(Photo: Members of Windsor Architectural Woodworking with Mike Sarno, president of Mass Cabinets and New England AWI)
The New England Chapter of AWI hosted another fantastic Construction Management roundtable program. On February 4th, approximately 40 NEAWI members along with 8 guests, representing 3 general contractors from the Boston area came together to share ideas, strategies and new technologies within the construction and building industry.
Our program sponsor, B.L. Makepeace, demonstrated a large format printer. Bill Maheris of Archer Corporation did an outstanding job as Master of Ceremonies. He kept the program on track and running smoothly. Greg Porfido, of Mark Richey Woodworking, did a great job recruiting two of the general contractors as well as organizing the afternoon program.
The day started with a buffet style luncheon served by Joe’s American Bar & Grill. The food was delicious! During lunch Christopher Garceau, of B.L. Makepeace, gave a presentation on the Canon large format printer, which they some how managed to haul onto site.
After lunch, the program started with Bill introducing the general contractors. We had Consigli Construction Company of Milford, MA was represented by Peter Capone (Director of Purchasing) and Gary Terrell (Estimator). William A. Berry & Son, Inc. of Danvers, MA, was represented by Steven Jaeger (Sr. Estimator), Steven Pieslak (Procurement Mgr.), Zach Bergeron (Project Estimator), and David A. Slomsky (VP of Pre-construction Services); Gilbane Building Company of Providence, RI, was represented by R. Titus Sitnik (VP District Chief Estimator) and Phillip K. Leffert (VP Chief Purchasing Agent).
Each general contractor engaged the audience with a brief power point presentation on their company’s profile as well as the history of their operation. What type of work they do, what market(s) they cover. They also shared recent and current construction projects.
Our program sponsor, B.L. Makepeace, demonstrated a large format printer. Bill Maheris of Archer Corporation did an outstanding job as Master of Ceremonies. He kept the program on track and running smoothly. Greg Porfido, of Mark Richey Woodworking, did a great job recruiting two of the general contractors as well as organizing the afternoon program.
The day started with a buffet style luncheon served by Joe’s American Bar & Grill. The food was delicious! During lunch Christopher Garceau, of B.L. Makepeace, gave a presentation on the Canon large format printer, which they some how managed to haul onto site.
After lunch, the program started with Bill introducing the general contractors. We had Consigli Construction Company of Milford, MA was represented by Peter Capone (Director of Purchasing) and Gary Terrell (Estimator). William A. Berry & Son, Inc. of Danvers, MA, was represented by Steven Jaeger (Sr. Estimator), Steven Pieslak (Procurement Mgr.), Zach Bergeron (Project Estimator), and David A. Slomsky (VP of Pre-construction Services); Gilbane Building Company of Providence, RI, was represented by R. Titus Sitnik (VP District Chief Estimator) and Phillip K. Leffert (VP Chief Purchasing Agent).
Each general contractor engaged the audience with a brief power point presentation on their company’s profile as well as the history of their operation. What type of work they do, what market(s) they cover. They also shared recent and current construction projects.
After the presentations, we divided the participants into several small groups, giving each general contractor the opportunity for Q&A session in a round table format. The attendees poised questions pertaining to bidding protocol, bonding, installation (union and non-union), prequalification procedures, bid feed back, back charges, scope review, and many other types of questions. Each group met with each contractor for approximately 20 minutes.
The general contractors were very open and helpful with their responses. It was a great opportunity for NEAWI members to learn about how some larger construction firms in the Boston area run their operation.
Written by Tony Aubin of Aubin Woodworking, Inc.
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