General contractor, construction manager and design/builder Norco Construction has promoted Erik Rappel to chief operating officer. He most recently served as Norco’s vice president of operations, after joining the firm in 2017 as a senior project manager.
Following the promotion, Rappel’s responsibilities include managing the firm’s operations and business growth, executive-level oversight of construction practices and developing long-term expansion strategies.
“Erik’s technical and project management expertise has immensely benefitted Norco’s clients throughout the East Coast over the past eight years,” said Norco CEO and President Norman O. Rijo. “His experience in commercial and residential construction has allowed our firm to steadily grow in major market sectors, including multifamily, workplace, healthcare, retail, hospitality and public, especially in our firm’s main geographical markets of the Northeastern U.S. and Florida.”
Rappel brings more than 30 years of construction experience to his new position. His portfolio features in excess of three million square feet of completed projects, including Footlocker’s national renovation program for over 70 stores; a national rollout of Veterinary Emergency Group clinics, with locations completed in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Florida; two Stony Brook University dormitory renovations and expansions in Stony Brook, NY; a new, 10-acre York Studios film and television production studio campus, including a 175,000-square-foot building in the Bronx, N.Y.; the New York City Department of Sanitation fleet service facility in Brooklyn, N.Y., as well as a nine-floor renovation of the MTA headquarters offices at 2 Broadway, the Stuyvesant High School theater and a renovation and infrastructure upgrade of the 52-story Bristol luxury multi-family and hotel property, all in Manhattan.
Established in 2002 by Rijo, Norco is headquartered in Manhasset, N.Y. and operates a regional office in Miami. The firm is a premier general contractor, construction manager, design/builder and owner’s representative serving commercial, institutional and public clients throughout the United States.
