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PETER SCALAMANDRE AND SONS INC.
PSSI has successfully completed
more than $300 million in power
plant work to date.
1959, his two sons, Fred and Joseph, took
over the company. The duo turned the
firm into one of the largest civil contrac-
tors in New York state by opening other
divisions. They are:
■ Sea Crest Construction Corp. – A gen-
eral contracting firm for construction of
major buildings.
■ Mill Rental Corp. – A heavy equip-
ment division.
■ Seville Central Mix Corp. – A concrete
ready-mix supplier.
■ Scatt Materials Corp. – A drum mix
asphalt plant for both public and private
projects.
■ Sea Crest Development Corp. –
Primarily an owner and operator of
heavy trucking including 18-wheel trac-
tor trailers.
■ Seament Transportation LLC – With
its fleet of 15 bulk cement trailers, it
transports fly ash from a terminal in
New York City to most of the concrete
plants on Long Island.
Celebrating 85 years in the industry, the
company says it is stronger than ever.
“Our longevity means we are successful
in keeping up with today’s times and tech-
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niques and new innovations,” President
and third-generation owner Peter
Scalamandre says.
“The company is only as good as its
employees and their ability to work within
the parameters of the company structure
and attributes much of its success over the
years to them,” he says.
“There were several different things we
did to change the business to tie it to what
is going on today. For example, in the
1990s, we got into more design/build
[work] than we ever did in the past.
“We decided to market our company
to attract private-industry clients in addi-
tion to the public works projects that
were historically our base,” Scalamandre
continues.
In addition, the company diversified
and took on joint-venture partners with
the experience to perform power plant
work, successfully completing more than
$300 million in power plant work to date.
PSSI is currently working on a
design/build project for JetBlue Airways at
JFK Airport. It consisted of a 1,500-space
parking garage at the JetBlue Terminal.
PSSI contracted with STV Inc. to design
the structure, which was constructed
with precast tees and structural steel
members.
The project was completed on budget,
which was approximately $65 million
including contingencies, and was com-
pleted on-time within a period of approx-
imately 24 months.
A Versatile Firm
The public sector in New York has been
sluggish in the past five to seven years.
As a result, Scalamandre says, the com-
pany had to shift its attention to the
private sector.
“We are very versatile,” he states. “We
do more than just regular concrete proj-
ects. Most companies are road contractors
or concrete contractors.
“We do more than that,” he adds. “We
can general contract for work and self-per-
form much of the work including the exca-
vation, foundation concrete work, concrete
superstructure work, underground utilities
and site work and, because of that, possess
the ability to control the project schedule,
as well as provide competitive pricing for
our clients. That gives the company an