Wright-Ryan Construction

This year, we celebrated Women in Construction in a few different ways. We started in March with a small office gathering during the official Women in Construction Week. In May, a group attended Bernsteinshur’s 11th Annual Women in Construction event, where our own Cordelia Pitman served as a panelist and shared her insights with fellow industry professionals. To top it all off, a group of Wright-Ryan women embarked on a guided bus tour of several Residential and Commercial job sites, connecting with project teams and seeing the work firsthand. Each event offered a meaningful opportunity to learn, connect, and celebrate the women helping shape our company and the construction industry!

Our team recently celebrated an important milestone for the Discovery Village project at the Central Lincoln County YMCA in Damariscotta. The groundbreaking marked an exciting step forward for the new nature-based learning center, which will include five permanent yurts, four classrooms and one dedicated to administrative and storage space, along with a nature-inspired play area. Once complete, the facility will provide childcare and early education for children up to age five.

Architect: Tor Glendinning
Landscape Architect: Carson Douglas
Owner: Central Lincoln County YMCA

It was a beautiful day at Maine Audubon’s Gilsland Farm on May 27th as we celebrated the grand opening of the new Ann & Jim Hancock Native Plants Education Center!

Wright-Ryan was grateful to serve as Construction Manager for this meaningful project, working alongside Maine Audubon, Kaplan Thompson Architects, Aceto Kimball Landscape Architecture, Acorn Engineering, R.J. Grondin & Sons, and many others to help bring the new space to life.

Designed to support hands-on learning, conservation, and native plant programming for people of all ages, the center will help connect more Mainers with the natural world around them. Congratulations to Maine Audubon on this exciting milestone!

📷: Maine Audubon

April 8th holds a special meaning to us. In 2014, the City of Portland officially declared April 8th Wright-Ryan Day in recognition of our commitment to working in the community. To celebrate, we’re throwing it back to 1984 with a photo of our founders, John Ryan and Tom Wright, on the barge during Wright-Ryan’s early days working on Cliff Island.

We’re hiring Commercial Project Managers/Estimators in our Portland office. If you’re looking for career growth, a strong team culture, and the opportunity to work on meaningful projects at a 100% employee-owned company, we’d love to hear from you. Apply here: https://www.wright-ryan.com/careers/

Happy ! We’re celebrating the incredible women of Wright-Ryan who help make us one of the Best Places to Work in Maine through their talent, leadership, and impact every day. Thank you for all you do, on-site and behind the scenes.

Progress at Maine Audubon's Gilsland Farm in Falmouth. We’re on site building the Ann and Jim Hancock Native Plants Education Center, along with a new Stewardship Annex to support conservation work across Maine. Featured in Mainebiz

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Architect: Kaplan Thompson Architects
Civil Engineer: Acorn Engineering
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
Landscape Architect: Aceto Kimball Landscape Architecture
Site Work: R.J. Grondin

We’re excited to share that Wright-Ryan has been selected as Construction manager for Harpswell’s Fire and Emergency Services building! We are grateful for the Town of Harpswell for the opportunity and looking forward to partnering with both the Town and Port City Architecture on this important project.

We’re proud to share that the Tekαkαpimək Contact Station at Katahdin Woods & Waters National Monument has been named ENR New England’s 2025 Project of the Year!

This project is special not only because of what was built, but because of how it was built - through collaboration, shared responsibility, and a deep respect for the landscape and community it serves. We’re grateful to everyone who contributed their expertise and care to bring this place to life.

Read the full ENR Article here: https://www.enr.com/articles/62207-new-england-project-of-the-year-team-delivers-a-remote-off-grid-contact-station

Project Partners:
Owner: Elliotsville Foundation
Lead Design Firm: Saunders Architecture
Structural/Civil Engineer: Haley Ward, Inc.
MEP Engineer: Allied Engineering
Architect of Record: Alisberg Parker Architects
Landscape Architect: Reed Hilderbrand
Project Management and Owner’s Representative: Stern Consulting International
Exhibits, Wayfinding & Signage Design: WeShouldDoItAll (WSDIA)
Exhibition Fabrication: Split Rock Studios
Signage Fabrication: DCL
Sitework and Road Construction: Emery Lee & Sons Inc.
Landscape Site Work: OBP Trailworks
Creative Project Management: Erin Hutton Projects
Photography: James Florio

All Wabanaki cultural knowledge and intellectual property shared within this project is owned by the Wabanaki Nations.

Congratulations to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine on receiving a transformative $2.5 million gift to support their Portland campus expansion. Wright-Ryan is proud to be part of this important project, alongside SMRT Architects & Engineers and all the project partners, helping create spaces that inspire, connect, and empower Maine’s youth.