Kwame Building Group has been selected as the construction manager for a $88 million expansion of St. Louis Community College’s Wildwood campus in St. Louis.
The project includes construction of a new Center for Health Sciences and a new Center for Technology and other building renovations. The Wildwood campus project is part of $400 million in construction initiatives across STLCC’s campuses to modernize learning environments and support the metropolitan region’s workforce needs and economy. The projects are funded by an eight-cent property tax levy increase approved by voters in August 2021.
As the Construction Manager, KWAME is serving an integral role in the entire construction process, including the pre-construction phase, project planning and phasing, programming and design, construction oversight and ongoing project management. KWAME’s responsibilities include ensuring project success by overseeing the budget, schedule, quality, safety, communications and procurement. A critical component of KWAME’s role is building the construction team and coordinating with STLCC staff and leadership. The architect is Christner Architects.
KWAME has completed multiple projects for St. Louis Community College, including as construction manager for the original construction of the Wildwood Campus in 2007. On that project, KWAME oversaw construction of the campus using “healthy building” elements such as low emissive building materials, and was a key player in guiding the college to successfully achieve LEED Gold certification. KWAME also led the renovation of science laboratories at the Forest Park, Meramec and Florissant Valley campuses in 2016.
