Chermak Construction, Inc. grew out of Howard Chermak’s need to generate income to help finance his college education while attending Western Washington State University. Later this became a means to supplement his teaching income while working for the State of Minnesota school system as a speech therapist. After working several summers as a carpenter in college and as a teacher, Howard found that he was finding success and satisfaction in the building process. In 1974, Howard made the decision to move back to Edmonds and enter the construction business on a full time basis. He started working with a local architect/builder as a Master Carpenter in new home construction on particularly difficult sites. In 1980, he founded CRF Construction as a remodeling and construction company. In 1985, the company became incorporated and renamed, Chermak Construction, Inc. That same year Howard also received his Certified Graduate Remodeler™ designation. (CGR) This is an exclusive, National Association of Home Builders designation that is designed to emphasize business management skills as the key to a professional remodeling operation. Howard was one of the first builder/remodelers in Washington State to receive this designation.

Today, Chermak Construction is a full service construction company dedicated to serving its customers. Project after project, our focus has been on building strong relationships between our clients, project developers, designers and master carpenters.

In August of 2017, the company entered a new chapter when Howard Chermak decided to retire and sold the business to a friend and equally professional builder, Noah France of France Construction. Noah shares the same values of quality, integrity and service that have characterized this company for the first 37 years and continues the legacy.