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    Site Works · Cincinnati

    Commercial Site Works Contractor in Cincinnati

    Cincinnati commercial site work has more moving pieces than most clients realize. The City has its own contractor registration, the Bonfire vendor portal sits on top of it for public bids, and county-by-county requirements diverge across Hamilton, Butler, Warren, and Clermont. We carry all of it pre-registered, so when you need pavers, sod, landscape, or grading installed at your Cincinnati-area property, the paperwork is already in place. Same install-only commercial focus as the rest of the Site Works division — no maintenance, no residential. Below: where we work and what's included.

    Cincinnati Commercial Site Work, Done by a Local GC

    RCG is headquartered minutes from downtown Cincinnati in Crescent Springs, KY, and our Site Works division operates across the entire Cincinnati metro — Hamilton, Butler, Warren, and Clermont counties. We know the City of Cincinnati's contractor registration process and the Bonfire vendor portal, the local civil engineering firms (THP, Kleingers Group, CT Consultants) who specify most of the commercial work, and the major property management firms (CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield, JLL, Colliers, NAI) who source contractors directly. We've been doing commercial GC work in this market for years; the Site Works division extends that footprint into install-only landscape, paver, sod, and grading scopes facility managers used to have to bid as separate contracts.

    • Commercial Landscape Installation: Plant material, soil prep, sod, and finish grading for healthcare campuses, corporate offices, multifamily entries, and retail centers across the Cincinnati metro.
    • Commercial Paver & Hardscape: Entry plazas, ADA-compliant walkways, courtyards, and light-vehicular paver work to CMHA Tech Spec — Cincinnati downtown, OTR, Oakley, Hyde Park, and West Chester corridors.
    • Commercial Sod Installation: One-time sod installs tied to renovation completion across Cincinnati's healthcare networks (UC Health, TriHealth, Mercy Health, Cincinnati Children's), corporate campuses, and multifamily projects.
    • Site Grading: Rough, fine, and finish grading at landscape-supporting scale, coordinated with civil drawings.
    • Integrated Exterior Renovation: Site work tied to TI scope — entry refreshes, ADA walk upgrades, exterior signage and lighting site work — under one RCG contract with the interior renovation.
    • Civil Engineer Coordination: Working relationships with THP, Kleingers Group, CT Consultants, Heapy, and KLH for design-coordinated installs.

    Cincinnati's Commercial Pipeline

    Cincinnati has $5B+ in announced or active commercial development through 2028 — FC Cincinnati's mixed-use, UC Health Clifton expansion, Convention HQ Hotel, the Brent Spence corridor, and 1500 Ovation Way. Healthcare and multifamily lead the demand for landscape and hardscape install scope, and RCG is positioned to compete on the $25K–$500K landscape, paver, sod, and grading scopes those projects generate.

    Integrated GC + Landscape Delivery

    Most facility managers in Cincinnati's commercial property space already know RCG for tenant improvement, healthcare renovation, and exterior cladding work. The Site Works division extends that into install-only landscape, paver, sod, and grading — under one contract, one project manager, one warranty package. See integrated exterior renovation.

    Hamilton County Coverage from Crescent Springs

    Crescent Springs, KY puts us 15 minutes from downtown Cincinnati and well-positioned for east-side and west-side metro coverage. Hamilton, Butler, Warren, and Clermont counties — same project teams handle commercial GC and Site Works scope, registered with Cincinnati's contractor ordinance and the Bonfire vendor portal for public-sector bidding.

    Cincinnati Commercial Site Works FAQs

    All of Hamilton County (downtown, OTR, Hyde Park, Oakley, Mariemont, Anderson, Madeira, Sharonville, Springdale, Forest Park), plus Butler County (West Chester, Mason, Liberty Township), Warren County (Lebanon, Mason crossover), and Clermont County (Milford, Loveland crossover). Our Crescent Springs HQ puts us 15 minutes from downtown Cincinnati and well-positioned for east-side and west-side metro coverage.

    Yes — registered under Cincinnati's contractor registration ordinance (Ch. 1106). We're also registered with Hamilton County and the major Cincinnati-area municipalities where we operate. Vendor registration on Cincinnati's Bonfire portal (vss.cincinnati-oh.gov) supports public-sector bidding.

    Same company, same teams, same project management — just an expanded service scope. Site Works pulls from the same OSHA-30 trained workforce, the same project management discipline, and the same insurance/bonding capacity that supports RCG's commercial GC scope. For Cincinnati facility managers who already work with RCG on building renovations, Site Works is an add-on under the existing contract relationship.

    Install-only commercial landscape (plant material, soil prep, mulch, beds), commercial pavers and hardscape at pedestrian and light-vehicular scale, commercial sod, site grading at landscape-supporting scale, and integrated exterior renovation when bundled with RCG's GC building scope. We don't bid drainage, retaining walls, irrigation, erosion control, or recurring grounds maintenance.

    Standard scopes follow normal commercial construction lead times — typically 4–8 weeks from contract to mobilization, depending on permits, plant material lead times, and material procurement. Container shrubs and perennials are usually available with short lead times; field-grown B&B trees and specimen-grade trees over four-inch caliper often require pre-tagging at the grower months ahead of the dig season.

    Site Works Services

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