Sector(s)
Flexibility and a Slick New Site with a Rock Solid Foundation
The Challenge
As one of the largest infrastructure builders and construction materials producers in the nation with a nearly 100-year history, Granite Construction wanted a site that’s modern, easy to configure, and focuses on the strength of its partnerships and the power of building better together with clients, employees, and partners.
Our Approach
We created a site using modules that could be configured in multiple ways so that even if Granite Construction’s content doesn’t change, they can change the look of the site at any time. Just by putting modules together or switching them around, the new site is easy to change and manage while maintaining its slick design.
Rock Solid Technology
Drupal 8
Drupal was chosen for its powerful, flexible CMS and complex data architecture. Its enhanced editor experience and theme/caching layers were perfect for the content-heavy site.
Modular Approach
The site was designed to be modular in nature, so that pages could be built from a predefined set of UI components, configurable in any order. The Paragraphs module was chosen to allow us to create different sets of fields that could be attached to content types in any order, and easily rearranged.
The Unveiling
In April 2016, Granite Construction unveiled its new fully responsive, mobile-ready site featuring a fresh, modern design, and an engaging user experience with enhanced content showcasing the company’s diverse portfolio of work, services, and markets, as well as its commitment to safety and sustainability. Granite Construction is “Building Value Together” through its new site with clients, employees, and partners.
About Third & Grove
Third & Grove is an independent, full-service digital agency filled with designers, engineers, and innovators. We work together—from strategy to design to development to optimization—to create award-winning experiences for incredible organizations like Mint, Benefit Cosmetics, SunPower, and UCLA.
We are Acquia, Magento, Salesforce, and Hybris partners and have made significant contributions to the Drupal community through patches, modules, and custom connectors. We employ one of the world's five Drupal 8 core maintainers, and are also one of the few agencies with live, enterprise-level D8 experience.
Back to topAbout the project
This site was different from the usual website in that it was designed to be modular. In order to accomplish this, we had to approach the site build from a different perspective than we normally would. The Paragraphs module was chosen to allow us to create different sets of fields that could be attached to content types in any order, and easily rearranged. The module also allowed us to leverage Drupal 8’s great inline editing experience and extend it to complex page templates and content display.
Why Drupal was chosen
Drupal 8 was the obvious choice since the site required a CMS and complex data architecture. Since the site was so content heavy, we decided on Drupal 8 for it's enhanced editor experience and theme/caching layers.
Technical Specifications
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Drupal 8 was chosen for it's enhanced editor experience and theme/caching layer. The site was designed to be modular in nature, so that pages could be built from a predefined set of UI components, arrangable in any order. To accomplish this, we used the Paragraphs contrib module, allowing us to build different "bundles" of fields that would make up UI components, like a Video or Testimonial carousel.
