Charter: As a company constructed to positively impact natural and built environments, we empower our people to seek fresh solutions. It's a philosophy that's delivered success to some of the most complex, highly visible projects in our region & beyond.

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Construction

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Charter is a full-service environmental remediation contractor committed to positively impacting the environment through its work on land and water, focusing on large-scale, complex remediation projects.

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Environmental Remediation

Civil Construction Firm - Charter

Charter provides civil construction services with a focus on building, renovating, and reconstructing core infrastructure. Our work ranges from projects in congested urban areas to shoreline reconstructions.

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Civil Construction

Soil Management

Charter’s foundation was laid upon its soil and waste management services. Today, we are a recognized leader in the management of regulated soils and other waste types.

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Soil Management

Dredging & Waterways

Charter excels at tackling the challenging conditions found in sediment dredging and waterway projects. Our project teams are experts at developing innovative, practical solutions to marine environmental challenges.

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Dredging & Waterways

Development

Charter is uniquely qualified to create value through innovative project structures that result in challenging sites being remediated and redeveloped. Our expertise in complex site remediation, combined with our market knowledge and financial capacity yield successful outcomes for all parties involved.

Brownfield Development - Charter Construction

Charter specializes in challenging projects featuring multiple stakeholders, fragmented land ownership, lack of infrastructure and complex, legacy environmental issues. To all its projects Charter brings a clear, transparent, collaborative approach, backed by strong project management and the demonstrated ability to fully implement the chosen approach.

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Brownfield Development

Alternative Project Delivery

Our ability to partner, collaborate and identify unique solutions that result in shared success serve as the platform for Charter to deliver its core capabilities utilizing alternative project delivery methods. Today’s environmental remediation projects are complicated and diverse with many competing stakeholder expectations.

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Alternative Project Delivery

Featured Project

Muddy River

Flood Risk & Restoration

  • US Army Corps of Engineers - New England District
  • US Army Corps of Engineers - New England District
  • Federal
  • Boston/Brookline, MA
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of River Diversion & Control in an urban environment

Muddy River Flood Risk & Restoration Project

79 days and $130k of schedule and budget savings to the Client through a value engineering proposal

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97,600 safe work hours without a lost time incident

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Latest News & Insights

Charter takes top prize at SMPS Boston Annual Awards - Internal Communications category

Awards

Charter takes top prize at SMPS Boston Annual Awards – Internal Communications category

We are thrilled to share the news that Charter received top price in the Internal Communications category for our Chartering Forward Newsletter’s 20th Anniversary Edition at the Boston Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS) annual award event! The special edition newsletter highilighted stories from employees sharing their own Charter Stories and what Charter means to

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Charter Partners with Mass Audubon Society to Construct Observation Deck at the Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary

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Charter Partners with Mass Audubon Society to Construct Observation Deck at the Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary

Partnering with the Mass Audubon Society, the Charter Team volunteered its time and services to construct a 500-foot long gravel walking path and 330-foot wooden observation deck at Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary in Plymouth, MA. Mass Audubon’s new Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary is situated on a former Plymouth cranberry bog that was restored to its original freshwater wetland habitat.

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Charter Featured in AGC MA Newsletter for its Receipt of 3 National AGC Awards in 2 Years

Charter was featured in the Associated General Contractor (AGC) of Massachusetts monthly newsletter, AGC Buzz, for winning three national AGC awards over the past two years. AGC Buzz highlights industry related news and showcases its members’ accomplishments. This year we were awarded the AGC Build America Award in the Environmental Enhancement category for Phase IV –

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The work Charter does is meaningful and interesting, but it is our people who make it great and we are proud to be one of Boston’s Top Places to Work. We understand the need for work-life balance and work with employees to find flexible working arrangements. Every day we strive to make Charter a fun, inclusive, and meaningful place to work.

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