Principled
We do the right thing when it is easy, and when it is not.
About Cohn
Built on ownership. Driven by performance.
For more than 30 years, Cohn Construction has helped clients across the Carolinas move from early vision to finished commercial spaces with clarity, accountability, and craft.
Company Story
A design-build partner for clients who need certainty.
Cohn has grown from a regional commercial builder into a design-build partner trusted for manufacturing, industrial, adaptive re-use, healthcare, storage, and commercial projects. The work has changed in scale, but the operating principle has stayed direct: own the outcome and communicate clearly.
Our team brings preconstruction insight, field leadership, and practical coordination together early. That integrated approach helps clients understand cost, schedule, constructability, and risk before decisions become expensive.
Core Values
How we work.
Ownership
We take responsibility for details, decisions, and outcomes.
Performance
We measure success by the work delivered and the trust earned.
Growth
We keep improving our people, processes, and partnerships.
Collective Benefit
We build in ways that support clients, trade partners, and communities.
Design-Build Advantage
One team from first idea to final walkthrough.
Design-build gives clients a single point of accountability, earlier cost clarity, faster decisions, and fewer handoffs. Cohn coordinates the process so design intent, budget, schedule, and construction execution stay connected.
- Preconstruction clarity before major commitments
- Integrated design and construction coordination
- Transparent communication from a single accountable team
- Schedule and cost decisions made in real time
Leadership
The people behind the work.
Brian E. Pattison
President
Harris Cohn
CEO
Carlie Allman
Director of Preconstruction
Daniel Powell
Director of Special Projects
Ready to build with Cohn?
Bring us in early and we will help turn scope, budget, and schedule into a clear path forward.