General contractor, construction manager and design/builder Norco Construction promoted Erik Rappel to Chief Operating Officer. He most recently served as Norco’s Vice President of Operations, after originally joining the firm in 2017 as Senior Project Manager.
“Erik’s technical and project management expertise has immensely benefitted Norco’s clients throughout the East Coast over the past eight years. His experience in commercial and residential construction has allowed our firm to steadily grow in major market sectors, including multi-family, workplace, healthcare, retail, hospitality and public, especially in our firm’s main geographical markets of the Northeastern U.S. and Florida. I look forward to Erik leading Norco’s continuing expansion and mentoring our growing team of construction professionals,” said Norco CEO and President Norman O. Rijo.
Following the promotion, Rappel’s responsibilities include managing the firm’s operations and business growth, executive-level oversight of construction practices and developing long-term expansion strategies.
“Norco has established a reputation for technological and logistical excellence that allowed the firm to deliver some of the most prominent projects built in the U.S. in recent years. I am looking forward to growing the firm and leading our team of project managers, site superintendents and support personnel,” said Rappel.
Rappel brings more than 30 years of construction experience to his new position. His portfolio features in excess of 3 million square feet of completed projects, including Footlocker’s national renovation program for over 70 stores; a national rollout of Veterinary Emergency Group clinics, with locations completed in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Florida; two Stony Brook University dormitory renovations and expansions in Stony Brook, NY; a new 10-acre York Studios film and television production studio campus, including a 175,000-square-foot building in the Bronx, NY; the New York City Department of Sanitation fleet service facility in Brooklyn, NY as well as a nine-floor renovation of the MTA headquarters offices at 2 Broadway, the Stuyvesant High School theater and a renovation and infrastructure upgrade of the 52-story Bristol luxury multi-family and hotel property, all in Manhattan.
Established in 2002 by President and CEO Norman O. Rijo, Norco is headquartered in Manhasset, NY and operates a regional office in Miami, FL. The firm is a premier general contractor, construction manager, design/builder and owner’s representative serving commercial, institutional and public clients throughout the United States.
The firm’s and its affiliated entities’ current and recent work includes six locations of Veterinary Emergency Group animal clinics in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Florida; the Forty Carrots restaurant at Bloomingdale’s in Palm Beach Gardens, FL; the 14-unit, four-story Palm Villas townhouse complex in Bay Harbor Islands, FL; a gut renovation of a six-story Electchester co-op residential tower in Queens, NY; the Ballantine Park pool complex renovation in Southbury, CT; a renovation of the nine-story MTA headquarters office in Manhattan; the 80,000-square foot NYC Department of Transportation office and fleet maintenance facility in Brooklyn, NY; and renovations and ADA upgrades to the M&T Bank’s branches in Kings Park, NY and Queens, NY. Additional information: www.norcony.com
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