Michelle Forte Young
President
LEED® Accredited Professional | USGBC
State of Florida Class A Certified General Contractor | CGC 1514926
30-Hour Safety Training | OSHA
2008, 2009 and 2010 | Businesswomen of the Year Nominee
Women Who Mean Business | Category "Up and Comer"
Orlando Business Journal
2010 | Selected by Orlando Business Journal
as part of the Class of 2010 for "Forty Under 40"
| EXPERIENCE
Clients trust Michelle. They know that their projects will have her
personal involvement.
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Michelle brings over 13 years of commercial construction experience in
general contracting and construction management to the table. As company
Principal, Michelle is directly responsible for FORTE YOUNG INC. operations.
She maintains executive responsibility for all projects and never fails to deliver
excellent results. What drives her? ...Personal ethics and a commitment to
excellence. Michelle believes that that you can be honest and successful at the
same time. Michelle is a strong leader and an excellent communicator. She
knows how to bring parties together to make things happen, even in the most
challenging of circumstances.
Her architectural background is a tremendous asset to her work in construction
in that, while she is objective and analytical, she is also very creative and was
trained in 
to think outside the box and use her
intuition when solving problems.
Michelle has worked the industry from many angles. She is an accomplished
project manager. She has experience in land development, general contracting,
construction management, design-build projects and construction consulting
services. Her experience is diverse and includes both hard bid and negotiated
work. She has built various building types including concrete tilt-wall, multi-story
steel frame, CMU block, etc. and buildings range from new construction projects
to expansions and interior renovations. She has built branch banks, data centers,
churches and assembly occupancy facilities, multi-story office buildings, flex-space/
warehouse/distribution facilities, retail shopping centers, interiors projects,tenant
build-outs and two luxury estates.
She earned two degrees from University of Florida in Gainesville, FL:
+ Master of Building Construction | M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Building Construction (BCN)
+ Bachelor of Design, With Honors | College of Architecture
In her fourth year of architecture, she lived in Vicenza, Italy through 
The Vicenza Institute of Architecture - a special program for select
students. She studied architecture and construction while traveling
through Italy and other parts of Europe.
license + certifications
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CONSTRUCTION IS OUR FORTE.