Lawrence Melton learned how to lead change and innovation across one of the most complex real estate portfolios in the world. As Facilities Manager of the White House during September 11th, 2001, his leadership was tested as he transformed their operations to deal with terror threats and technology adoption that was secure and reliable in an age of rapid innovation. After only a few years, Melton was promoted to a Senior Executive role where he was responsible for more than 350 million square feet of Federal real estate for the General Services Administration’s Public Buildings Service National Headquarters. During this period, Melton assembled an innovative and experienced leadership team to implement the largest smart buildings program in the country and a national integrated work management system to create one of the largest and most advanced real estate portfolios in the world.
As he looked to the future, Melton’s vision was to step away from government service to create a company that could provide a total real estate and facility operations solution that delivers the integrated services he sought in the marketplace as a Federal Executive, but could never find. In 2013, The Building People was born as an idea to create a company that could integrate technology, buildings, and people to deliver the future of facilities today. Now in its tenth year, we are recognized as an industry-standard providing a total real estate services solution to the industry.
Our Leadership
As leaders in the real estate and facilities industry, The Building People’s leadership team brings over 100 years of combined experience walking in our client’s shoes. We know the complexities of maintaining, innovating, and adding value to a real estate portfolio that serves some of the most complex missions in the world. While our competitors offer siloed services, we deliver an approach that accounts for the entire facility life cycle and integrates the technology, buildings, and people at the core of the operation. We are here to provide the total real estate and facilities solution for real estate owners, occupiers, and operators that will take their facilities into the 21st century and beyond.
We are here to provide total real estate and facilities solutions for real estate owners, occupiers, and operators to take facilities into the 21st century and beyond.
David Sawczuk
Chief Growth Officer
Frank Santella
Jamie Kerner
Saima Malik
Brad Peterson
Charles Dilley
Dan Purcelley
Dave Mulcahy
J.J. Mashburn
James Castruccio
Laura Fabeny
Louis Friscoe
Pamela Norton
Rob Lindsey
Shawn Morgal
Trevor Morrison
Trish Ibanez
Come Work With Us
Join our team of real estate and facilities experts helping our clients navigate 21st-century real estate and facilities operations challenges. Our global organization delivers total lifecycle solutions that integrate technology, buildings, and people to solve some of today’s most complex challenges for building owners, occupants and stakeholders.