Our motto is “plan the work and work the plan,” bringing projects to completion on time and within budget. Taggart Construction is a design/build firm with an architect and staff ready to create your next high performance, energy efficient commercial venture.

Commercial Construction more photos (3) Exit 20 Green Office Building Freeport, ME Breaking Ground 2010 Designer: Coldham & Hartman/Taggart Const. Committed to sustainability, the Exit 20 Green Office Building offers premium lease space with significant benefits to your company. Enhance your brand identity, marking your company as progressive, accountable and socially conscious Encourage better practices with onsite recycling, bicycle storage and electric cars available for employee use Integrate efficiency while reducing operating costs Increase productivity, decrease loss of work hours and stimulate innovation in an occupant healthy environment more photos (4) Stetson Building Brunswick, ME 2009 - 2010 Designer: Samuel Dunning - Brunswick's 1st Restoration of an 1880's building that combined popular Mansard with Stick and Queen Anne architectural styles Six family block is currently a ten unit apartment building New boiler rated at 96% energy efficient Cellulose insulation added with R Factor of 50 Exterior renovation Complete restoration planned for 2010 more photos (11) Env. Building Center & Green Design Studio Freeport, ME 2007 & 1998 Designer: Taggart Construction In 1998, the Environmental Building Center was built by Taggart Construction to demonstrate materials used in energy efficient, environment friendly and occupant healthy construction. The EBC and Green Design Studio, added in 2007, serve both as offices and showrooms of sustainable building practices. Features include: High performance building envelope Passive and active solar heating Environment friendly wood products such as bamboo, Plyboo, cork and Medex formaldehyde-free fiberboard made from recycled content Low-VOC paints and finishes Radiant slab foundation Forest Stewardship Council certified sustainably harvested lumber and wood products more photos (2) Captain Briggs Bed & Breakfast Freeport, ME 2002 Designer: Taggart Construction Removed existing connecting ell between residence and barn. Lifted barn and installed new foundation. Renovated barn including new sills and flooring, interior framing and finishes, new windows, roof and siding. Built new ell connecting residence and barn, created owners living quarters on second floor of barn and rebuilt cupola. more photos (5) Maine Coastal Ecology Center Wells, ME 2001 Designer: Orcutt Associates Renovation and construction of 5,000 s.f. buildings for laboratory, teaching facility and exhibit gallery. Built with environmentally friendly methods and materials using energy efficient HVAC Systems more photos (8) Brewster House Bed & Breakfast Freeport, ME 1994 Designer: Carol Wilson, AIA Taggart Construction’s first project was the renovation of an 1888 Queen Anne 3-family residence into the Brewster House Bed & Breakfast. Work started in January 1994 and the B&B opened for the 4th of July weekend 1994 (on time as planned)! Gutted most of the first and second floor of plaster, removing all old wiring and plumbing Framed new B&B rooms, all with private bathrooms New wiring, plumbing, sprinkler system and fire alarm hard-wired to the Freeport Dispatch Center New insulation and sheetrock, followed by replacement of original trim and doors that had been removed, labeled and stored Repaired original tin ceiling in new dining room Installed new kitchen Replaced wooden gutters & built new side porch as primary entrance for B&B Coordinated work environment & schedules to allow for as many as 7 companies with multiple employees to work in a cooperative environment which resulted in the project finishing on time and the B&B owners opening for the busy 4th of July weekend

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