Kaplan Construction

Kaplan Construction is a 50-year-old, family-owned Brookline general contractor — founded by Ken and Cathy Kaplan in 1976, now with COO Jane Kaplan Peck as the second generation — working institutional, healthcare, multi-family and worship-space projects across Greater Boston rather than typical single-family remodels. The company's calling card shows up in its client list: a 2023 review from the Worcester Art Museum thanks Kaplan for pulling off a library relocation on a tight budget, calling out the PM, superintendent and crew by role. Another 2023 review, from architect Sebastian Mariscal, credits Kaplan's team with faithfully executing the design intent on the CALA project in Somerville. Kaplan carries an active Massachusetts Women Business Enterprise certification good through 2028, an A+ BBB rating, and the ABC's Accredited Quality Contractor award 28 times over. In 2016, the trade press reported COO Jane Kaplan Peck being named an Outstanding Woman of Family Business. One older account, from 2013, describes a very different side: illegal weekend construction without a permit and a site manager who, the writer says, repeatedly lied about having one, before Boston Inspectional Services stepped in with a fine. It's a single, dated account rather than a pattern seen elsewhere in the record, but it's a real, documented enforcement matter worth asking about directly. A strong fit for institutional, commercial or larger multi-family work given its track record and credentials; for any project, confirm current permitting practices given that history.