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For Construction & General Contractors

You build buildings. We build the brand that wins you the next one.

Project portfolios that never get updated. Proposals assembled in Word. A website from 2019. A careers page that's one paragraph. Your $10M company looks like a startup online — and that gap is costing you contracts and talent.

No lock-ins. No hidden fees. Flexible plans that scale with your company.

80%

Less than hiring in-house

2–3

Day average turnaround

2

Active projects at all times

100%

You own everything we create

Your Creative Calendar

Here's what a year of marketing looks like for a $5M+ construction company.

Every completed project is a marketing asset. Every bid needs professional materials. Every season brings hiring needs. Most GCs are doing none of this consistently. With M13, it all runs on schedule.

Jan – Mar

Pipeline

Bid Season

Proposal template refresh with new project photos

Capabilities presentation for new developer client

Safety program documentation redesign

Website: 3 new project case studies from fall builds

LinkedIn company page content strategy

Apr – Jun

Full Capacity

Build Season

Project progress social media series (weekly)

Hoarding & site signage for 2 new projects

Recruitment campaign — careers page + Indeed ads

Safety week promotional materials

Updated team page (3 new PM hires)

Jul – Sep

Documentation

Peak Season

Project photography sessions (3 completed builds)

Case study pages: before / during / after layouts

Trade show booth design (fall construction expo)

Subcontractor partnership pitch deck

COR certification promotional materials

Oct – Dec

Awards & Planning

Year-End

Annual report / company capabilities booklet

Award submission presentation materials

Holiday client appreciation campaign

Year-in-review social media series

Next-year bid package template updates

Sound Familiar?

Real problems every General Contractor and construction CEO faces.

Your proposals look exactly like your competitor's

Generic cover pages, inconsistent formatting, no project photography. When a developer is comparing 4 bids within 10% of each other, the one that looks most professional and established gets the second meeting. Yours gets scanned and filed.

63% of developers say proposal presentation quality influences shortlisting

You finish $3M projects and nobody ever sees them

Every completed build is a marketing asset — progress photos, drone footage, before/after comparisons, client testimonials. But your project photos are sitting in a foreman's camera roll. Your website shows the same 4 projects from 2021.

$0 marketing value captured from your last 8 completed projects

You're losing the hiring war to better-branded companies

Electricians, pipefitters, project managers — they all have options. The companies with branded trucks, professional career pages, culture videos, and Instagram accounts showing job sites attract the best applicants. Your recruitment strategy is a Kijiji post and word of mouth.

82% of trades workers say company reputation matters more than pay alone

The Math

You're paying 3–4 people to do what one M13 subscription handles.

Here's who's currently absorbing creative work at your company — and what it actually costs when you add it all up.

Current RoleAnnual CostCreative Tasks AbsorbedHours/Week
Project Coordinator$56,000/yr
Proposal assemblySafety docsVendor calls
6–10 hrs
Owner / VP$0 (time cost)
Brand decisionsBid reviewWebsite approvals
3–6 hrs
Print / Sign Company$10,000/yr
HoardingVehicle wrapsTrade show
As-needed
Web Dev (retainer)$7,200/yr
Website editsProject pagesHosting
2–3 hrs
Total Creative Overhead$73,200/yr + owner timeReactive, fragmented, no consistent brand across touchpoints11–19 hrs
Current State

In-House + Freelancers

Coordinator marketing time$20,000/yr
Owner/VP opportunity cost$18,000/yr
Print shop & sign companies$10,000/yr
Web dev retainer$7,200/yr
Proposal freelancer$6,000/yr
Recruiting ads & materials$5,400/yr
Annual Total$66,600
Mountain Thirteen

Website + Design Subscription

Website Foundation$999/mo
Design Subscription (secondary)$499/mo
All software, tools & hostingIncluded
Print-ready files for signs & wrapsIncluded
Proposal templates & presentationsIncluded
Unlimited revisionsIncluded
Annual Total$17,976
$48,624
saved per year — higher quality, faster turnaround, zero HR overhead

The Transformation

What changes when you have a real creative department.

Before M13

Today at Your Company

Coordinator spending 8+ hrs/week assembling proposals in Word

Website shows 4 projects from 2021 — nothing recent

Each truck wrapped by a different sign shop, different branding

Recruitment is a text-only Kijiji post and word of mouth

Trade show booth designed by the print shop that printed it

Project photos sitting on the foreman's phone, never used

"We should update the website" has been on the agenda for 2 years

With M13

6 Months From Now

Coordinator focused on project coordination — M13 handles creative

Website updated monthly with completed project case studies

Unified fleet branding — every vehicle is a rolling billboard

Professional careers section attracting quality applicants

Custom trade show booth that wins attention at every expo

Project photos turned into case studies within 2 weeks of completion

Website redesigned and continuously evolving with your company

What You Can Request

Everything — submitted through one dashboard.

No more emailing 4 different vendors. One team, one queue, one brand standard applied to everything your company needs.

Project case studies
Proposal & bid templates
Website & service pages
Recruitment & careers pages
Vehicle & equipment branding
Trade show booth graphics
Safety document design
Social media project posts
Capability presentations
Hoarding & site signage
Award submission materials
Annual reports
Subcontractor pitch decks
Email project updates
COR/safety program materials
Client appreciation campaigns

How It Works

You're up and running in one week. Not one quarter.

01

Discovery Call

30 minutes. We learn about your company, your project types, your market, and where your brand is leaving money on the table. We'll ask about your current bidding process, website pain points, and hiring challenges. No fluff, no sales pitch.

02

Brand & Asset Audit

We inventory everything — website, proposals, signage, social presence, vehicle branding. We identify the gaps, build a style guide if you don't have one, and create a 90-day creative roadmap starting with your highest-impact deliverables.

03

Submit & Scale

Your Workbench goes live. Submit project case studies, proposal layouts, recruitment materials — and get polished work back in 2–3 days. Stack the queue during bid season. We handle the creative while you handle the builds.

Get Started

Build a brand as solid as
the projects you deliver.

Book a 30-minute discovery call. We'll audit your current brand materials and show you how construction companies use M13 to win more contracts and hire better talent.

No lock-ins. No hidden fees. Flexible plans that scale with your company.