About
In 2014, Tom Ehlers followed his dream to be an independent business owner and entrepreneur by founding Columbia Builders of California, Inc. The dream is focused on working with other successful business owners to make their dreams and goals come true. Tom has over 25 years of experience in the industry, constructing millions of dollars worth of projects. With a BS in Construction Management from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Tom worked to build other local general contractors, managing projects large and small. Tom has worked on just about every type of construction project imaginable. Here are a few highlights:
Universities
Schools
Caltrans projects
Airport terminals
Performing Arts facilities
OSHPD hospitals
Warehouses
Concrete Tilt-up construction
Pre-engineered buildings
Historical retrofits (URM's)
Hotels
Churches
Mixed-use
Offices
Movie Theaters
Medical facilities
RV parks
Restaurants and Kitchens
Residential
Retail
Tenant improvements
Wineries
Multi story steel buildings
Masonry buildings
Prisons
Police facilities
Why the name COlumbia?
The "new world," or thirteen colonies, was poetically and commonly referred to as "Columbia" because much of Europe believed that the "new world" was founded by the courageous acts of Christopher Columbus.
The name Columbia became a personification in European papers of the new Americas, representing new opportunities, new liberties, and the ability to follow your dreams. This name eventually evolved into a new character - Lady Liberty, hence the Statue of Liberty. All of this translates into our country’s founding principals - our unalienable rights to "Life, Liberty, and pursuit of Happiness" - having the freedom and liberty to pursue our dreams. Freedom. Liberty. Opportunity. Dreams.
This is why Columbia Builders wishes to build your project.
We live our dream by building yours.
