PROVIDENCE, RI – Shawmut’s Rhode Island office was honored by Providence Business News with the 2015 Business Excellence Award. Cited for its 72 percent growth over the last five years, Shawmut was also commended for embracing a Lean philosophy and alternative project delivery methods. The prestigious award comes on the heels of Providence Business News naming Shawmut a 2015 Fastest Growing Company and Best Place to Work. 

Excerpt from Providence Business News:

Since its inception 33 years ago, Shawmut Design and Construction has found a winning, if paradoxical, combination for success in the business of construction management: consistency and innovation.

Ron Simoneau, vice president of the firm’s New England Group, explained it simply: “The company really differentiates itself by delivering a level of client service that most of our customers have never experienced before … until they work with us.”

Simoneau has worked with Shawmut for 20 years and in Rhode Island for 15 since he headed up the firm’s expansion into the state, beginning with its first project at Brown University. He said that by consistently focusing on client satisfaction and responding to innovative trends such as sustainability and advances in 3-D modeling (which leads to a “much deeper level” of coordination on projects from the jump, saving time and money, said Simoneau), Shawmut boasts a rate of repeat business at more than 80 percent.

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Vice President Ron Simoneau sat down with Providence Business News to talk about how Shawmut provides a unique client service model and an ESOP-driven culture.