WHO WE ARE
Since 2015, BAM Builders has focused on quality craftsmanship and innovation while offering customers a comfortable custom home building experience from start to finish. The BAM Builders team utilizes only the highest quality materials and the most professional team and subcontractors to ensure exceptional construction and materials. They specialize in energy-efficient custom homes and ensure that quality and unique design are at the heart of it all. Since starting BAM Builders in 2015, the team has experienced growth while keeping their personal, unique touch. BAM Builders loves to build custom dream homes, as opposed to mass-produced houses or showcase pieces. The entire BAM Builders team takes great pride in their work, their subcontractors’ expertise, and the quality of their materials. BAM Builders prides itself on incorporating technology into the homes they design to make the homeowner’s life easier, not more confusing.
The BAM Builders team’s favorite part of any build is the design and planning phase when they get to work with each customer to determine…
What they want their home to feel like
What life stages they hope this home will see them through
How they plan to use their home
What kind of technology they want to include in their home
As spelled out in the pre-build process, the owners meet with each customer to ensure that they have thought through their floor plan before the first shovel touches the ground. Whether you own a lot or are looking for one, we can use your floor plan, or work with you to design a floor plan customized to suit your unique needs and specifications. During this phase, BAM Builders especially encourages customers to think about aging-in-place options; whether a customer has a wheelchair or walker in their life, some simple design elements can be included in any home to make them truly accessible.
As the BAM team has experienced growth, they introduced their home remodeling services in 2020, BAM Remodeling. Just like the building process, the remodeling team works closely with professional subcontractors, talented designers, and experienced artisans to ensure an easy process and exceptional results. BAM Remodeling is ready to tackle complete home renovations, as well as specialized remodeling for localized areas of your home. The team works hand in hand with homeowners to ensure they meet their visions throughout the entire remodeling process.
As the BAM team has experienced growth, they introduced their home remodeling services in 2020, BAM Remodeling. Just like the building process, the remodeling team works closely with professional subcontractors, talented designers, and experienced artisans to ensure an easy process and exceptional results. BAM Remodeling is ready to tackle complete home renovations, as well as specialized remodeling for localized areas of your home. The team works hand in hand with homeowners to ensure they meet their visions throughout the entire remodeling process.
MEET THE BAM TEAM
Derek Rebber
Project Manager
Derek Rebber is BAM Builders' Project Manager. Working in the housing industry since 2000, he has spent years doing drywall, carpentry, granite countertops, remodeling, and building homes. Since joining the BAM team, one of his favorite aspects of BAM Builders is how they work with every customer to complete their project so they can move into their dream home.
Derek is very outgoing, personable, hardworking, and solution-oriented, making him a great asset to the BAM team. He says what sets BAM Builders apart from other builders and remodeler is that they are a family-oriented business, and they take pride in that.
Aside from managing BAM's projects, Derek enjoys spending time with his girlfriend, Lauren, and his kids, Dusty and Sterling. He loves camping, hunting, and anything outdoors. He even runs a small ranch with his father and lives on top of a rattlesnake den!
Lauren Clark
Remodel Project Manager
Lauren Clark, BAM Builders' Remodel Project Manager, is originally from Chicago. She is a Certified Clinical Medical Assistant and Certified Dermatology Tech through the National Healthcare Association. Lauren worked in healthcare until 2022 when she joined the BAM team.
When it comes to BAM, Lauren says its integrity sets them apart from other builders and remodelers. One of her favorite things about working with BAM is making customers' dreams become a reality. Lauren hopes to continue to have more ownership of projects and make a bigger impact on the team. She loves challenges and feels so fulfilled when she hits her designated benchmarks. She is continuously striving to grow her knowledge and add value to every client she serves.
In Lauren's spare time, she enjoys being outside, boating on lake Waco, and camping. She loves family time and making memories with her boyfriend, Derek, and his two kids. Another fun fact about Lauren is that she has a Siberian Huskey named Aspen!
Connie Valentien
Office Administrator
Connie Valentien, BAM Builders' Office Administrator, graduated from Texas A&M University in 1985 with a degree in Elementary Education. Fast forward to 2020; after years of teaching, her career began in the building industry.
Working with BAM Builders, Connie has enjoyed incorporating her positive and encouraging personality into customer relationships. She loves that BAM is attention-driven and works towards each customer's wants and needs. Connie also likes how interactive they are with their customers and that their team is like a family. She says what sets BAM apart from other builders and remodelers is how they handle the bumps along the way to create their customer's dream homes.
One thing you might not know about Connie, salty air and sandy beaches make her heart happy! She enjoys being outside to work in her yard, flowerbeds, and fishpond. She also loves spending time with her son, Jacob, and wife, Stacie, along with her daughter, Kayley, and husband, Cody.
Mari Price
Designer & Selections Coordinator
Mari Price, BAM Builders' Designer and Selections Coordinator, joined our team in the summer of 2022. Mari is a student at the Interior Design Institute, and her favorite thing is to help and guide our clients through their custom build selections– truly allowing their visions to come to life.
Mari comes from a creative background and has been in a multitude of creative fields, like hairstyling! Described as an enthusiastic, creative, and passionate designer, Mari finds BAM is set apart by its transparency and honesty. Building custom homes can be overwhelming, especially in today's economic changes, but BAM Builders will be the first to tell you it will be a bumpy ride, amazing, and totally worth it in the end.
Outside the office, Mari loves to spend time with her husband and two children and enjoys watching a good movie at the theater (especially Disney or Pixar films!). Mari wants to continue working on a healthy lifestyle, loves DIY-ing projects in her free time, and has an obsession with coffee—hot, iced, or sweet treats flavored like coffee; she loves it all.
Jessi Mischel
Business Finance Manager
Jessi Mischel, BAM Builders' Business Finance Manager, graduated from Tarleton State University in 2016 with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management. While she has been around construction for most of her life, as her dad ran his own construction business, she officially joined the industry in 2017.
She loves working with BAM Builders, as she gets to put the degree she worked so hard for, to use. Jessi is an asset to the BAM team, taking into consideration clients' needs and expectations.
Previously, Jessi worked on the construction side of the business doing trim labor, flooring, cleaning job sites, and more before she spent several years in office administration in the landscape industry.
What differentiates BAM from other builders and remodelers in Jessi's eyes is how friendly and personal the BAM experience is for the customer.
Jessi enjoys spending time with her husband and their three daughters. Together, they love to play games, watch movies, and play with their cats and dogs.
BUILDING CUSTOM HOMES WITH CRAFTSMANSHIP AND INNOVATION IN WACO AND CENTRAL TEXAS
BAM Builders and Remodeling services are available throughout Central Texas, including Waco, Hewitt, Woodway, Robinson, West, Lorena, China Spring, and McGregor.
BUILDING CUSTOM HOMES WITH CRAFTSMANSHIP AND INNOVATION IN WACO AND CENTRAL TEXAS
BAM Builders and Remodeling services are available throughout Central Texas, including Waco, Hewitt, Woodway, Robinson, West, Lorena, China Spring, and McGregor.