Lauring Construction Co Inc

Lauring Construction Co., Inc. is a Worcester general contractor and construction manager founded in 1948 and still family owned and operated — John Lauring is president, Mark Lauring vice president and James Lauring treasurer, with Dan, Mike and Chris Lauring working as project managers. The Better Business Bureau records the business as started in 1948 and incorporated in 1961, and grades it A+ though it is not accredited. The most useful thing for a homeowner to know up front is what kind of work this firm actually does. Its own description and the BBB's both put it on commercial, educational, religious, industrial and institutional buildings plus multi-family residential, and its permit record matches: a $14.15m new academic centre on Salisbury Street in Worcester, a $942,600 new build in Holden, an $885,513 food-pantry renovation at St John's Church, and a $424,100 outbuilding at Tower Hill. Trade press describes it as a third-generation general contracting and construction management firm working on college campuses. Custom houses were the founder's business in the late 1940s; the company moved into commercial and industrial work in 1955. Its Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor registration, 133324, is verified active in the state registry under the company's own name, and BuildZoom separately lists an active Massachusetts construction supervisor licence, CS-118782. BuildZoom scores the firm 99 across 26 permitted projects. It is listed in the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce directory. In January 2025 the Telegram & Gazette named the firm as the contractor connected to a Spencer church's plan to build on the site of a 2023 fire. There is no homeowner feedback at all — no written reviews on any platform, and a single Google rating with no comment — so nothing here speaks to how a residential job with this firm goes. That is not a warning sign for a 78-year-old commercial builder, but it does mean a homeowner has no track record to read. If your project is a large residential, institutional or commercial build in Worcester County this is a substantial, long-established firm; for an ordinary house remodel, ask first whether they take work of that size.