Savoie · Haute-Savoie
General contractor
for buildings, all trades
in Savoie.
A single contract for the whole project: our salaried craftspeople carry out every trade themselves, from demolition to finishes, and our architect draws what they build. Offices in Aix-les-Bains and Annecy.
How a general contractor works
A general contractor signs a single contract and carries out the site with its own teams. With us, design is done under the same roof: the schedule depends on us alone.
What our teams build
Projects as general contractor
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What is a general contractor for buildings?
A general contractor takes charge of an entire project — construction, renovation or extension — under a single contract, and carries it out with its own teams. You do not have to choose, contract and then line up the mason, the plumber, the electrician and the painter: one price, one schedule, one person responsible.
The term is often confused with two close neighbours. The main contractor (contractant général) also commits to a single contract, but may hand the execution to other firms. The project manager, in the classic sense, designs and runs the site without carrying out the works: you then sign with each firm. Atelier NovAlp brings the three roles together — design, site management, execution — within the same company.
Every trade, carried out by our salaried craftspeople
On a NovAlp site, it is our employees who do the work: demolition and strip-out, structural work and masonry, roof framing and roofing, interior and exterior joinery, plasterwork and insulation, plumbing, electrics and heating, tiling, flooring and painting. No part of the work is handed to another firm: the person who fits the partition has had the plan in their hands.
One single exception, imposed by law: removing materials containing asbestos is reserved for firms certified for that work. We build it into the site schedule.
The detail of each trade, and what each one does in practice, can be found on our craftspeople page.
What a single contract changes
With several firms, a delay by the plasterboard fitter pushes back the electrician, who pushes back the painter — and each one passes the responsibility to the one before. With a general contractor, the sequencing of the trades is our business: the schedule is written, kept by the same site management, and an interface problem is settled between our teams, not between your contracts.
On price, the quote is drawn up lot by lot and then totalled. It is valid for one month; if the site starts later, the update follows the BT01 building index, lot by lot, at the start date of each one. From signing, you know how the price may change.
The works are covered by our 10-year structural insurance (décennale), and the certificate is handed to you. For energy renovation, Atelier NovAlp is RGE CertiRénov certified (no. CR-2026-73-0095, issued by CERQUAL), a requirement for MaPrimeRénov' and CEE support.
General contractor for renovation or for new construction?
The same organisation serves both. In renovation, most of the work takes place within the existing building: survey, interior demolition, reworking of services, insulation, then finishes — this is our turnkey renovation. In construction, the project starts from the plot: setting out, foundations, structure, watertight shell, then finishing trades — see house construction.
In both cases, the design is done in-house, by our architect and our draughtspeople. From the first sketch, the drawing takes into account how our teams will build it and what that will cost.
General contractor near you
Two offices, one way of working across the two Savoie départements.
Before you sign
Our guides to comparing and budgeting.
A general contractor that also designs
Atelier NovAlp is a limited company (SARL) set up in late 2023 by Baptiste Guiliani, architect, and Lucas Sicot, works director. Its salaried craftspeople carry out the works; its design office draws and prices them.
We receive you at our head office, 198 avenue du Grand Port in Aix-les-Bains, or at the office at 2 rue des Glières in Annecy, and we travel to your site anywhere in Savoie and Haute-Savoie.
One person responsible
From the first survey to the clearing of snags, a single point of contact answers for price, deadline and quality.
A price lot by lot
The quote itemises each trade; the BT01 price-update clause is set out there in black and white.
No work handed to other firms
Our salaried craftspeople carry out every trade. Only asbestos removal, which the law reserves, goes to a certified firm.
Frequently asked questions — general contractor
The project manager designs the project and runs the site, but does not carry out the works: you sign a contract with each firm. The general contractor signs a single contract and carries out the works. Atelier NovAlp does both: design and site management, and execution by its own teams.
The main contractor (contractant général) also commits to a single contract, one price and one deadline; it may hand all or part of the execution to other firms. At Atelier NovAlp, the execution stays with our employees. The details are on our main contractor (contractant général) page.
Yes: demolition, structural work, masonry, roof framing, roofing, joinery, plasterwork, insulation, plumbing, electrics, heating, tiling and painting. Only asbestos removal, which the law reserves for certified firms, is entrusted to a specialist firm.
After a visit and survey, we draw up a detailed quote lot by lot, valid for one month from its date. If the works start later, prices may be updated according to the BT01 index, lot by lot, at the start date of each lot.
In Savoie and Haute-Savoie, from our offices in Aix-les-Bains and Annecy: the Aix area, Chambéry, the Annecy area, Chautagne, Chablais, Genevois, the Arve valley and the ski resorts. Our published projects also include sites in the Ain, the Drôme and the Ardèche.
For energy renovation, yes: Atelier NovAlp is RGE CertiRénov certified, whole-home renovation offer (no. CR-2026-73-0095, issued by CERQUAL, valid until 16 June 2029), a requirement for MaPrimeRénov' and CEE.
