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J. Calnan & Associates celebrates new year, new look, and new website

Boston, MA J. Calnan & Associates (JC&A) has launched its new website https://jcalnan.com/, showcasing the firm’s commitment to its people, projects, and community. The newly refreshed website highlights the firm’s 27 years of delivering comprehensive construction management services throughout the Northeast. JC&A is known for its trademark ‘We Build…’ philosophy, which refers to building great teams, award-winning projects, lasting relationships, and community.

JC&A has grown to include a portfolio of prestigious work in the corporate interiors, life sciences, advanced technology, academic, healthcare, and commercial markets, and has had the privilege to work for best-in-class clients such as Amazon, Boston Properties, Biogen, Atlantic Management, Anchor Line Partners, Boston Dynamics, Salesforce, Children’s Hospital, Schneider Electric, PTC Inc., Reebok, MassBio, The Park School, Philips, Constant Contact and The MathWorks, among many others. The new website design showcases these projects and categories in a new layout design that the user can easily navigate. 

JC&A believes in “Doing Well By Doing Good” by bringing top-tier work to fruition while also serving the community. 

With this foundation, JC&A has continued to be recognized for its incredible work for over since its founding in 1996. In 2022, JC&A was named a “Top Charitable Contributor,” “Best Place to Work,” “Top Workplace for 2022,” and the “2022 Construction Management Company of the Year.”

For the 16th year in a row, JC&A was honored as a Top Charitable Contributor by the Boston Business Journal at its Corporate Citizenship Awards. In addition, JC&A proudly ranked #1 for the highest average volunteer hours, with a total of 42.98 in 2022. This community-centric service is crucial to JC&A’s mission of building “The JC&A Way,” which includes giving back to charities like Team Impact, Heading Home, Special Olympics of MA, and more.

This passion for community has impacted JC&A internally as well. JC&A is proud to be recognized for its dedication to employees especially given the recent challenges workplaces face. In 2022, JC&A was named Best Place to Work for the 6th year by the Boston Business Journal. The Boston Globe also noted our success in naming JC&A a Top Workplace for 2022. In addition, JC&A was also recognized by the Boston Real Estate Times as the 2022 Construction Management Company of the Year. 

JC&A is committed to its community and employees and improving industry standards. 

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