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Awards KBE Building Corporation Honored with CT ABC Awards Southington, CT – KBE Building Corporation announced it has been recognized for its commitment to project safety, quality, and excellence by 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. KBE received a Merit Award for the City of Waterbury’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. The project included upgrades to playgrounds, cafeterias, auditoriums, and media centers; ventilation systems and building systems updates at 34 K-12 schools; updates to police labs; and renovations and upgrades to recreational facilities, city infrastructure, and administrative offices. Additionally, ABC has recognized KBE with its highest safety recognition,
The restoration of the auditorium at Wilby High School in Waterbury, Conn. was one of the projects included in KBE Building Corporation’s work on the City of Waterbury’s ARPA/ESSER Capital Improvements Program.
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 has once again been recognized by ABC as a 2024 Accredited Quality Contractor (AQC). AQC members are recognized for setting the constructionindustry 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 over 25 years.
CMAA Awards BETA Technologies Project South Burlington, VT – PC Construction recently accepted a National Project Achievement Award from the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA). The CMAA award recognized PC’s work on the BETA Technologies’ Manufacturing and Assembly Facility, which supports the manufacture and assembly of the electric aerospace company’s batterypowered aircraft and electric charging infrastructure. The facility included the construction of a new, 188,500sf high-bay building located directly adjacent to the Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport runways. The fully operating facility includes aircraft manufacture and assembly space, office and employee spaces and support areas. Work included substantial site preparation, blasting and excavation, a parking lot and utility road, and a 2.7-acre geothermal field, which is one of the largest in New England. The CMAA National Project Achievement Awards recognize those construction projects that are pinnacles of excellence and innovation. In 2024, CMAA recognized 17 projects for their outstanding achievements in construction management, with the BETA project winning the top honor in the Commercial,
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BETA Technologies’ Manufacturing and Assembly Facility
Sports, Entertainment or Hospitality Greater than $50 Million category. The project required PC to proactively support and address several key challenges for BETA including incompatible zoning regulation impacts, supply chain disruption, and the proximity to an operating airport. In addition, evolving manufacturing requirements caused significant building scope and design
changes midway through construction. Despite these challenges, the project was completed on a drastically accelerated timeline. PC poured the first placement of concrete in June 2022 and BETA started installing equipment on the manufacturing floor less than 12 months later. Recently, BETA rolled its first production-intent electric aircraft off the final assembly line at the facility.
Matt Cooke, PC president/CEO, said, “I am so proud to have been a part of this important project for the State of Vermont, and for the incredible team who poured their heart and soul into the design and construction efforts. This was a truly collaborative project from the start, and the resulting success is testament to that team effort.”