Testimonials

“I engaged East Bay Retrofit Construction to take on the replacement of a pier, post, and beam supporting an overhang connected to our home and the concrete walkway that along with the post was tilting and slipping down the hill. The team was undaunted by the heavy-duty design requirements (16-foot-plus hole for the pier) specified by the structural engineer who did the drawings for our permit submission. Owner Martin Alvarez is a pro-active communicator who vigilantly monitored his crew’s progress on the project and stepped in to lend a hand and his considerable expertise as needed. The crew was diligent and friendly and despite the challenging weather conditions (pelting rains early on) managed to get the job done right in a timely manner at a competitive price.”

I found Martin and his crew honest, professional, prompt, and competent throughout. I am a registered structural engineer and did a building specific design for my home. This is typically more challenging for contractors as it steps away from the more familiar generic seismic design. However, Martin was great in discussing the details with me, understanding the retrofit concept, and at several points suggesting good solutions that I found both effective and practical. I would highly recommend them.

“I chose to work with Martin Alvarez/East Bay Retrofit Construction because his willingness to tackle my engineered retrofit from within my shallow crawl space saved me thousands of dollars.Martin was easy to communicate with and he seemed to have good rapport with the engineer and special inspector my project required.My retrofit was completed well within the 9 months of the California Earthquake Authority’s Brace and Bolt grant program even though we needed several extensions while waiting for the Oakland permit.Thank you Martin and crew!”

I highly recommend Martin for any retrofit or foundation work. I contacted Martin to do a retrofit project for my house – and he was very transparent, responsive, flexible and answered all my questions. He provided a competitive quote and amended it when I got engineering plans that asked for additional work to be done. He helped me navigate the EBB FEMA process from start to finish and secured all the necessary permits. Martin and his crew were on time and worked diligently to get the job done.

We used East bay retrofit construction for re-framing my house structure in Montclair, Oakland, because the house got unfortunate building structural damages by termite and Dry rot. The Construction work includes replacing wood beams & joists, concrete work with new French drain, stucco, exterior painting, and many others. Martin and his team did outstanding professional work with honest fair price. Their fee was best among 5 other contractors. Multiple professional staffs had worked over 3 weeks on a great amount of work. I surprised they work extremely efficient and beautifully. Even they were willing to take care of fixing unforeseen undesired condition. Their hard work and knowledge of what they are doing is outstanding. Martin is a great communicator and extremely reliable. I can not be happier the result what Martin and his team brought to us.I’ve recommended the Martin and his team to all my friends. You will be pleased if you get to work with them. Wishing all the best to Martin and his team.