About the Owner

My name is Johnny Ray Campbell, owner and general contractor of THE COLUMBIA COMPANY. I have over 36 years of experience in the building industry and have been serving the Midlands and surrounding areas since I was in my late teens. I really enjoy working with people and love the feelings that come from hands-on creation and watching things come together. I get a lot of gratification doing what I do. I was told if you do good honest work, you will have a good foundation to build on and I continue to practice that in all I do.

I love designing and creating things and viewing the end result. I also love seeing the joy on the customer’s face as a project starts nearing completion. I do not work toward 95% satisfaction, it's the 100% satisfaction I work hard for. I want to feel good about signing my name to a project.

​I started out as a greenhorn (a person who is new to or inexperienced at a particular activity) many years ago helping my father out around the house. My father would always make me help him with repairs or upgrades around the house. We also built additions and later a house from the ground up. Like most kids, I did not like to work, but was always amazed by how much my father knew about construction. While in high school, I would help my older brother who framed houses for a living during summer months and weekends. And then I worked summers additionally learning the trade. I took shop in high school and while in class a dream was born to build a house.

I designed my first house in the 12th grade and built it when I was 19. Believe it or not, it's still standing to this day. 827 South Kilbourne Road, Columbia, South Carolina, and you can check out the Google street view. If you were to go into the first house I built and look in the upstairs access area, you would find my signature and the line that reads, "a man, walks away, from another job well done" JOHNNY RAY CAMPBELL 1979.

I'll make you this promise, give us the chance to do your next project and you won't be sorry. I will work hard for you and keep you involved as little or as much as you want at every stage. I won't ask you for money upfront unless we have to make special orders that require to do so. We will also give you a limited life-time warranty on all workmanship, and if you can find someone else that does that, we will give you two life-time warranties.

I'm looking forward to talking with you and please feel free to call me anytime. 803-788-5050

Johnny Ray Campbell, Licensed General Contractor

Contact The Columbia Company

For a fast response, please call or text us at 803-788-5050. We look forward to hearing from you. ​Thank you! Johnny Ray Campbell