Originally posted on the Pen Bay Pilot By Lynda Clancy Link to the original article » CAMDEN — David Kibbe decided last year to move to Maine from North Carolina, where he had been happily immersed in a medical and IT career, and raising a family for 30 years. But the prospect of living on…
This article is from MaineBoats.com By Lynda Clancy Photographs by Dave Clough Link to full article » A journalist in Maine will spend years turning copy on a dime, writing at coffee shop tables, in cars during raging storms, at town meetings, or on boats in the middle of Penobscot Bay. It’s a skill helped…
Congratulations! The wonderful craftsmanship of Maine Coast Construction will be represented on this year’s Merryspring Kitchen Tour at Jonna and Greg Clayton’s home on Park Street in Camden. With up to 600 attendees each year, the Kitchen Tour is a driving tour that stops at several new and historic area kitchens, each with samplings from…
The Maine Coast Construction team is pleased that we were able to play a part in constructing Maine’s first indoor swimming facility designed for dogs! Water Bark Wellness is located at 59 Union Street in Camden. The salt water pool is 8’ X 16’ and 3’ feet deep. All swim sessions are private and…
Maine Coast Construction is honored to be the contractor for the future home of Pope Memorial Humane Society. This building will provide a state of the art facility for stray and rescue cats and dogs in the Knox County Area. This photo above is a perspective of the new facility created and provided by Michael…
The elegant Camden Dream House, custom designed by Silverio Architecture, has been completed to the highest level of craftsmanship and attention to detail by the Maine Coast Construction team.
Randy Boyer, Project Manager and John Davee, President of Maine Coast Construction attended a ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Central Maine Cold Storage facility Thursday October 9th in Bucksport Maine. CMCS CEO: Brian McCarthy was interviewed by Adrienne DiPiazza of Channel 5 NEWS about the facility. CMCS is a 150’ wide by 100’ long Super…
John Davee, President of Maine Coast Construction and Randy Boyer, Project Manager attended the open house for the new EBS steel building recently completed by Maine Coast Construction. The new space is a 105’ by 160’ lumber rack storage building completed in just eight weeks in Belfast, Maine. Thanks to all the vendors that attended the event.
Maine Coast Construction was honored in 2013 to be selected “Best of the Best” for building & renovating in the Courier Publications readers poll. From all of us at MCC we thank all our customers and associates. Whether it is in new Residential Construction or Renovations; Commercial/Industrial construction and Renovations, our team will continue to…
Ernie Farrar, Chad Ward, John Davee, just completed this Radon Mitigation job in Waterville at Keystone Apartments. Davee has over twenty years of Radon Mitigation experience with Maine Coast Construction. “We started this division because we wanted to guarantee radon levels were below Federal standards to our custom home owners.” Since then we have performed…
MCC was selected to construct the new Cross-Fit facility in Rockport, which has now been completed and going strong. Our Team wishes all success to Nick and his team, who work hard to keep folks in great physical shape. Look back soon for new pictures.
Purlins are part of a roof’s structure and are long pieces of wood or metal placed horizontally on top of the roof’s rafters and beams. According to dictionaryofconstruction.com, purlins, “support roof loads and transfer them to roof beams.” Learn the anatomy of your home and become a better homeowner! We post a building term every…
The renovations at Jackson Memorial Library in Tenants Harbor are coming along nicely! The walls are dry walled and Maine Coast Construction is preparing to complete the project for the summer season. Maine Coast Construction VP Mark DeMichele snapped the following progress photos last week of the library. Starting in the fall of 2012, Maine…
According to the dictionaryofconstruction.com, a portico is “A covered walk consisting of a roof supported on columns. A colonnaded (continuous row of columns) porch.” The word portico is Italian and the portico structure is found in ancient Greek temples. Today porticos are popular for residential entrances and also entrances to schools and other buildings that use elements of Greek architecture.
