You see their handiwork virtually everywhere in Michigan’s Great Southwest, but today you may well learn something about Pearson Construction of Benton Harbor that you had no clue they even performed. So, despite the fact that they’ve been doing amazing interior work for decades, the team at Pearson is essentially launching formal acknowledgement today of their “Pearson Interiors” service.
Pearson Construction has been the stalwart construction services firm in Southwestern Michigan for the last 100 years. Their skilled craftsmanship is readily apparent in hundreds of local landmarks from Whirlpool Corporation’s world headquarters administration center on North M-63 and the Berrien County Courthouse, to Lake Michigan College, the St. Joseph Catholic Church and Great Lakes Eye Care.
Pearson has maintained its prominence in the local and regional commercial, industrial, and institutional construction industry as a major projects firm. However, many among us may not know that through its self-performing capabilities, and subcontractor relationships, Pearson takes on smaller projects of all different sizes.
To heighten public awareness of this capability, Pearson Construction has created a service offering within the firm that solely focuses on building out interiors of existing space in buildings with the formal roll out of Pearson Interiors. Pearson understands the unique challenges of construction in existing building envelopes, whether it be in raw space or renovations that require demolition and build back. Those types of projects can range from $5,000 to $500,000 or more. The focus of Pearson Interiors is on turnkey, fast paced, cost efficient project delivery. The Pearson team will also offer design services to compliment the process in a design-build delivery for a single source procurement experience for building owners through its in-house architectural firm, TERA Architects.
Burton H. Pearson II is President of Pearson Construction. He says, “It was a natural step for us to formalize this type of project delivery regarding the build-out of existing space. We have been doing it all along and decided to create a team of in-house project managers, architects, field superintendents, and craft tradesmen dedicated to interior build out projects.” He adds, “What we have learned from listening to building owners is they want a fast-paced and cost efficient way to quickly turnover space in existing buildings. Creating this highly focused and specialized team will facilitate the need in the market place.”
Pearson has developed strategic partnerships with several local trade contractors that share in the same philosophy to deliver interior projects in a fast-paced and cost-efficient manner. Along with Pearson’s self-performing capabilities with its carpenters, laborers, masons, concrete finishers, ironworkers, and equipment operators, interior projects can be designed and built out faster and owners, tenants, and end users can occupy and use space sooner. Pearson Interiors will initially focus on owners and tenants who are in the following market sectors:
- Office
- Medical/Dental
- Retail
- Restaurant
- Manufacturing
Pearson explains, “We understand that when income-producing space in buildings undergoes a lengthy design and construction process, building owners miss an opportunity to earn revenue that can never be recaptured. Additionally, owners will be able to obtain a project budget within a few days to evaluate the terms of a lease for a prospective tenant or determine the required capital expense.”
The new Interiors team is flexible, too, according to Pearson who says, “Whether it is upfront budgeting or a complete design build of an interior space, we can expedite the entire process through Pearson Interiors,” adding, “We will accomplish these objectives with our project personnel and systems management to reduce the overall schedule, and in some cases up to thirty-percent, while still delivering the same high-quality construction that Pearson has built its reputation on since 1918.” He notes, “The reduction in overall project time brings down total build-out costs as well as provides for accelerated lease start dates and beneficial use of the space. It’s a win-win-win situation for owners, end users, and our company.”
If you’d like to learn more about Pearson Interiors, you are encouraged to contact Pearson’s business development department at (269) 926-7281 or via email at info@pearsonconstruction.com for additional details about Pearson Interiors.
Founded more than 100 years ago in 1918, Pearson Construction is the leading commercial, industrial, and institutional construction services firm in Southwest Michigan. They are a third generation, family-owned design build, general contracting, and construction management firm, headquartered in Benton Harbor. The Pearson family of companies also includes TERA Architects, a full service architectural firm, originated in 1956 as Pearson Engineering, Inc. You can learn more about Pearson online by clicking the link below:
