Public Agency and Diverse-Business Masonry Restoration
Graciano Corporation is the masonry restoration subcontractor of record for some of the most significant public, transit, and institutional buildings in the eastern United States. Our experience with public sector procurement, our WBENC certification, and our self-performed scale make us a qualified WBE subcontractor for federal, state, and municipal restoration work.
Public Procurement Experience
We work routinely with general contractors, construction managers, capital project teams, and public agencies on the procurement requirements that come with public funding:
- Sealed-bid and design-bid-build delivery
- Construction Manager at Risk and Design-Build subcontracting
- Davis-Bacon prevailing wage compliance
- Federal, state, and municipal MWBE/DBE goal participation
- Trade-specific bonding and insurance requirements
- OpenGov, BidNet, and direct-bid procurement portals
Diverse-Business Status
WBENC Certified Women’s Business Enterprise as of January 2025. Graciano counts toward:
- Federal contractor MWBE/WOSB participation goals
- State DOT diverse business enterprise (DBE) subcontracting plans where Graciano holds active state certifications
- Municipal MWBE goals (NYC, NYS, Commonwealth of PA, City of Pittsburgh, others)
- Corporate supplier diversity programs participating in the WBENC supplier registry
Capability statement, current WBENC certificate, and state-specific DBE/MBE documentation are available on request from info@graciano.com.
Public Sector Project Examples
Representative public, transit, and institutional buildings Graciano has restored:
- Moynihan Station / James A. Farley Post Office: U.S. Postal Service / Empire State Development
- Pittsburgh City-County Building: City of Pittsburgh
- West Virginia Capitol Building: State of West Virginia
- Rhode Island State House: State of Rhode Island
- Buffalo City Hall: City of Buffalo
- New York Public Library (Schwarzman Building): NYPL
- Bowery Bay Water Pollution Control Plant: NYC DEP
- Wards Island Water Pollution Control Plant: NYC DEP
- Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority
- Newark Post Office and Courthouse Building: U.S. GSA
- Queensboro Bridge: NYC DOT
- Governor’s Island Vent Building
- Cleveland Museum of Art: Golden Trowel Award recipient
- Lebanon Correctional Institute: State of Ohio DRC
- Staple Bend Tunnel: National Park Service
- DeSoto County Courthouse: DeSoto County, Florida (AIA Palm Beach Award)
Why Public Agencies Select Graciano
Public procurement teams choose Graciano because we combine the rigor required for public work with the specialized capability that historic and large-scale masonry projects demand:
- 110 years of continuous operation: one of the oldest specialty masonry restoration firms in the U.S.
- Self-performed trades: we are the masons, not a project manager hiring subs
- National Park Service Preservation Brief experience: critical on federally-listed historic structures
- Union signatory: meets prevailing-wage and union-only project requirements
- WBE certified: qualifying diverse-business participation
- Bonded capacity for mid- and large-scale public projects
- Three regional offices for responsive coverage across PA, NY, NJ, CT, OH, WV, and FL
Bid Inquiries and Pre-Bid Walkthroughs
For agency procurement officers, GCs assembling subcontractor teams, or capital planning teams scoping a future restoration:
Pittsburgh Headquarters: 209 Sigma Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15238. Donald McDevitt, V.P. Sales: (412) 963-8400 ext. 151 | info@graciano.com
New York Office (Astoria): 18-42 42nd Street, Astoria, NY 11105. Roel Gregorio, V.P./Project Manager/Estimator. (412) 963-8400
Florida Office (Sarasota): 6795 Approach Road, Sarasota, FL 34238. Donald McDevitt, V.P./General Manager. (412) 292-7880 (cell)