10/7/2011 - SMET CORPROATE OFFICE RELOCATED TO DOWNTOWN GREEN BAY
Smet Construction Services (Smet) has moved its corporate construction office to downtown Green Bay. Formerly Lawrence based, Smet now occupies a portion of the 2nd floor of The Green Bay Chamber Building, located at 300 N. Broadway, which is owned by Smet. The 3 story building currently houses the Green Bay Chamber of Commerce and a lending office of First Business Bank; with two more tenant build-outs currently underway.
This move provides space for our current office staff of 32 employees; along with room for growth. “The Lawrence location served us well for many years, however, in the end we have to look at the building as a real estate investment and we we could not justify continually adding more office space.” states Scott Smet. Smet has leased the Lawrence office location to SRC Technologies. We continue to run shop operations out of the Lawrence location as well as through our Appleton shop location.
“We have experienced substantial growth in that last 2 years and we expect that trend to continue. We will have space for that continued growth in our new location.” Smet is currently in the process of hiring a number of added construction professionals.
“We are very excited about being in the hub of the downtown district. There is a lot of momentum in the area and we are eager to be a part of that”. Smet has made significant investments in the downtown Green Bay area over the years and our investment in several buildings has brought over 1,000 jobs to the downtown. “I especially like the lifestyle amenities we will have downtown. I am also involved and a proponent of the Broadway District which we have located to. The move is a good fit for us as we in the downtown area on a daily basis visiting the financial, legal and insurance institutions we are associated with.”
Our new office is State of the Art and includes items such as video conferencing, in house architectural drafting, 3D visualization, etc. “Our customers are now worldwide and to optimize our service to them we will implement cutting edge technology at our new location.”
Brothers and majority owners, Scott and Chad Smet, purchased the business from their father, Daniel Smet, in 1994. Construction has been in the Smet family since 1934 when their grandfather Robert Smet went into business. In 1964 Daniel Smet went out on his own and established what is now Smet Construction Services Corp. Paul Belschner and Shaun Mc Keefry are co-owners.
7/1/2011 - Corporate Offices to Relocate September 26th
We are pleased to let you know.....Our corporate office will be relocated to Downtown Green Bay! As of September 26, 2011 please visit us at: 300 N. Broadway, 2nd Floor Green Bay, WI 54303
6/22/2011 - Smet Website will be undergoing changes
Please excuse our dust as we rennovate our website over the coming weeks.
05/19/2011 - Smet Welcomes Sean Duncanson to the Team
Sean Duncanson recently joined the Smet Construction Services Team as a Construction Project Manager. Sean’s experience has involved him with many building projects around northeast Wisconsin. Sean has 20 years of architectural design and project management experience which is a great fit and addition to the Smet Team. Sean and his wife have two daughters and reside in De Pere. They are very involved in and kept busy with youth soccer and shooting sports. Sean manages to find time for his racing and hunting hobbies as well. To contact Sean at Smet please call 1-800-275-1872 or sduncanson@smet.com
05/19/2011 - Smet Welcomes Alicia Goldman to the Team.
Alicia Goldman recently joined the Smet Construction Services Team as an Administrative Assistant. Alicia is a 2005 graduate of UW-Oshkosh and has BA in Fine Arts-with a photography emphasis. Alicia has over 13 years of customer service experience which includes customer service in hospitality, retail and the trucking industry. Alicia also manages her own photography business in addition to being an organizer of a local book club. With someone who is dedicated and with a great personality, Alicia is a great fit and addition to the Smet Team. Alicia and her husband have one daughter and reside in Green Bay. They keep busy with family and friends, working out at the gym/taking walks with their daughter and working on projects around the house. 06/29/2010 - Saw you in the news...
