Commercial Construction in Northeast Ohio

Nineteen counties across Cleveland, Akron, Canton and Youngstown, and the smaller districts between them. Prodigy Building Solutions works with the school districts, cities, villages, townships and counties across all of them, and most of what we build here is for public owners buying through cooperative contracts.

Map of Ohio with Prodigy's Northeast Ohio service area highlighted — Northeast Ohio — the nineteen counties around Cleveland, Akron, Canton and Youngstown.

What We Do in Northeast Ohio

Prodigy is a single source for building work: building renovations and additions, commercial roofing, paving, HVAC, lighting, windows and doors, athletic facilities, career tech centers, theaters and auditoriums, storm damage restoration, and project management from design through closeout. We carry in-house engineering, architecture and project management, so the people who design your project are the people who run it.

Building Conditions in Northeast Ohio

The snowbelt is a structural fact here, not a weather complaint. Geauga and Lake counties adopt a 30 psf ground snow load against 20 psf for most of Ohio, and Geauga allows no reduction of roof snow load for slope, exposure or thermal condition. Footings go to 40 inches instead of 32. Ohio's code leaves the number to the local jurisdiction precisely so counties with the snowfall record can raise it, and these have.

Ohio EMA puts annual snowfall in Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula counties above eight feet, against one to two feet in the southwest of the state, and notes that a single intense cell can drop 48 inches in under a day. That is a roof drainage and ice damming problem as much as a load problem, which is why eave detailing and underlayment get more attention on this side of Ohio.

On the lakefront, open water changes the wind exposure category, and the bluffs are moving. ODNR designates Coastal Erosion Areas on a 30-year recession projection, and a permit is required to put up a new building or add 500 square feet or more inside one. That is worth checking before a site is bought rather than after.

Underneath, the region is glacial fill of wildly varying depth — as much as 450 feet in the buried valleys south of the lake and more than 250 near the Cuyahoga — over Pennsylvanian sandstone and shale in the southeastern counties where the Appalachian Plateau begins. The interlobate country around Akron and Canton is kames, kettles and eskers, which is to say granular deposits that change character over short distances.

Cooperative Purchasing in Northeast Ohio

Public owners anywhere in Ohio can buy Prodigy's work through the cooperative contracts we hold. Buying through a co-op is a pre-bid path — the competitive process happens at the co-op level, so your district or municipality can move on a project without running its own procurement cycle.

Every contract below is available to public entities across Ohio, including all nineteen Northeast Ohio counties:

• 791 Coop
• Equalis Gordian
• OSC (Ohio School Council)
• Sourcewell Gordian
• SWOEPC (Southwestern Ohio Educational Purchasing Council)
• TIPS (The Interlocal Purchasing System)
• TOP-C (The Ohio Purchasing Council)
• Vizient Gordian

Which one fits depends on your entity type, the scope of work and any memberships you already hold. Not sure? Call us and we'll walk through it — there's no cost to find out.

Who We Serve in Northeast Ohio

Map of the nineteen Northeast Ohio counties Prodigy serves — The nineteen counties of Prodigy's Northeast Ohio service area.

Northeast Ohio covers 19 counties — Ashtabula, Carroll, Columbiana, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Holmes, Huron, Jefferson, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Tuscarawas and Wayne — with 204 public school districts and 107 cities of 5,000 or more.

Map of Northeast Ohio showing the number of public school districts in each county, 204 districts in total — 204 public school districts across Northeast Ohio.

