Jul 28, 2026 · 25 min · 11 segments
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But can you just kick us off with what is a construction joint venture? They can take a lot of forms, but what are they?
A joint venture is a legal entity between two or more companies to perform a specific project.
That doesn't mean the joint venture can't do other projects together if the first one works, but it's mainly formed for one particular project.
A lot of these multi-hundred million dollar projects you see out there have some form of joint ventures, either in the name of the entity bidding the work, but also sub-tiers.
So the larger the job gets, the more important it is to consider whether joint venture makes sense.
And often they combine their bonding capacity and they share profits or losses on the job, just like any other contractor.

Yeah, and there's a lot of reasons why you would do this, but sometimes it does open a lot of doors for contractors that otherwise couldn't do a job of a certain size or don't have the bonding capacity.

A lot of people will just do it on a handshake, as you said, but you should be doing something legally.

But can you just kick us off with what is a construction joint venture? They can take a lot of forms, but what are they?
A joint venture is a legal entity between two or more companies to perform a specific project.
That doesn't mean the joint venture can't do other projects together if the first one works, but it's mainly formed for one particular project.
A lot of these multi-hundred million dollar projects you see out there have some form of joint ventures, either in the name of the entity bidding the work, but also sub-tiers.
So the larger the job gets, the more important it is to consider whether joint venture makes sense.
And often they combine their bonding capacity and they share profits or losses on the job, just like any other contractor.

Yeah, and there's a lot of reasons why you would do this, but sometimes it does open a lot of doors for contractors that otherwise couldn't do a job of a certain size or don't have the bonding capacity.

A lot of people will just do it on a handshake, as you said, but you should be doing something legally.
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