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— 01 / Studio

Four decades
of careful
buildings.

Founded in 1982 by John Kinch, our family-operated practice has spent four decades serving Washington's institutional, commercial, and hospitality clients — quietly, carefully, on time.

DC · MD · VA
— 02 / Story

Kinch began with a single tenant fit-out on K Street and a small crew that had worked together for years. Four decades on, the operating principle has not changed — show up, plan well, build carefully, and keep the people who do the work close. We are generalists by intent — building everything from historic carriage houses to mission-critical labs because we believe the discipline carries across.

1982Year founded
43+Years on site
400+Projects delivered
02Generations
— 03 / Values What we hold to

How we
operate.

— 01

Owner-led.

Every project gets a principal on the ground. Decisions don't disappear into an org chart — they're made by the people accountable for the outcome.

— 02

Transparent.

Budgets, schedules, and risks shared in writing from week one. If something changes, you'll hear it from us first — not at the next pay app.

— 03

Self-performed.

A core in-house carpentry crew handles finish work, restoration, and the parts of the project where craft quality decides the room.

— 04

Long-trusted.

The trade partners we hire today are largely the same firms we hired ten years ago. Continuity is how we keep quality predictable.

— 04 / Leadership Who runs the work

People you
can call.

JK

John Kinch

— Founder · Principal

Founded Kinch in 1982 after fifteen years on Washington job sites. Leads pre-construction, estimating, and client relationships for the firm's institutional partners.

MK

Michael Kinch

— President

Joined the firm in 2004. Runs day-to-day operations, oversees the project management team, and leads the design/build practice across hospitality and retail.

SK

Sarah Kinch

— Director of Pre-Construction

Heads scheduling, budgeting, and trade selection. Liaises with architects and designers from concept through GMP and is the firm's lead on historic preservation work.

— 05 / Timeline Forty-three years on

Milestones,
briefly.

1982Founded by John Kinch. First job — K Street tenant fit-out, Washington, DC.
1989First institutional commission — Gonzaga College High School, beginning a partnership now in its fourth decade.
1997In-house carpentry crew formalized to self-perform restoration and finish carpentry on historic work.
2004Second generation joins. Practice expands into design/build for hospitality and retail clients.
2011SLBE certification granted by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.
2016Mission-critical practice opens — first lab and data-center fit-outs delivered for federal contractors.
2021USGBC member; LEED-tracked work begins on educational and institutional projects across the District.
2025The Carriage House at WIS completes — a flagship historic-restoration commission for the Washington International School.
— 06 / Affiliations Standards we hold

Held to higher
standards.

Washington Contractors Assoc.

WCA

Construction Specifications Inst.

CSI

U.S. Green Building Council

USGBC

National Building Museum

NBM

National Trust for Historic Preservation

NTHP

Structural Insulated Panel Assoc.

SIPA

ISN Network

Isnetworld

Avetta

Compliance

MWAA — SLBE Certified

Airports Authority
— 07 / Begin

Let's start
the conversation.

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