Regency Construction Services, Inc.

Last week Regency’s founder and president Tari S. Rivera was honored by CAA’s Black History Month Tribute for her contributions to advancing diversity in the construction industry. ? We are proud of Tari for earning this recognition, and grateful to the CAA for its ongoing commitment to similar initiatives. We at Regency share these common ideals and look forward to continuing the push towards a more inclusive industry! ? Congratulations to all 2025 honorees. ? Marsha Mockabee, Monica L. Womack, MPA, Hilton Smith, Thomas Cook, and Mayor Carl B. Stokes

Today we are highlighting another project from our education portfolio – a new PK-12 Building constructed for Hillsdale Local School District. Serving as Construction Manager at Risk in a Joint Venture with Simonson Construction Services, Inc., Regency managed construction of this 223,694 square foot building. The new school includes 64 classrooms, 11 labs, 13 offices, 17 support spaces, 57 restrooms, an agricultural education wing, a 576 seat auditorium, a commercial kitchen and cafeteria, locker rooms, a weight room, a wrestling room, batting cages, and three gymnasiums! In addition to the school building, a field house, stadium and track, two baseball fields, two softball fields, and a press box were also constructed on the site.

Today we are highlighting a project from our PK-12 portfolio — the brand new High School for Fairless Local School District in Brewster, Ohio. ? Serving as Construction Manager at Risk, Regency oversaw the ground-up construction for this 120,000 square foot High School that spanned 2 stories. The new school includes 40 classrooms, 30 offices, 26 restrooms, a performing arts center with seating for 512 guests and an orchestra pit, a board of education office, and an athletic wing with 2 gymnasiums, 6 locker rooms, a weight room and a wrestling room. Utilizing multiple GMPs, this project also included a new baseball field with a concession stand, furniture, and demolition and abatement for the existing high school. ? Regency also hosted a hands-on Construction Academy on the project site for 20 Fairless students where they learned about the various roles and functions that work together to make new construction happen!

This week Regency held a construction academy at our Geneva Public Library addition project! A fantastic group of local middle school students had a great time learning about construction from professionals of various disciplines. Through three engaging activities participants learned about the design to construction process, wall framing, proper tool use and much more. This event would not have been possible without the support of Ashtabula County District Library, Ashtabula County Technical & Career Campus, Cleveland Builds, NAWIC Cleveland Chapter #156, V. L. Chapman Electric, Inc., Scott Wludyga and Rick Ziska. Thank you for all your hard work!

This morning there was a great Workforce Development Panel Discussion focused on the partnership between the Built Environment Collaborative of?Greater Cleveland Works and Cleveland Builds, featuring Regency's own Field Superintendent Jason Anderson as one of the panelists! Engaging discussions were had regarding the trades talent pipeline created by this partnership, the need for further workforce growth and how this growth can be achieved. The panelists, representatives of union labor and contractor organizations, explained how Cleveland Builds graduates had been adjusting to apprenticeships at their organizations, offering valuable insights into a process that has substantially improved the Cleveland area construction workforce. We are very proud to play even a small part in this process, and want to sincerely thank the organizers for their amazing work. Additional thank you to Construction Employers Association (CEA) for sponsoring this event.

In December Regency staff had the awesome opportunity to help Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio throw a Christmas Pajama Party for the kids at the Elyria South Club’s afterschool program! ? Games were played, cookies were decorated, and there were smiles all around! ? Huge thank you to the Boys and Girls Club of Northeast Ohio for inviting us to assist this really fun event! Allen Smith, Jeff Haynes, Grace Marras

Regency wishes everyone a happy and healthy holiday season! ? We will see you in 2025!

Last week some of our staff were featured on the HHW Ohio WISE Women radio program on WOVU 95.9 FM! Carpentry apprentices Hannah Brown and Tinisha Dobbins were joined by Field Superintendent Jason Anderson as they discussed topics such as being a woman in a male dominated industry,?the awesome resource that is Cleveland Builds, starting careers in construction, the importance of workplace culture and much more! We want to thank Kaci Roach and Josette Compton, ED.D., M.A. for inviting some of our staff to participate. And huge thank you to Hannah, Tinisha and Jason for providing insights on our industry and Regency itself. Check out the interview here: https://lnkd.in/g6tJiEej

We are very pleased to announce two new promotions at Regency! Larry Guercio and Matt Miller have each been promoted to Superintendent. As foremen Larry and Matt each demonstrated strong leadership and attention to detail and quality. With glowing reviews from their coworkers and clients alike, they have firmly established that they are ready to take on their next career challenge! We are very excited to see them continue to grow in these new roles. Congratulations Larry and Matt!

On Friday we held our end of the year celebration at a recently completed project of ours, The Church of the Resurrection - who graciously welcomed us back to enjoy their gorgeous (and award winning!) space. The turnout was great, the food from Italian Creations was amazing and the setting was unforgettable! To top it all off we commemorated Regency's 30th anniversary with a laser engraved wine gift box for the one and only Tari S. Rivera. We also acknowledged 2024's workaversaries; Matt Bruno and Marshawn Bell each hit 5 years, Carmine LaManna was recognized for 10 years, Terry Poling reached 20 years, and John Verikakis reached 25 years! Thank you all for building your legacies here. And thank you to all of our awesome staff for taking time to celebrate one another. 2024 was a year for the books and we are so very excited to be entering 2025 with all of you by our side!