About Oliver Builders

Severin Oliver’s 35 years of experience building in the East Bay has enabled him to build a team at Oliver Builders with expertise and distinction. We, at Oliver Builders, specialize in new construction and custom residential projects. Severin uses his extensive experience as a builder and manager to create projects that integrate both efficiency and value while providing high-quality workmanship and personal service.

What started as a dilapidated fixer-upper building in West Berkeley was transformed by OBI’s team, and now houses the OBI Headquarters. It’s a great space where clients, architects, and staff come together to join forces and collaborate about building great projects together.

Severin was born and raised in Berkeley and calls Berkeley his home. Together with his family, he focuses on building a community here in the East Bay.

Our Approach

Trust and transparency are the foundation of Oliver Builders. OBI strives to create an environment of openness and trust which results in a project that is not only less stressful but also has lower costs and shorter timelines. Trust is the often-overlooked fundamental project variable that drives success. Throughout the project, Oliver Builders will strive to earn your trust through our transparency, competency, and commitment to you and your project.

William, Oliver Builder’s Production Manager and Estimator, is the face of advanced planning and scheduling for the company. We firmly believe that advanced planning, open communication, and clarity are what set us apart from other builders and allow us to deliver projects with quality, speed, and comfort for our clients. Throughout the project advanced planning and thinking steps ahead keep the project on a steady pace, mitigate client cost exposure, and reduce schedule risk.

Parallel Estimating Service

At OBI, we offer our service called Parallel Estimating. It is offered to our clients at the beginning stage of you working with your architect. This ensures that your team can verify your project aligns with your budget every step of the way. We call it “Parallel Estimating” to highlight our dedication to work along side you as plans are being made; this helps mitigate as much surprise cost during the building process as possible. We value timeliness and accuracy, and this service allows us to deliver both to our clients.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Clients choose Oliver Builders because of our detailed estimating, clear communication and the feeling of trust that is facilitated by our transparent process. Oliver Builders will be your contractor for life!

  • Oliver Builders uses a very detailed, clear, and easy-to-understand estimating system that lends itself to a collaborative value planning process. This enables clients to make the decisions needed to build their project while managing the costs of an established budget.

  • The earlier we get to meet and start working with a client the more successful the project will be. We collaborate with our clients as well as Architects, Engineers, and Designers to help facilitate the best outcome at a known cost.