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A SPECIAL ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT TO NEW YORK CONSTRUCTION commercial ofﬁce building construction in urban areas, CAS branched into the commercial drywall business specializing in interior tenant ﬁt-outs. As the commercial sector grew, so did the need for hotels, hospitals and residential housing. “We did some major hotels and went on to complete the largest condominium, hotel and ofﬁce development the City of Boston has seen thus far—Rowes Wharf.” Rapaport says. “When the companies we were doing business with branched out, we went with them. Soon we were completing hotel rooms all over the east coast.” In the 1990s there was a proliferation of federal spending and our work efforts turned to the construction of federal courthouses and ofﬁce buildings funded by the General Services Administration. An excellent example is the Ronald Reagan building in Washington, DC, a 3.2 million square foot classic federal ofﬁce building. During the 1990s, Component also completed sports facilities such as Fleet Center in Boston, United Center in Chicago and the renovation of Madison Square Garden in New York. One speciﬁc source of pride for the ﬁrm was the involvement in the renovation of Carnegie Hall, a worldwide landmark. Top Choice Employer CAS has grown into a substantial employer of both ﬁeld journeymen and administrative personnel who maintain a thorough knowledge of the industry in both construction and client commitment. Rapaport attributes the success to the loyalty of its employees, some who have been there throughout most of the company’s history. Above: Ronald Reagan Building, Washington DC. Above: Madison Square Garden, New York City. “We have loyal employees all over the east coast,” Rapaport says. “Some who started with us as young carpenters have now retired, never working for anyone else but our ﬁrm.” Today CAS maintains ofﬁces in metropolitan New York, Boston, Central New Jersey, the Washington D.C. area and Las Vegas. Most recently, an ofﬁce was opened in Philadelphia. “The Philadelphia ofﬁce has been awarded a project, a large hospital,” Rapaport says. “We’re already working there.” To date, CAS has completed over 50,000 hotel rooms, 4,000 hospital rooms, 30,000 apartments plus corporate commercial ofﬁce buildings, federal and municipal public buildings, sports arenas and special projects - totaling nearly three billion dollars of work in place. Above: US Federal Courthouse in White Plains, New York. 5

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