YOUR COASTAL BUILDING RESOURCE
Caldwell Coastal Solutions is your expert residential coastal building resource. Our experts have over 40 years of experience in building, planning and policy initiatives.
DAVE CALDWELL
Dave Caldwell is Vice President of Caldwell & Johnson Custom Home Builders and Managing Director of Caldwell Realty LLC. Caldwell & Johnson, established in 1968, is a nationally recognized leader in environmentally sustainable construction and energy efficient building and one of Rhode Island’s leading oceanfront home builders.
Caldwell & Johnson has completed over 500 custom residential, new construction and major remodeling projects in Rhode Island. Dave is the past president of the Rhode Island Builders Association, co-chair of the RI Green Building Council’s Advocacy Committee, Vice Chair of HousingWorks RI, the Vice President of the Audubon Society of Rhode Island and an appointed member of the RI Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council Advisory Board.
GROVER FUGATE
Grover Fugate was the Executive Director of the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) for nearly 35 years, responsible for overseeing the development of all policies and programs for the state’s coastal program, including the impact of climate change on Rhode Island’s shoreline. He serves as the state Co-Lead to the Ocean Planning initiative for the Northeast Regional Ocean Council and also the state Co-Lead for the Regional Planning Body established under President Obama’s Executive Order on the National Ocean Policy. He has authored various academic journal articles on coastal and natural resources management issues and is an adjunct faculty at the University of Rhode Island in the Marine Affairs program and a guest lecturer at Roger Williams University Law School on Coastal and Marine Law. He is also a real estate agent with Caldwell Realty.