DEW is proud to announce that we have been named a Best Place to Work in Vermont for the 6th consecutive year! This statewide survey and awards program was designed to identify, recognize, and honor the best places of employment in Vermont, benefiting the state’s economy, workforce, and businesses. Click the link for the full listing of businesses that made the list this year. 57 Businesses ranked as Best Places to Work in Vermont 2023 A great place to work starts with a great team of people, and we have one of the best teams in the industry! Congratulations to all the winning companies, and a big thank you to all our employees who make DEW one of the best places to work in Vermont and New Hampshire! BUILDING WHAT MATTERS MOST.
Company News
Ben Klebe Promoted to Assistant Superintendent
DEW Construction is thrilled to announce Ben Klebe’s promotion to Assistant Superintendent. Ben began working as a Foreman at DEW in September of last year and has been an invaluable member of our team since day one. His dedication to our core values, attention to detail, and love for construction are evident daily on the job site. Ben exudes positivity, energy, and a “can-do” attitude that is simply contagious. Most recently, Ben has been assisting in the supervision of our Seacoast Residences project — a 270,000 GSF multi-family housing project in Kittery, Maine. As Assistant Superintendent, Ben will manage the field operations with the team, including coordination of trades, safety (subcontractor orientation, training, compliance), schedule review, first pass cost and change control, and quality control.
DEW Employees Take the Plunge in Support of the Special Olympics New Hampshire
Superintendent Steve Hart and President Taylor Woodward joined the Frozen Sections team on Sunday, February 12th, taking the Penguin Plunge straight into the frigid 41-degree Atlantic Ocean in support of the Special Olympics New Hampshire. For several years, DEW has been a proud supporter of the Special Olympics and Special Olympian Becky May, an athlete with over four decades of experience in various disciplines. Last year, Becky was chosen to represent the Granite State and play on the first-ever all-women 3v3 basketball team for the 2022 USA Games. Becky and her team took home the bronze medal! This year 558 volunteers helped raise more than $680,000 for the New Hampshire Special Olympics! The Frozen Sections were among one of the top teams statewide, having raised $31,600. Becky May took her 16th plunge Sunday and was a top fundraiser again this year, bringing in over $11,000! DEW is pleased to continue our support of the Special Olympics in its mission. Congratulations, Becky, and to all who participated in this year’s Penguin Plunge! Check out this video from WMUR of all the volunteers taking the plunge! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHdA-_ypoMg
Colchester High School Students Tour Williston Public Safety Project Site
DEW wrapped up a frigid last day of January with a real-world educational opportunity on-site at our Williston Public Safety Facility (WPS), in Vermont, with a group of students from Colchester High School interested in a career in the trades industry. DEW employees took the time to discuss the various career paths available in our trades and how they got to where they are now in their professions. We reviewed the drawings for the WPS facility, looked at the renderings, and then toured the site to see how the project is coming to life. Students also heard from the Vermont State Police, Staff Operations Commander, Captain Michael Manley, and the Clerk of the Works, Andy Metayer. DEW cares deeply about the development of our current and future workforce pipeline. We always enjoy opportunities like this where we can give those interested in the trades a real-life, hands-on educational experience. A big shout out to the Colchester High School students for their enthusiasm and respect and for enduring the cold weather with us that day! We hope you all had as much fun as we did with this real-world experience! Click the link below to watch a video of the day’s events! https://youtu.be/LaqXDrdFiI0
DEW Welcomes Home the Tenants at Waterfront Housing
This week marked the completion of the first phase of the Champlain Housing Trust Waterfront Housing Reconstruction project, allowing displaced tenants to return home! Over the past seven months, DEW has remodeled ten units of affordable housing, an office, a storage closet, utility rooms, and a common area on the first level of an occupied four-story building in Burlington, Vermont. DEW welcomed each resident home with a “basket” of pasta-themed goodies as a thank-you for their patience throughout the renovations. The basket contained pasta sauce from Bove’s of Vermont, pasta from Grand Isle Pasta, LLC in Grand Isle, Vermont, and a Hannaford gift card. We also presented Hannaford gift cards to the other 30 residents who have patiently endured all the noise over the last seven months! The project’s next phase will include sprucing up the corridors to the building’s second, third, and fourth floors with new paint, additional LED lighting with motion sensors, and new flooring. At DEW, we offer construction services customized to address the wide array of housing needs in the communities in which we live, work and play. Whether you’re a nonprofit interested in community housing development or a business that provides senior living opportunities, a partnership with DEW will ensure the delivery of your project from vision to reality.
