Charles C. Brandt is WBE Certified

After a year-long process, CCB was awarded the Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) State Certification in April 2023. A WBE certification validates that the business is at least 51% owned, operated, managed and controlled by a woman. This has been our goal ever since Lindsay Fernandez, LEED AP, became the majority owner of CCB in 2021!

Beginning her career as a summer intern at CCB in 1998, Lindsay has grown up professionally - along with the company - through both some challenging, and likewise, very successful runs. After graduating from Purdue, she returned as a field engineer in 1999, was later promoted to Project Manager, and has since worked on a variety of jobs in multiple markets.

As Lindsay took on more responsibility, she was named a principal and elevated to Director of Project Management in 2018, and on July 29, 2020, was promoted to President of Charles C. Brandt Construction. She’s the 7th person to fill that role in the rich, 115+ year history of the company.

We are excited about how this formal certification will position CCB for additional opportunities. We look forward to forging new partnership, expanding our client base, and making a meaningful impact as we continue to Build Visions into Reality.

CCB Self-Performs

WE SELF-PERFORM

What it means to us

When a client chooses to work with CCB, they get a contractor who can honestly call themselves true self-performers - a title that immediately offers advantages to the client that will ultimately bring more success to their project.


CCB Self-Performed Scopes

Selective Demolition

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Concrete

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Carpentry

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Millwork

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Doors/Frames/Hardware

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Framing/Drywall

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Acoustic Ceilings

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Specialties

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Selective Demolition | Concrete | Carpentry | Millwork | Doors/Frames/Hardware | Framing/Drywall | Acoustic Ceilings | Specialties |

What it means to you

  • Our team utilizes industry leading management tools such as Microsoft Project and Lean Construction. These tools allow us to better collaborate with clients and our trade partners through all phases of a project. Additionally, having our own field staff allows us to better manage the schedule. We can shift manpower almost daily to meet critical deadlines and provide support to our trade partners when necessary to assist them in maintaining the schedule.

  • Our field staff average over 15 years of experience. This provides valuable insight to the project team when discussing key topics such as project sequencing and scheduling, any potential constructability concerns, and material selections.

  • Our skilled labor force has honed their building methods through years of working together on successful projects, and that type of diversity guarantees a high-quality result. CCB is also dedicated to providing our labor force with weekly safety meetings and frequent safety training.

 

Charles C. Brandt wants to be your self-performing construction partner.

Learn more about how we can bring value to your current and future projects with our self-performing services.

CCB Ownership Through the Years

Over the course of 115 years, Charles C. Brandt Construction Co. has experienced 5 transitions of ownership. Not only is it notable that the company has successfully implemented these transitions, but it’s also incredibly rare. In fact, according to YPO.org, statistics show that about 75% of businesses fail after the first generation of owners. In addition, more than 85% fail by the third generation, and over 95% fail beyond that, so we take a lot of pride in the fact that we’re still here – building our clients visions into reality.

In honor of our upcoming 115-year milestone next year, we thought we’d take this time to offer our audience a glimpse into our history. After all, it was their perseverance and expertise that poured the foundations for what CCB is today.

CCB was started by none other than Charles C. Brandt back in 1907. As his business grew over time, he realized the company would outlive him and eventually transferred ownership of the company to his three sons – William C. Brandt Sr. (Bill), Ralph Brandt Sr., and Charlie E. Brandt.

With Bill, Ralph, and Charlie at the helm, CCB flourished as one of the premier general contractors in the state of Indiana – a trait that still holds true today. CCB continued to surpass the three brothers’ lifespan as it did to their father before them, and the company’s ownership was transferred to their sons, William C. Brandt Jr. (Chuck), David S. Brandt, and Ralph Brandt Jr. in the 1970s. During this period of ownership, Chuck, David, and Ralph Jr. formed another business entity called Construction Management Services Inc., or CMSI, which focused more on public entity work. In the 1980s, Charlie’s son Chris Brandt and son-in-law Bill Freeman joined CCB while both companies continued to prosper.

David Brandt, who by this time was running CMSI had dreams of running his own company. After having discussions with the other owners, they agreed to sell CMSI to David, who then rebranded CMSI as Brandt Construction – a respected decision by all parties. It should be noted that today Charles C. Brandt Construction and Brandt Construction are two separate companies with separate non-Brandt family ownership and continue to successfully operate in and around Indianapolis. 

When the time came for Chuck Brandt to transition into retirement and transfer his shares in the early 1990’s, majority ownership of CCB was passed on to Bill Freeman, with Chris Brandt still in minority ownership (4th generation).

In 2002, Steve Lankton, Jack Lautenschlager, and Cathy Bickle joined Bill Freeman as owners (5th generation). Bill fully retired in 2013 and Cathy retired in 2014. Steve and Jack asked Lindsay Fernandez to join them as a shareholder in 2018, which began the transition into the 6th generation of ownership. Lindsay was named President of CCB in 2020 to solidify succession plans.

Even though none of the current owners carry the Brandt name, we are very proud to carry on the legacy started by Charles C. Brandt back in 1907 and will continue to carry that legacy into future generations of ownership. Thank you to all of you who have granted us the opportunities to succeed, and we can’t wait for what’s in store for the next 115 years!