Hermann receives Maine AGC's 'major achievement in construction' award
Courtesy / Associated General Contractors of Maine
Doug Hermann, president of the Richmond-based Wyman and Simpson Inc., is the winner of the Associated General Contractors of Maine's “major achievement in construction” award.
Doug Hermann, president of the Richmond-based Wyman and Simpson Inc., is the winner of the Associated General Contractors of Maine’s “major achievement in construction” award.
AGC Maine presented the honor at the Sebasco Harbor Resort, where members celebrated the annual summer outing with their families. The award was founded in 1975 to recognize leaders who had a significant impact on the industry, the marketplace and Maine. The first winner of the award was Ival “Bud” Cianchette, and since then among the winners were Herbert E. Sargent, William Langford, Peter Vigue and Robert Grondin Jr.
Hermann purchased Wyman and Simpson Inc. in 1991, the company's 67th year of business. The company was founded by Maine highway engineers Walworth Simpson and A.P. Wyman, who tackled some of Maine’s largest and most iconic projects — including the Augusta Reservoir, Ticonic Bridge in Waterville and Jordan Pond Bridge in Acadia National Park for the Rockefeller family.
Under Hermann’s leadership, the company leveraged innovations in construction to open new doors, such as building in 2011 the nation’s first multi-span hybrid composite beam bridge, the 540-foot long by 32-foot wide Knickerbocker Bridge in Boothbay Harbor. The company also has built two “bridges in a backpack,” a composite beam bridge system developed by the University of Maine, Orono’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center.
“Doug’s pathway to company president should be shared with every aspiring contractor,” Jon Smith, board president of AGC Maine, said in a news release. “Starting at age 14, he worked as a laborer, then went on to earn his civil engineering degree from the University of Maine, gained experience in design as well as in the field before buying one of the oldest construction firms in the state.”
During his career, Hermann has been a constant advocate for public awareness of Maine’s infrastructure challenges in roles with the Maine Better Transportation Association, AGC Maine and the Maine Transportation Trust. His firm has won three Build Maine Awards, a National Cement Association Award and a National Safety Award.
“Wyman and Simpson Inc. continues to help AGC Maine train new and experienced crane operators as they pursue national certifications,” said Don Partridge, AGC Maine’s workforce development director. “They fundamentally recognize that we have to work together to make the industry safer and build that next generation of skilled workers.”
Hermann is transitioning the firm to employees Kim Suhr and Brent Chesley, according to AGC Maine, in order to spend more time with his five grandchildren.
AGC Maine is the state’s largest construction industry trade association, with more than 185 members statewide.
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