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Builders: Have work, will train BY ELIZABETH GRAHAM | Contributing Writer
ALTHOUGH THE COVID-19 pandemic kept many Rhode Islanders close to home for much of 2020, Pariseault Builders Inc. didn’t slow down.
PLENTY OF PROJECTS: Jonathan Yaghjian,
left, project manager, and Kurtis Quinn, a carpenter apprentice with Cranston-based Pariseault Builders Inc., work on the Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority House on the University of Rhode Island campus in South Kingstown. While many businesses were forced to close their doors for much of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pariseault continued to work on a number of multimillion-dollar projects.
With construction deemed an essential service by PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM state officials, the Cranston-based company hammered away at a full slate of multimillion-dollar projects while businesses in other industries were forced to scramble to remain operational. Pariseault completed a dining facility at Camp Yawgoog in Hopkinton, a renovation of the Hunter S. Marston Boathouse for Brown University, a renovation for Hope Health Hospice & Palliative Care’s inpatient facility in Providence and a medical building in East Greenwich for one of the state’s largest health care systems. “It’s continued to uptick with projects and revenue,” said Pariseault spokesman Sean Lamontagne. The family-owned business, which employs about 70, was named one of Providence Business News’ fastest-growing companies in 2020. 18
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