Licensed contractor in Gunnison County, Colorado

We do more than dig a hole and drop in a tank.

Tri-Lakes Contracting is a licensed septic installer, excavation contractor, and custom home builder working throughout Gunnison County. Site work and septic permitting are the critical first steps before you can even break ground on a build — and they’re exactly what we handle, start to finish.

Because we hold the septic, driveway, and building sides in-house, we bundle them into one path instead of stitching together three separate contractors: soil testing and engineered design, excavation and grading, the septic system, water storage, and the home itself — one crew, one point of contact, on your schedule.

We know Gunnison County terrain inside and out — one of the coldest valleys in the state, rocky benches, and short seasons. Whether your property is in Gunnison, Crested Butte, Almont and Mt. Crested Butte, we deliver site work built for Gunnison Valley high country conditions and permitted under Gunnison County Environmental Health and Colorado’s Regulation 43.

What we don’t do

We don’t design or stamp septic systems ourselves — that work is always completed by a licensed engineer. But we work closely with our engineering partners so you receive a complete, permit-ready package that passes Gunnison County Environmental Health review the first time, without the back-and-forth that stalls a Gunnison County build.

Where we work in Gunnison County

We serve Gunnison, Crested Butte, Almont and Mt. Crested Butte and the surrounding Gunnison Valley high country high country, out from Gunnison. At 7,700–9,000 ft, Gunnison County brings one of the coldest valleys in the state, rocky benches, and short seasons — conditions our crews work in every week, not once a season.