Mdj Inc

MDJ Incorporated is a design-build firm at 16 Woodland St in Lawrence, Massachusetts, also trading as M D J Engineering, with Marcos Devers as president and CEO. The Better Business Bureau records it as a four-employee Massachusetts corporation started and incorporated on 30 November 1989 — 36 years — carrying an A+ rating, though it is not BBB accredited. What sets this firm apart from a straight remodeler is that design and engineering sit in-house alongside construction. The BBB lists structural and architectural design, zoning, site planning and permitting, general contracting, house repairs and remodeling, commercial building and new construction. Houzz adds architectural drawings, 3D rendering, space planning, lighting design, foundation construction, structural engineering and accessory dwelling units, and describes the firm as providing architectural, engineering and construction services in Lawrence and the Boston metro area with a typical job cost of $30,000 to $1 million. The permit record is the deepest part of the evidence. BuildZoom shows 174 permitted projects, 13 of them in the last three years — four in 2025, seven in 2024, two in 2023 — at a typical permit value of about $14,000. The sampled work concentrates in Methuen, with jobs at Clayton Ave, Hawthorne Ave, Golf Ave, Swan St, Pilgrim Cir, Carroll St, Bates St and Haverhill St, plus permits in Lowell and Gardner. The largest is a $360,000 mixed-use church and dwelling addition in Methuen. Two things need clearing up before you hire. First, the licence picture is inconsistent: BuildZoom publishes Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor registration #106698 as active, while Houzz states a bare 'License Number 47056' with no type and no named holder, and the two numbers do not match. BuildZoom's own record is internally odd too — it prints an issue date of 24 July 2026 while saying it verified the licence active as of June 2026. Ask for the current HIC registration number and confirm it with the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation yourself. Second, the firm's tenure is stated two ways: 27 years on Houzz against the BBB's 36 years and 1989 incorporation. There are no customer reviews anywhere. The BBB shows none and no complaints, Houzz invites you to be the first, and BuildZoom states it has received none — so its score reflects permits, not anything a homeowner said. For a Merrimack Valley owner planning an addition, an ADU or a project that needs drawings and permitting as well as construction, MDJ has the tenure and the permit history to be worth a conversation. Get the licence number confirmed, and ask for references from the 2024 and 2025 jobs.