July 21, 2010

New Commercial Construction Partnership Announced

(From left) Kevin French and Denis Landry represent more than 50 years' experience in Maine commercial construction.

SCARBOROUGH, Maine - Kevin French and Denis Landry, longtime fixtures in Maine's commercial construction industry, announced July 1 they have joined forces as part of a new partnership that will provide professional construction services to clients throughout the state.

French joins Landry's company as vice president and co-owner. Both men have more than 25 years' experience in commercial construction. Landry Construction will now be known as Landry/French Construction. The business has also relocated from Lewiston to a larger space at 68 Mussey Road in Scarborough.

French said, "By combining years of expertise and skill, Denis and I provide clients with the high level of customer service and day-to-day involvement expected of a small company while offering the advanced technology and versatility of a major commercial construction operation."

The team, with experience in managing large-scale projects with budgets exceeding $30 million, is focusing on capital projects in the healthcare, banking, and academic sectors as well as tenant fit-up work. Its services include construction management, design-build and design-bid-build with in-house estimating using MC² state-of-the-art estimating software.

"This partnership has expanded our reach as a commercial construction company," Landry said. "Even on the most complex projects, we handle everything from initial permitting through ribbon cutting and owner occupancy."

Landry/French Construction employs a group of project managers, superintendents, estimators, carpenters and laborers. As a result of the partnership, Landry and French say they will be expanding their workforce.

(From left) Denis Landry and Kevin French on the site of their first joint project, the demolition of a former Bonanza Family Restaurant in Augusta and the construction of a new cPort Credit Union on the site.

The team's first new project is the demolition of the former Bonanza Family Restaurant on 399 Western Avenue in Augusta and the construction of a new cPort Credit Union on the site. Work on the project began last week and is expected to be complete in late December 2010. Landry/French Construction has also started on a 22,000 square-foot expansion project for Inverness Medical Innovations in Scarborough and a Franklin Memorial Hospital renovation in Farmington. The company will soon start the construction of two new Bangor Savings' banks, one on Allen Avenue in Portland and another on Route 1 in Falmouth.

For the past four years, French has owned and operated Riverside Builders, a company that handled residential construction projects in the Western Lakes and Mountains resort areas. French is making a full transition from Riverside Builders to Landry/French Construction, focusing his full attention on commercial construction.

Prior to starting Riverside Builders, French was co-owner and vice president of Ledgewood Construction. French helped build Ledgewood into one of Maine's leading commercial construction companies with the business generating more than $50 million in annual sales when it was sold in 2006. Under French's leadership, the company completed work for Portland's Maine Medical Center, Rumford Hospital, more than 10 schools and universities, assisted living facilities, as well as a number of parking garage projects. Ledgewood was also honored for its exceptional work by the Associated Contractors of Maine, earning "Build Maine" awards in 2005 and 2006.

Landry has owned and operated Landry Construction since August 2006. Over the past four years, his company has completed projects for L.L. Bean, Bangor Savings Bank, PretiFlaherty, and Brann & Isaacson, as well as multiple projects for TD Bank throughout the state. Prior to starting his own construction company, Landry was president of Payton Maine Construction Corporation where he was in charge of commercial construction operations throughout Maine. Under his leadership, this Maine division of Boston-based Payton Construction Corporation generated annual sales exceeding $30 million.
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