About Northern Builder Co-op LLC | Northwest Metro General Contractor

Northern Builder Co-op LLC is a full-service residential design–build company. We design, price, permit, and build — and we stand behind the result under one name and one agreement.

Design–build means a single team is accountable for your project from the first conversation through design, engineering, permitting, construction, and warranty. There is one plan, one budget, and one point of contact. When a question comes up mid-project, no one is waiting on a designer to answer for a builder, or a builder to answer for a designer.

The company was founded in Saint Michael in 2022 by Jeffrey Covert, together with co-founders David Joas and David Anderson. It remains privately held and owner-operated: the people who signed the agreement are the same people who answer the phone, price the work, and walk the site.

Design | Build | Love

Three words define how this company operates. Each one carries a specific obligation.

The Standards We Hold

The commitments below are not written for a website. They are drawn from the operating standards every member of this company agrees to.

• The client comes firstOur stated mission is the continuous improvement of our ability to meet our clients' needs and exceed their expectations at every opportunity. Clients are not dependent on us; we are dependent on them, and we run the business accordingly.
• Our team is a partnershipWe hold that the company and the people who work in it constitute a cooperative partnership — a workplace that treats them fairly, with respect and dignity, so they can give their best effort to your project. Well-treated crews build well-built homes.
• Safety is a discipline, not a posterThe health and wellbeing of our people is foremost among our concerns. Every employee is required to attend safety meetings and to correct or report unsafe conditions — on a jobsite that is, in most cases, someone's home.
• Your home is treated as your homeCourtesy toward clients, neighbors, suppliers, and one another is the responsibility of every employee. A client's property is never borrowed, used, or put at risk, and the site is left in a condition we would accept ourselves.
• We answer to this communityWe are a community-minded member of the area we build in, and every person here carries a share of the responsibility for the reputation this company has earned in these towns.

What We Build

Alongside traditional framing, we hold a working specialty in SIP and volumetric construction — a building method that delivers a tighter, better-insulated envelope and a shorter time to weathertight, which matters a great deal in a Minnesota build season.

Local Knowledge, Built In

We are headquartered in Saint Michael and work throughout the northwest Twin Cities metro corridor. That is not a marketing claim — it is where our crew lives, where our kids go to school, and where we have built relationships with the inspectors, suppliers, and trade partners who make a project run on time.

Our team is deeply familiar with the permitting processes, zoning regulations, and building codes unique to Hennepin and Wright County communities — including Champlin, Osseo, Hanover, and the growing corridor between them. If your project sits outside that range, tell us anyway. We will give you a direct answer about whether we are the right firm for it.

Northern Builder Co-op LLC is a licensed Minnesota residential building contractor, License No. BC802778. Project scope, pricing, and terms are set out in a written agreement provided before any work begins.