Led by Wayne Baruch, skilled and accomplished designer, craftsman, and project manager, specializing in older buildings, with a long track record of successful on-time, on-budget completion that achieves win-win client and vendor relationships.

"I pride myself on being a good organizer, coach, and team player with our staff, building partners, professionals, and government officials.  

This fosters the best kind of environment in which we all do our best work and enjoy bringing the client's project to a successful completion."

-- Wayne Baruch

Artisan  (n.) Ar·ti·san (är'tĭ-zən, -sən) from Latin artītus, skilled in the arts, past participle of artīre, to instruct in the arts, from ars, art-, art.] 

1) A skilled individual who professes and practices some liberal art, trade, or handicraft; an artist.  2) One trained to manual dexterity in some mechanical art or trade; a handicraftsman; a mechanic. 3) Artificer, artist, creator, experienced hand, expert, journeyman, master carpenter, master craftsman, mechanic, professional, technical adviser, wright.  4) An artificer is one who requires power of contrivance and adaptation in the exercise of his profession.

Great Social Causes

Wayne Baruch (and The Artisans Group) has always supported numerous social causes such as Habitat for Humanity; rebuilding in the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of  Hurricanes Rita, Katrina, and Gustav, and speaking to the public on Green Building, to name just a few.  This year, The Bucks County, PA Chamber of Commerce graciously honored us and four other builders for our work in the Gulf Coast with its 2009 Humanitarian Award.

The American Cancer Society...Make a Difference.  Make History.  Make Strides. ™   

Join 8,000 people in walk to benefit the good work of The American Cancer Society on Sunday, October 18, 2009 at The Mack-Cali Business Campus, One Campus Drive, in Parsippany, NJ.  View the program flyer. 

Continuing Education & Certifications

Green Buildings Summit

The Mid-Atlantic Real Estate Journal and iGlobal Forum, including topics such as green legislation and programs, energy efficiency, case studies in successful green projects, and going green on a budget, earned AIA continuing professional education credits.  April 21, 2009

Lead-Based Paint

We are now certified by the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and The NJ Dept. of Community Affairs as a Certified Renovator. November 6, 2009.  On April 22, 2010, The EPA's Title X rule becomes effective, at which time all construction professionals who work on pre-1978 buildings must have successfully completed this certification.

U.S. Department of Energy

Residential 2009 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), earned AIA continuing professional education credits.   June 16, 2009