Get To Know Tall Pines Construction
Tall Pines is a Park City-based custom home-building company that offers a full range of professional construction services with a highly personal touch. Our professional structure and skilled team ensure that we don’t miss a detail, and we keep our building schedule deliberately capped at 10-12 homes at a time so Tall Pines owner, Garrett Strong, can personally oversee each project.
The Custom Home Builder For You
As a premier Park City area home builder, we’re committed to making your custom home dreams a reality from start to finish—beginning with a foundation of outstanding client service, innovative design practices, and an exacting process to ensure your custom home meets your unique needs and exceeds your expectations.
Meet the team
Our longtime Tall Pines team makes all the difference in working with us.
Garrett Strong
PresidentGarrett started his career in the construction trades at the age of 15 on a framing crew, with his dedication to hard work, enthusiasm for learning, and clear vision propelling him forward through his education in Construction Management and the eventual creation of Tall Pines Construction in 2004. Garrett’s core desire to produce quality work drove him to succeed no matter the project, and this foundation has helped grow Tall Pines into the sought-after boutique construction company it is today. Garrett is also an epic husband, dad, and friend to all.
Nandy Jones
Operations ManagerNandy Jones is a Certified Green Professional and member of The Project Management Institute. She earned her Bachelor of business Administration from Westminster College and has over 20 years of experience working in construction and business management. Nandy regularly volunteers in the local community and travels globally with outreach programs promoting sustainable medical practices and poverty relief. When she isn’t in the office or volunteering, Nandy is hiking, golfing or somewhere outside enjoying herself.
Monica van Hartesvelt
Office AdministratorMonica van Hartesvelt is the Tall Pines Office Administrator and couldn’t imagine living or working anywhere else. She is an expert in local cuisine with a constant rotation of favorite restaurants to recommend, and readily offers up the best hiking trails and ski runs in the area. When Monica isn’t busy working with her Tall Pines family, she can be found gathering friends and family to the kitchen or looking for outdoor adventures in the form of yoga, swimming, concerts, skiing, and walking her pups, Bear and Nova.
Jordan Jessop
SuperintendentSuperintendent Jordan Jessop brings 15 years of construction experience and a lifetime of appreciating a good challenge to the Tall Pines team. He also offers up a healthy dose of awe for the work that goes into taking a hole in the ground and creating an immaculate and totally customized dream home for each and every client. And when he’s not making others’ dreams come true, he’s happily enjoying his own adventures—fishing, hunting, and riding his side-by-side with family in the gorgeous Wasatch mountains.
Dustin Kilbourne
SuperintendentDustin Kilbourne was raised on quality construction from the time he was 9 years old. Since then, as a Tall Pines Superintendent, he has cultivated a passion for guiding the home-building process from dream to reality. Dustin’s favorite space in any home is the one that means the most to the homeowners, from indulgent theater rooms to hardworking mudrooms, and does all he can to showcase our team’s craftsmanship in every square foot. He’s also keen on exploring the vast square footage of Park City’s wilderness every season of the year.
Colin Thornhill
Senior EstimatorSenior Estimator Colin Thornhill has yet to meet a challenge that doesn’t excite him. With a foundational degree, almost two decades on the job, constant growth and evolution with various architectural styles, the latest technologies, new construction methods, and an endless supply of unique client requests, Colin is as excited about every new job as he was the last. And when he isn’t taking on a Tall Pines challenge, he’s busy working in his own garage, pursuing his lifelong passion for riding, repairing, and restoring motorcycles.
Colton Mooney
SuperintendentHaving started his construction career in excavation, an empty lot is nothing but a field of opportunity to Colton Mooney. He’s happy to be able to see a project through from that empty lot all the way to the finish details now, though—that’s where the magic really comes together to become a spectacular home. Colton also stays busy making magic on the rodeo circuit each summer and experiencing the majesty of Park City’s unique landscape.
Alex Whitehead
Project ManagerAlex Whitehead knew he had business management in his bones before he ever got his degree. Something about gathering all the pieces and parts of a project and seeing it through to the end just made him feel at home (where you’ll find him in the great room, obviously—the best gathering spot around). The other places Alex likes to gather? Any place that involves the local sports scene, from the Utah Jazz and Real Salt Lake to Jupiter Lift.
