LeMoyne touts rapid housing recovery capacity and local partnerships in Hillsborough County RFP presentation

LeMoyne, a construction manager at risk (CMAR) bidder, told a Hillsborough County procurement committee that its integrated team and partner builders can mobilize quickly to deliver single-family disaster recovery work under RFP25SGO0378 (CDBG-DR Single Family Housing Repair and Replacement). Ben Diebold, project executive and part of LeMoyne’s ownership group, said the firm will "plan on being responsive, collaborative, and transparent" if selected and presented a team of in-house and partner builders poised to start work as files clear.

The presentation focused on how LeMoyne would manage production, compliance and homeowner experience. Josh Stark, project principal and operations manager, described the company’s LIFE safety program — "Lemoyne's injury free environment" — and said the firm prioritizes crew safety, homeowner safety and community safety. Tara Will, who leads homeowner experience, said the team embeds trauma-informed practices in homeowner liaisons and communication to reduce uncertainty for applicants and to minimize displacement where safe.

LeMoyne executives emphasized prior disaster-recovery delivery and capacity. A company representative stated the group has managed large-scale federal-style CMR programs and active operations in Florida; the panel cited cumulative production figures including a claim of roughly 7,000 demolished and reconstructed homes and, when MHUs and rehabs are included, more than 28,000 housing projects across 10 states since 2009. During Q&A the team said its combined Florida completions total is about 6,500, with a little over 1,000 reconstructions, roughly 2,000 manufactured housing unit (MHU) replacements and the remainder rehabilitations (figures spoken from memory).

On production timelines, the team described standardized, gated workflows from intake through environmental clearance to closeout, backed by daily field oversight and a documentation system. The presenters gave benchmark cycle times that they said were produced by their partner builders: an average 60-day reconstruction cycle, and about 45 days for both rehabilitation and MHU replacements. Heather Brothers (H2 Bravo), describing their documentation approach, said "every daily log, photo, inspection results, and QC review is available for upload directly into Canopy," enabling audit-ready records from day one.

Committee members pressed LeMoyne on local staffing and subcontractor engagement. The firm said it maintains about a dozen staff across surrounding counties and listed offices in Dunedin, Pinellas, Lee and Volusia; presenters described partner builders providing initial capacity while the CMAR onboards and mentors local general contractors. LeMoyne said it hosts subcontractor fairs, works with chambers of commerce, assigns liaisons to help small contractors with compliance and Xactimate, and uses IMS/Power BI dashboards to monitor performance and cash-flow issues.

The team addressed warranty and post-completion issues in detail. Josh Stark said applicants receive a warranty claim form at final inspection and that the assigned contractor typically has 48 hours to review and schedule an on-site meeting. He said warranty records and case notes are visible to county case management through Canopy and that LeMoyne monitors contractor warranty rates, targeting rates below 5 percent and withholding payments if necessary to enforce performance.

Presenters acknowledged program risks including permitting bottlenecks, HOA acceptance of MHUs and communicating realistic expectations to applicants — especially because some households have gone many months without contact since the storms. To mitigate these risks, LeMoyne proposed early coordination with permitting offices and regular touchpoints between field teams and leadership.

The committee’s questions also covered how LeMoyne defines its stated "30 percent capacity at start," which the company said refers to reserve management capacity across its Florida operations and availability of senior staff transitioning off other programs. LeMoyne repeatedly framed its role as providing single-point construction accountability while cultivating local subcontractor capacity through training and mentorship.

The presentation closed with a quoted recommendation from Kelvin Hill, identified in the proposal material as Louisiana’s director of disaster recovery housing programs, urging the use of transparent primes that mobilize all capable builder resources in recovery programs. The County moved to Q&A and thanked the presenters; no procurement decision was made during the session.