Page 8 - FOCUS February 2020

CHAMBER NEWS

The Christman Company Honored with

Chamber Legacy Award

THE CHRISTMAN COMPANY HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER
of the Lansing Regional Chamber for 66 years. Founded
in 1894 by H.G. Christman in South Bend, Ind. The
company opened its Lansing office in 1919. The
Christman Company has grown into one of the premier
commercial construction companies in the industry. For
its long support of the Lansing Regional Chamber of
Commerce, The Christman Company is being honored
with the Chamber Legacy Award, which will be
presented at the Chamber Annual Dinner on Thursday
Feb 27.

“It is a great honor to receive the
Lansing Regional Chamber of Among many local projects, Christman served as construction manager for Sparrow’s Herbert Herman Cancer Center.
Commerce Legacy Award. At
the culmination of an exciting
year celebrating The Christman
Company’s 125th anniversary, I
can’t think of a better way to
kick-off 2020,” said Christman
CEO, Steve Roznowski. “Lansing
is where we built Christman’s
foundation and thanks to the Rosnowski
leadership of organizations like
the Chamber, it is a region that continues to fuel our
success at our corporate headquarters today. We are
thankful for Lansing’s tremendous pipeline of talent,
strong economic vitality and unrelenting ‘can-do’ spirit.”

In its early days, Christman built the Olds Motor Works
Engine Plant (1915) and the J.W. Knapp Department
Store (1937). As they grew in the Lansing region,
Christman worked for organizations such as Michigan
State University (starting with Agriculture Hall in 1909
through the Music School in 2019) and Auto-Owners Christman team working on State Capitol Dome restoration.
(headquarters in 1948). Recent projects include the State
of Michigan’s Hall of Justice (2002), Accident Fund Insurance Company of Heritage Hall,” said Roznowski. “Everyone at Christman is extremely proud
America’s Headquarters (2011), Jackson National Life Headquarters (2013) of our role in preserving this iconic building and taking part its changing
and Sparrow Hospital’s Herbert Herman Cancer Center (2018). Looking landscape.”
ahead the future remains bright, as evidenced by the McLaren replacement
hospital and many other projects currently under construction. Christman has always maintained a philosophy of giving back to the communities
in which it serves. They offer a program called Be Constructive where their
“Construction is an industry where the real tangible result of our efforts stand in employees can select from a wide variety of opportunities to get involved. The
honor of the men and women dedicated to the craft,” said Roznowski. “I have team at Christman strives to work together to help local organizations and
driven through this area thankful for the opportunity to have preserved some of people succeed.
Lansing’s most iconic sites. Just as rewarding is the role we play reshaping the
region’s skyline alongside our partners.” Hands-on volunteerism is a major part of their culture, where people participate
in events including charity 5K races, Habitat for Humanity builds and blood
Christman is particularly proud of its partnership at the State Capitol where drives. The company supports organizations which include the Greater Lansing
they have worked for more than 30 years on various projects. Food Bank, Highfields and the City Rescue Mission. Team members also serve
on non-profit boards for organizations such as Ele’s Place that have left a lasting
“Our lasting partnership continues today as we look forward to building thenew mark on so many lives. n

8 FOCUS / FEBRUARY 2020 LANSINGCHAMBER.ORG 9