The U-factor and R-value are both measures how much heat (or cold) can pass through a given piece of a building such as a window, wall or floor. The U-factor is the original measurement taken and is used to calculate the R-value. Let me explain… The U-factor represents how much heat or cold can pass…
Despite the rainy, cold, overcast weather, work continues quickly on a custom Camden home. The spacious basement is shaping up nicely. According to the project manager Mark DeMichele: “This custom home has a ground level or ‘daylight’ basement/garage that opens out to the low end of the property. The entire lower level is heated with…
Maine Coast Construction is excited to begin construction on a new home in downtown Camden, ME. Every good home starts with a good foundation. George C. Hall and Sons has excavated the area so Concrete Services can pour the cement foundation. Stay tuned, we will be posting step by step photos of the project’s progress…
Earlier we covered the topic of ice dams. The culprit of many ice dams can be poor insulation in the attic. Now that the warm weather is on its way it may seem this problem can wait another season but poor insulation can also mean a hotter house on warm days. The question now arises:…
This past Saturday the Jackson Memorial Library staff and volunteers got a look at JML’s future home when they toured the building that was the home of the former Grace Youth Center. Inside rooms were still being framed out, but one could imagine the new layout which will include a spacious Community Room with a kitchen, gallery space,…
In 1984, the town of Camden, Maine proclaimed March 13th to be Robert L. Davee Day in recognition of his community service. Robert (known by friends and coworkers as Bob) is the majority owner of Maine Coast Construction. When he received the award, Bob said it was “Absolutely a total surprise.” Bob is a ’59 graduate…
The long and difficult task of excavating a pit for the elevator at the new Jackson Memorial Library has finally come to a conclusion. It was necessary to remove up to two and a half feet of solid granite ledge from the basement in order to accommodate the required four feet of clearance in the…
How many days until spring? With cold damp nights upon us, the cozy warmth provided by your fireplace or wood burning stove is a snug feeling. Here are a few tips to remember about wood burning safety: Never burn trash in your stove or fireplace and always build your fire on the andiron or grate…
In January the American Boat Builders and Repairers Association awarded Front Street Shipyard the 2013 Boatyard of the Year Award. Located on the waterfront of Belfast, Maine, Front Street Shipyard houses, repairs, and builds boats. Formerly a closed sardine cannery the space has since been transformed into a premiere boatyard for large vessels by a…
Despite the cold, snow and rain, renovations continue on Jackson Memorial Library’s new home. Recently, Maine Coast Construction has been putting up an addition in the front of the building which will be the entrance and foyer of the library. This area will include the front desk and staff workspace and also an area for…
Ever wonder how a foundation is replaced when there is a house sitting on top of it? The answer is “very carefully”. In Hope the MCC crew is replacing an old stone foundation under a sizable farmhouse. The new foundation is a poured 10” thick concrete wall with an authentic granite foundation cap. To do this…
Now that the first snow storm has hit (or second if you count the one in October..), it is time to think about winter maintenance. One common problem this time of year is ice dams. An ice dam is when melted water freezes at the roof overhang causing a build up of water and ice…
These are pictures of two lakeside cottages renovated by Maine Coast Construction. Major renovations were originally done by Maine Coast in the 1990s. Now Maine Coast is back to add windows and a fireplace to the cozy guest cottage. Although these photos were taken just last week, the lush green of the evergreens surrounding these…
This past September Maine Coast Construction completed a beautiful metal building for Cellar Door Winery in Lincolnville, ME. The 5,000 square foot building is used for wine storage and was completed in just under 2 months. The storage building is climate controlled for the special inventory and attaches to the farm’s main building. Cellar Door…
Maine Coast Construction is removing an area of concrete slab in the basement of what will be the new Jackson Memorial Library. The workers are excavating to a five foot depth to prepare for the new elevator installation. Starting in the fall, Maine Coast Construction has been renovating the former Grace Youth Center in…
Last night WCSH aired a story on Front Street Shipyard in Belfast, ME. Maine Coast Construction has been working continuously with the shipyard over the past couple years and built Building #1 and Building #5 and recently finished renovations in Building #1 to expand shop space. A clip from earlier this summer where MCC President…
Yesterday we posted an update on the renovations at the Jackson Memorial Library. In the article, the building was referred to as being a former “teen shelter”. This is incorrect: the building was used as a teen center. Below is the full article: Maine Coast Construction has recently begun work on renovating a former teen…
This past weekend Maine Coast Construction Senior Vice President Mark DeMichele attended a ground breaking ceremony for the new Jackson Memorial Library! The full article with pictures of the event can be found at: http://www.penbaypilot.com/article/shovel-ready-tenants-harbor-builds-new-library/5891 We will be posting pictures and updates as the project progresses.
