EDGEWATER CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
Listen Closely - Plan Thoroughly - Build Better

In 2006, two professionals with over 50 years of combined contract administration, engineering and construction experience joined forces to create Edgewater Construction Services - a company with a window into the inner workings of the built environment from the perspective of the facility owner, the designer, and the construction project manager.

   
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build

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contracting

James Collins, P.E., LEED GA
President
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge MA - Master of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg VA - Bachelor of Science Civil Engineering
Email:
jcollins@edgewaterconst.com
Phone:
757.410.3166
Joined the Edgewater Team:
Jim is the President of Edgewater and started the company in 2006.
Background:
Jim Collins, a licensed civil engineer, has over 25 years of experience. Active duty in the US Navy prepared Jim to excel in vertical construction operations, estimating, project management, and contract administration around world for the Seabees and the Navy’s Civil Engineer Corps. Jim retired from Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) where he gained construction experience from an owners’ point of view as a contracting officer. His vast experience prepared him to drive military construction projects through conceptual, design, and construction phases.
Education/Training:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge MA - Master of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg VA - Bachelor of Science Civil Engineering
Affiliations:
Registered Professional Engineer,Commonwealth of Virginia Certified LEED Green,Society of American Military Engineers,U.S. Green Building Council
Richard Marano
Vice President
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester
NY – Bachelor of Science Civil Engineering Suffolk County Community College
Long Island
NY - Associates in Construction Technology
Email:
rmarano@edgewaterconst.com
Phone:
757.410.3166
Joined the Edgewater Team:
Vice President of Edgewater Construction Services in 2006.
Background:
Rich Marano is a civil engineering graduate of the prestigious Rochester Institute of Technology who combined his degree in construction technology and took a different path, moving directly into the construction field. His career has upwardly traversed from assistant project manager to project manager to Vice President of Edgewater Construction Services in 2006. Rich’s resume shows achievements in Virginia, New York, New Jersey, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Connecticut, Maine and Vermont in design-bid-build, design-build, construction management and general contracting. His experience in facility renovations and additions and new construction reached its highest point when Rich was assigned as Senior Project Manager for the Armada Hoffler Tower in Virginia Beach. This $86M project spanned 2 years and 13 floors (255,000 sq. ft.) of Class A office space, 300,000 sq. ft. of retail space and an adjoining a 22 floor 9 level cast-in-place parking garage with 1871 stalls.
Education/Training:
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester
NY – Bachelor of Science Civil Engineering Suffolk County Community College
Long Island
NY - Associates in Construction Technology