Eventful seems almost too mild a word to characterize 2018 for Consigli Construction Co., ENR New England’s Contractor of the Year. Transforming into a 100% employee-owned enterprise, the 114-year-old Milford, Mass.-based contractor and construction management firm reported $1.09 billion in regional revenue, placing it third among ENR New England’s Top Contractors list. The firm ranks in the Top 60 in ENR’s national survey. Consigli also became an early adopter in 2018 of innovative wearable robotic technologies to improve worker health and safety and contributed to 25 children’s health and education charities in the region, via the Consigli Foundation.
CEO Anthony Consigli, the great grandson of immigrant mason Peter Consigli, who founded the company in 1905, says that while the current construction market “has made a lot of contractors look good,” the roots of recent success go much deeper. “I bring it back to our culture, which has been pretty consistent over the years,” says Consigli, 52, who, along with his brother Matthew, 46, the firm’s president, took the company reins in 1995. The brothers oversee a 1,000-person organization with seven offices from Portland, Maine, to Washington, D.C. In addition to striving for continuous improvement and accountability, he adds, “our people work incredibly hard, and I think that gets recognized by our clients and partners.”