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GENERAL CONTRACTORS
RANKED BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
CROCKER BUILDING
186 Stafford St., Springfield, MA 01104 (413) 737-7803; www.crockerbuilding.com
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INTEGRITY DEVELOPMENT & CONSTRUCTION INC.
110 Pulpit Hill Road, Amherst, MA 01002 (413) 549-7919; www.integbuild.com
KEITH G. ROY CONSTRUCTION
54 Mainline Dr., Suite E, Westfield, MA 01085 (413) 485-7533; www.kgroyconstruction.com
SWEITZER CONSTRUCTION
231 Butler Road, Monson, MA 01057
(413) 626-1206; www.sweitzerconstruction.com
JOS. CHAPDELAINE & SONS
87 Shaker Road, East Longmeadow, MA 01028 (413) 525-4526; www.chapdelainebuilders.com
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Bill Crocker Seth Crocker
GARDNER CONSTRUCTION
32 & industrial services inc.
47 Olivine St., Chicopee, MA 01013 (413) 535-1500; www.gardnercis.com
32 W.J. QUINN LLC
94 Maple St., East Longmeadow, MA 01028 (413) 525-6371; www.wjquinn.com
40 BARRON & JACOBS ASSOCIATES INC. 420 North Main St., Florence, MA 01062 (413) 586-8998; www.barronandjacobs.com
42 A. CRANE CONSTRUCTION
821 East Main St., Suite 2, Chicopee, MA 01020 (413) 594-2450; www.acraneconstruction.com
Continued from page 25 The impact of this crisis is two-
fold. The first challenge is the lack of materials; per an Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) survey, 75% of E&C firms indicated project delays due to longer lead times or shortage of materials. Further- more, 57% reported delivery delays, indicating that the industry has difficulty predicting when materials would arrive.
The second impact is sharply increased costs; during the first seven months of 2021, the prices of critical construction materials observed double-digit increases every month. Overall, supply-chain dis- ruptions and volatility are expected to be
among the biggest challenges in 2022, and
the firms that can navigate through them
will likely emerge as winners.
candidates. This skills gap is partly driven by industry advances into
3. Connected construction will help
the industry unlock new value streams.
The industry landscape is rapidly evolving
as engineering firms, contractors, and par-
ticipants across the value chain realize the
benefits of, and increasingly deploy, con-
nected construction technologies. These technologies can help bring assets, people, processes, and job sites onto one platform, making everyone work smarter, reduce downtime, optimize asset uti- lization and efficiency, and gain greater visibility into operations.
At the core of connected construction are emerg- ing technologies and the data and advanced analytics that these new capabilities can enable. As the industry moves toward connected construction, developing data, analytics, and user-based insights capabilities could be critical. In 2022, connected construction
William Fountain
Dan Noel
Chris Jacobs
Andrew Crane A.J. Crane
Commercial; retail; institutional; construction; renovations; miscellaneous metals fabrication installation; bridge work; amusement parks
General contractors; commercial and industrial; new construction; renovations
Design/build; general contractor; residential and light commercial; remodeling; custom additions
General contractor; construction management; commercial
Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles, Springfield Public Schools, Springfield Armory, Springfield; Holyoke Gas & Electric; Autobahn Speedway, Hadley; West End Mills infrastructure improvements, Chicopee; Lake Compounce, Bristol, Conn.; Six Flags New England, Agawam; Canobie Lake Park, Salem, N.H.
Smith College, Amherst; Dow Jones, Chicopee; Operating Engineers Local 98, Lenox Tools, East Longmeadow; Westfield Bank, Granby, Conn.; Smith & Wesson, Colony Club, Springfield
Holyoke Soldier’s Home, Holyoke; VT/NH Vet Clinic, East Dummerston, Vt.; Silverscape Designs, Smith College Equestrian Center, Northampton; Eye Glass Co., Springfield; Wynnfield Condominiums, Southwick; indoor residential basketball court, Westfield
Oasis Shower Doors, Agawam; St. Rose de Lima Church, Chicopee Electrical Lights, Chicopee; A.M. Lithography, MassMutual Learning and Conference Center, Ondrick Natural Earth, Chicopee; Brookside Professional Building, South Hadley; Manny’s TV & Appliance, all locations; Sunshine Village, Chicopee and Agawam; Massachusetts Alternative Care, Chicopee and Amherst
2022 as E&C firms work toward acquiring technolo- gies to help develop a connected, integrated, and automated operations foundation.
