ST. LOUIS, MO – Construction is underway on a major renovation to modernize science laboratories at St. Louis Community College’s Forest Park, Meramec and Florissant Valley campuses, with Kwame Building Group, Inc. (KWAME) serving as the construction manager. The architect is Michael Roth & Associates and the general contractor is Kozeny-Wagner.Over the next two summers, 15,000 square feet of science laboratories at the three campuses will be updated with new lighting, casework, flooring, paint, and laboratory equipment.

KWAME is managing the project in two phases on a tight summer timeline to meet academic schedules. Construction of the first phase, which includes 13 labs, will be completed in mid-August, in time for the 2016 – 2017 school year. The remaining six laboratories will be renovated in Summer 2017.

ABOUT KWAME BUILDING GROUP, INC.
Kwame Building Group, Inc. (KWAME) is one of the nation’s top 15 pure construction management firms, dedicating 100 percent of its resources to project management services. An employee-owned company, KWAME provides estimating, scheduling, project planning, value engineering and other project management services as an independent advocate for owners and developers. KWAME has been named a “Top 100 Construction Management-for-Fee Firm” multiple times by Engineering News Record (ENR), the construction industry’s leading news and analysis publication, and received an ENR Midwest 2015 Best Project of the Year Award. St. Louis RCGA has named KWAME one of the “Top 50 Companies in the St. Louis Region.”

KWAME’s public and private sector projects include educational facilities, major airports nationwide, light-rail systems, hospitals, wastewater treatment facilities and government facilities. KWAME is headquartered in St. Louis with division offices in Atlanta, Austin TX, Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Seattle. For more information, visit www.kwamebuildinggroup.com or call 314.862.5344.

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