BW Kennedy & Co.’s Journey to Becoming a Leader in Life Science Construction n

Our first ground-up building, completed in 2017, was a 91,000sf life sciences building and 258-car parking garage. Since then, we have built numerous lab-ready life science buildings such as a 224,000sf life science building and 1,075-car parking garage in Lexington’s Hayden Research campus, and we are currently building a new 700,000sf, five building bio-manufacturing campus in Devens, Mass. In addition, BW Kennedy has developed a specialty in transforming former office buildings into state-of-the-art life sciences facilities. Beginning in 2010, we have performed many core and shell renovations resulting in tenant fit-outs once the buildings were leased.

From humble origins, BW Kennedy & Co. has grown to become one of the region’s most successful building and construction management companies, while maintaining its original values.

In 14 years, the company has grown in terms of number of employees to over 50 and the size and complexity of projects, yet the principles Brian established at the beginning haven’t changed much. Our teams still work in the field rather than the office. Project teams still execute all the tasks on a project basis in order to provide the client service and quality project the client expects. Our people are well-rounded

As we arrive at this milestone, we reflect on this accomplishment and do not take for granted where we started and what it took to get here. We also think about what success means to us.

The evolution of BHB was achieved through years and years of hard work, unwavering determination and resiliency, strategic planning, and always investing resources back into our organization and people, despite many ups and downs. It may not be glamorous, but it is the truth.

We know that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) also helped our success, but not because we are a Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE), but because we learned through disappointment and heartache that even when we had the people, skills, qualifications, and know-how, we had to continually battle against the tide of clients who overlooked us in favor of the established regimes that ruled the neighborhoods, in some instances for over 100 years. Though we understood why some chose to play it safe, we are thankful for those who opened a seat at the table for BHB, thus giving us the chance to prove ourselves. DEI at its best! Those initial opportunities paid off by expanding our portfolio, giving us exposure to bigger and better work and more sophisticated clients, and by helping us to earn our great reputation.

So now in this next decade and hopefully beyond, success to us at Bald Hill Builders is having the ability to pay it forward. Our own DEI efforts entail working to include more people and businesses that are tirelessly pushing to get to the next step but may not have opportunity. Our success can be also boiled down to great people within BHB, and we will continue to hire folks from all walks of life, making us the best, most diverse group that we can be for our clients and all of our partners.

Congratulations to High-Profile on 25 years in business. We wish you many, many more years of success!

Bald Hill Builders a general contractor based in Walpole, MA, specializing in Affordable Housing, Senior Care, Education, and Restaurants and Retail work among other commercial work.

(781) 806-5951 | baldhillbuilders.com

by Haril Pandya