Farmington, CT – KBE Building Corporation has put the final touches on major projects in Connecticut.
The University of Connecticut Next Generation Connecticut Hall, also referred to as the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) residence hall, opened to students on August 24.
The hall is part of Governor Dannel Malloy’s $1 billion Next Generation Connecticut (NGC) initiative, designed to greatly expand educational opportunities, research, and innovation in the STEM disciplines at the university over the next decade.
KBE was the design-builder and constructor for the first new residence hall to open on this campus in more than a decade. The $79 million, 212,000sf construction project featuring 727 student beds was carried out in a multistory building nestled amid several adjacent buildings. JSA Architects was architect of record, with Newman Architects as UConn’s bridging architect.
KBE served as construction manager at risk for the $12.6 million, 42,000sf renovation to the existing dining facility on University of Connecticut Storrs campus, which was renovated concurrent with the construction at the nearby Next Gen residence hall. Amenta Emma Architects was the design architect.
KBE also served as general contractor for the renovation of the academic floors and attached Andre Schenker Lecture Hall at the University of Connecticut in Storrs.
This project was constructed at the same time as the Putnam Refectory and the Next Gen residence hall. In addition KBE was contractor for the Henry Ruthven Monteith Building and Andre Schenker Lecture Hall in Storrs.
KBE served as construction manager at risk for construction of the new $17 million, four-story, 60,000sf residence hall, which provides housing for 220 University of Bridgeport students.
The new residence hall complements the historic neighborhood while utilizing modern sustainability features.
