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Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce - Construction & Equipment 2007No finger pointing
Marpac does a lot of design-build for the federal government, Mar said. He said the feds appear to be using design-build to avoid the "finger pointing" that sometimes happens when both an architect and builder are involved in the process.
Marpac does industrial work for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and fuel facilities for the military, Mar said. It's also doing seismic upgrades to military hospitals.
Historic renovations
The company specializes in restoring old buildings. It started out doing historic restorations of six Seattle public libraries and that led to private sector work, including the St. Charles Hotel restoration and conversion in Seattle to residential and some commercial projects for Plymouth Housing Group.
Being a minority construction business "probably hurts" Marpac in some cases, but it helps the company in the non-profit arena, Mar said. That's "because those organizations are generally run by people more liberal in thinking and more willing to give opportunities to women and minorities," he said.