5. Firms will continue to grapple with labor shortages as the workforce landscape evolves. Emerging from the pandemic, the biggest question on the minds of most E&C firms was how to restart work at job sites safely. Surprisingly, while the indus- try quickly implemented the required safety stan- dards, it is still trying to overcome the challenge of attracting workers. The impact of not filling job open- ings can negatively affect E&C firms in more ways
Anna Cook Heidi Flanders
Keith Roy
Craig Sweitzer
Roger Chapdelaine Jr.
SPECIALTIES
General contractor; pre-engineered metal buildings
Design/build; general contractor; commercial and residential; new construction; additions and remodels
General contractor; residential; renovations
General contractor; design-build services;
dental, medical, high-tech manufacturing, clean rooms, colleges; cannabis cultivation, testing labs, retail, delivery
Custom homes; remodeling; kitchen design
RECENT LOCAL PROJECTS
Easthampton Savings Bank, Belchertown; Valley Medical, Florence; United Bank, Bay Path University, Baystate medical building, Springfield; CheckWriters, Northampton
Amherst College renovations, Clayton & Candy Dental, P.C., Northampton; Lichtenberg Veterinary Hospital, Pelham; Red Wing Shoe Store, Springfield; Mill District Trolley Barn, Atkins Farms Country Market, Seewald, Jankowski & Spencer, P.C., Amherst; Ramon Financial Services, LLC, South Deerfield
Residential remodeling projects throughout Hampden County
Adaptas Solutions, Palmer; Ascent Laser Aesthetics, East Longmeadow; Balagan Cannabis, Smith College, Northampton; Baystate Health, Planned Parenthood, Springfield; Berkshire Dental Arts, Krol-Nazarov Family Dentistry, Shire City Endo, Lenox; Diana’s Bakery, Agawam; the Shot Shop, Longmeadow.
Current jobs in Longmeadow, East Longmeadow, Wilbraham, Agawam, and Somers, Conn.
Momentum
will likely be a catch-all for major digital investments to connect, integrate, and automate operations and bring the entire value chain onto a secure, intelligent infrastructure.
4. M&A will help build broad-based capabili- ties. In 2020, most E&C firms were focused on being risk-averse and conserving cash to maintain liquidity. However, 2021 provides a stark contrast, as transac- tion levels for the first nine months were already 152% higher than the full year 2020 and 10% higher than all activity in 2019. The U.S. E&C industry ramped up M&A activity, registering $16 billion in
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than one, includ- ing project delays and cancel- lations, projects being scaled
Another factor compounding labor shortages is a lack of qualified
integrating digital technologies with key workstreams to further enhance
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deal value, during the first eight months of 2021. At this pace, the industry is likely to exceed the $20 bil- lion deal value mark by the end of the year.
E&C companies have also shown renewed inter- est in technology and telecom targets to gain faster access to new digital capabilities and solutions. Between August 2020 and August 2021, U.S. E&C firms acquired as many as 27 targets across the soft- ware, electronics, technology consulting and services, and motion-picture fields. A move in the right direc- tion, this is further anticipated to pick up pace in
productivity, efficiency, and worker safety.
back, inability to respond to market needs, losing project bids, and failing to innovate, among others.
Another factor compounding labor shortages is a lack of qualified candidates. This skills gap is partly driven by industry advances into integrating digi-
tal technologies with key workstreams to further enhance productivity, efficiency, and worker safety. As we move into 2022, adapting existing talent strategies and forming new talent-management and workforce- experience strategies could be critical to navigating workforce challenges. u
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