Kwame Building Group, Inc.(KWAME) has been selected to provide construction management services for the Missouri Department of Natural Resources on the redevelopment of Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park in Reynolds County.

The park was damaged by the breach of the Taum Sauk Reservoir in December 2005. Following cleanup and the planning and design process, redevelopment began in 2008. The designer and builder is MACTEC, an engineering, environmental and remedial construction firm from Atlanta, GA.

KWAME has been selected to provide technical assistance to the department by monitoring the reconstruction progress and providing reviews of the architectural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection and civil engineering drawings and specifications for construction compliance.

Source: St. Louis Construction News & Real Estate

The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD) has named Kwame Building Group, Inc. as construction manager for a rehabilitation and expansion program at the Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Plant in Maryland Heights. Construction on the first project is expected to begin in the summer of 2009 and the program will be complete by the end of 2012.

Kwame’s primary subconsultant partner is HDR, an architectural, engineering and consulting firm based in Omaha, NE. The project designer is Black & Veatch Corporation, a global engineering, consulting and construction company based in Overland Park, KS.

Source: St. Louis Construction News & Real Estate

Kwame Building Group is providing construction management services to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources on the redevelopment of Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park in Reynolds County. The redeveloped park is scheduled to reopen to the public in 2009.

In 2005, the park was damaged by the breach of AmerenUE’s Taum Sauk hydroelectric plant reservoir, which spilled 1.3 billion gallons of water through the state park. The breach was considered the state’s worst man-made disaster. Ameren agreed to pay the state of Missouri nearly $180 million to rebuild. Redevelopment began last year, following the cleanup and planning/design process.

The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District has named Kwame Building Group, Inc. (KWAME) as construction manager for a rehabilitation and expansion program at the Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Plant in Maryland Heights, Missouri. Construction on the first project is expected to begin in the summer of 2009 and the program will be complete by the end of 2012.

KWAME’s primary subconsultant partner is HDR, an architectural, engineering and consulting firm based in Omaha, Nebraska. The project designer is Black & Veatch Corporation, a global engineering, consulting and construction company based in Overland Park, Kansas.

Kwame Building Group has been named construction manager and owner’s representative on a new $10 million facility for St. Louis Community College’s William J. Harrison Northside Education Center in St. Louis. The approximately 30,000-square-foot project will include classroom facilities. Construction is scheduled to begin in winter 2009 and be completed in 2010. The architect is KAI.

Source: Suburban Journals

St. Louis-based Kwame Building Group is serving as construction manager for the $435 million Port Authority of Allegheny County’s North Shore Connector project in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. KWAME is part of the joint venture called TriGold, which includes Jacobs Engineering of Pasadena, California and HDR, an architectural and engineering firm of Omaha, Nebraska.

The new 1.2 mile extension will expand Pittsburgh’s current 25 mile light rail transit system known as the “T,” from the Gateway subway station underneath Stanwix Street and the Allegheny River to the developing North Shore area of Pittsburgh. The project includes construction of three new stations. Read more…