News: Construction Design & Engineering
Posted: February 18, 2022
Professional Cannabis Group is focused on connection with the complex cannabis industry
Professional Cannabis Group (PCG) is a group of skilled design, engineering, construction, insurance, finance, and legal professionals. They are focused on sharing current knowledge and resources, providing advice and guidance, and fostering each other’s expertise. They are primarily focused on connection with the complex cannabis industry, an industry where practices, laws, and regulations concerning the likes of grow facilities and storefronts in the medical and recreational arenas evolve daily.
Since its inception in 2018, PCG has provided a collaborative environment where its members have been able to draw upon each other’s unique perspectives and experiences in the burgeoning cannabis marketplace. PCG was designed to be a one-stop resource for anyone looking to get involved in the cannabis market. Current members include representatives from: AAF CPAs, Acentech, Adaptive HR, AHA Consulting Engineers, BayCoast Bank, Burns Levinson Cannabis Business and Law Advisory, Caveney Architectural Collaborative, Corcoran & Havlin Insurance, CPower Energy Management, FMC Technologies, HTS, NRGTree, Key Construction Solutions, Safety Partners and Tecogen. These different entities offer expertise in everything from conceptional design to banking and HR solutions, and everything in between, such as energy savings or noise and odor mitigation, for grow facilities, retail storefronts, or other cannabis-related businesses.
PCG’s mission is to provide a collaborative environment where its members and their prospective members are welcome to draw upon each other’s unique perspectives and experiences in the burgeoning cannabis marketplace, where industry practices and rules and regulations concerning the likes of grow facilities and store-fronts in the medical and recreational arenas evolve daily.
If you are interested in presenting to our group or if you think our group can help you with your project, please visit:
professionalcannabisgroup.com.
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