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One Global Company. One Exact Standard.

Meridian Controlled Environments is the single, accountable partner behind some of the most demanding controlled environments ever built — the cleanrooms, controlled spaces, and high-purity systems where semiconductors, life-saving medicines, and mission-critical technologies are made. Since 1999, our teams have delivered these environments to the exact standard they demand, on time and on budget.

Corporate Construction is now Meridian.
Meridian Controlled Environments is the new name — and unified global brand — of Corporate Construction, Inc. Same people, same standards, and the same relationships our clients have relied on since 1999, now operating as one company built for a global stage. The name changes; the accountability, the record, and the team behind it do not.

Why clients consolidate with us.
Most controlled environments are assembled from a fragmented chain of architects, contractors, mechanical vendors and service providers — and risk hides in every hand-off. Meridian closes those gaps. We plan, build, monitor, maintain and update the entire environment, and we bring specialized capability in-house — from cleanroom construction to high-purity process piping — so the details that decide yield, sterility and compliance never fall between the cracks. We are not design-build. We are build-and-design: discipline first.

Built for a global stage.
Headquartered in Danbury, Connecticut, Meridian delivers across the United States and beyond — serving semiconductor and high-tech, healthcare and life sciences, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, and government and defense clients, often the same clients, again and again.

The standard never moves.
As the industries we serve push into ever-smaller tolerances and ever-stricter regulation, the margin for error keeps shrinking. Meeting an exact standard, every time, is the whole point of our name — and the reason we’re built for what you build next.

Joseph G. Viola Jr:

Co-founder & CEO

Jonathan K. Draper

Co-founder & COO

Joseph G. Viola Jr

Principal, Operations

Joseph is responsible for the overall management of our field operations, working with project managers and superintendents, from project conception to delivery. He oversees all project scheduling, safety programs, project accounting, documentation, and quality control. With over 34 years of experience in all phases of construction, he has served as Commercial Site Supervisor, Project Manager, and as Principal of Corporate Construction since its inception in 1999. Joseph earned his B.S. in Business Management from New England Technical College.

Jonathan K. Draper

Principal, New Business Development

Jonathan oversees the entire preconstruction process with initial client interaction, project development, budgeting, estimating, code analysis, feasibility studies, and permit procurement. He leads the implementation aspects of scheduling, subcontractor selection, and buyouts. With an extensive 38-year background spanning all phases of construction and architectural design, he has held roles such as Site Superintendent, Project Manager, Construction Manager and Senior Project Manager. He has been Principal of Corporate Construction since 1999. Jonathan earned his B.S. in Construction Management and Architectural Design from Southwest Missouri State University.