Construction & Excavation Contractor in Victor, MT

Handy's Construction is a licensed and insured Montana general contractor based in Missoula, owner-operated by Tyler Handy and serving Missoula, Ravalli, Mineral and Lake Counties.

Does Handy’s Construction build in Victor, MT?

Victor sits along US-93 between Stevensville and Hamilton, on the west side of the Bitterroot Valley. To the west the Bitterroot Range climbs quickly, with St. Mary Peak among the summits above town, and the canyons that cut into that range send creeks down across the valley floor toward the Bitterroot River on the east. Most of the building around Victor happens on that sloping ground between the mountains and the river.

That setting shapes what people build. Victor is small, and much of the work is on acreage outside town: a new home on a few acres, a shop or pole barn for equipment and hay, a horse barn, a detached garage, or a septic system for a house that is adding a bathroom. A lot that looks flat from the road often slopes gently toward the river, which matters for drainage, driveway grade and where a drain field can go.

Rural Bitterroot parcels usually rely on a private well and a septic system, so the two have to be laid out together with the house and outbuildings. Irrigation ditches cross a lot of Bitterroot ground as well, and they affect where a building pad, a driveway culvert or a trench can go. Handy's Construction looks at all of it on the first visit, so the site plan works before anything is dug.

If you are looking for pole buildings near me in Victor, the practical advantage of one contractor is simple: the crew that levels the pad and pours the slab is the crew that stands the building. There is no gap between an excavation company and a builder, and no one to point fingers at if the slab and the posts do not line up.