Southington, CT – October 30, 2024 – KBE Building Corporation’s commitment to project safety, quality, and excellence has been recognized with several awards from the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC.) The awards were presented at ABC – Connecticut’s annual Excellence in Construction Awards event held at the Aquaturf in Southington.
The awards include:
- Merit Award for the City of Waterbury, CT’s ARPA/ESSER Capital Improvements Program. As Program Manager, KBE assisted the City throughout the three-year program with prioritizing and sequencing individual projects, solicitation of architects/engineers and construction services for the various projects, oversight of all construction, and documentation of program activities and allocation of the public funds.
Projects include:
-upgrades to playgrounds, cafeterias, auditoriums, and media centers
-ventilation systems and building systems updates at 34 K-12 schools
-updates to police labs
-renovations and upgrades to recreational facilities, city infrastructure, and administrative offices. - The National Associated Builders and Contractors has recognized KBE with its highest safety recognition, the Diamond STEP award. This is KBE’s third consecutive year earning the Diamond level recognition, which is based on the construction firm’s exemplary record of low accident rates on its jobsites. KBE has consistently been recognized over the last 26 years with Platinum and Gold STEP awards.
- KBE also earned ABC Connecticut’s 2024 Spirit Award, which recognizes the construction firm which employed the highest number of ABC member firms on its award-winning projects.
- KBE Building Corp. has once again been recognized by National ABC as a 2024 Accredited Quality Contractor (AQC). AQC members proudly set the construction-industry standard as highly performing, ethical contractors and members of their communities. AQC status is determined by a stringent and thorough set of criteria that demonstrate commitment to five key areas of corporate responsibility: quality, safety, talent management, craft and management education, and community relations. KBE has earned this distinction every year for 25+ years.
About KBE Building Corporation www.kbebuilding.com
KBE Building Corporation is a national commercial construction services firm strategically positioned to serve clients through its regional offices in Connecticut, Arizona, Maryland, and New York.
Founded in 1959 and incorporated in 1966, KBE and its affiliates annually manage $400 – $500 million in construction volume and is ranked among Engineering News-Record magazine’s top 400 construction companies nationally.
Our 170+ preconstruction and construction staff provide preconstruction, construction management, design-build, and general contracting services to clients throughout the US in the senior living, educational, retail, health care, federal, corporate, hospitality & entertainment, and institutional markets.
In 2022, KBE launched the KBE Foundation (kbefoundation.org) to formalize the firm’s long tradition of community support, which has donated more than $4.5 million since 2009. www.kbefoundation.org