Public school districts (204)
Ashtabula (7) Ashtabula Area City · Buckeye Local · Conneaut Area City · Geneva Area City · Grand Valley Local · Jefferson Area Local · Pymatuning Valley Local
Carroll (2) Brown Local · Carrollton Exempted Village
Columbiana (11) Beaver Local · Columbiana Exempted Village · Crestview Local · East Liverpool City · East Palestine City · Leetonia Exempted Village · Lisbon Exempted Village · Salem City · Southern Local · United Local · Wellsville Local
Cuyahoga (31) Bay Village City · Beachwood City · Bedford City · Berea City · Brecksville-Broadview Heights City · Brooklyn City · Chagrin Falls Exempted Village · Cleveland Heights-University Heights City · Cleveland Municipal · Cuyahoga Heights Local · East Cleveland City · Euclid City · Fairview Park City · Garfield Heights City Schools · Independence Local · Lakewood City · Maple Heights City · Mayfield City · North Olmsted City · North Royalton City · Olmsted Falls City · Orange City · Parma City · Richmond Heights Local · Rocky River City · Shaker Heights City · Solon City · South Euclid-Lyndhurst City · Strongsville City · Warrensville Heights City · Westlake City
Erie (7) Edison Local (formerly Berlin-Milan) · Huron City Schools · Kelleys Island Local · Margaretta Local · Perkins Local · Sandusky City · Vermilion Local
Geauga (5) Berkshire Local · Cardinal Local · Chardon Local · Kenston Local · West Geauga Local
Holmes (2) East Holmes Local · West Holmes Local
Huron (7) Bellevue City · Monroeville Local · New London Local · Norwalk City · South Central Local · Western Reserve Local · Willard City
Jefferson (5) Buckeye Local · Edison Local · Indian Creek Local · Steubenville City · Toronto City
Lake (9) Fairport Harbor Exempted Village · Kirtland Local · Madison Local · Mentor Exempted Village · Painesville City Local · Perry Local · Riverside Local · Wickliffe City · Willoughby-Eastlake City
Lorain (14) Amherst Exempted Village · Avon Lake City · Avon Local · Clearview Local · Columbia Local · Elyria City Schools · Firelands Local · Keystone Local · Lorain City · Midview Local · North Ridgeville City · Oberlin City Schools · Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City · Wellington Exempted Village
Mahoning (14) Austintown Local Schools · Boardman Local · Campbell City · Canfield Local · Jackson-Milton Local · Lowellville Local · Poland Local · Sebring Local · South Range Local · Springfield Local · Struthers City · West Branch Local · Western Reserve Local · Youngstown City
Medina (7) Black River Local · Brunswick City · Buckeye Local · Cloverleaf Local · Highland Local · Medina City SD · Wadsworth City
Portage (11) Aurora City · Crestwood Local · Field Local · James A Garfield Local · Kent City · Ravenna City · Rootstown Local · Southeast Local · Streetsboro City · Waterloo Local · Windham Exempted Village
Stark (17) Alliance City · Canton City · Canton Local · Fairless Local · Jackson Local · Lake Local · Louisville City · Marlington Local · Massillon City · Minerva Local · North Canton City · Northwest Local · Osnaburg Local · Perry Local · Plain Local · Sandy Valley Local · Tuslaw Local
Summit (17) Akron City · Barberton City · Copley-Fairlawn City · Coventry Local · Cuyahoga Falls City · Green Local · Hudson City · Manchester Local · Mogadore Local · Nordonia Hills City · Norton City · Revere Local · Springfield Local · Stow-Munroe Falls City · Tallmadge City · Twinsburg City · Woodridge Local
Trumbull (20) Bloomfield-Mespo Local · Bristol Local · Brookfield Local · Champion Local · Girard City · Howland Local · Hubbard Exempted Village · Joseph Badger Local · LaBrae Local · Lakeview Local · Liberty Local · Lordstown Local · Maplewood Local · Mathews Local · McDonald Local · Newton Falls Exempted Village · Niles City · Southington Local · Warren City · Weathersfield Local
Tuscarawas (8) Claymont City · Dover City · Garaway Local · Indian Valley Local · New Philadelphia City · Newcomerstown Exempted Village · Strasburg-Franklin Local · Tuscarawas Valley Local
Wayne (10) Chippewa Local · Dalton Local · Green Local · Northwestern Local · Norwayne Local · Orrville City · Rittman Exempted Village · Triway Local · Waynedale Local · Wooster City

Map of Northeast Ohio showing the number of cities of 5,000 or more in each county, 107 cities in total — 107 cities of 5,000 or more across Northeast Ohio.

