COVER STORY | LOCAL PROFILE
Perry Construction Group, Inc. Owners Robert and Ryan Doyle stand in front of the Bicentennial Towner, one of the most recognizable landmarks in Erie, Pennsylvania, which was built by the family owned firm in 1995. Perry Construction is one of the area’s leading general contracting firms with a wide variety of clients in the tri-state region.
Family Owned Firm Marks 30 Years As Premier General Contractor The Bicentennial Tower.
Erie airport — constructing a new car rental carport and expansive snow removal maintenance facility — and overseeing the multimillion-dollar East Dobbins Landing Dockwall project.
Presque Isle State Park. Erie International Airport, Tom Ridge Field. Not only are these several of Erie, Pennsylvania’s most recognizable landmarks, but they also are some of the unique project sites of Perry Construction Group, Inc., one of the region’s premier general contractors. For 30 years, the multi-generational construction firm owned and operated by the Doyle family has been the contractor of choice for numerous building and improvement projects found in Northwestern Pennsylvania and Chautauqua County, New York. The firm, headquartered at 1440 West 21st Street in Erie, is one of a few select contractors with the team and experience to handle small, single day jobs or large-scale projects of $30 million or more.
In fact, Perry Construction, which is named after the Doyle family’s involvement in the foundation work of the Perry Monument and re-rigging of the Flagship Niagara, has a long history of waterfront improvements and working with the Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority. The firm has completed such diverse projects as the iconic Bicentennial Tower, Liberty Park Improvements, installation of a weight scale at the terminal and public boat launch repairs. Presently, as general contractor of the $3 million East Dobbins Landing Dockwall project, the firm is creating 15 feet of land along East Dobbins Landing for the purposes of providing a public access walkway, seating wall and courtesy boat tie-up along the new dockwall.
Perry Construction’s impressive portfolio includes such projects as the Parker LORD expansion in Saegertown ($18 million), UPMC Hamot Women’s Hospital ($30 million), UPMC Ballpark improvements ($8.3 million) and the Erie Federal Credit Union ($10 million) in Erie, just to name a few. “Our financial wherewithal has enabled us to handle such sizeable projects,” explains President Robert Doyle, who founded the firm with his father John J. Doyle in April 1990 and currently owns and operates the firm with his son Ryan, vice president and project manager, and sons and stakeholders Robert II and Andrew Doyle. “We also have a nucleus of seasoned superintendents who can get things done right away.” Over the past year, the firm’s cranes and crews have become a common sight in the Erie area working on improvements at the
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Superintendent Chuck Cook Jr. (left) and Project Manager Rob Carr (right) supervise some of the recent work underway at the dockwall project along Erie’s bayfront.