KBE Building Corp. Wins CBC’s Project Team of the Year Award for K-12 Schools Category

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ROCKY HILL, Conn. — The Connecticut Building Congress has awarded its Project Team of the Year Award to KBE Building Corporation’s project team for Carrington Elementary School. The project was also recognized with a First Place award in the K-12 Schools category. KBE served as construction manager at risk for the newly built $30-million elementary school located in Waterbury, Connecticut. “We are thrilled to have won this award from the Connecticut Building Congress,” said KBE owner and CEO Mike Kolakowski, who bought the firm in 2007 with longtime senior executives Eric Brown and Simon Etzel. “K-12 schools has emerged as … Read more

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ELFA’s Survey of Economic Activity: Monthly Leasing and Finance Index

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association's Monthly Leasing and Finance Index, which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $827 billion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new business volume for May was $6.9 billion, down 8 percent from new business volume in May 2013. Month-over-month, new business volume was down 14 percent from April. Year to date, cumulative new business volume increased 3 percent compared to 2013.   Receivables over 30 days were unchanged from the previous month at 2.0 percent, and were up from 1.6 percent from the same period … Read more

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ARCADIS Report: U.S. Construction Dispute Values Triple to $34.3M in 2013

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HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — In its fourth annual Global Construction Disputes Report, ARCADIS reported that in 2013, the average claimed value of construction disputes in the U.S. tripled over 2012, to an average of $34.3 million. However, the U.S. was still well below average construction dispute values globally, behind Asia and the Middle East. At the same time, construction disputes in the U.S. took 1.8 months longer to resolve than in 2012, averaging 13.7 months. This year's ARCADIS report on the top trends driving the value, duration, causes and resolutions of construction disputes worldwide, "Global Construction Disputes: Getting the Basics … Read more

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Integrated Builders Begins Renovation of 10 Oceana Drive in Canton

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ROCKLAND, Mass. — Integrated Builders Inc. has begun construction on 10 Oceana Drive in Canton, Massachusetts. This project consists of a 40,000-square-foot office building that will receive over $1.5 million dollars in renovations. Integrated Builders Project Manager Bob Purdy will work with Superintendent Colin Little and owners, Equity Industrial Partners, throughout the renovations and will lease 10,000 square feet of this space to the first tenant, The Pulse Network. The Pulse Network is expanding their space in Canton and is excited to be the first tenant in this new renovated space. The Pulse Network provides a cloud-based platform focused on … Read more

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