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January 2, 2008 Jamaica Plain, MA J. & M. Brown Company, Inc. (JMB), of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, announces it has reached an agreement with Joy Electrical Company, Inc., of Quincy, Massachusetts, whereby J. & M Brown assumed all of the Joy Electrical Company’s operations effective January 2, 2008. At that time, all current field employees of Joy Electric transferred their employment to J. & M. Brown and all ongoing electrical projects are being continued seamlessly in the new organization.
J. & M. Brown, founded in 1921, is one of New England’s oldest and leading full service electrical construction companies. JMB operates four distinct divisions: Electrical Construction, Fire Alarm, Tel/Data and Security, and Special Projects. The Company employs approximately 180 professionals, including an office staff of 30 and a field crew of approximately 150 electricians and telecommunications technicians. JMB has comprehensive in-house project management, estimating, purchasing, and electrical design services to support its electrical construction, fire alarm and telecom/security divisions. With the acquisition, JMB adds approximately 20 field professionals to its staff and several office personnel, headed by Joy’s co-principal Jerry Joy.
Joy Electrical was founded in 1975 by Company President, Edward W. Joy, who recently announced his retirement. Joy Electrical has been one of the region’s leading utility, high voltage electrical contractors and also provides electrical construction services for diverse commercial facilities throughout the region.
J. & M. Brown and Joy Electrical are both members of the Boston Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) and signatory contractors of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local 103. J. & M. Brown’s President, David W. Noon, a second-generation principal of the Company, currently serves as Treasurer and a Director of the Boston Chapter of NECA. His father, the late Maurice Noon, was originally employed by J. & M. Brown in 1948 as an estimator, purchaser and engineer. He purchased the Company in 1979, and served as the company President for 20 years. Maurice Noon also served as an Officer and Director of the Boston Chapter of NECA.
J. & M. Brown has provided electrical construction services for many of Greater Boston’s most prominent facilities, including Blue-Cross/Blue Shield at the Landmark Center, 500 Boylston, One Beacon Street, 60 State Street, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Mass Eye and Ear, the Fleet Center (TD Banknorth Garden), Four Seasons Hotel, and numerous facilities at Harvard University and MIT.
Among its current projects, the Company has just completed electrical construction of the new Laboratory for Integrated Science and Engineering at Harvard University and the Bio-Medical Imaging Core facility at Brigham & Women’s Hospital. JMB is in progress with the new American Wing of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Mallory Building renovation, which will be the Boston Healthcare facility for the Homeless.
Concerning the acquisition, David Noon said, "Joy Electrical has been a provider of high quality electrical services since 1975 and there has always been a great deal in common with the underlying business philosophies and practices of the two companies. We wish Ed Joy a long, happy and healthy retirement while we welcome Jerry Joy and a terrific group of electricians into JMB. They unquestionably add new and exciting opportunities for the growth of J. & M. Brown. The "Joy Electrical team" and the service provided to their clients is being continued seamlessly by the same group of electricians. We are pleased to be able to provide them the additional support, resources and capabilities of J & M. Brown."
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