule, and the problem you solved
  • Wide-to-detail photo sequence
  • Next step: related work and your estimator

What proof do owners and GCs look for besides photos?

Signals that de-risk hiring you: how long you have been building, the markets you repeat in, safety culture made visible, association and apprenticeship affiliations, bonding capacity stated in ranges, and named references on request. Fresh content helps too; a site whose newest project is four years old raises quiet questions. A quarterly rhythm of new project pages and photos, which we can handle through our content and social service, keeps the signal current without burdening your office.

Frequently asked questions

How many project photos do we need to launch?

Enough for one strong gallery per market you serve, even if that is six projects total. We can photograph current and completed sites to fill gaps, then grow the galleries as you build.

Can you update the site as projects finish?

Yes. We host and support the sites we build, so new projects, photos, and postings go up without your office learning web software, though we train you if you want it in-house.

Do you understand prevailing wage and public work?

We build sites for contractors and for the public entities that hire them, so we structure content for both private owners and public procurement audiences.

What does a contractor website cost?

Projects are quoted flat-rate by scope after a free consultation, the same way you bid work: scope first, then a number that holds.

Build a site that carries its weight on bid day

Fox Valley Web Design builds websites, photography, and drone media for Wisconsin contractors from Green Bay to the U.P. line. See our design work and request a quote; your estimator will appreciate the flat-rate number.

There are 6 million searches per second on Google

There are 6 million searches per second on Google

Internet and Drone Industry Facts

  • There are now 3.74 billion Internet users in the world as at March 2017.
  • Projected number of drones in the US by 2020:  7 million
  • The number of people using the Internet in China is more than double the population of the U.S.
  • The internet influenced sales to the tune of $2.1 trillion in 2016.
  • Estimated number of commercial drones in the air in 2018:  600,000
  • Over 2 million blog posts are published on the Internet every day.
  • Over 5.5 billion Google searches are made every day.
  • There are 1,547 domain name extensions (TLDs) as at the 17th of August 2017.
  • The most expensive domain name ever sold is LasVegas.com, which was bought in 2005 for a $90 million.
  • As at August 2017, there are 1.24 billion websites in the world.
  • Percentage of Americans interested in drone deliveries:  47%
  • Largest concern about drone deliveries among Americans:  Theft Concerns (72%) and Damaged Packages (72%)
  • Top industry using drones in America:  Photography
  • The world’s first website was published on August 6, 1991 by British physicist Tim Berners-Lee.
  • 51.8 percent of all internet traffic comes from bots, while only 48.2 percent of internet traffic comes from humans.
  • Google is the world’s most visited website, followed by Youtube and Facebook. Chinese search engine Baidu is the world’s fourth most visited website.
  • The e-commerce industry is responsible for about $2 trillion in annual sales.
  • 95 percent of Americans shop online at least yearly.
  • Second largest industry using drones in America:  Real Estate
  • People spend an average of 5 hours per week shopping online.
  • Men spend 28 percent more money online than women.
  • Of the sales that occur through online marketplaces, Amazon is responsible for about 80 percent of sales.
  • The best day to send an email is on a Wednesday, and the worst day to send an email is on a Thursday.
  • 8 out of 10 consumers will shop online if offered free shipping.
  • Project size of the drone industry in 2020:  $13 Billion
  • There are more mobile Internet users than desktop Internet users. There are 3.5 billion global mobile Internet users as at August 2017.
  • 72 percent of females and 59 percent of males have abandoned a purchase due to shipping costs.
  • 78 percent of shoppers want e-commerce sites to include more images on their products pages.
  • There are 2.79 billion active social media users in the world. This is an increase of 21 percent from 2016.
  • Facebook now has over 2.01 billion monthly active users.
  • Projected value of the drone industry by 2025:  $90 Billion
  • Instagram has 700 million monthly active users.  28 percent of adult internet users use Instagram.
  • Twitter has 328 million monthly active users.
  • LinkedIn has 112.5 million monthly active users.
  • Projected number of small, hobbyist drones in use by 2021:  3.5 million
  • Social media influences the shopping activities of 23 percent of online shoppers.
  • Social media ad spend is expected to overtake newspaper ad spend by 2019.