Marcelo Azamar
Lead CarpenterMarcelo Azamar is a highly experienced superintendent who has his priorities straight—he knows that the most important part of any home is the family that lives inside it. Which means that each of the projects he oversees is built with the goal of creating a space that not only looks incredible but really works for the homeowners. When he succeeds there, he’s happy. He’s also super happy to be spending time with his own family, in the mountains, and swimming.
Lily Strong
Marketing ManagerLily Strong was lucky enough to be born and raised in the incredible Tall Pines family! Starting out working on building sites and at home shows, Lily developed a keen eye for design and photography, which she now uses as Marketing Manager for the team. She loves a unique take on any space in the home—the more character, the better, as far as she’s concerned. And she’s busy developing her own through plenty of travel and fun with friends near Park City.
Tall Pines Construction Promise
At Tall Pines Construction, we have carefully created the “right-sized” team to ensure we produce the highest quality custom homes while providing our clients with the best, most personalized experience. From a foundation of integrity to taking great pride in the quality of our craftsmanship, we always strive to operate well above industry standards.
Client testimonials
Our top priorities are communication with our clients, their peace of mind, and superior finished products.
Garrett and his team are absolutely fantastic. My wife and I hired Tall Pines to construct our custom designed retirement vacation home. It was a complex, modern design with oversized windows, stone columns, storey pole siding, unique ceilings throughout, level 5 drywall finish, and much more.
Marketing Manager
Our family is completely blown away with the Tall Pines team and our construction experience. Garrett, Lance, Dustin and the rest of the Tall Pines team are professional, honest, hard working and highly communicative.
Tall Pines Construction (Garrett Strong) is very experienced at building high quality, high end custom homes. Their repertoire and breadth of experience is broad. They did a wonderful job on our complete gut remodel.
We worked with Tall Pines Construction on a significant addition to our home and extensive landscaping project. The first thing that we would share is: We would be happy to work with this wonderful group of people again.
I have been LOVING and living in my Park City, UT custom home for 4 years, built with integrity by Tall Pines Construction. Whenever I meet someone who is planning on remodeling or building a house , I enthusiastically recommend my contractor.
FAQs
As highly experienced professionals in Park City construction, we’re more than happy to answer our clients’ questions.
What style of home does Tall Pines build?
We love unique and innovative design, and because we’ve worked with so many clients to bring their dreams to life, we’ve had the opportunity to create homes in a wide variety of styles. We pride ourselves on producing excellence in any style.
Are you comfortable building a tight and energy-efficient home?
Tall Pines is a leader in building airtight, energy-efficient homes. We are Green certified, with several builds reaching passive home standards. We are a Park City custom home builder who enjoys using alternative energy methods such as geothermal, passive solar, ERVs, and airtight construction instead of conventional practices.
What makes Tall Pines Construction stand out?
People are what make all the difference at Tall Pines. Most of our talented team has been working together for more than 16 years, and that experience has generated incredible efficiency, camaraderie, and trust that is deliberately passed on to each and every client relationship.
How long has Tall Pines Construction been in business?
Tall Pines Construction was started in 2004. Having navigated every level of national economic flux, we are a stronger, more dynamic, and more determined company than many of the newer custom home builders in Utah you’ll come across.
Which areas of Utah does Tall Pines Construction work in?
As Park City builders, most of our remodels and new custom homes are in Summit and Wasatch counties. We have also enjoyed working on Salt Lake’s east bench and Emigration Canyon.
At what point should Tall Pines be brought into the project?
We often start at the beginning of a project, walking prospective lots and offering professional opinions on home placement, driveway approaches, and potential issues you may face with the property of interest. We are also available to support our clients in architecture planning to contribute ideas on construction methods, information about the expense of construction elements and materials, and offer design suggestions. By including Tall Pines on the design team, we can fully understand our client’s needs and wishes to ensure their home is perfect. We can also happily come into the process later if you choose.