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Two team members graduate from the SIUE Construction Leadership Institute program

Two Kwame team members, Project Engineer Michael McClain and Senior Project Manager Stan Richardson were among the 43 graduates of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Construction Leadership Institute (CLI), which celebrated with a graduation ceremony on Friday, March 10.

Developed by the SIUE Schools of Business and Engineering, the CLI provides the knowledge, skills and strategies that individuals and companies need in today’s challenging construction industry. Program Co-Directors Chris Gordon, associate dean of the SIUE School of Engineering, and Kristine Jarden, director of executive education in the SIUE School of Business, oversaw the ceremony.

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Kwame Building Group oversees installation of public art exhibit at Brickline Greenway to honor 20,000 displaced Mill Creek Valley residents

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ST. LOUIS, MO – Kwame Building Group (KWAME) has completed the first portion of installation of a new public art exhibit that will eventually link a one-mile stretch of the Brickline Greenway from Harris-Stowe State University to St. Louis CITY SC’s CITYPARK Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri. The permanent exhibit features art that acknowledges the 1959 displacement of nearly 20,000 Black residents of the Mill Creek Valley neighborhood formerly located at the site.

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Kwame Building Group hires Senior Project Manager and Project Engineer

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.ST. LOUIS, MO – Kwame Building Group (KWAME) has added Stan Richardson as Senior Project Manager and Majid Naseh as Project Engineer.

 

 

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Kwame Building Group hires two project team members

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ST. LOUIS, MO – Kwame Building Group (KWAME) has added Samuel Amponsah as Project Engineer and Arriane Hopkins as Project Administrator.

 

 

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Kwame Building Group completes Freedom Suits Memorial to honor enslaved plaintiffs who sued for their freedom

Memorial is at the site of the Dred Scott Case in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS, MO – Kwame Building Group (KWAME) has completed the Freedom Suits Memorial to honor enslaved plaintiffs who sued for their freedom. The memorial is located at the Old Courthouse in St. Louis where the Dred Scott Case was tried. KWAME served as the Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR).

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Kwame Foundation Golf Tournament awards $75,000 in scholarships for first-generation, college-bound students

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ST. LOUIS, MO – The Kwame Foundation has awarded $75,000 in higher education scholarships for first-generation, college-bound students from proceeds raised at the organization’s 18th Annual golf tournament. The presenting sponsor was Maggie O’Brien’s.

Since 2003, Kwame Foundation has provided multi-year endowed scholarships for students at 27 colleges or universities throughout the United States. Scholarships funded by the golf tournament have been endowed for students to attend Fontbonne University, Lincoln University, Maryville University, Saint Louis University, Southeast Missouri State University, University of Kansas and Washington University.

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Kwame Foundation selects Lydia Huston as new Executive Director

ST. LOUIS, MO –Kwame Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Kwame Building Group, has selected Lydia Huston as its new Executive Director. In this role, Huston will oversee daily operations, apply multidimensional fundraising and community relations initiatives and implement year-round philanthropic activities through the organization’s existing events and programs.

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Kwame Building Group hires Briana Jones and DeAna Carter as project team members

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ST. LOUIS, MO – Kwame Building Group (KWAME) has added Briana Jones as Project Administrator and DeAna Carter as Project Engineer.

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Kwame Foundation Golf Tournament to fund scholarships for first-generation, college-bound students 

ST. LOUIS, MO – Kwame Foundation will host its 18th Annual Golf Tournament on Thursday, August 25, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Norman K. Probstein Golf Course at Forest Park. This year the theme is “Tee Off ‘FORE’ Education”. Proceeds will fund scholarships for students who otherwise might not attend college because of financial constraints.
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Kwame Building Group hires three project team members

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


ST. LOUIS, MO – Kwame Building Group (KWAME) has added three new employees. Marcquis McGee has joined KWAME as a Project Engineer and Inspector. Nawaz Mohammed has been hired as a Project Engineer and Nour Tanoura also has been hired as a Project Engineer.

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