Merchant Construction Enters the Federal Contracting Arena

One of the largest minority- and woman-owned suppliers of building materials on the East Coast

Camden, NJ, March 14, 2008: - Supplier Diversity Success Story.  Deciding to expand her base of contractors, increase her value proposition to her existing customers, Merchant Construction Company, Inc. (www.pMerchantConstruction.com) has entered the Federal government contracting marketplace.  Started only 10 years ago, Merchant Construction Company, Inc. (MCCI) has developed and a long list of clients from Keating Building Corp to LF Driscoll, Barclay White and JJ Deluca, and Harkins Construction Co.  MCCI success is more remarkable since there are very few woman- and minority-owned firms in this industry who have such an impressive record of clients in the construction field and can boast about on time delivery and within budget as a Union contractor.

Strategic Move.  The housing market is flat and the continual need for public housing improvements are evident, Pam Merchant President and CEO of the firm has seen the writing of opportunity on the wall and believes that its time to make a move into a challenging yet lucrative market. Equipped with a new Team of professionals in her company including the business development Team and expertise of KDM & Associates, LLC, Merchant Construction is now prepared to secure her 8a certification, GSA schedule and begin working even more closely with her current material suppliers inviting them to join her available set- a-side opportunities under her new certifications. The Building supply business alone should make us profitable in the near term declares Mrs. Merchant.

Achieving Growth with Partnerships.  According to Pam Merchant, the need for modernized public housing, and our history of working with some of the largest firms as a union contractor has prepared us to manage prevailing wage jobs.  With our years of generating multi million dollars in revenue, “we are ready”. And in the areas we are not ready, we will partner to build our capacity and go after this market aggressively.  We have looked at Maryland and the Base Realignment projects alone and know there is a place for us.  So Pam wants her competition and her potential teaming partners to know that Merchant Construction is in the market for a mentor and hopes that they appreciate a woman and good one who is honest, hard working and a high achiever.

New Website. The company’s new Website is located at:  www.pMerchantConstruction.com