ANDOVER, Conn. — Connecticut’s Channel 3 Kids Camp has appointed KBE Building Corporation’s Mike Kolakowski to its board of directors. Kolakowski is the president and principal owner of KBE Building Corporation. Kolakowski and KBE Building Corporation’s involvement with the Kids Camp began in 2011, with the renovation of the Jennifer L. Hawke-Petit Health Lodge. KBE provided both a financial donation and construction management services to support the 1,000-square-foot renovation project. The firm also engaged a select group of trade contractors who donated their time and portion of the construction costs to the project. KBE is now donating its construction management … Read more

NEW YORK, N.Y. — B.R. Fries & Associates announced the completion of the East Coast headquarters of Pandora Media, for which it provided construction management services, craft-oriented creative solutions and overall project leadership. The 55,000-square-foot, two-floor office interiors, which opened in February, are seen as further evidence of B.R. Fries" leadership in the fast-growing electronic media workplace market where the company has a growing client roster. “We"re pleased to be involved in projects like the Pandora Media New York office where cutting-edge workplace concepts merge with a focus on high-quality construction,” says Barry Fries, CEO and founder of B.R. Fries, … Read more

With the goal to eliminate worker injury, Mortenson and a group of other national construction firms launched the industry’s first annual “Safety Week” May 4-10. Safety Week is an opportunity to promote safety awareness in the construction industry which traditionally has higher than average incident rates compared to other occupations. Members of the participating firms comprise the Construction Industry Safety Initiative and the Incident & Injury-Free Executive Forum. Each participating company will be conducting information sessions and safety training for workers on their projects during the week. According the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2012 — … Read more

St. Louis, Mo. — Construction on Missouri’s largest investor-owned utility solar facility — the O’Fallon Renewable Energy Center — has begun with the ceremonial installation of the first solar panel. St. Louis, Mo.-based MC Industrial, Inc., an independent McCarthy company, has been chosen to manage the design and construction of Ameren Missouri’s multimillion-dollar project.In a groundbreaking event at the construction site in O”Fallon, Mo., dozens of key state leaders joined Ameren executives and special guest speakers, including O’Fallon Mayor Bill Hennessy; Missouri Public Service Commission Chairman Robert S. Kenney and Director of the Missouri Division of Energy Llona Weiss. The … Read more