Construction Industry Council opens office in Central Valley

In an effort to keep up with increasing construction projects in the region, the Tarrytown-based Construction Industry Council of Westchester and Hudson Valley said recently it has opened a second office in Central Valley.

The new office for the trade association, at 219 Route 32, Suite 201B, will help offer more programs and facilitate discussions about the state of the construction industry with legislators, Matthew Pepe, the company’s director of labor and field operations, said.

“This second office is a natural outgrowth of the expansion that has occurred in the Hudson Valley,” Pepe said. “We expect to present more programs, meetings and networking opportunities, working together with public officials, members of organized labor and leaders of industry-aligned trade organizations, such as the Construction Contractors Association in Newburgh, to efficiently respond to the needs of the industry in the area.”

Company president Ross J. Pepe added that, despite recent advances in Internet and mobile communications, most of the challenges faced in the construction industry can be solved through face-to-face interactions.

“As the population and businesses expand into the lower and central Hudson Valley, there is an ever-increasing need to meet with public works officials, government leaders and private developers on a broad range of construction subjects,” he said.

The region’s management and organized labor leaders several years ago united under the banner of the Hudson Valley Construction Industry Partners, Inc., a coalition of more than 600 employers and 30 union locals.

The Construction Industry Council of Westchester and Hudson Valley, a 500-company trade association, will continue to maintain its headquarters at 629 Old White Plains Road in Tarrytown. The Tarrytown office can be reached at 914-631-6070, and the Central Valley office can be reached at 845-827-6677.