For February’s Employee Spotlight, we paid a visit to One D&C carpenter Santiago Perez (aka “Santi”), who was busy at work hanging drywall in a room at the Westfield Boys and Girls Club. Q: How long have you been at One D&C? A: I’ve been a carpenter at One Development & Construction for five years […]

By Derek Heile and Brad Miller Here’s a closer look at what’s been going on at One Development & Construction: Nupro: The exterior façade of the building was completed this month in Deerfield. The sunshades and canopies were installed to provide the finishing touch. Inside the tapers are sanding the drywall in the office area. […]

By Holly Lurgio Thanks to your generosity, we have successfully collected a bounty of food and personal care items for the food insecure students at Quinsigamond Community College in Marlborough. Jodie Bastarache from the Elm East office made the delivery and mentioned how grateful the school was for our donation. Thank you for making an […]

By Tim Rzeszutek In November’s Elm newsletter, Bob discussed our “Why.” At the end of his writeup, he listed our core values as a company (Safety, Service, Integrity, and Evolution) and defined these very well as to what they mean to us. I want to focus this article on Evolution and why it’s importance could […]

As a company we do a lot of driving to work and customer sites. Here are the 2023 fleet statistics for the company: Ninety-six times around the world. That’s impressive! With the average vehicle driving 12,409 miles, we need to stay vigilante on the road and focus on defensive driving. When possible, back into a […]

Burlington, MA — Highwire, the Contractor Success platform for builders and owners of capital projects, has announced the recipients of its prestigious safety awards. Elm Electrical, Inc. has received the Gold Safety Award. This award is presented to companies who score between 85-94 on the Safety Assessment administered by Highwire. Less than 20% of contractors […]

By Tim Rzeszutek This month’s tool article is slightly different than in the past. There’s only so many new tools or exciting projects that are worth writing about. Instead, this month is going to be a review of concepts that are far from new and have been around for centuries. On weekends — if we’re […]

By Bob Bacon When I was in school long ago, I remember seeing a film (there were no videos) that projected nuclear power would be so cheap you wouldn’t need to meter it. It was a utopian idea that seemed in the 60’s and 70’s to be totally feasible. For many reasons, interest in nuclear […]

In our continual effort to offer a robust, comprehensive offering of benefits to our employees, Elm has revamped its vacation policy. We’re excited to introduce increased PTO based on tenure as well as the options to rollover & cash out unused PTO. Please click HERE to read more. This new policy goes into effect for […]