How we outfitted a 38-person commercial GC with Carhartt, hi-vis Class 2, and embroidered name patches without breaking their uniform budget.
A commercial general contractor based in Boise with 38 field staff across two job sites. The PM team wanted a unified look that signaled professionalism on jobsites — particularly when client walk-throughs happened — without sacrificing the durability the field demanded.
We met the operations manager on a Friday afternoon and walked one of the jobsites. The field staff were wearing whatever — different tee colors, mismatched hats, name patches falling off. The GC's reputation was strong; the visible brand wasn't matching it.
We built a three-tier kit. PMs and superintendents got Carhartt Force long-sleeves and Carhartt Active Jackets, embroidered with the GC logo and stitched-on name patches. Skilled trades on the crew got Carhartt heavyweight cotton tees with the logo and Class 2 hi-vis vests for road-adjacent work. Laborers got Gildan ultra-cotton tees with the logo for cost control. Every layer worked together visually — same logo, same color palette, different garments scaled to role.
Name patches were old-school stitched-on twill, not heat-pressed labels. The construction industry respects the heritage of a sewn-on name patch in a way it doesn't respect printed ones. The GC's superintendents specifically asked for the sewn version after seeing the first sample.
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