AFG Group Earns NYC Proclamation and Notable Construction Industry Ranking

NEW YORK, Nov. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AFG Group, Inc. received a Mayoral Proclamation by the City of New York as a "Top Building & Construction" industry leader. Awarded last month at the Javits Center, the proclamation recognizes the program and construction management firm for its significant recent involvement in the NYC construction market. A women's business enterprise (WBE), AFG has grown significantly within the region over the past year. In July the firm was named as a top ranked contractor in the tri-state area by ENR New York.

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AFG played a substantial role in the Sandy recovery efforts under the NYC Rapid Repairs program. Within a few days of the worst storm to hit the region, AFG assembled 22 professionals to provide construction oversight on Staten Island and within three months had closed out over 3,000 residential projects—about 15 percent of the city's Rapid Repairs—providing homeowners with emergency heat, power and water.

"We were given the task of documenting and verifying a workforce consisting of two large prime contractors and 50 sub-contractors with a total workforce of more than 1,000 workers daily," said Lew Ayers, AFG's Rapid Repairs Project Director.

Project Manager Martin Garcia said, "It was challenging on many levels. We had to mobilize quickly and work fast, but we had to be patient, too. People wanted to talk about the two-foot waves that came crashing through their windows."

AFG has been performing construction management services nationally since its founding in 1990, and in the New York metro area since 2000. However, said AFG's CEO Cheryl O'Connor, "This past year has seen the most rapid growth in our NYC offices since the 2008 economic downturn." According to O'Connor, the company's recent area growth stems from contracts with several NYC agencies as well as multi-year contracts for the federal government throughout New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. AFG also continues to serve the NYC Housing Authority and the Department of Design and Construction on various renovations efforts throughout all five boroughs.

AFG Group, Inc. is a woman-owned program and construction management business with a national portfolio of work in healthcare, laboratories, courthouses, governmental and educational facilities. The firm maintains major offices in New York City and Washington D.C.

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