About American Eastern

American Eastern was established and founded by Edward Calkins in 1988 and specializes in new construction, design build, upfits, renovations, retrofit & pre-engineered metal building systems and has enjoyed 23 years of successful business operations. American Eastern is headquartered in Charlotte, NC, but

Edward Calkins Founder

operates all over the South Eastern United States.

Our experience spans many sectors - we work within a number of industries including: Industrial; Banking; Manufacturing; Utility; Medical; Hospitality; Retail  and the Financial sector. American Eastern holds unlimited licenses in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. We hold contracts or are approved vendors for Bank of America; Wachovia/ Wells Fargo; Kelloggs'; Duke Energy; Dollar Tree; Merck Pharmaceutical; Developers Diversified Realty; Lance Corporation; The Shaw Group Inc.; and Hines, to name a few, and have worked with these leading organizations for many years.

Our team has built several Lowe's; Home Depot's; Kroger's; Aldi's; Banks; Office Buildings; Medical Office Buildings; Aircraft Hangars and International Resorts.

American Eastern is proud of its high standard of safety with a .88 EMR rate for 2008 and 2009 and is an A rated company with a financial Paydex score of 80 from Dunn & Bradstreet. It is also certified by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council The company prides itself on maintaining high ethical and professional standards in all areas of its business practices.

Most of American Eastern clients are leading US corporations, for example Bank of America, Wachovia/Wells Fargo, Merck Pharmaceutical, Jacobs Engineering, Kellogg's, Duke Energy, Shaw, Dollar Tree, Developers Diversified Realty, Macy's, and Kellogg Brown and Root.