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Fall 2024

Leaky houses & Blower tests

Maine is a majestic place to live, from the snowy winters to lazy summer days sent outside. Our homes are impacted by the changing temperatures. We have heating and cooling bills that can change as the years go on. One of the reasons is because air is leaking from our homes. Which can make them hard to heat and hard to cool. The only way to know whether your home is leaky or tight is to measure its air leakage rate with a blower door which can measure and help locate leaks in your home.

Summer 2024

Burnt Wood Siding

Japanese burnt wood siding (Shou Sugi Ban) is a carbonized wood finish created by burning the surface of wood to preserve it.  It is believed that the technique originated around the 18th century in the Sendai region, a port city on Japan’s east coast. We are currently working on a project in Coastal Maine using Shou Sugi Ban as the siding and creating a one-of-a-kind home for our clients!

Spring 2024

the Concrete Trend

They say history repeats itself… the industrial revolution is now hitting the interior design market. Gone are the days when concrete was seen as unappealing and rough. With modernization and innovation, concrete now has style and elegance like never before. We had the opportunity to build a bar from concrete this spring, creating an amazing and unique design detail for our clients.

A closer Look

Creating a Floating Glass Bar Top

Working with Schindler Metal Works out of Houston Texas, Warren Construction Group was able to create the illusion of a floating glass island bar top on this residential project in Harpswell, Maine.  Designed and fabricated by Guido Schindler of Schindler Metal Works, the end result is a stunning addition to the …

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Warren Construction Group becomes an ESOP

Warren Construction Group to become an Employee Owned Company General Contractor blazing the way for other small businesses in establishing an ESOP Peter Warren, the founder of Warren Construction Group, a residential and commercial general contractor headquartered in Freeport, ME, announces the implementation of an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). …

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Friends School receives Special Detail Recognition Award

In a long list of accolades, The Friends School of Portland and Warren Construction Group are again in the spot light. The Maine chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) recently announced the 2016 AIA Maine Design Awards. The Special Detail Recognition Award for the school was presented at …

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Top Three Benefits of Panelization

A panelized building system incorporates construction techniques that use advanced technology, quality materials and a controlled work environment to build energy-efficient buildings. Panels built inside to a strict set of prints, allow for a better quality building to be constructed and for the erection of the building to occur faster. …

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Building Energy Boston Conference 2016

Peter Warren represents Warren Construction Group as a speaker at the 2016 BuildingEnergy Boston, NESEA Conference. Peter, talked about “Integrated Design for High Performance Schools”, reflected on our experience in building the Friends School of Portland. The topic covered the challenges and rewards of decision-making in an educational environment, and …

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Preserving History

The renovation of the historic Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Brunswick was completed with the goal of restoring the original exterior, while repurposing the interior. Originally built in 1806, Stowe House is on the National Register of Historic Places and is designated a National Historic Landmark. This project required Warren …

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Friends School side entrance

Great Press Coverage During Friends School Build

When it came time to build a new school for the Friends School of Portland, Warren Construction Group jumped at the challenge. We received some great press during the planning and construction phases of this wonderful project, as shown below. “The Quaker school is Maine’s first school certified as a …

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The Experienced Innovator

Maine Home + Design featured a profile about Peter Warren and Warren Construction Group in its Architecture December, 2015 issue. This wonderful article on Peter captures some of the history of the company and the essence of what makes Warren Construction Group unique. Please read the article below and it …

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Portland Food Co-Op and Sustainability

In November of 2014 the Portland Food Co-Op opened its doors in a new location on Congress Street, Portland. Heavily involved from the start, Warren Construction Group worked with a passionate group of people who had a vision of moving the co-op into a larger and more publically accessible space. …

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Thermal Break to the Earth

In order to maximize the heat retention within a building and thus minimize any transfer of cold temperature into a building we have gone to great lengths to ‘break’ any contact between the two. At Friends School of Portland we installed 12″ (±R54) of rigid insulation in two 6″ thick …

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