Rene C Lamarre Co

Rene C. Lamarre Co. is a Salem, Massachusetts general contractor that says it has done masonry, concrete, site work and demolition since 1962, when Rene C. Lamarre founded it. His son, Richard M. Lamarre (Rick), now runs the company as president; he holds Massachusetts Construction Supervisor and Hoisting Engineer licenses, and the crew is OSHA-10 certified. The company describes itself as handling building construction, masonry, concrete, site work and demolition for municipal, commercial and private clients. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration is active. The BBB confirms the Salem address but lists the business at 40 years old, starting in 1986 — a start date that doesn't match the 1962 founding the company describes on its own site; the BBB page isn't accredited and carries no rating or complaint history. The one customer review on file, posted on Google in 2023, came from someone who identified herself as Rene's niece and said the business "is still open and being run by his son" and that "they do great work" — a family account rather than a stranger's, but one that lines up with the ownership handoff the company describes elsewhere. Confirm Rick's current license status and get a written scope before committing to larger masonry or demolition work, standard practice for a project of that size.