B.R. Fries keeps building on its reputation.

Celebrating its 25th year, B.R. Fries & Associates has built a reputation of integrity and mutual trust with its staff and clients.

"It comes down to this: we treat other people the way we would want to be treated," Fries said. "That goes for clients, staff and subcontractors."

Barry Fries, CEO, and his firm are known to go "above and beyond" to ensure the satisfactory completion of projects.

This commitment has become part of the firm's culture and the reason 80 percent of its clients return for repeat service.

Resolving issues before they become problems has helped to build its foundation of respect and trust, and keeps clients coming back, having never litigated a single contract in its 25-year history is proof of that fact.

B.R. Fries, a construction management and general contracting, specializes in renovation, restoration, and new construction of office buildings, corporate interiors, retail facilities and more.

The firm recently completed the 150,000 square foot build-out of offices for the Department of Homeland Security. According to the Steve Sales of 601 W26th Street Associates, the owner of the building, "when we looked at Homeland Security's plans and their schedule to move in, we thought it would be nearly impossible to accomplish.

Not only did Fries meet the deadline, they produced the work efficiently and smoothly from start to finish paying attention to every detail, developing solutions to every problem and never arguing about any issue."

The staff members of this mid-size firm are carefully selected and many have been with the firm more than 20 years.

"I don't micromanage," Fries said. "We demand a lot from our people, but we reward them for their efforts."

With a qualified staff and a reputation for client satisfaction, B.R. Fries has become one of the most sought after companies for retail projects having successfully completed both renovations and out-of-the-ground buildings for Macy's, Talbots, Brooks Brothers, Century 21 and Home Depot.

The majority of the firm's retail renovations have been completed without interruption of business.

An example is the $10 million expansion and renovation of a Century 21 store in Brooklyn in which Fries added 20,000 square feet on a newly created floor and renovated 60,000 square feet of existing sales area, staying within the 16-month schedule.

"We've done that a lot. We've done several Macy's, always keeping the stores open."

The firm has completed several Home Depots in New York including the $10 million, 150,000-sf conversion in Springfield Gardens, Queens, which was completed in six months, and is currently slated to construct the Home Depot built-out in the Vornado building at 59th Street. Barry Fries founded B.R. Fries & Associates in 1979, after working for civil engineering firms and serving as vice president of operations for the Eastern Region of a large national construction firm.

He brings over thirty years of experience and a wealth of expertise with new construction and renovation projects for retail, institutional, industrial, commercial and residential clients.