Thanks for everything you guys do for our community. The work you do actively changes the face of our City and I'm proud to have a great team like Smet at work here. I wish you all the best with your future endeavors. James J. Schmitt Mayor, Green Bay Wisconsin
06/30/2010 - Entrenched in the Community
June 21, 2010 The Business News Article Smet Construction Services Corp. – Entrenched in the Community By Lori Kaye Lodes Smet Construction Services Corp.’s long history of innovation, quality workmanship and community involvement have made it more viable than ever in 2010. Smet Construction Services was started as Smet General Contractors under to auspices: to employ innovative thinking and to provide quality commercial and industrial buildings. While the company changed its name six years ago, its longstanding attention to innovation and quality remain unchanged. Today, the company is led by Paul Belschner as vice president and CFO, and Scott Smet, president, who handles business development and customer retention as well. Other key stakeholders include Chad Smet and Shaun Mc Keefry. The 20-member staff at Smet continues to seek and implement innovative techniques as a means of sustaining a high level of skill and workmanship. The company employs these priorities in construction management, complete design-build services, preconstruction planning, general contracting and tilt-up concrete construction projects. Smet also serves as a one-stop shop for all construction management services, conducting all preconstruction planning (including locating land, creating preliminary budgets and completing a site optimization study) as well as coordinating build-to-lease projects. The company has differentiated itself through a number of ways: Process - Smet uses a hybrid of construction management and design-build methods with customers, working one-on-one with the customer before construction begins. The benefits are many but include handling all costing on the customer’s behalf (and ensuring competitive pricing), serving as the point person for all building, and conducting site analysis on the customer’s behalf BEFORE he/she even buys a parcel of land. “With the nature of our business, we may know of a better parcel of land because we work with municipalities all the time,” said Belschner. “And we have a successful track record of getting incentives from multiple sources; municipalities as well as Wisconsin Department of Commerce and TIF funding.” The company acts as a resource, linking clientele to various types of assistance including tax credits and subsidized land costs. In one project, it obtained a 25 percent incentive – savings that trickled down to the customer. People - Smet prides itself on building its company on integrity. “It can take years to build relationships. And in the end, all you have is your reputation,” said Belschner. While it focuses it services with a 100-mile radius, once it’s developed a relationship with a customer, they will travel elsewhere to perform jobs on their behalf. Examples of that include the building the company has done for CVS Pharmacies and NAPA. A stellar example of relationship development is the relationship Smet has with the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. “The Chamber has had a great relationship with Smet that preceded the construction of the Chamber’s new building,” said Paul Jadin, president of the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. “And during the process, they were responsive to changes we needed, delivered on all their promises and continue to be a good organization to work with.” The result is a beautiful Chamber building that blends well into the existing Broadway district on a corner of one of the greatest developments in downtown, said Belschner. Diversification - Smet performs construction for many sectors – office, retail, manufacturing, healthcare – and diversity has been an advantage for the company through the economic downturn. Environmental focus - Smet considers itself a small firm with a large impact, not only because of the vast array of services it provides but also because of its commitment to being progressive in environmentally friendly building methods. Some the methods it employs include the WasteCap process, whereby construction waste materials are recycled. A project using the WasteCap process can divert as much as 75 percent or more of construction waste materials. The company also employs a LEED AP certified person on staff and is working to become and elite partner with Orion Energy Systems, a leader in the natural day lighting and energy solutions. A few reasons the company credits for its success: Focus on education - “We have good people in our roles; that’s what it takes is people who are committed to the same cause. Many of our people have accreditation in variety of areas and pursing that makes the company as a whole that much stronger,” said Belschner. “We have always had a policy to pay educational costs. If staff are going to take their own time to better themselves, we will support them.” Give back - The company has a long-standing commitment to giving back to the community, donating services to remodeling the current United Way building donating services to the Advance Business Center remodel, building the Bay Beach Train Depot and Outhouse Gang restroom along the Fox River Trail, etc. “We are committed to community service. We donated these because they are all community assets and amenities. It’s a company value to get involved in the community,” said Smet. Stay prepared for growth - Smet is staying prepared for industrial / light industrial / machine shop growth in anticipation of the trickle-down effect from Oshkosh Truck and Marinette Marine’s contracts. “We’ve always been strong on manufacturing and warehousing and plan to continue to be,” said Belschner. The company is also focused on medical / healthcare, from clinics to pharmacies. Smet can be reached at 920-532-3828 or smet.com