Story
A framing crew that stayed to close the walls.
Helix is not a general contractor that happens to own a nail gun. The company still self-performs the frame and the siding, and it hires the other trades the way a lead carpenter hires a specialist: on purpose, on a schedule. The shop, the crew, and the bench all grew from jobs that went wrong when someone else closed the walls.
2011
A bay in Globeville
Lena Hart and two framers rented a bay off Washington Street and took wall packages other crews did not want. The name Helix came from the way a stair opening twists through a floor: a simple shape that has to be exact. They owned a truck, a radial-arm saw, and a habit of measuring the existing plate before they trusted a drawing.
2014
Whole houses, not just walls
The first full custom frame was a Wheat Ridge bungalow rebuild. Owners started asking Helix to stay through the roof instead of handing the shell to whoever was free. That job taught the company to sheathe, brace, and call inspection as one act, not three favors.
2017
The envelope crew
After three jobs where the siding crew missed the flashing we had framed for, Helix hired Priya Shah and started closing the walls we had just stood up. The rule from that year still holds: a window pan is photographed before the lap covers it, and the reveal is story-poled, not eyed.
2020
A bench of trades
Remodels made it obvious that a framer who will not call the plumber is a delay. Helix formalized a trade bench: electricians, plumbers, roofers, concrete, HVAC, insulation, windows, and drywall we schedule, not a list we hand to the owner. They keep their licenses. We keep the calendar.
2024
Decatur Street
The shop moved to a bay in the Highlands, with Sofia on the estimates and Evan on the schedule. Ruthie runs the lumber. Daniel runs the permit counters. Framing and siding stayed in house. The address is 2145 Decatur Street, Suite B, and the door still opens at seven.
Now
How a job is run
Lena or Cole walks the site before a number goes out. Marcus layouts the frame. Priya and Naomi own the skin. Luis cuts the stairs that are too tight to delegate. Maya is on the crew, not beside it. The owner still gets one phone number when the roofer and the inspector are supposed to share a morning.