Planned like a schedule. Built like a promise.
GilbertLanham is a general contractor, construction manager and design-builder founded in Newark in 2013 by a project controls professional. That origin shapes everything: the plan is visible, the numbers are honest and one team answers for the result.
- Incorporated in Newark
- 2013
- Sectors
- 4
- Markets
- 22
- Capabilities
- 14
Most projects do not fail in the field. They fail in the plan. So we start with the plan.
Late openings and blown budgets rarely come from one bad day on site. They come from logic nobody checked, float nobody tracked and risks nobody wrote down. We treat the schedule, the cost report and the risk register as deliverables, as real as the concrete.
Newark gave us the rest. Tight lots, old utilities, busy streets and neighbors who notice everything. Build well there and you learn to sequence carefully, communicate early and leave every block better than you found it.
One plan · One team · One answerThe plan and the work, in the same hands.
The people who build your estimate and baseline schedule stay on the job through buyout, construction and closeout. When an RFI stalls or a delivery slips, you hear it from them first, with the impact on the critical path already worked out.
- Controls come built in. Look-ahead schedules, earned value and a live risk register on every project, shared with the owner.
- Our crews carry the critical path. Concrete, steel, earthwork and sitework stay in our hands when the date is on the line.
- We model before we mobilize. In-house VDC catches MEP clashes and rehearses crane picks while changes still cost hours, not weeks.
- Four sectors, one method. Buildings, Civil & Infrastructure, Energy, Development.
Visionary leadership. Disciplined execution.
“True success is measured not only by what an organization builds, but by the trust it earns, the standards it establishes and the legacy it leaves behind.”
Yusuf Balogun, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Yusuf Balogun founded GilbertLanham with business roots dating back to 2013 in Newark, New Jersey. His background spans construction management, project scheduling, project controls and business operations, and it shows in how the company runs: strategic planning first, financial discipline throughout, and people, processes and resources aligned before the first crew mobilizes.
He believes successful delivery takes more than technical expertise. It takes accountability, collaboration, strong decision-making and an unwavering commitment to what the client was promised. That belief is why every GilbertLanham project runs on a schedule the owner can read and a cost report the owner can trust.
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Yusuf Balogun · Founder and CEOPlan, deliver, build, operate.
Engage us at any stage. Every stage is staffed by GilbertLanham people working from one schedule, so moving from one to the next is a conversation down the hall.
Plan: Cost, schedule and risk settled early
Budgets, VDC, carbon and long-lead buying, settled while the drawings can still change. 4 capabilities.
Explore 02Deliver: A contract shaped to the risk
GC, CM at-risk, design-build, EPC and design-manufacture-install. The contract follows the risk. 5 capabilities.
Explore 03Build: Self-performed work in the field
Concrete, steel, earthwork, civil and building systems by our own crews, on the activities that drive the finish date. 3 capabilities.
Explore 04Operate: Ready on opening day and after
Commissioning, occupancy, facilities support and fast mobilization when something breaks. 2 capabilities.
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Thirteen years. Same discipline.
GilbertLanham was incorporated in Newark in 2013 with a conviction that construction needed more rigor, not more layers. Every capability added since then had to earn its place by making schedules more reliable and costs more predictable for the owners we serve.
- 2013
- Incorporated
- 4
- Sectors served
- 22
- Markets built in
What owners actually get.
Numbers that survive buyout
Estimates are built from real production rates and checked against the schedule, so the GMP you approve is the GMP you live with.
A critical path you can read
Weekly updates show float, slippage and recovery options in plain language. You never learn about a delay from a monthly report.
A handover that is finished
Commissioning, training, O&M manuals and punch work are scheduled from day one, so move-in day starts operations instead of chaos.
Go deeper into GilbertLanham.
Where we come from, who leads us, what we value and the standards we enforce on every site.
TimelineOur HistoryThirteen years of building, since 2013
5 valuesPurpose & ValuesThe standards behind every scheduleTeamLeadershipDisciplined leadership, accountable teams
Zero harmSafety & QualityPlanned work is safer work
Local firstCommunity ImpactBuilding with the neighbors watching
HonorsAwards & RecognitionMilestones our teams are proud of
Put a plan behind your project.
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