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Metcon
As a Native American operation, Metcon brings high-quality construction services to clients across North Carolina. The company’ s long legacy of excellence started 25 years ago, as Vice President of Business Development, Angela Carter, begins:“ Metcon is a Native Americanowned business, which was founded in 2000 in Pembroke, North Carolina by current President and CEO, Aaron Thomas. As North Carolina’ s largest minority-owned construction contractor, we have grown from humble beginnings and now operate across North Carolina and South Carolina.
“ We are a trusted and capable provider of construction services. Today, we have three building divisions including: Pembroke, which is our headquarters, Raleigh, and Charlotte. Our infrastructure division focuses on wastewater treatment facilities, water & underground utilities. Our name‘ Metcon’ was conceived in 1999 as we started as a subcontractor specializing in panelized metal studs and trusses and became a General Contractor in 2000. The early NC Bond program for the UNC system catapulted us to becoming a leader in Higher Education Construction.
The company’ s unique heritage is central to its sustainability mission, as Angela discusses:“ True to our Native American heritage is our commitment to sustainable building. Our firm has built more buildings that generate their own energy through solar power, geothermal heating, and energy positive cooling than any other builder in our region. To date, we have completed 11 energy positive projects and have won many awards.
“ Today, our firm has grown not only into the largest minority owned Contractor in NC, but a proven firm providing a full range of construction management at risk and design-build services for our clients across the Carolinas.” construction-today. com 25