Construction Decision-Maker Contacts in New York City: Builders, GCs and Who Awards the Trades

The decision makers on New York City construction projects are the builders, developers and general contractors behind each permit, and the person at each firm who awards the trades. 1,271 of them pulled a new-build permit in the last 12 months. Builtie resolves the company from the permit, finds that person, and verifies them by the employer they declare before you ever call.

Who awards the work in New York City

In New York City the permit names the trade contractor or filer, not always the buyer, so the useful contact is the builder or general contractor behind the project, found from the project's other filings.

All five boroughs are in the feed, which has run since February 27, 2026. New York issues separate permits for each trade, so the firm named on a permit is often the trade contractor, an engineer or an expediter rather than the developer. Builtie groups the permits into projects and resolves the owner and builder separately.

How many builders are active, and how reachable they are

Only new-build permits are counted, because on renovation permits the named firm is as often a trade sub or an expediter.

Why there is no builder list for New York City

New York issues separate permits for each trade and filing, and the name most often on a new-build permit is the engineer, architect or expediter who filed it, not the developer or builder. Builtie resolves the owner and builder from the project's other filings instead, which is why a New York builder list read straight off the permits would be misleading.

What verified means

Builtie traces each project from the permit to the operating company, matches a person by the employer they declare themselves, and corroborates name, company and location before storing the contact. In Builtie's own checks, 17% of people matched to a construction company by name alone worked somewhere else. A general office line is labelled as one. How the verification works.

Finding the project manager

Permits rarely name the project manager. Identify the builder or general contractor first, then the person who runs projects of that type and size at that firm, and check their current employer on their own profile. How to find construction project manager contacts.

Plans

Builtie's Starter plan is $79 per seat per month (CAD) for 20 projects; Growth is $99 for 50 projects and adds the LinkedIn and email outreach you run yourself. Opening a project spends one credit, and the decision makers, emails, phones and AI call script inside it are included. Your monthly credits reset at each renewal, and extra credit packs are valid for 30 days. The free trial runs 7 days with 10 projects. Custom, where Builtie's team runs the outreach for you, starts from CAD $1,500 a month on top of a Growth seat.

Builtie's deepest coverage is in the Greater Toronto Area, where it started; depth in any city depends on what that municipality publishes. Ask for live sample projects in your own service area before you buy.

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