About Us

Licensed ... Bonded ... Insured ...

Those are words future home owners like to hear. Ponds & Sons, as one of the area's premiere builders, is

• Licensed as a South Carolina Residential builder,
• Bonded and
• Insured with General Liability and Workers' Comp Insurance.

At Ponds & Sons, we respect and strictly adhere to all laws, codes, regulations and requirements.

Until the founding of Ponds & Sons, both Tony and Willis worked at Ponds Construction Company. Tony was a part owner of Ponds Construction Company along with his brother and father, Joe J. Ponds. When Joe Ponds retired, the two sons each started their own company. A number of the projects on this web site were done by Tony and Willis while they were part of Ponds Construction Company.

Ponds & Sons Construction Company, Inc., a South Carolina corporation, was founded by the father and son team of Tony and Willis Ponds in 2003. They specialize in custom home building and remodeling. Be sure to see the article featuring Ponds & Sons that appeared in the Walterboro Press & Standard.

The owners of Ponds & Sons Construction Company, Inc. are from a family that has been building and remodeling homes in South Carolina Low Country for the past 80 years.

Tony Ponds, President

Tony has been in the home construction and cabinet making business for over 30 years in the South Carolina Low Country. He is a third generation home builder.

Mr. Ponds started out owning and running a custom cabinet and mill work shop. After doing this for about ten years, he went to work for a major contractor in the area.

Leveraging on his skills building cabinets, Tony became a project manager for C. F. Evans, a large commercial contractor in Orangeburg, South Carolina. His specialty was manageing projects that required detailed woodworking.

After about ten years, he joined his brother and father in Ponds Construction Company. They built up scale custom homes for demanding customers.

At the retirement of his father in 2003, Ponds Construction Company quit building homes. Tony then joined with Willis and started Ponds & Sons Construction company to continue the tradition of high quality custom homes.

Tony and Lynn have been married nearly 30 years. They have ten children, three daughters-in-law and seven grandchildren.

If you would like to discuss building a custom home or doing major remodeling, call (843) 846 - 2500 or email (alponds78@lowcountry.com) Tony.

Willis Ponds, Vice President

Willis is a fourth generation home builder born and raised in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. His education includes 13 years of homeschooling during which time he was trained by his father in all of the means and methods of home construction. After high school and working for a year to save money, Willis worked and paid his way through Trident Technical College in Charleston, SC. In 2002, he graduated with a degree in Occupational technology (emphasis in Basic Construction Trades) with a GPA of 3.92. This degree combines Civil Engineering and Construction Management with the added benefit of real life home building experience with Habitat for Humanity.

Willis has managed a number of large projects including the Langford House at Derry Plantation near Ridgeland, South Carolina. The Langford House has been featured in Southern Living and Period Homes magazines.

Mr. Ponds is very knowledgeable in the area of home construction. Willis works hard to stay up to date with the latest materials and methods. Although he trusts old and tried methods, he is not afraid to try new things if they are well tested. As our subs will tell you, "Willis is very picky." He demands things be done right.

Willis holds a South Carolina Residential Builder's License. When he is not working with his two sons (soon to be the fifth generation of Ponds builders), you will find him working on his computer or building projects around his house.

If you are thinking about building a house, call (843) 846 - 2500 or email (willis@pondsconstruction.com) Willis.

Bill Burdick, Vice President of Operations

Bill is a retired Professional Engineer. He earned an engineering degree with honors from Florida Atlantic University. He has worked for several large engineering companies including Bendix, Rockwell Collins, Sundstrand and Magnavox Philips. Bill has also participated in several startups.

Mr. Burdick has managed engineering projects for about 15 years. The largest project he managed consisted of over 80 engineers and support people on three continents with a budget of close to $30 million. As an engineer, he has designed sub-systems for airborne weather RADAR systems, flight navigators and television.

Bill holds six United States patents and has applications pending on several more. He is a Vietnam era veteran. When he is not building houses, he is working on his computer, rebuilding automobile transmissions, repairing things around the house or visiting with his 8 children and 20 grandchildren.

He and his wife, Kandy, celebrated their 40th anniversary this fall.

If you are thinking about building a house, call (843) 846 - 2500 or email (bill@pondsconstruction.com) Bill.

Joseph Ponds, Assistant Project Manager

Joseph Ponds, our newest Project Manager is a fourth generation home builder born and raised in the South Carolina Lowcountry. He has worked in residential construction under the careful supervision of Tony, his father, for over four years. Much of his experience has been in cabinet making and trim carpentry. Joseph has also worked in and run a home based sawmill business. Joseph graduated from high school early 2007.

He is very comfortable with computers and looking forward to learning the programs we use to optimize our projects.

Contact Joseph at (843) 846 - 2500 or email (joseph@pondsconstruction.com).

(843) 846 - 2500

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Office Staff

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