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WoodCraft Designers names Duclos vice president of operations

David Duclos,
WoodCraft Designers

Canton, MA WoodCraft Designers & Builders has named David Duclos to the position of vice president of operations.

As a member of the company’s senior leadership team, he will oversee all project management and manufacturing operations; his responsibilities will include improving current manufacturing methods, streamlining project management, and developing new processes with a focus on lean manufacturing.

Duclos comes to WoodCraft with over 35 years operations, engineering, and general management experience in commercial millwork, architecture, design & engineering, and construction management. Most recently, he was general manager at South Shore Millwork. Prior to that he spent 16 years as director of operations at Monarch Industries where he oversaw estimating, sales, and operations within the millwork division with over 600 employees. He is also the former vice president at A.H. Leeming & Sons.

He includes Yale University’s – Yale center for Arts & Architecture, Yale University’s – Mellon Arts Center, Bank of Boston Executive Offices, Museum of Fine Arts – Boston, Rose Wharf – Boston and The Cosmopolitan @ City Center – Las Vegas among the many projects he has worked on throughout his career.

Duclos holds professional certifications in Lean Management and Manufacturing and AWI Project Management and Financial Management.

Lukasz Wasiak, principal and managing partner of WoodCraft Designers & Builders said, “We are very pleased to welcome David to the WoodCraft family. His experience and knowledge of the industry will benefit us tremendously”.

WoodCraft Designers & Builders, LLC is a provider of commercial architectural millwork. It operates a 30,000 s/f production facility that services all New England. With over 30 years’ experience, this family-owned business has taken its skilled craftsmanship and professional design services to banks & corporate offices, community living & clubhouses, hospitality & dealerships, hospitals & healthcare, schools & universities, and town libraries & public safety buildings throughout the northeast. 

Woodcraft Designers & Builders is licensed, fully insured, and bonded. It’s also a registered member of the AWI - Architectural Woodwork Institute and it follows the FSC - Forest Stewardship Council protocols.

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