About

Marty Kribs. Forty years building.

Every seat. PM, GC, developer, owner. And the other side of the table, hiring and evaluating contractors for owners.

40years in the field

$750Mbuilt and developed

Bothsides of the table

3engagements per quarter

The short version

It was never the building.

Click any of these to see what sits behind it.

Where I have been

Aspen, Jackson Hole, and the Rocky Mountain West

40years ▸

Forty years inside some of the best builders and developers
$750M of custom work built and developed
Project manager, general contractor, developer, owner
Also hired and evaluated contractors on behalf of owners

Why the second half matters

I have seen what great looks like from both sides
Including what owners say when the builder is not there

What separates the ones that last

Better companies, not better carpentry

1conclusion ▸

The best builders win on how the company operates
Better systems, better discipline, less dependence on one person
Average builders still treat operations as paperwork
Craft is the entry price, not the differentiator

What ACRE is

The architecture I built, now installed elsewhere

8weeks ▸

Refined over decades on real jobs, not in a classroom
Notion holds the record, Claude does the processing
JobTread carries the money and the build
The principal keeps a company that runs without them

And is worth more

Because it runs without you, not because you are in it

Why it matters

This is the point of a company that runs without you.

Marty Kribs with family on the Oregon coast — A business that depends on the owner is a job. A business that runs on a system is an asset.

Where to go from here

Start with the evidence, or skip to what gets installed.

What actually goes wrong

290 customer records, 67 builders. Counted, not estimated.

Read the research → Four minutes

The Operating Gap

Ten questions about how the company runs. A ranked install list, not a grade.

Run the check → Start here

Measure your operation

Two weeks, remote. Three engagements per quarter.

Request the Diagnostic →

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