From Growth-Stalled to a 300%+ Revenue Increase in Under a Year
The engagement concluded with a complete operational platform — customized processes, defined roles, an Operations Manual, and leadership tools — enabling LSE Builders Group to confidently increase annual revenue from $2.5M to over $8.5M within months.
CLIENT
LSE Builders Group is a licensed, Class A commercial and new construction company based in Longmont, CO, specializing in high-end commercial construction, tenant improvements, build-outs, and ground-up builds for multi-use and residential construction. Annual revenue now exceeds $8M.
CHALLENGE
Co-Owner Steven South knew LSE was poised for substantial growth but lacked the operational structure to handle it. Projects kept pulling his focus from strategy and business development, operational inefficiencies were causing fee erosion, and there was no documented system to support scaling the business.
RESULTS
Ascent delivered a complete operational redesign — including customized processes, defined roles, leadership coaching, an Operations Manual, and project health tracking tools — enabling LSE to increase their backlog by over 300% within months of engagement.
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The Ascent Difference
We built the operational platform that unleashed a 300%+ revenue increase — transforming a growth-ready contractor from reactive project management into a scalable, profitable business.
LSE Builders Group had the talent, the market, and the ambition. What they didn’t have was the operational infrastructure to turn potential into performance. Co-Owner Steven South recognized the company was poised for substantial growth — but every time he tried to focus on strategy and business development, project issues pulled him back into the weeds.
The symptoms were familiar to any growing contractor: projects that weren’t operationally efficient, fee erosion eating into margins, and an owner wearing too many hats. The company wasn’t failing — it was stuck. LSE needed a system that would free leadership to lead and equip the team to execute without constant oversight.
Ascent engaged through intensive discovery workshops, process mapping, and ongoing coaching. Our engagement included:
- Two-day intensive Discovery Workshop with full team assessment
- Customized Task Surveys for all staff to map current-state processes
- Process mapping workshops — current state and future state workflows
- Leadership structure definition with comprehensive job descriptions
- Weekly and bi-weekly virtual training sessions on project management best practices
- Project Health Check tool and Buyout tracking tool development
- Deliverable: Comprehensive Operations Manual with standardized processes, procedures, and protocols
“LSE currently has a massive backlog across several contracts and we have grown considerably over the last year. We want to thank Ascent for their help — this was exactly what we were shooting for.”
— Steven South
Co-Owner, LSE Builders Group
The results speak for themselves. Within months of implementing Ascent’s recommendations, LSE confidently increased their annual revenue from $2.5M to over $8.5M — a 300%+ increase. More importantly, they handled that growth with structure and confidence rather than chaos and overtime.
The Operations Manual, leadership tools, and defined roles gave every team member clarity on what to do, how to do it, and what success looks like. Steven South was finally freed to focus on the strategic work that drives growth rather than the operational fires that consume it.
For contractor owners who find themselves stuck in the daily operations of their business, the math is simple: every hour you spend managing projects is an hour you’re not spending growing the company. The companies that break through aren’t the ones that work harder — they’re the ones that build systems that work without them. That’s the difference between a job and a business.
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If you know your construction business has more potential than your current systems allow, let’s talk about how Ascent can build the operational platform that turns that potential into performance.