Overview
Wohlsen Construction builds and renovates buildings for senior living operators, healthcare providers, schools and commercial clients across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast United States. Its work includes facility construction, expansions and the modernization of occupied properties, including historic buildings. Clients hire the company for planning before construction, general contracting, construction management and design-build projects that combine design and construction. Its teams coordinate designers, engineers, contractors and subcontractors throughout construction and into post-construction services. Founded in 1890, Wohlsen is headquartered in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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What believers are saying
- Employees gain an ownership route: Wohlsen lists an employee stock ownership plan alongside its retirement and profit-sharing programs.
- Wohlsen backs green-building credentials: team members have opportunities for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification.
- Safety training is concrete: Wohlsen requires workplace-safety courses, first aid and heavy-equipment operator certification.
What critics are saying
- Carpenters supply basic tools: Wohlsen's full-time Lancaster role requires employees to supply a toolbelt, hammer and measuring tools.
- Wohlsen's full-time Lancaster carpenter role includes potential overtime and out-of-town assignments, limiting schedule predictability.
- Disability coverage differs: Wohlsen lists short-term disability as company-paid, but long-term disability as voluntary.
What makes Wohlsen Construction unique
- Wohlsen tests buildings before construction: system-level digital walkthroughs expose clashes before crews break ground.
- Frontline ideas reach formal forums: Wohlsen uses a Continuous Improvement Council, Construction Excellence Team and peer groups.
- Wohlsen ties project partners together: integrated delivery contracts share risks and rewards among design and construction team members.
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