Through the building and remodeling projects I have personally done whole house electric, plumbing, HVAC, and framing - including all the permits and inspections. At the same time I designed, drafted and managed the projects as well. More information on the houses is below and on the linked pages.
       
        In 2001 I put the building & contracting business on hold and went to work as a
CAD plans developer and senior draftsman for the largest home builder in Columbus where I worked until the 2006 crash of the new homes market.  

        So, Gazzara Builders is back and ready to take on new projects. We are now licensed General Contractors in Columbus and ready to build again.

        Vince Gazzara
        president, Vincent Gazzara, Inc

        I have been in business as a builder and general contractor since 1990, first as a sole-proprietor and since 1993 as Vincent Gazzara, Inc. and doing business from Worthington, OH as Gazzara Builders.

        My educational background is in architecture from my 3 years at Catholic Unviersity of America in Washington, DC in the early seventies, then a year of computer science in the eighties,  and AutoCAD training at Columbus State in 2000.

        I followed this by testing and qualifying as a B.O.C.A. certified "1 & 2 Family Dwelling Combination Inspector" which is for framing, plumbing, electric and HVAC.  [B.O.C.A. is the Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc - the group that develps and issues the building codes]

   You can't call yourself a builder if you can't actually build it.

I designed, drafted, managed and personally built the first home in 1992 - a 3,000 square foot, 5-bedroom, 2-1/2 story cedar-sided Colonial with finished basement which is our residence in Worthington .  With one full-time helper and one part-timer I started with the sewer tap and footings, continued with the framing, roofing, siding, electric, HVAC, plumbing, interior and exterior trim and paint. The block foundation and drywall were subcontracted.        
                                Worthington Colonial photo page...

        Many kitchen, basement, bath and other home improvement contracts followed. Then in 1998 I designed, drafted, managed and built a second home - a 2,300 square foot, 3-bedroom, 1-1/2 story cedar-sided Cape Cod with finished lower level at Wedgewood near Powell OH. More work was subcontracted this time, but again I worked with one full-time helper to do the frameing, sewer tap, complete electric, exterior trim, and most of the plumbing and HVAC.                
                                Wedgewood Cape Cod photo page...