ERC opens new headquarters building

Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based ERC, a residual waste processing facility, recently rehabilitated a former industrial building on its property into its new headquarters space. The transformed building, located at 1116 Manheim Pike, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was the site for the 30-year-old company’s pen house and ribbon cutting in early June. Both recent and anticipated future growth necessitated the expansion, the company says.

“We’ve grown through acquisition and organically, especially throughout the past five years,” says ERC President Ken Lefever. “Now more than ever, businesses are seeking alternative methods to handle their waste in a more sustainable manner. And as their interests have grown, so has ERC’s ability to provide solutions. It’s been positive for our customers, for our company and for the communities we serve.”

In the spirit of the company’s mission to create a more sustainable world, ERC says it made the purposeful decision to renovate a formerly underused industrial space to create a contemporary business environment. The finished 8,500 square-foot building features private offices and open work spaces, a fully equipped kitchen and a professionally landscaped exterior patio for employee gatherings. The company says every effort was made to improve the property in an eco-friendly manner while designing an attractive and collaborative atmosphere.

Completed by Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based firms Stuart and Associates Architects Inc. and Vanguard Develop Group, ERC says its new headquarters currently houses approximately 17 sales, marketing and administrative employees and is designed to accommodate more than 35 as the company expands. ERC currently employs 115 team members and serves customers within a 175-radius of Lancaster County. In addition to its Lancaster operations, the company runs an additional facility in Baltimore.

“This new headquarters building is the beginning of an exciting chapter for us,” says Lefever. “Our team is motivated to continue growing in the Northeast and expanding our reach into areas like northern Virginia and Washington, D.C.”

Founded in 1988, ERC says it has grown to become the largest residual waste processing facility in the mid-Atlantic region. ERC processes a wide variety of non-hazardous waste materials from an array of industries and provides, disposal, industrial, roll-off, containerized waste, portable restrooms and food waste services.