JCP Construction president, James Phelps, will be recognized by the Milwaukee Business Journal as a 2023 Power Broker. The Milwaukee Business Journal develops this list each year, with input from their reporters and editors, along with many suggestions from Milwaukee Business Journal readers in answer to a call for suggestions. They define power brokers as the [...]

We are extremely pleased that The Bindery has received a 2022 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Merit Award! It received the award because it "created a home for the creative community of writers while maintaining the history and story." JCP Construction served as General Contractor and Galbraith Carnahan Architects was the architecture firm. Twelve projects [...]

We are excited to have Zavier Bouie join the JCP Construction team as a Project Engineer. Zavier is detail-oriented and results driven with over five years of construction management experience.  He is goal-oriented and energetic which serves him well since he enjoys working in fast-paced working environments. Zavier balances tracking labor efficiency with maintaining a [...]

We are excited to announce that we have added Norma Lewis to our team as a Project Engineer and Sharon Reitsma as a Project Manager. Norma worked for the City of Milwaukee for 17 years where she was one of the first two certified Permit Technicians. She assisted management in implementing the permit desk cashiering [...]

We are incredibly thankful to the Greater Milwaukee Foundation for investing in our firm. Foundation’s newest impact investment supports diverse construction firm Further expanding access to capital for Black and Brown owned businesses, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation has issued a new impact investment loan of $1.54 million to Milwaukee-based JCP Construction. The funds will support [...]

JCP Construction was recently featured in a BizTimes article. This article was part of their "Faces of Family Business" series. What inspired you to start JCP Construction? Our family history is factory based. We have strong, blue-collar ties. Clifton, James and I went to trade school at Milwaukee Tech and continued to pursue different paths [...]

Jalin Phelps, JCP Construction's VP of Field Operations, was recently announced as one of the 2022 40 Under 40 honorees by the Milwaukee Business Journal. Each year, Business Journal reporters and editors select 40 leaders under the age of 40 — from a pool of hundreds of nominations — who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement [...]

Milwaukee nonprofit organization Safe & Sound is moving its headquarters to a former church it acquired in the Sherman Park neighborhood, where it plans to build closer community ties and host gatherings. The purchase at 4422 W. Leon Terrace marks the first time Safe & Sound has owned a property since its founding more than [...]

The Daily Reporter honored 55 Top Projects from 2020 during an awards event Wednesday at the Italian Community Center in Milwaukee. The 22nd annual event recognized outstanding achievements by Wisconsin builders, owners, engineers, architects and more. JCP Construction was proud to see three projects honored that we played a role in helping make a reality. [...]