Currently the Jackson Memorial Library is a little red house just down the street from the general store in the village of Tenants Harbor. Since 2007 the JML Building Committee has been pursuing a new space for the Library. Initially, the committee researched building a new library on Juniper Street and began raising funds for…
Maine Coast Construction Project Manager Randy Boyer snapped some pictures earlier this week of the shop space expansion inside of the recently constructed Building #1 at Front Street Shipyard. MCC workers are pictured installing a heated floor as well as a 40’ high insulated wall. On the other side of the wall is the boat…
We just wanted to say a big Thank You to everyone who voted for Maine Coast Construction in Village Soup’s 2012 Best of the Best Knox County. Check out the other winners in the October 18th edition of the Camden Herald and Courier Gazette.
According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, “each year there are more than 164,000 emergency room-treated injuries in the U.S. relating to ladders.” One of the more precarious tasks done on a ladder is cleaning gutters. When you clean gutters your ladder is on uneven ground and the work is messy and awkward. Yet,…
Last week, Maine Coast Construction was recognized as one of the top Varco Pruden Builders in the Northeast. The award was given out at VP’s annual Builders Meeting in Portsmouth, NH. Maine Coast Construction president John Davee and steel project manager Randy Boyer attended the event. Varco Pruden Builders specialize in pre-engineered steel systems which…
On a clear August day, photographer Billy Black took some awesome photos of the completed Front Street Shipyard buildings 1 and 5. What a wonderful addition to Belfast, Maine’s working waterfront
Journey’s End Marina in Rockland recently held an open house inside of its newest steel boat storage building. Many people attended including John Davee, Bob Davee, Randy Boyer and Josh Boyer of Maine Coast Construction. Guests socialized and enjoyed refreshments right inside the spacious 70’ X 274’ building which was built under the direction of…
Depending on the task at hand and the tools available, there are different styles of screws to choose from. First there is the slotted vs. the Phillips head. A slotted screw head is used with a flat-head screwdriver (a.k.a slotted-tipped, straight-tipped, flat-blade, etc.) A slotted screw has one groove going straight across the head for…
Let’s define these visually. This is an arbor (an outdoor archway): This arbor was built by Chris Ryan for a customer. This is an arbor with a trellis (latticework to support climbing plants): The pictured arbor was built by Project Manager Randy Boyer for his garden. The top of this arbor is very much like…
Construction Manager David Luckman recently snapped some shots of Front Street Shipyard’s newest building as Maine Coast Construction’s workers added the final touches. According to Maine Coast Construction President, John Davee; “Building #1 is the northerly building and actually the 6th of 6 buildings built, renovated and/or supplied by Maine Coast Construction just in the…
Cribbing is used when the structure needs to be jacked up from its foundation. Cribbing involves building a crib of wood timbers in a Jenga type formation in key spots underneath the building. The cribs will provide support to keep the building up when it is lifted from its supporting columns. Cribbing is also used…
Recently MCC completed a super insulated solar heated house, which is comfortably nestled on the shore of a wildlife pond. This energy efficient home is cozy 1600 square feet of living space with two bedrooms and radiant heat tubing installed into a special concrete slab. Water is circulated through the flat plate solar collectors, where…
Footing is a support structure used in construction. The footing is what the base of the walls lock into. The footing is wider than the walls and provides a support base for the foundation. It is under the earth and the larger the building, the deeper the footing. Footing is often made of concrete but…
These are photos of the boat storage building in progress at the Journey’s End Marina in Rockland which will be a 70′ X 274′ ft steel building. MCC is only 2 weeks into the job and the progress is incredible as you can see by the photos. To see more photos of MCC projects,…
There are several different types of power saws used in building including the circular, reciprocating, saber and chain saws. Each saw is suited for a different set of tasks. A circular saw has a circular blade and cuts by spinning. The teeth of the blade varies by the cut you wish to make (with the…
Building #1 is the second building to be erected in Front Street Shipyard by Maine Coast Construction. These photos taken last week by John Davee show the project just two weeks in and it looks great. Besides housing boats, the new building will include facilities for boaters renting space in the marina including laundry, showers,…
There are many different types of roofs. The most common roof, and the archetype we often picture, is the gable roof. The gable roof is made up of two right triangles and slopes on two sides. A shed roof is even more basic: it is made of 1 right triangle and slopes on one side.…
Metal roofs are not just for commercial buildings. Many homeowners install metal roofs because they are longer lasting and require less maintenance than shingles. Metal roofs are expanding in design options including roofs made to look like different shingles and tiles. However, metal roofs are also expensive to purchase and install and are different from…
Flush simply means “two or more surfaces that are even or level with each other” (1) You can “flush” a surface. This means completely evening it out so it is completely flat: no nails or bumps sticking out. 1. Builder’s Comprehensive Dictionary (Robert Putnam, Reston Pub. Co., c1984)
It is getting warmer out and time to think about being outside! In the spirit of outdoor chores, this week’s word is “sillcock”. According to the Builder’s Comprehensive Dictionary, a sillcock is the water faucet you screw your hose onto. It can also be called a “bib, bibcock, or hose bibb.”
