St. Louis-based Capri Pool & Aquatics is named in today’s St. Louis Business Journal for their rapid growth over five years.

Capri Pool & Aquatics, a builder of large aquatic centers and water parks, is owned by Vee-Jay Cement Contracting, one of the largest concrete contractors in St. Louis. According to President Cary Dennis, Capri Pool has increased sales from $1.5 million when it was started five years ago to $11.5 million in 2008.

Recent projects include the $5.7 million Hazelwood Aquatic Facility and a $1.5 million outdoor recreation center pool in Normal, Illinois. Capri Pool also has been hired as the aquatics contractor for the huge Schlitterbahn Vacation Village resort in Kansas City, Kansas.

Source: St. Louis Business Journal

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

Clayco Inc. has completed construction on the 29,600-square-foot St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Hospital in West St. Louis County. The $7.4 million project was completed on behalf of a joint venture between RehabCare Group Inc. and St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield, Mo. The facility provides medical and therapy services for patients requiring inpatient physical rehabilitation.

St. Louis-based general contractor Paric Corp. has completed a $7.8 million senior housing project on South Grand Boulevard in the city of St. Louis. The 76,000-square-foot development features 87 senior apartments above ground-level retail. The project was built on behalf of Minneapolis-based Dominium Development and Acquisition.

Amenitites include a computer center, a multi-purpose room, a dining hall, an exercise room, recreational activities and a courtyard.

Source: REBusinessOnline

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.