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Automotive, from dealership campuses to express car washes

60+ ground-up car washes · 100+ Quick Quack projects · five car washes now underway in Oklahoma

Eleven Western Builders’ Automotive team is a Project Executive-led general contracting group that builds auto dealerships, service facilities, express car washes, fuel stations and convenience stores, and brand-conversion programs across the Western U.S. — including more than 60 ground-up car washes and five car wash projects currently under construction in Oklahoma.

Sector capabilities

  • Ground-up dealerships, service facilities, and image programs
  • Express car washes — more than 60 built ground-up, including 100+ projects for Quick Quack
  • Fuel stations and convenience stores
  • Remodels and tenant improvements in operating facilities
  • Brand-conversion and rebranding programs following acquisitions
  • EV charging and electrification infrastructure
DealershipsExpress car washesFuel & convenienceConversion programs

John Van Hovel

Project Executive — Auto

John owns the Automotive sector end to end: the pursuit, the estimate, the buyout oversight, and the accountability for every commitment the team makes — from single-site washes to multi-state rollout programs for brands like Quick Quack and Super Star.

Areas served

Southern CaliforniaNorthern CaliforniaOregon & WashingtonNevada & ArizonaUtah & IdahoMontanaColoradoTexas & Oklahoma

Brands we've built for

Quick QuackSoapy Joe’sSuper StarBlissCarMaxLes SchwabShellARCOChevron

Brand relationships as published in our project history and AIA A305 Contractor's Qualification Statement.

Automotive, photographed

Completed Quick Quack Car Wash building with stone veneer and brand signage under a clear sky
Quick Quack Car Wash — ground-up
Inside a Quick Quack express wash tunnel with LED-lit equipment arches over a car
Quick Quack — tunnel equipment
Super Star Car Wash pay-station canopies with branded signage
Super Star Car Wash — pay canopies
Gilly’s Car Wash vacuum canopies at dusk in Galt, California
Gilly’s Car Wash — Galt, CA

Automotive case studies

Automotive 2026 100+ locations

Quick Quack Car Wash Program — 100+ Locations

Quick Quack Car Wash · California, Nevada & Arizona · GC — rollout program

More than 100 Quick Quack Car Wash locations built or remodeled across California, Nevada, and Arizona — a continuing rollout program for the fourth-largest car wash chain in the U.S., with roughly two dozen sites on the current work-in-progress list alone.

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Automotive 2020

CarMax #7124 — Canoga Park

CarMax, Inc. · Canoga Park, CA · General contracting

A CarMax facility in Canoga Park, California — brand-standard automotive retail for the nation's largest used-car retailer, delivered in 2020.

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Project facts drawn from EWB's AIA A305 Contractor's Qualification Statement. The full project history — including references — ships with our qualifications package on request.

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