Merit Construction, General Contractors, Construction Managers

Marvin L. House, LEED AP, CEO

Marvin (Marv) House brings more than 30 years of construction experience to Merit Construction. He began his construction career in 1973 and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in construction supervision from Purdue University, as well as a Masters Degree in business administration from Goddard College.

Marv is a licensed professional engineer in 14 states a LEED Accredited Profesional and holds a contractor's license in six states. He has a broad range of construction expertise, having worked as a detailer, estimator, project engineer, project manager, vice president of an ENR top 400 construction company and founder and owner of his own construction company.

Marv's career experience includes large and mid-sized building projects, water and wastewater treatment plants, bridges (including the first cast in place double box free cantilever bridge built in the continental United States), hospitals, office buildings and institutional construction.

Marv serves on the boards of Goddard College, the Appalachian Service Project, Knoxville Legacy Parks Foundation, East Tennessee Historical Society, and the Children's Center of Knoxville. He is also a member of the National Association of General Contractors  Risk Management Committee and the AGC Consulting Contractors Council, a former trustee of the AGC Comp Trust of Tennessee, and the past chairman of the National AGC Surety Bond Committee.

Marv is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys fishing, hiking and scuba diving. He has been married since 1969 to his wife, Janie. They reside in a renovated grist mill in Blaine, Tenn. and have two grown children.

Marv's video testimonial.
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