Charles Stewart is a commercial and residential real estate development, design, and construction professional with over 7 years of experience as a tile and stone mason and over 15 years of experience as a general contractor. Originally from the Midwest, Charles grew up immersed in the construction industry and began swinging a hammer early in his childhood with a father that is a master carpenter and a registered architect. After graduating from high school, Charles worked as a tile and stone mason for over 7 years before transitioning into commercial general contracting and obtaining an Associate of Arts in Applied Financial Economics from the College of Southern Nevada.

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Throughout Stewart’s career he has directly overseen and managed preconstruction and estimating efforts resulting in over $1.5B in hard bids and negotiated bids and over $1.5B in conceptual and preliminary budgets with more than $500M in successful project awards within virtually every major residential and commercial market segment.  Charles has experience drafting, negotiating, and administering every major contract delivery method including stipulated sum, design-build, design-assist, CMAR, and cost-plus.

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“Do it right or not at all.”  Charles is a true numbers guy in every sense of the word that believes FORTEN is at its core simply a customer service provider that happens to build.  His corporate philosophy doesn’t include a fancy company mission, vision, or core values.  At the end of the day, we just want to build a company and a culture centered on doing the right thing no matter the cost, period. We want to provide our customers with a high level of service and quality at a competitive price, make a fair fee, and repeat that over and again.