Mount Pleasant Magazine July/August 2017

MOUNT PLEASANT TOWN HALL

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.