With over sixty years of experience, LeChase continues to maintain high ethical standards with both contractors and clients. Our success comes from having the ability to understand what the client needs and then deliver it above and beyond that expectation.

As a result of our high integrity and innovation, LeChase has been awarded numerous honors that recognize our leadership position and commitment to quality work. Recent awards include:

Rochester Top 100 - LeChase consistently ranks among the Top 100 privately held firms, commonly in the Top 10.

ENR Top 400 / Engineering News-Record - LeChase consistently ranks in the National Top 400 list of contractors. This ranking is evidence of LeChase’s leadership position and ability to maintain a healthy and growing business operation in a challenging global economy. The return on these investments is evidenced by significant repeat business and expanded project work in New York, Canada, the United Kingdom and Brazil.

2006 Design for Excellence Award -

• AIA Rochester Addition/Renovation Merit Award
  Sacred Heart Cathedral (Architect: Williamson Pounders Architects and LaBella Associates)
• AIA Rochester New Construction Honorable Mention
  Sisters of Saint Joseph of Rochester New Motherhouse (architect: Harrison Bridges & Associates)
• AIA Rochester New Construction Merit Award
  Port of Rochester Ferry Terminal (architect: LaBella Associates)

2005 Carolinas AGC Presidential Award for Outstanding Safety Performance - This award honors LeChase's performance in the Building Division with 40,000 to 90,000 work hours with zero lost time injuries/illnesses.

2006, 2005 General Building Contractors of New York State (GBC) Safety Excellence Award - This award is given by the General Building Contractors of New York State for safety excellence. It honors companies who provide and maintain, year after year, safe working conditions on their jobsites and continually seek to improve upon their safety practices.

2005 Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) Certificate of Commendation for Safety Excellence - This award is based on safety statistics required by OSHA, and is announced by the GBC, which is the New York State Building Chapter of the AGC.

2006, 2004 North Carolina Gold Award for Safety - This award is given by the North Carolina Department of Labor.

2004 Hartford Insurance Award of Merit - This award is given in recognition of outstanding achievement in accident control.

Outstanding Project Award - Contruction Specifications Institute recognizing the positive effects teamwork and well prepared construction documents have on project outcomes.

• 1999 - Locust Hill Country Club (Architect: Mossien Associates)
• 1998 - Johnson & Johnson Clinical Diagnostics (Architect: Bergmann Associates)
• 1998 - Democrat & Chronical Printing and Distribution Center (Architect: SWBR Architects)

Build NY Award - This award is given by the General Contractors of New York State representing excellence in project management; responsiveness to client need; innovation in construction techniques; conquering of unique circumstances; exceptional service to the industry and its workers and important contributions to the community. 2006 - Beck Center & Statler Auditorium, Cornell University 54,00 square feet, $13.8 million 1998 - Democrat & Chronicle Printing and Distribution Center 155,000 square feet, $70 million 1996 - Bausch & Lomb World Headquarters 460,000 square feet, $60 million

XQ Certification from Xerox Corporation - LeChase is the only construction company in the world to receive the coveted “XQ Certification” from Xerox Corporation, a national leader in the Total Quality movement. This certification represents the highest vote of confidence a company can bestow upon a vendor.