SARAH, Inc., is a community service provider serving individuals with disabilities in over 40 communities across the Greater New Haven and Shoreline areas. SARAH, Inc. desired to re-locate from their previous Branford location to a larger facility to meet their growing demand for more space.

Munger Construction recently completed a 10,000 square foot "flex space" project for SARAH, Inc. in a multi-year leased space located at 1 Commercial Street, Branford, CT. This is the third fit-out Munger Construction has completed at this location, a building owned by Fred Petrella and Richared Michaud of CT Realty Group, LLC.

Joseph Sepot, from Joseph T. Sepot, AIA, Architects, designed a complete interior fit-out package of all finished space. Project Manager, Joe Raccio, coordinated the project, which included new mechanical systems and electrical systems, partitions, cabinetry and millwork, ceilings, carpet, and painting. Work also included new exterior glass window walls.

Munger Construction appreciates the multiple construction opportunities given to us by SARAH, Inc. throughout the last several years. We thank them for their confidence in our company and we wish them well in their new space.

Savoy Linen Services, Inc., located in Stratford, CT, has been providing high quality linens and top-of-the-line service to customers in the Connecticut/New York City Metro area since 1924. Savoy Linen contracted Munger Construction to construct a new, larger facility to relocate to from their current temporary space. Their new 26,780 SF facility includes masonry block walls up to 12' high, V-Rib siding up to the eave height of 28', and a standing seam metal roof.

The building project is broken into two phases, office space and a laundry processing area. The laundry processing area is designed to facilitate their cleaning system and to accommodate specific equipment used in their laundry processing.

Another work in progress is the future home for CarWild Corporation. CarWild manufactures and distributes specialized surgical appliances and supplies. Munger Construction is currently constructing a design/build, 40,000 SF office- industrial-warehouse building, in New London, CT.

The building includes mechanical, electrical, and plumbing work. Special features include creating clean room applications areas with specialized HVAC. There is also a second floor balcony overlooking the picturesque harbor area. This building project is part of the city's renovation process in New London's Enterprise Zone.

In October 2001, John McDonald joined the Munger team. John came to Munger with an extensive background in machine maintenance in the manufacturing sector, where his responsibilities included maintaining a variety of machines and equipment. John's ability to repair electrical power tools has proven to be an added benefit to having John on our team.

John is a problem solver and he consistently demonstrates his ability to work through the "not-so- run-of-the-mill" tasks presented to him in the field of construction. Because John is mechanically inclined he can be assigned a variety of challenging tasks and continually demonstrate the aptitude to work through and solve any problems he encounters.

John lives in Durham, CT with his wife Lee and their two golden retrievers. In his free time John enjoys building furniture, traveling and motorcycle riding. John's travel plans include taking a combined train/bus/cruise ship trip to Alaska in the near future. John has also traveled across country for four weeks on his motorcycle and his dream is to some day motorcycle the Alaskan Highway.

John is very personable and well liked by all who come in contact with him. His sense of humor and cheerful attitude always keep people smiling. John fits nicely into his niche of managing the variety of construction tasks sent his way and we consider ourselves lucky to have him as part of the Munger Team. Thanks John!

When was the last time you thought about your building gutters or roof drains? When they overflowed in the last heavy rain? When they leaked by the entrances to your building?

Regular maintenance of your building's gutter and roof drain systems will save you headaches and repair costs due to water damage. Several times a year your building's gutters and downspouts should be cleaned and flushed clear of leaves and other debris.

Gutters filled with debris put a tremendous strain on the gutter hanger system, causing damage to that system and the building roof edge.

A regular cleaning program should be implemented to stay on top of this often forgotten component of every building. Remember that this work should only be attempted by personnel comfortable working at the roof heights. Workers should have proper fall protection training and equipment, and use the proper ladders or man lifts.

Munger Construction can be called upon for this valuable service, in addition to performing repairs with our qualified and trained staff, should the need arise. Give us a call if we can be of service.

The Varco-Pruden (VP) National Hall of Fame Awards are presented each year to authorized VP Builders for outstanding integration of building systems, products and design. Munger Construction has been named to VP Buildings' 2007 Hall of Fame for two projects. The Lee Company, Building #3, located in Westbrook, CT received an award in the category of manufacturing facilities, and The Perfect Party, located in Branford, CT received an award in the category of retail buildings.

In addition, Munger Construction received a Superior Builder Award for outstanding accomplishments in 2006. Our company was second in New England for the number of Varco-Pruden buildings shipped in 2006.

Munger Construction is honored to receive this recognition of outstanding achievement and we wish to thank all of our customers, especially The Lee Company and The Perfect Party, for the confidence they have placed in us as their general contractors.