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As part of the early design process, a waterproofing consultant was hired by the owner of Fenwyck Manor and Chase Apartments, a 396,313-square-foot, 288-unit multi-residential project located on a 20-acre site in the Greenbrier district of the City of Chesapeake. The waterproofing consultant reviewed the...[read more]
Expansion of the 139,037-square-foot Sam’s Club store in Frederick, MD is taking place while the store is open to the public. As part of this project, KBS is installing 162 skylights throughout the existing portion of the building. Construction within the existing areas requires great...[read more]
Blue Ridge PACE, a 20,046-square-foot adult daycare center in Charlottesville, contained several roofing details that could be improved upon based on our team’s recent experiences on a similar facility for the same client. The original detail showed a condition in which the TPO roofing membrane...[read more]
Throughout the month of May, all KBS operations’ personnel were required to attend the annual KBS Quality Control Academy for 2013. This formal quality control training included two levels of training. Level One training included an overview of the KBS Quality Control Program, project case...[read more]
In most, if not all, multi-residential projects, windows are a major part of the exterior envelope. While windows are often repeated in the same fashion through an entire building, changes in the type of wall, finish material, or location may require different approaches to how...[read more]
This is our last week at KBS. From both of us to everyone at KBS, thank you for the opportunity to work here this summer! Miranda: It’s been a busy, but fun summer. I am very pleased with the amount of practical knowledge I gained...[read more]
Last week I learned more about public relations and handling communications with people outside of the company. I also learned the importance of detail. Not only was the quarterly newsletter The BluePrint being sent to every person on KBS’s contact list (which is almost 2,500...[read more]
Hi, my name is Matthew and I am a rising junior at the Virginia Military Institute. I am studying Civil Engineering and am working this summer as a project assistant/engineer at KBS. This is my second summer with KBS. Last year I worked on completing...[read more]
Hi, my name is Miranda and I’m going into my third year at the University of Virginia (Wahoowa!). I’m interning at KBS this summer in the marketing department and doing this intern blog was actually an idea I came up with (with some help from...[read more]
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