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FOCUS: Italy-American Construction
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| Italy-American Construction founder, Armando Mastroianni. |
When Armando Mastroianni came to America in 1951 he worked for his brother-in-law earning a living for his family. But just two short years later when his brother-in-law passed away, Armando was left without a job. Newly married, Mastroianni found a job as a buffer, which lasted about a year. He found that the dust that he was breathing was affecting his health, making him ill.
With nothing to lose he decided to start his own business.
Since he knew the construction business – and he always had a passion for it -- his hard work and determination made Italy-American Construction what it is today.
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| The original site of Italy-American Construction can be seen in this grainy photo that is on display in the conference room of the new office. |
Since 1993 Italy-American has been located at 8401 N. Telegraph Road in Dearborn Heights in the building that was built by the family. But it hasn’t always been. From 1954 to 1993 they were located on Greenfield Road between Warren and Tireman.
Armando has since retired, but he remains a common sight at the office.
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| Three generations of Mastroiannis, (l to r: Tony, Frank Jr., Armando, Michael, Frank Sr.). |
Three generations of family ownership
Armando, 81, has pioneered three generations of Mastroiannis at Italy-American Construction: his two sons Frank, 53, and Tony, 47, and Frank’s two sons Frank Jr., 27 and Michael, 25 all carry on the family name and business.
Services
Italy-American Construction specializes in both commercial and residential building and remodeling. They are a design-build company, which means they provide professional construction and remodeling design services with in-house staff. They cover all aspects, from design, architecture to completion of the construction project using tools like CAD and Kitchen 2020.
Staff
The hard-working staff begins in the office with Ilona, (who has been with the company longer than any other staff member at 26 years), the office manager, Gail, Karrie, and secretary Amanda. Flavio is the Senior Superintendant, the CAD system is manned by Ryan, while Ed and Rob are the designers, and Paul and Rick make up the estimating team.
Community
Italy-American Construction believes in giving back to their community. They do so generously by giving to the Leukemia Research Life Organization (LRL), the St. Louis Center Down Syndrome Center, and countless local charities like Habitat for Humanity, as well as sponsoring a Wayne hockey team.
FocusDEARBORNHEIGHTS.com thanks Italy-American Construction for their support. Visit their web page.
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