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Grand Hotel Wins 2024 Build Michigan Award

The renovation and restoration of the Grand Hotel Façade, Jockey Club, and Woods Restaurant has been awarded a 2024 Associated General Contractors (AGC) Build Michigan Award. The Spence Brothers project team was thrilled to attend the AGC Annual Meeting and Award Ceremony on February 23, 2024, alongside owners, architects, and other industry colleagues to celebrate… Read more »

Midland Center for the Arts Selects Spence Brothers to Lead Renovation Capital Campaign Project

Midland Center for the Arts has announced the selection of Spence Brothers as the construction management firm for the upcoming Renovation Capital Campaign project. As previously announced, Quinn Evans, a nationally recognized Michigan Architectural Firm, is designing the renovation. With a reputation for delivering exceptional results and a commitment to excellence, Spence Brothers will play… Read more »

Garber Courts Earns National Facility of the Year Award

We want to give a big congratulations to Garber Courts and Urban Racquet Sports Foundation for their fantastic achievement! The United States Tennis Association (USTA) recently awarded Garber Courts the 2023 National Facility of the Year Award. This award is given annually to recognize excellence in the construction and renovation of tennis facilities nationwide. The… Read more »

Spence Brothers Helps Build Home for Local Wounded Warrior

On Thursday, June 29th, we had the privilege of participating in a Key Ceremony where we presented SPC Bobby Body and his family with a mortgage-free home in Harrisville, MI. The new home was designed to accommodate Body’s specific injury needs, and over 60 people were there to welcome him and his family. After heartwarming… Read more »

Center for Freshwater Research & Education Earns Another Award

We’re excited to share that The Engineering Society of Detroit has recognized the Lake Superior State University Center for Freshwater Research and Education with the Outstanding Achievement Award for Building Design and Construction. We want to express our appreciation to SmithGroup and Lake Superior State University for their valuable contributions towards this achievement.

Diversity, Integrity, and a Love for Construction

“If an organization’s values set the standards for its personnel, Spence Brothers’ values have poured the foundation for its decades of success.” Spence Brothers is honored to be featured in the May 2023 Issue of Construction in Focus magazine. The article takes a look at our 130-year legacy, notable projects of the past, present, and… Read more »

Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation at Covenant Healthcare featured in CAM Magazine

CAM Magazine’s March 2023 Green Issue highlights Mary Free Bed’s new state-of-the-art rehabilitation facility in Saginaw. Opening in December 2021, this 103,000-square-foot facility marked the expansion of Mary Free Bed into eastern Michigan and the construction of the first new hospital in Saginaw in more than 60 years. The new structural steel facility features three… Read more »

Center for Freshwater Research & Education Receives Special Recognition of Community and Environmental Impact

The CAM Magazine Editorial Board and staff of the Construction Association of Michigan are pleased to recognize the significant impact that the Richard & Theresa Barch Center for Freshwater Research & Education has on the Great Lakes and on the community in which it serves. Congratulations to Lake Superior State University, SmithGroup, the State of… Read more »

Delta College Midland Center Earns LEED Gold Certification

Congratulations to Delta College for achieving LEED Gold certification on their Downtown Center in Midland, Michigan! “We are excited about achieving the LEED Gold certification level on our Downtown Midland Center. Although this is our second Gold certified project, it is the first time we have achieved it under the newer more stringent requirements,” said Anthony… Read more »

LSSU’s Center for Freshwater Research and Education Featured in CAM Magazine

Once a year CAM Magazine selects 12 outstanding commercial construction projects in Michigan. The Lake Superior State University (LSSU) Center for Freshwater Research and Education (CFRE) has been featured in CAM Magazine’s 2022 Special Issue. Built along the Sault Ste. Marie waterfront, CFRE was created as a place of connection dedicated to sustaining the health… Read more »