BWK Construction Co

BWK Construction has worked out of 171 North Main Street in Middleton since 1979, and its Better Business Bureau file puts it at 47 years in business with ten employees under president William Fallon. The company describes itself as a general contracting firm handling downtown Boston tenant renovations, condominium conversions and suburban custom-built homes. Its BBB grade is A+, though the same page states plainly that the business is not BBB accredited. Those are two separate things, and neither is a customer rating. The projects BWK is publicly named on are commercial and institutional. A trade publication reported in 2012 that the company served as general contractor on the Boston College Corcoran Commons renovation, and it has also been named as the builder on educational facility work for a non-profit. What homeowners themselves have written is short and dated. Google shows a 5-star average across two ratings, and both written accounts predate the last five years: a 2015 reviewer wrote that "Andrew Robison was courteous knowledgeable professional I will do business with company," and a 2021 reviewer left "Excelent!!" One thing is worth settling before any residential contract. Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration number 128379, held under the name BWK Construction CO Inc., shows as expired in the state registry. HIC registration is what gives a homeowner recourse to the state Guaranty Fund on home improvement work, so ask the company where that stands now and confirm it with the Office of Consumer Affairs. BWK is a plausible call for a substantial building project from a long-established contractor, particularly the commercial and institutional work it is named on. For a house renovation, settle the registration question first and ask for recent residential references.