Cities of 5,000 or more (107)
Ashtabula (3) Ashtabula · Conneaut · Geneva
Columbiana (3) Columbiana · East Liverpool · Salem
Cuyahoga (37) Bay Village · Beachwood · Bedford · Bedford Heights · Berea · Brecksville · Broadview Heights · Brook Park · Brooklyn · Cleveland · Cleveland Heights · East Cleveland · Euclid · Fairview Park · Garfield Heights · Highland Heights · Independence · Lakewood · Lyndhurst · Maple Heights · Mayfield Heights · Middleburg Heights · North Olmsted · North Royalton · Olmsted Falls · Parma · Parma Heights · Pepper Pike · Richmond Heights · Rocky River · Shaker Heights · Solon · South Euclid · Strongsville · University Heights · Warrensville Heights · Westlake
Erie (3) Huron · Sandusky · Vermilion
Geauga (1) Chardon
Huron (3) Bellevue · Norwalk · Willard
Jefferson (2) Steubenville · Toronto
Lake (7) Eastlake · Kirtland · Mentor · Painesville · Wickliffe · Willoughby · Willowick
Lorain (9) Amherst · Avon · Avon Lake · Elyria · Grafton · Lorain · North Ridgeville · Oberlin · Sheffield Lake
Mahoning (4) Campbell · Canfield · Struthers · Youngstown
Medina (3) Brunswick · Medina · Wadsworth
Portage (4) Aurora · Kent · Ravenna · Streetsboro
Stark (6) Alliance · Canal Fulton · Canton · Louisville · Massillon · North Canton
Summit (11) Akron · Barberton · Cuyahoga Falls · Fairlawn · Green · Hudson · Macedonia · Norton · Stow · Tallmadge · Twinsburg
Trumbull (5) Cortland · Girard · Hubbard · Niles · Warren
Tuscarawas (3) Dover · New Philadelphia · Uhrichsville
Wayne (3) Orrville · Rittman · Wooster

Looking for a different part of Ohio? Southwest Ohio · Western Ohio · Central Ohio · Northwest Ohio · Southeast Ohio

About Northeast Ohio

Terminal Tower stands on foundations reaching nearly 250 feet below grade — 52 stories and 708 feet, finished in 1930, and the tallest building in the world outside New York City for the next 23 years. Building the Union Terminal complex around it took 17 acres and the demolition of more than a thousand buildings. The region's schools have been rebuilding at a comparable scale: Cleveland's program opened with a $335 million bond in 2001 and is now into its ninth segment.

Common Questions

Do you work with school districts in Cuyahoga and Summit counties?
Yes. We work across all nineteen Northeast Ohio counties, from Lorain and Erie in the west to Ashtabula, Trumbull and Jefferson on the Pennsylvania and West Virginia lines. The Recent Projects section below shows what we have finished nearby, and we're glad to give you a reference from a district near you.

Which cooperative purchasing contracts can a Northeast Ohio district or city use?
All of them. Every cooperative contract we hold is available to public entities anywhere in Ohio, including all nineteen Northeast Ohio counties. Which one fits depends on the entity type, the scope of work and whether you already hold a membership. We'll help you figure that out before you commit to anything.

What size projects do you take on?
Our sweet spot is complex renovation work in the $250,000 to $20 million range, and we do a lot of projects in the $250,000 to $500,000 band. Very small scopes — a short stretch of sidewalk, a single repair — are usually better handled by a local contractor, and we'll tell you so.

Do you self-perform the work or subcontract it?
Both, depending on the trade. We carry in-house engineering, architecture, project management and general labor for some trades, and we buy all material ourselves rather than passing that to subcontractors. That means pre-construction planning has to be exact, which is a large part of why our projects run the way they do.

We've never worked with Prodigy. How does a project start?
Usually with a conversation and a walk-through. We develop the project with you to fit the budget, bring contractors in during budgeting rather than after, and charge little or nothing for the initial design work. You'll know what it costs before you're committed.

Do you handle design as well as construction?
Yes. We lead with engineering — function first, then architecture — and the engineers who design a project also manage it, so small problems get corrected in the field instead of becoming change orders. On large or highly specialized work we partner with outside architecture and engineering firms, and you pay for that only as it's needed.

Talk to Someone in Northeast Ohio

David McCracken, Prodigy Building Solutions account manager for Northeast Ohio — David covers the nineteen counties of Northeast Ohio.

David McCracken
Northeast Ohio · Cleveland
(708) 271-7398

Call David directly about a project, a budget number, or a question about cooperative purchasing. David covers the nineteen counties of Northeast Ohio.

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