Landry/French Construction

Landry/French Construction is on schedule to complete the University of Maine at Orono’s 14,000-square-foot Sustainable Aquaculture Workforce and Innovation Center in the next few months.

Ryan Deane, of South Portland-based Deane Design & Build, creates homes and other structures that incorporate salvaged wood he’s rescued from barns and buildings destined for demolition.

Scarborough-based Landry/French Construction has begun the first phase of a $7 million renovation to the University of Maine’s Maine Center on Custom House Street in Portland.

The vast majority of commercial and multifamily projects built in Maine today are constructed using prefabricated components. The practice saves substantial construction time, improves predictability and delivers a superior product.

While some construction companies are already feeling the pinch of higher fuel costs, others are weighing their next moves.

With the opening of an office in St. Petersburg, Landry/French Construction plants a second foothold in the Sunshine State, after the 2024 acquisition of Melbourne-based MH Williams Construction Group.

Mölnlycke Health Care, a Swedish manufacturer of wound-care products, will add a 78,000-square-foot addition to its plant at Brunswick Landing.

Mölnlycke Health Care, which makes bandages and wound dressings used in hospitals and acute care facilities, expects to complete the 78,000-square-foot factory expansion at the Brunswick Landing industrial park in 2027.

The Portland-based company has put shovels in the ground for its fifth facility, its first in decades, at the Downs mixed-use devekopment.

For 12 years, the Police Activities League community center has served at-risk children. The positive impact has been profound, said City Manager Phil Crowell.