News: Construction Design & Engineering
Posted: May 17, 2019
Laliberte joins South Coast Improvement
South Coast Improvement Co.
Marion, MA South Coast Improvement Company (SCI) hired Grant Laliberte as its director of cost estimating. Laliberte comes to the contractor after having been with J Calnan & Associates.
A construction veteran with more than two decades of experience, Laliberte will oversee all cost estimation services for new business proposals and for existing clients.”
“New work projects are won and lost by how competitive we can make our bids and proposals,” said Tom Quinlan, president of South Coast Improvement, Inc. “With Grant directing our cost estimating efforts, we have somebody with more than two decades of experience to make us even stronger in that area.”
In addition to his two-plus decades in the construction industry as a cost estimator and project manager, Laliberte is a LEED accredited professional. His resume includes projects for MIT, Harvard, Boston Harley Davidson, Mashpee Commons, Reebok, and more.
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