KBE Building Corporation

St. Mary's College of Maryland is located in the historic St. Mary's City just upstream from where the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay converge. As part of its capital improvements, the college wanted to replace its existing boat house- home of its award-winning sailing and crew teams.  At the same time, the college wanted to bring its biology research center closer to the water as part of this new River Center Facility.  Konover Construction was chose to serve as the Construction Manager for this beautiful waterfront project. Konover had already completed three dormitories on the campus of St. Mary's College and was familiar with the tone and culture of the school.  Important to the College of St. Mary's- and to Konover was the protection of the shoreline and the natural environment.  That is why Konover employed many environmentally sustainable design features in the $4.8 million River Center.  These included: geothermal wells, cedar roof shingles, water- efficient plumbing, and more. When completed on September 25, 2008 the River Center became home to the school's sailing and crew teams and research programs. 

Konover Construction is a native Connecticut firm providing construction management at risk, construction management as advisor, design-build, and general contracting services to clients throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.  Founded in 1959, the firm has an unparalleled reputation for its customer-focused approach to its projects, from custom academic facilities, senior living communities, corporate offices and many of the nation's largest retail brands.

The Konover Construction team's success on the Kellogg House Residence Hall has prompted the University of Virginia to streamline its future development process on upcoming residence hall projects, reducing both the time and cost to bring critically needed student housing projects on line.  The Konover Construction team's performance was so successful that the University has decided to use design/build delivery for its future residence hall projects.  Moreover, the University gained a sufficient level of comfort with the process that it will provide only schematic level bridging documents to future design/build teams, rather than the more in depth documents provided to the Konover team on Kellogg House.  For the students, project success is more fundamental: occupants are so enamored of their luxurious new digs they have dubbed the residence hall, formerly known as "Observatory Hill" as the "O'Hilton."

Konover Construction is a native Connecticut firm providing construction management at risk, construction management as advisor, design-build, and general contracting services to clients throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.  Founded in 1959, the firm has an unparalleled reputation for its customer-focused approach to its projects, from custom academic facilities, senior living communities, corporate offices and many of the nation's largest retail brands.

The Taubman Company, an international developer of unique retail environments, called on Konover Construction and JPRA Architects to transform a dated urban mall into a vibrant downtown destination.  The existing Town Center Mall was a bunker-style indoor mall set in the center of a structured parking garage, cut off from street visibility.  The dramatic new mall addition is set on an open pedestrian plaza featuring seven new restaurants, the state's largest Barnes & Noble, a new food court on the top level of the existing mall, and other upgrades. Within the existing mall, Konover constructed an open dining area and a Disney/Looney Toons-themed child play area. The project included a 120,000 sf addition (including a 35,370 sf outdoor plaza with elaborate snowmelt system) and a 20,000 sf renovation. The transformed mall has become a downtown destination and helped re-energize the downtown area.

Konover Construction is a native Connecticut firm providing construction management at risk, construction management as advisor, design-build, and general contracting services to clients throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.  Founded in 1959, the firm has an unparalleled reputation for its customer-focused approach to its projects, from custom academic facilities, senior living communities, corporate offices and many of the nation's largest retail brands.