Chicago contractor marketing that gets you onto developer bid lists
Developers and institutional owners shortlist general contractors from what they can verify in ten minutes. We build that verifiable record first, and the campaigns second.
- License class stated up front
- M/WBE participation documented
- Project films by building type
- Chicago-based crew
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5.0Prepared for general contractors bidding Chicago work. License data checked 3 October 2026.
Site film and photography by our crew, YPERIA Properties and Magna Graecia.
Which Chicago license class does the job need?
Since January 2026 the City raised the project limits for Classes B, C and D. If your site still shows your old ceiling, owners size you too small.
- Project limit
- Up to $4 million
- Insurance tier
- $2 million per occurrence
Put your class, license number and insurance tier on your website and every profile. It is the first thing an owner's rep checks.
Seven people vet you before the invite goes out
Each has one question. Your public record either answers it or sends them to the next firm.
Has this firm built our building type, at our size, inside the city?
What has to be on your recordOne page per completed job: building type, neighborhood, contract value band, delivery method, your role and the year it closed.
Does the City of Chicago license class cover this contract value?
What has to be on your recordYour class and license number on the site, plus the insurance tier that goes with it.
Will this team hold the schedule the loan was sized on?
What has to be on your recordStart and completion dates for past jobs, the superintendent who ran each one, and progress footage that shows a site under control.
Can this GC help us hit the participation commitments?
What has to be on your recordPlan Commission projects commit to 26% MBE, 6% WBE and 50% city resident hiring. Show your certification if you hold one, the certified subs you bid with, and results you are allowed to share.
Will this builder protect the design?
What has to be on your recordDetail photography of finished work, short films with the architects you have built for, and how you handle submittals.
What about safety, bonding and public work?
What has to be on your recordA safety page with your program and incident record, bonding capacity in a range, and public projects listed by owner.
Which firms come back for “general contractors for 8-story rental buildings in Chicago”?
What has to be on your recordThe same facts as above, in plain sentences, repeated consistently on every profile you control.
A bid-list record in about 90 days
Audit what an owner's rep sees
We search your firm the way a project manager would and agree which building types you want more of.
Write the project library
Five to fifteen job pages with real values, dates and roles. No adjectives standing in for facts.
Film two or three jobs
Our crew shoots active sites and a finished building, so the films hold up in a developer's pitch room.
Put it in front of the invite list
LinkedIn and search aimed at developers, owner's reps and facilities teams, with a keep, change or stop call every month.
“Developers hire the contractor they already believe. I would rather spend your first month publishing ten honest project pages than running a single ad.”Kirill Samarits, founder and CEO
What a contractor program costs
Website rebuilt around project pages
$25,000 to $50,000Your project library, license, safety and team, owned by you.
Capability film
$15,000 to $50,000Active sites and finished buildings, shot by our crew.
Search and LinkedIn
From $3,000 a monthStop after any 30-day decision point.
What Chicago GCs ask us
Does the January 2026 license change matter for marketing?
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Yes. The project limits for Classes B, C and D doubled, so a Class C firm can now carry jobs up to $10 million. If your site still describes you by your old ceiling, owners will size you too small. Update the class, the limit and the insurance tier everywhere.
We are a Class E or D firm. Is this worth it for us?
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It can be, if the goal is moving up a tier. The record we build is what helps a Class D firm win its first $3 million job. Start with search and the project library on the lowest search tier rather than a full program.
How do we show M/WBE capability without overstating it?
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List your certification only if you hold it, and name it exactly. Then show the certified firms you actually bid with and any participation numbers a past client has cleared. We never write a percentage you cannot document.
Can you film on an active Chicago job site?
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Yes, with the GC's site safety rules, PPE and an escort. We plan shots around pours and crane picks so the crew is never in the way, and we get the owner's sign-off before anything is published.
What does a contractor program cost?
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Rebuilding the website around project pages falls in our $25,000 to $50,000 website band. A capability film runs $15,000 to $50,000. Ongoing search or LinkedIn work begins from $3,000 monthly, and you can stop after any 30-day decision point.
Sources: City of Chicago Department of Buildings, general contractor license classifications, accessed October 2026; City of Chicago Department of Buildings, general contractor license changes for 2026; Chicago Plan Commission and Department of Planning and Development, M/WBE and local hiring update, 18 July 2024. Written by Kirill Samarits, founder and CEO of TERAMOK, Chicago. Related: construction marketing, contractor websites, Chicago development pipeline.
Tell us which developers you want to bid for
Bring your license class and the three jobs that best show your work. We will show you what an owner's rep finds today and what we would publish first.