Mount Pleasant Town Hall Magazine

30 www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.ILoveMountPleasant.com | www.MPTownHall.com MOUNT PLEASANT Town Hall A lmost every Wednesday for more than two years, Brooks Blumenthal arrived at the building site of Mount Pleasant’s new Town Hall, making sure his own employees and a collection of hand-picked subcontractors were combining their considerable talent and experience to create a state- of-the-art home for the town’s residents and employees. And though Blumenthal, the project manager for general contractor McKnight Construction Company, was in charge of all things related to the building process, he never showed up wearing a suit or dress shoes. “In our company, you can call me a laborer,” he commented. “I’ll sweep the parking lot if that’s what needs to be done. I don’t mind getting dirty. I wouldn’t ask someone to do something that I wouldn’t do myself, and I take pride in that.” Just 36 years old when Mount Pleasant’s Town Hall was completed, Blumenthal had been with Left to right: Matt Farrell of Allston Farrell Construction; Project Manager Brooks Blumenthal; and Field Project Manager Bryce Howeie. Every Job Has Its Complexities Project Manager Brooks Blumenthal By Brian Sherman Photo by Jess Wood Photography.