At the helm of JVP Contracting & Consulting LLC is the leadership team of (left to right): Joe Pavicic, President; Victor Bretting, CEO; and Paul Galchenko, Vice President of Business Development and Marketing.

JVP Contracting & Consulting LLC managed the construction of KCM’s The Depot at Twenty Mile in Parker, Colorado.

Relationships, team building, familiarity, experienced guidance, togetherness, family. These values are more than the welcoming environment that JVP Contracting & Consulting LLC (JVP) hopes to create for its employees and customers. They are at the heart of the company itself.

Owners Joe Pavicic, Victor Bretting and Paul Galchenko came together after many years of acquaintance and working with one another to start the company in 2018, borrowing the initials of their first names to form the name JVP.

Joe serves as President and brings to the fold a personal history of extensive construction work across the nation, even though his home base is Denver. Victor, CEO, has racked up years of credentials as a concrete expert. Paul completes the trio as Vice President of Business Development and Marketing, while also bringing construction cleanup experience to the company.

While they formed the business a year ago, they have been working together for a long time. Joe and Victor’s relationship goes back 20 years and Joe and Paul had worked together for four years before JVP. When the time was right—in part because of big opportunities for residential work in Denver—they brought their skills and experiences under one roof. Denver’s metropolitan area is rapidly growing, adding an average of 49,000 new residents per year over the past 10 years.

Building on their strength as a team, they plan to open operations in Texas (Victor’s home) and California (Joe’s connections) over the next few years.

“We’ve each grown up in the business,” Victor says. “While we started by swinging a hammer or having a trowel in our hand, we have worked up through the ranks to being good leaders.”

A New Family

The familial approach is evident in JVP’s 14-employee staff. Their roles cover all necessary functions within the construction firm, with three owners, five employees in the office and six in the field.

“The company is a family where we’re accountable to each other,” Victor says. “I’m accountable to you and you’re accountable to me. We work side by side.”

JVP is multigenerational just like a family, too. The three owners are in their 40s, 50s and 60s. While that senior experience offers clear advantages, they also value the ideas and energies of younger employees, especially when it comes to technology. Baron Coffelt and Matthew Snedden, ages 25 and 29 respectively, play key roles in the areas of 3D imaging, computer-aided estimating and other digital capabilities.

Like in any good family, the past, present and future are frequent considerations. Victor attributes JVP’s strength to new ideas as well as tried-and-true traditional values. As an owner, it’s his mission “to bring the old-fashioned construction ideas and beliefs in with new technology of today.”

That means commitment to scheduling, budgeting, managing trade partners, safety and especially fairness and honesty. This ensures projects don’t fall behind schedule or go over budget—common occurrences in the Denver construction market.

“We’ve each succeeded in the business through the years and we can see potential problems before they happen,” Victor says.

At times, JVP takes on the role of a wise uncle, helping developers and other clients to meet their building goals. “Sometimes, we have to show them the new ideas in construction that they may not be aware of,” Victor says. “You have to help your client be successful.”

Foundational Legacy

Deft experience provides another distinction of the JVP family.

“Because of the inexperience of some contractors, many put 3 to 5 percent of fixed cost for contingencies into a bid; we don’t do that,” Victor says. “When you hire JVP, you get honesty and upfront knowledge, and we’re not going to hide contingencies in the bid.”

JVP gives the same attention to guidance at the start of a project, holding peer reviews upfront to maximize success at project completion.

“Architects and engineers are very receptive to change then, not later,” Victor says. “It’s helpful when they bring us in during the pre-construction time to work with the design team.”

Such collaboration is welcome by JVP’s clients, especially in a place like Denver, where cost-effective and speedy construction to open new residential units is in high demand.

“We view JVP as a real teammate,” says Mark Mullen, Vice President of Klingbeil Capital Management (KCM). “JVP is superb at all facets of the contracting business—from estimating and value engineering to constructing projects on time and on budget.” He adds that the company’s employees are both “highly motivated” and “a pleasure to work with.”

Currently, JVP is managing the construction of KCM’s The Depot at Twenty Mile in Parker, Colorado. It is a 200-unit, stick frame, garden-styled project consisting of 16 townhomes and 184 multifamily units.

Another project of note is located at 600 Park Avenue in Denver. The 14-story high-rise consists of 238 apartment units, with the first five floors being a cast-in-place concrete parking garage and the top eight floors built from Infinity structural framing for residences. The use of these two systems creates the structural frame with the best economic value for the project.

Little do some new Denver residents know just how much JVP has done to welcome them to their new home. JVP strives to ensure that its family-like values transfer to create an environment that truly feels welcoming and comfortable. And in the years to come, this company, founded on the principle of providing excellence through experience, will remain dedicated to creating relationships and projects that stand the test of time.