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Telemark dominates sustainable home market Norwegian Builders Plant Roots On South Fork Project Manager Joe Sullivan talks about Telemark By Zachary Weiss
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ith its Norwegian roots, it comes as no surprise that Telemark Inc. has an eye for world class design when it comes to building its distinctive homes all across the South Fork. Here, we meet Telemark’s Project Manager & Head of New Business Development Joe Sullivan, who tells us all about the company’s 40year history, and how it is dominating
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the the growing market for sustainable homes.
Tell us how Telemark got its start, and how it came to specialize out east. When Frank Dalene and his father came from Norway in 1954, his father started building in St. James and, throughout the years, moved further east. Frank established a carpentry contracting business after graduating college in 1976.
His father’s Norwegian partner retired and in November 1978, Frank and his father merged their two businesses to form Telemark, named after the county in Norway of their roots. A building recession up Island brought them to the South Fork, framing houses for high-end builders. Frank’s brother, Roy, a civil engineer working for Bechtel Power Corp, joined the family business, and in the early '80s, they became a builder with a focus on producing the
highest quality possible. That reputation led them to build some of the most remarkable buildings in the Hamptons, and the reputation continues today .
You offer a variety of building styles, from the traditional to the strikingly modern. How did you begin to master each of these?
With 2018 being our 40th year in business, we’ve been fortunate enough to
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