The Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi is the longest continuous kinship-related Abenaki tribal community in the United States. One of the many services they provide is food assistance to ensure all Abenaki families have access to healthy and nutritious meals. Each month, they support over 500 clients in their communities and rely entirely on funding from grants and donations.

The truck donation will eliminate costs of transporting food donations, allowing more money to be directed to the food and products needed by the Abenaki community. But it also means something more than that to PC. John Lavoie, a longtime PC superintendent who is retiring in July after 45 years with the company, is also a member of the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi Tribal Board and is actively involved in the organization’s efforts. We are so proud to be able to support John’s heritage and passions with this donation – it is just a tiny token of our appreciation for his incredible work leading successful PC construction projects for over four decades!

“In our Native American tradition, we are taught to care for our community – our friends, family and neighbors – whether they are a member of our tribe or not,” said Debbie Dubois Lavoie, manager of the food pantry (and John’s loving wife!). “We share what we can as best as we can and with PC Construction’s help, we can continue our fight against food insecurity. Our hearts are full and now our shelves will be filled more efficiently and cost effectively. We are so grateful for PC’s generosity.”

Anyone wishing to support the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi may visit their website: https://abenakination.com/donate.

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Ravi joined PC in 2013 as a technical writer dedicated to creating winning proposals to secure new projects for the company. His aptitude for understanding the intricacies of our complex work resulted in an interest in the construction side of the business. Within three years, Ravi pursued his engineering roots and transitioned to begin PC’s $80 million UVM STEM Complex project as a project engineer, and was later promoted to senior project engineer. He excelled, diving into the complex mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems designed specifically for laboratory facilities. During construction, Ravi and his project teammates partnered with UVM to provide learning opportunities for engineering students, bridging classroom experience with real-world applications.

Upon completion of the project, Ravi moved back to the office to lead the business development department. Ravi and his team produce best-in-class proposals and interviews to win strategic new work for the company. To date in 2023, he has led the pursuit of $2 billion of projects.

Ravi is also a key member of PC’s Innovation Task Force and a formal mentor to a young PC engineer. He also lends his expertise outside of PC’s walls as a member of the White+Burke Vermont Development Conference planning committee.

I have had the pleasure of working closely with Ravi over the past 10 years and have watched him learn and grow, taking on every challenge along the way. Congratulations, Ravi – we are looking forward to seeing all you accomplish in the years to come!

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During this “quiet time” at PC, we have had so many reasons to celebrate. Now that we are all adjusting to a new normal, we wanted to take a look back at the past three months and share some of our exciting news! For all these reasons and more, we are so grateful.

2020 AGC Build America Award: PC was recognized by the AGC with this national award for our work on the UVM STEM Complex project in Vermont. This award honors AGC members who build the nation’s most impressive and complex construction projects. The $80 million project replaced a 1960s-era lecture hall and an aging science building with an 111,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art teaching and research laboratory building and a 73,000-square-foot modern classroom and office building.

Phase 2 Begins for WSSC’s Innovative Bio-Energy Project (Pictured at Top): In April, the WSSC Water Commissioners approved Phase 2 funding, allowing PC to begin construction of the design-build Piscataway WRRF Bio-Energy Project in Accokeek, Maryland. The $228 million for Phase 2 brings the total investment in the green-energy project to $271 million and marks the final funding needed to construct WSSC Water’s largest and most technologically advanced project. Read more.

Milestones Achieved at Atlanta Water Supply Program Project: The Atlanta Water Supply Program project achieved a major milestone with the flow of raw water into the Quarry Reservoir through six miles of new underground tunnel. Testing of the vertical turbine pumps is underway. The four years of construction will propel Atlanta’s reserve water supply from a mere 5 days to 30 days or more by this summer. Read more/watch video.

APWA Mid-Atlantic Project of the Year Award: Contract 2 of the Solids Processing Rehabilitation project at the Noman Cole Pollution Control Plant was recognized with a 2020 APWA Mid-Atlantic Project of the Year Award. Franklin Roberts, Department of Public Works and Environmental Services for the County of Fairfax said: “The key to the time savings was trust and communication among all parties to consider PC’s ideas that ultimately benefited all parties. The success we had on this project was truly a team effort and I am proud to say that PC was part of that team.”

SUNY New Paltz Engineering Innovation Hub Achieves LEED Gold: The SUNY New Paltz Engineering Innovation Hub project has achieved LEED Gold certification, above and beyond the university’s LEED Silver requirement. The project earned all 63 points that were pursued.

Ryan Sauer Named Top Young Professional: Construction Executive Ryan Sauer has been honored by ENR as one of the New England region’s Top Young Professionals. Since joining PC Construction as project manager in 2013, Sauer has overseen projects in New Hampshire, Vermont and New York, drawing on his 15 years of industry experience. He was promoted to construction executive in 2017, and in the past year, has taken executive oversight over all work in the firm’s Poughkeepsie, N.Y., office. Read more.

Named One of Best Contractors in the US: PC was named one of the Best Art Museum Contractors in the US (read more) and Best Industrial Building Contractors in the US (read more).

New Work: PC was awarded three new key water and wastewater treatment plant projects in North Carolina and Florida, a new resource recovery center in Vermont, and over $15 million worth of work in Vermont, New Hampshire, Georgia and North Carolina for our Special Projects Group. Construction also began on the Martin’s Point Health Care Brunswick Clinic in Maine and a new luxury eco-resort in New York.

Remember, we are always …

BUILDNG STRONGER, TOGETHER

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The PC Construction team joined John Brumsted, MD, CEO of UVM Health Network; John Remillard, president of UVM Health Network – Elizabethtown Community Hospital; Tucker Slingerland, MD, CEO of Hudson Headwaters Health Network; many representatives from the UVM Health Network and Hudson Headwaters Health Network, government officials and the community to mark the official start of construction. Together, they stressed the importance of creating this medical village as part of a larger network to ensure the health and wellness of the community.

This is PC Construction’s second project for Hudson Headwaters Health Network and fourth for the UVM Health Network – Elizabethtown Community Hospital. Construction will begin next week. Stay tuned for updates as the project progresses!

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