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N. Granese & Sons is a Salem, Massachusetts heavy-civil contractor that has done water and sewer pipeline construction and rehabilitation since 1947, according to its own website. Long-time customers describe working directly with a company principal they call Steve — one 2023 review says they've done business with him and his family for 33 years, another for over 20. Several 2022 and 2023 reviews describe difficult underground utility work done well. A March 2023 review says the company was replacing water and sewer lines on a Gloucester street through heavy ledge and rough weather, calling the crews courteous. Other 2023 reviews credit the company with saving customers hundreds of thousands of dollars on one project and more than $10,000 on another after a previous contractor had damaged the work, and one reviewer said the company had done consistently professional, excellent work for over 20 years without an issue. That praise sits alongside recurring complaints about vehicle safety: several separate reviews, most from 2024 through early 2026, describe company vehicles driving dangerously — tailgating, cutting off other drivers, and nearly causing collisions on the highway. In a June 2026 review, a customer said a piping job downtown had to be redone the following school year after an earlier mistake, disrupting the commute to school. A March 2025 review said a town roadway project remained unfinished after more than six months, citing a lack of communication. There's also a documented safety history worth knowing. A May 2024 news report said the company had been cited and fined for two OSHA excavation-site violations over the prior five years, including a $4,000 settlement tied to a 2019 Haverhill site. A separate April 2024 report said OSHA was investigating a construction accident linked to the company, in which a Billerica police sergeant was struck and killed by an excavator while helping move a tractor-trailer at a roadside job site; the article did not report a resolution. OSHA's public case database separately shows a closed inspection on file for the company. This is a company with decades of history in underground utility work and some long-standing client relationships, alongside recurring complaints about vehicle safety and an OSHA investigation opened in 2024 after a fatal accident linked to the company. Ask directly about current safety practices and vehicle policies, get a firm project timeline in writing, and check on any nearby project currently underway before hiring.
“N. Granese and Sons has been cited and fined for two OSHA violations involving excavation sites over the past five years. One of those violations was at a site in Haverhill, resulting in a $4,000 settlement back in 2019.”
“N. Granese & Sons, Inc., a Massachusetts-based general contracting company, is under investigation after 49-year-old Sergeant Ian Taylor was struck by an excavator while helping to move a large tractor-trailer at a roadside construction site at the intersection of Boston Road and Pollard Road on Friday afternoon.”
“Good benefits and fair compensation for skilled labor.”
“Case Status: CLOSED — Inspection: 1439517.015 - N. Granese & Sons, Inc”
Messed up the piping downtown last summer. They are now redoing it this SCHOOL YEAR. I cannot get to school on time because of the construction. Very rude as well.
They drive like maniacs. Please other drivers be careful. They don't use signals. One tried to run me off the highway today.
I was driving behind one of their vehicles and he was so dangerous almost re ended some little sedan they had to break check him he was cutting people off almost collided with another moving vehicle it was so bad
If they drive how they work, then this company should be going downhill. He almost clipped my mirror on the highway from being on his phone.
If your town is in need of roadway replacement or repairs, do not, and I mean DO NOT hire them. A complete lack of transparency, communication and complete disregard of their workmanship. My roadway has been in complete despair for over 6 months, and nowhere near close to completion.
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