New Construction & Contractor Services

The Architectural Awards of Excellence Competition was given to “New England Vacation House” in 1987 by the American Institute of Steel Construction. AISC’s Architectural Awards of Excellence are presented biennially, and since their inauguration in 1960 have become the most prestigious in the construction industry. The competition recognizes outstanding steel-framed buildings of all types, many of which are now considered benchmarks to the state-of-the-art, and landmarks in their own locale. Prin A. Allen & Sons, Inc. was the general contractor for this project.

Self-Contained Living… from cargo ship to container house. This home was constructed from twelve industrial shipping containers, the home is anything but tradition or expected, and yet the Adriance home somehow seems entirely in harmony with the rugged, rocky coastline. Working with the steel shipping containers requires skills more often found in commercial construction, so Kalkin contracted Sheridan Corporation, one of Maine’s largest commercial builders to install and weld the metal containers. Then the Brooklin-based construction firm, Prin A. Allen & Sons, Inc., completed the finish work. This house is "the frosting on the cake - marrying a modern, utilitarian design to an old Downeast setting".

January/February 2010 Edition.