This month, Fortunato Construction Group welcomes SFC Benjamin Hernandez as an Army-supported apprentice. SFC Hernandez is a Work Vessels for Veterans awardee who connected with Fortunato Construction through the Greens for Good Golf Tournament. As he retires from active duty this spring, he is focused on growing his Enfield-based construction firm Benny Blanco Decking Company.
Recently Completed: Deka Lash at Evergreen Walk
Happy Holidays! from our team to yours...
Our team is grateful to our partners and clients for all of what we've accomplished together this past year! As we reflect with gratitude, we'd like to wish everyone a joyous holiday season and a very Happy New Year! #builtbyfcg
Recently Completed: The Goddard School
Fortunato Construction Group Raises $31,000 for Service-Injured Veterans
Greens for Good Charity Golf Tournament to Benefit Work Vessels for Veterans
Join Us! Fortunato Construction Group proudly presents Greens for Good – a charity golf event benefitting military Veterans! September 25, 2023, at the award-winning Lake of Isles Golf Course in North Stonington, CT. Scramble Format, Special Guests, Live Auction, Team & Individual Prizes, and more. 100% of net proceeds to benefit Work Vessels for Vets.
West Hartford's first adult-use cannabis dispensary #BuiltbyFCG!
Budr Cannabis, owned by local home healthcare entrepreneur Derrick Gibbs Jr. and industry veteran Carl Tirella Jr., is hosting its grand opening Monday, July 31, at 1037 Boulevard, West Hartford. The adult-use cannabis retailer will be the first to open in West Hartford and one of five Tirella and Gibbs plan to open across the state by 2025.
Fortunato Construction Group names new president and CEO
River's Edge at Saint Clement's Marina
Greens for Good Charity Golf Tournament to Benefit Work Vessels for Veterans
Join Us! Fortunato Construction Group proudly presents Greens for Good – a charity golf event benefitting military Veterans! September 25, 2023, at the award-winning Lake of Isles Golf Course in North Stonington, CT. Scramble Format, Special Guests, Live Auction, Team & Individual Prizes, and more. 100% of net proceeds to benefit Work Vessels for Vets.
2023 Recipient of the Shirley Ramos Memorial Scholarship
Fortunato Construction Group CEO, Lindsey Fortunato, and CFO, Jessica Idleman, were on hand at the Berlin High School Scholarship awards to present this year’s Shirley Ramos Memorial Scholarship recipient with a $2500 check. The annual FCG-sponsored Scholarship is given to female seniors pursuing a degree/technical training in construction. architecture, or engineering in honor of Shirley Ramos—a mentor and friend who lost her life to cancer in 2018 after a hard-fought battle with both Breast Cancer and Melanoma.
Home healthcare entrepreneur Gibbs sets ambitious sights on cannabis industry
More than 15 years after starting a home healthcare business fresh out of college, Change Inc. President Derrick Gibbs Jr. is shifting his sights to a new industry — cannabis. Partnering with an industry veteran, a team of social equity entrepreneurs and a Chicago-based multistate cannabis business operator, Gibbs said he hopes to open five recreational marijuana dispensaries in the state in the next few years.
Berlin honors ‘milestone’ businesses
Spotlight On: Matt Caruso
Matt joined FCG in April of 2019 and has very quickly developed excellent skills in bidding, budgeting and project management with our team. He recently completed a major renovation project at Capitol Light in Hartford, CT, and he just won a bid for a Brixmor Shell project, the future home of Aldi in Carle Place, NY. Matt is currently managing the relocation of Sakura Garden at Evergreen Walk in South Windsor, CT. He’s also slated to manage a complex addition and renovation at the McDonalds on Massachusetts Avenue in Boston, MA this spring.
Fortunato Construction sees opportunity, challenges in nascent adult-use cannabis industry
What's Next For Retail?
I am the Director of Planning and Strategy at a family-owned commercial construction company in central Connecticut. Our business, founded by my father more than 30 years ago, has survived many economic cycles over the last three decades and has changed and evolved quite a bit in that time. Throughout the late 90s and early 2000s, we led in the restaurant construction space, with over a hundred new restaurants and dozens of renovation project in New England. When the market shifted and restaurant work slowed, we grew in retail.
Unprecedented Times
Hartford Business Journal Recognizes Fortunato Construction's Milestone
FCG appeared in the Hartford Business Journal's Book of Lists 2020, celebrating 30 years in business!
5 Advantages to DESIGN/BUILD Construction
In a typical Design-Bid-Build model the client is responsible for hiring a designer, bidding the project and selecting a contractor. With Design-Build the design and construction team are one of the same. The team is integrated and all parties are involved from the first conversations to the execution of construction.
COMING SOON!
Coming soon - DRYFT Revere.
Fortunato Construction Group has been working on this beautiful new restaurant and tap room, design by @Arrowstreet.
Dryft will offer an Italian twist with a seafood influence. The restaurant will seat 140 with the expectation of an addition of an outdoor bar.
Thank you to The Aldi Family and @DryftRevere , for the opportunity to help bring your vision to life.