Caruso & McGovern Construction, Inc.

Caruso & McGovern Construction is a Georgetown, Massachusetts general contractor working underground utility installation, site development and construction management for commercial, retail and residential clients — not just a home remodeler. The company's own site says it's been doing this work since 1983; BBB's profile instead puts the founding in 1999, so the exact tenure is unclear, though either way it's an established operation with decades behind it. A 2025 itemlive.com piece names Caruso & McGovern as general contractor on a downtown Lynn redevelopment project designed by Deer Hill Architects — the kind of commercial-scale work its own description points to. On the residential side, the handful of Google reviews on file are largely positive: in reviews from December 2021, one customer called a small excavation job's operator "very knowledgeable and professional," and another said the crew doing yard work was "efficient, respectful, & professional." A more recent review, from July 2026, is a two-star complaint about being cut off and tailgated in traffic — unrelated to any contracted project. Worth knowing before hiring: its Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor registration is expired — verified directly against the state registry, not just a directory claim — so it's worth confirming current status before signing a residential contract. BBB grades the company A+, though it isn't a BBB-accredited business. For utility, site-development or larger commercial-adjacent GC work, the Lynn project and the self-described decades of experience are the strongest signal on file; for a residential job, ask about the lapsed registration and expect a small crew rather than a large remodeling operation.