Ever wonder how the plumber removes the impossible clogs? The kind that do not give with plungers or chemicals? The special tool they carry is called a “snake”. A snake looks like a wire with coil at the end and is “snaked” through the drain to break up the clogs. There are several types of…
Sometimes you do not need to build onto your home to gain an extra room. I am not referring to kicking out current residents, but renovating basement spaces. Your basement is a whole other open space in your home and it does not need to be left as a dark, dank space. It can be…
A self-tapping screw can drill it’s own hole. The design of the screw allows this with breaks in the thread on the screw to create sharp edges to cut the material away and create a thread in the material for the screw. The thread can be found externally and internally. The external thread would be…
As you can see from these photos, your roof can trap moisture which can cause significant damage to the wood. If warm air gets trapped between the roof and ceiling, condensation will build up causing the wood to rot and crumble. In order to prevent this condition, a continuous vapor barrier and thermal break must…
The fascia is the outside corner board on a cornice. The cornice found at the end of the eaves and is made up of the fascia and soffits. Besides being decorative, the fascia, along with the soffit encloses the overhang. It can also act as surface to fasten rain gutters to and protects the ends…
Well, there are actually three words to go with the word of the week: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. According to the Builder’s Comprehensive Dictionary (Robert Putnam, Reston Pub. Co., c1984), “order” refers to the three types of Greek columns. See figure one (courtesy of thinkquest.org). Doric is the least frilly column. Notice how it is…
This is probably a familiar place to commuters on the Mid Coast. We completed this project in the 90s and it still looks great.
Learn the anatomy of your home and become a better homeowner! We will be posting a building term every week so you can better understand the structure of your home or building. Jamb No, it is not misspelled: it is jamb with a “b”. The jamb is found on the vertical sides of a window…
We recently wrapped up building a beautiful garage apartment in Camden, ME. This project involved removing the roof structure from an existing garage and constructing an architecturally designed second floor apartment. Mark DeMichele took some great photos of the project’s progress and they are posted here on Facebook.
Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer behind cigarettes. Radon gas is a byproduct of uranium decaying and is present in granite. Here in Maine, it is found naturally in the soil and water (1). Because of this, radon can seep into your house from the ground or through your well water. The…
Rockland has joined an ever-growing list of Maine communities with commercial buildings that have employed a live plant roof. The restoration of a 110-year old historic building on Main Street has completed the first commercial “green” roof in Rockland and the Mid-Coast area. The building owner, Rick Rockwell, purchased 449 Main St from Barry Faber…
“…In the end, it took seven years to restore the home. Some of the improvements were structural. Among other things, Maine Coast Construction put a new foundation under the barn, and they raised and leveled the house, which had settled so much that the second-story doors could not be closed. They also put in new…
This amazing building, our sixth for premier boat builder and environmental leader Lyman Morse, was the only marine project inducted into the VP Hall of Fame in 2008. The national award honors steel structures that represent the state of the art in quality and innovation. Working closely with the client, starting in 2006, we designed…
