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News: Construction Design & Engineering
Posted: April 19, 2012
Craig Jewett 2012
Name: Craig Jewett
Title: President
Company: Jewett Construction Co., Inc.
Location: Raymond, NH
Place of birth: Manchester, NH
Family: My wife Alison, son Nick and daughter Ellie
College: Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA
First job unrelated to your current field: I worked for an auctioneer.
First job in current field: My father gave me a job as a laborer after college.
What your firm does now and its plans for the future?: Together our three divisions—Jewett Construction, Jewett Automotive Design & Construction, and Jewett Metal Buildings & Steel Erectors provide design/build and construction management services to commercial, industrial, municipal, institutional and retail clients all over New England. Our automotive division has built or renovated more than 40 auto dealerships and I'd like to continue growing that niche. But after four decades in this business, what's most important to me now is to continue to grow the quality of our product.
Hobbies: Collecting 18th and 19th century folk art and antiques.
Keys to success: A strong wife; honesty; quality; being creative and nimble.
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): My employees.
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be?: Picking and selling antiques
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