Do you have academic training and the desire to take on real-life challenges? The KBS internship program provides comprehensive hands-on experience helping you build a career in the competitive construction industry. The KBS internship program offers the opportunity to: Experience: Two-week-long rotations in the field, estimating, project management and other areas provide diversified experience to […]
Last Component of Petersburg Development Breaks Ground
The last adaptive reuse of historic buildings in the Brown & Williamson plant in the city of Petersburg has broken ground. The project, near Perry and Gill streets, will create 226 mixed-income apartment units with plans to attract artists to the city’s growing creative community. Named ArtistSpace Loft Apartments, the development will feature a four-story […]
KBS Teams Recognized for Safety and Quality Standards
For the second quarter of 2019, KBS recognized two project teams for excelling in quality and safety. The Virginia War Memorial Expansion team was given the Excellence in Safety award. The team includes: Adam Britt, project manager; Chris Garabedian, carpenter; Tina Hudson, project assistant; Carter Neal, assistant superintendent; Merredith McMahon, assistant project manager; and Tony […]
Benefits of High Rise Concrete Construction
While most high-rise buildings are often steel structures, technological advancements have allowed concrete to become a reemerging trend in high-rise construction. The Locks Tower is the one of the first residential high-rise projects in Richmond to utilize a total precast concrete structural system. The 12-story, 354,846-square-foot apartment building sits at East Byrd and South 10th […]
Affordable Housing Development Opens in Loudoun County
KBS completed construction of the 162,407-square-foot Heronview Apartments in Sterling, Va. Heronview is a joint-partnership between Windy Hill Foundation and Flatiron Partners, Heronview has 96 units of affordable and workforce housing in the mixed-use development of Kincora located in the heart of Loudoun County. More than 60 people attended the grand opening including Senator Jennifer […]
KBS Honored with Workforce Development Award
KBS is honored to receive the 2019 General Contractor of the Year Award by J&G Workforce Development for demonstrating an unwavering commitment to MBE’s and Section 3 hiring on the Church Hill North project. “As you may know, many other businesses and individuals were also nominated, and, because of the high caliber of the nominated […]