Owner-led · Puget Sound to Portland
New company. Experienced leadership.
Built on 20+ years of construction leadership. Grit Framing is a new, minority-owned company founded by Mario Hernandez.
Who we are
A framing partner GCs can plan around
Grit Framing is a new, minority-owned company founded by Mario Hernandez. We bring a background in multifamily, podium, mixed-use, and commercial construction to framing and panelized systems in wood, cold-formed steel, and mass timber.
Our focus is clear scope, practical planning, and direct owner involvement. We understand the coordination and communication general contractors need from a framing partner.
We work across the Puget Sound, Southwest Washington, and the Portland metro. Our current project is Park Place in Oregon City, framing for Truebeck Construction.
Experience behind Grit Framing
Mario Hernandez, Owner
Mario's prior roles include superintendent, project manager, estimator, and construction business owner. His background combines field supervision, scheduling, cost control, safety leadership, and trade coordination.
2,020
Residential units
Construction experience across Mario Hernandez's career.
Résumé-based total includes named portfolio projects and additional completed projects. Reflects Mario Hernandez's prior-role experience, not projects completed by Grit Framing or Grit Framing contract scopes.
Building types across Mario's career
Two decades of residential construction, from garden-style walk-ups to a 16-story tower. Each building type brings its own framing sequence, trade coordination, and schedule pressure, and Mario has run all of them in the field.
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High-rise & senior living
Concrete towers on dense urban blocks, with podium levels and below-grade parking.
- Holden of Pearl, Portland — 16-story senior living tower over a three-story podium, one below-grade parking level; 237 units; $170M; delivered under budget
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Podium & midrise
Wood framing over concrete podium decks, including projects with underground parking.
- Argyle Apartments — 173 units; 4-story podium; $42M
- Grant Park Village II — 4-over-2 with underground parking; $28M
- Patrick Place Apartments — 72 units; 5-story midrise podium; $5.5M
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Garden-style communities
Multi-building walk-up apartment communities with repetitive layouts and long production runs.
- Brooks Landing, Modesto, CA — 336 units; $36M
- Dakota, Lacey, WA — 156 units; $18M
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Tuck-under garage apartments
Wood-frame apartments with garages built into the ground floor and the structural framing that comes with them.
- Meadows, Tacoma, WA — 224 units; $22M
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Large multi-phase developments
Phased communities where crews, materials, and schedules have to carry from one building to the next.
- 600-unit, three-phase development — Phase 1 of a $200M project, with an in-house structural concrete crew
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Low-rise apartments & rehabs
Smaller apartment buildings and full rehabs of existing multifamily properties.
- Red Town Apartments — 60 units; $6.5M
- 52-unit apartment project — delivered ahead of schedule and under budget
- New construction and full rehabs — as owner of his own construction firm
Mario has also estimated mixed-use, commercial, and residential projects. Projects listed are from Mario Hernandez's prior roles and his former firm, not projects completed by Grit Framing. Unit counts and values are whole-project totals.
How we operate
Six commitments
What general contractors can expect from Grit Framing on every bid and every project.
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Safety before budget or schedule
No deadline is worth an injury. If a task can't be done safely, it stops until it can.
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Quality before budget
We don't sacrifice quality for budget. Savings come from scope and sequence, never from cutting corners in the framing.
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Clear scope
Inclusions, exclusions, and assumptions spelled out in the bid, so there are no surprises once framing starts.
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Practical planning
Quantities measured off the plans and a sequence that fits your schedule and the trades around us.
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Direct owner involvement
You work with Mario. The owner stays involved from the bid through the field — and we'll turn down work we can't staff or supervise.
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Coordination & communication
Layout, adjacent trade scopes, and schedule issues raised early — with straight answers when something won't work.
Credentials
Licensed, bonded, insured
Full prequalification package — bonding capacity, certificates of insurance, supplier and banking references — available on request.
WA & OR licensed
Washington L&I #GRITFF*744M7 and Oregon CCB #260432
Bonded
Surety and capacity letter available on request
Insured
General liability, umbrella, auto, and L&I coverage
Prevailing wage
Certified payroll and union agreement compliance
Capability statement
Grit Framing on one page.
Company overview, project specialties, core services, and the experience behind Grit Framing — ready to forward to your estimating team or attach to a bidders list.
Prequalification
Everything your prequal form asks for
Most general contractors need the same package before they release a bid set. We keep ours current so it goes back to you in one email, not three weeks of follow-up.
- Bonding capacity, single-job limit, and current bond rate
- Surety company and agent of record, with a capacity letter
- Certificates of insurance — GL, umbrella, auto, and L&I
- Banking relationship and line of credit confirmation
- Certified payroll history and union agreement compliance
- Supplier relationships, credit terms, and joint checks accepted
- Current backlog, staffing count, and crew availability
- References — owners, general contractors, suppliers, and bank
- Safety program, EMR, and WISHA citation history
- W-9, WA contractor license, and UBI documentation
Contact
Request a bid
Send the structural drawings, the architectural set, and your target frame dates. We respond to every invitation to bid, even when we have to pass.
- [email protected]
- Phone
- (360) 281-7998
- Service area
- Puget Sound, SW Washington & the Portland metro
- Bid response
- Within 5 business days of a complete set