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Jewett Metal Buildings & Steel Erectors completes multiple projects in New England

Jewett Metal Buildings & Steel Erectors (JMB), a division of Jewett Construction Co., Inc., recently completed multiple projects in New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts. Working under Wright-Ryan Construction, JMB erected 14,000 s/f of structural steel for a new Agren Appliance store in Topsham, ME. At Corning's Kennebunk, ME facility, JMB erected 4,000 s/f of structural steel and a mezzanine under Precision Welding. While working under Hebert Construction, JMB reinforced an existing structure at the MHG Ice Center in Saco in preparation for an expansion of the existing arena—a fast track job that needed to be completed prior to the July ice season—and installed channels, beams and rod supports to the Thornton Academy library. Other Maine projects included installing column beams and a deck canopy at the University of New England's Decary Hall in Biddeford —this under James McBrady Steel, and renovating the Portland Schools' central kitchen under Langford & Low. In New Hampshire, JMB erected structural steel beams and columns for a new facility at 1400 Lafayette Rd., Portsmouth, while working under Shawmut Steel. In Massachusetts, Jewett provided upgrades and metal siding replacement at Interstate Electric's facility in Billerica. Working with parent company, Jewett Construction, JMB installed a structural steel canopy at Rte. 44 Toyota in Raynham, MA; erected a 9,000 s/f Corle pre-engineered metal building at Pinkerton Place in Derry, NH; provided demolition and a 255 sf mezzanine for the new SIG SAUER corporate headquarters in Newington, NH; and provided miscellaneous metals work and siding installation at Suburban Subaru in Vernon Connecticut. Jewett Metal Buildings & Steel Erectors—a member of the Metal Building Contractors and Erectors Association, Steel Fabricators of New England, and the Steel Erectors Association of America—provides professional, pre-engineered metal building sales, installation and consulting, erects structural steel, and provides welding and miscellaneous metals work to clients all over New England.
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