We are delighted to announce that the latest addition to Morris County Hospital in Council Grove, Kansas is now complete. Here are a few photos of the completed space.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Rainforest Exhibit is Getting a Facelift
Those of us who have visited the Topeka Zoological Park know about the Tropical Rainforest Exhibit. This 100 foot diameter acrylic dome, which has become a Topeka landmark, is very much in need of repair. Engineers who have studied this building have determined that the structure of the dome is actually in fine shape. However most of the existing acrylic lenses are original to the structure which was constructed in 1972. In general, the life expectancy for an acrylic skylight is approximately 20 years and these are approaching a service life of 40 years.
Help is on the way! KBS crews are now preparing to construct an addition to the rainforest connecting support facilities that will help preserve the animals and plants while work is completed on the dome and inside the exhibit. Plans for the upgrade include, replacing the sprinkler & irrigation system, as well as every one of the acrylic lenses in the dome, including new seals and gaskets. This is an exciting project for us for most of our employees have visited this facility before as children and we appreciate the opportunity to help preserve this exhibit for our children and grandchildren to enjoy as well. Working around these wild animals is pretty challenging work, but for us it is routine Critical Environment Construction. Follow our progress on this project on Facebook where we will continually post new progress photos. To see the latest go to: KBS Constructors Facebook Page.
Help is on the way! KBS crews are now preparing to construct an addition to the rainforest connecting support facilities that will help preserve the animals and plants while work is completed on the dome and inside the exhibit. Plans for the upgrade include, replacing the sprinkler & irrigation system, as well as every one of the acrylic lenses in the dome, including new seals and gaskets. This is an exciting project for us for most of our employees have visited this facility before as children and we appreciate the opportunity to help preserve this exhibit for our children and grandchildren to enjoy as well. Working around these wild animals is pretty challenging work, but for us it is routine Critical Environment Construction. Follow our progress on this project on Facebook where we will continually post new progress photos. To see the latest go to: KBS Constructors Facebook Page.Bowyer Building - November Progress
The Bowyer Community Building in Emporia is showing great progress through November. Crews are working on exterior siding and trim, anticipating the arrival of cold weather. Soon the building will be enclosed so interior finishes can be completed. We anticipate completion of the building sometime after the first of the year. A complete set of November progress photos have been uploaded to our Facebook page, KBS Constructors.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Announcing Splatfest 2
KBS is organizing a paint ball tournament
To Raise money to benefit Victory Junction Midwest. Victory Junction is a camp that provides life changing experiences for kids with chronic medical conditions/serious illnesses.
Paint Ball Tournament (Bring your own gear)
Saturday, October 1st (Registration deadline is Sept. 24th)
Cokeley Farms Hunting Preserve and Sporting Clays, Delia
Starts at 12:00 pm
5-Man Teams @ $20 per man = $100 per team
CONTACT INFO…..Kerry Priddy (785) 633-9058 kerrypriddy@kbsci.com
Monday, August 8, 2011
Victory Gems for Victory Junction
We are very excited about a new line of Jewelry created exclusively to support Victory Junction. Our colleague, Dave at Design Surveys has a friend in California who designs Jewelry. When she heard about the camp, she was moved to develop a line of items to support camp construction. Please visit her site and consider getting your credit card out while you are there. It's for a wonderful cause. Thank you Kate.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Kansas Children's Discovery Center
Recently one of our newly completed projects was opened to the public.
The Kansas Children's Discovery Center is such a cool place it makes me want to be a kid again. Apparently I am not the only one who feels that way. When I went to take some photos of the outside of the building, the parking lot was completely filled with cars and there were hundreds of kids inside the facility and these were kids too young to drive.
Make plans to visit this cool new museum when you can. It's "Serious Fun."
For more information visit... http://www.kansasdiscovery.org/
Thursday, June 23, 2011
2011 - Catch For A Cause
We had a great time on June 4th and 5th hosting a fundraiser for Victory Junction. We plan to hold this event every year and we hope that it grows bigger and bigger each year. Lots of people enjoyed free food and drink, live music and fishing. Here is a fun video of the event on YouTube, which you might like to view if you have a few minutes.
