Building Wilmington: How Samet Shows Up

Samet opened its Wilmington office in 2020. Here's what showing up looks like. 

A few years back, enclosed circuit breakers were the only thing standing between an 88-unit multifamily building and its occupancy date. The supplier sent an email: the gear was delayed. 

Plenty of contractors would forward that email to the owner and call it documentation. We didn't. We peeled back the layers, and that led us to the manufacturing facilities, and not just stateside. Our team went to Mexico, found the breakers, and made the case in person for why our client's need mattered. That trip saved five months and let our client occupy the building on the date they had planned. It was one building in a much larger project. 

That's what delivery looks like to me. Not an email about a problem. A builder standing in the factory. 

I oversee Samet's Raleigh and Wilmington offices. Since we opened in Wilmington in 2020, we've partnered with clients on nearly 30 projects, representing more than $260 million in construction value and more than 1.2 million square feet, with more than $130 million of that work underway today. 

We're not the newest contractor chasing an opportunity on the coast. Samet has been building in North Carolina since 1961. In 65 years, our clients have taught us what they expect: accountability, integrity, quality, and a safe site, all at once, never one traded for another. It's why so many of them come back. 

If you've driven the coast, you've seen our work: the fire stations at Castle Hayne, Gordon Road, and Riverlights, the industrial work in Navassa, and the Carolina Museum of the Marine taking shape in Jacksonville. Our projects span civic, industrial, advanced manufacturing, healthcare, education, and entertainment, from Southport to Rocky Point. 

None of that happens because of one person. It happens because of the superintendents, project managers, engineers, and field crews who live here, raise their families here, and drive past these jobsites on the way home. They built Samet's reputation in this region, and they're the reason I'm confident about where it's headed. 

Here's where I'll push. On-time and on-budget shouldn't be a conversation anymore. It's the entry fee. The better question is who finds the challenge you didn't know was there, before it finds you. That's the job, and it's why our team will get on a plane. 

Six years in, we've built a strong foundation. Watch what we build on it over the next five. 

To the Wilmington owners, design partners, and trade partners who welcomed us with open arms: thank you. We have a home here, and so do I. 

If you have a project on the drawing board, or a long-lead item putting a date at risk, call me. 

Building Excellence Since 1961.