Konover Wins Fourth Vocational Contract
FARMINGTON, Conn. — Konover Construction won a $27.8 million contract to build the new Vernon E. Cleaves Vocational Center in Wallingford, Conn.
Sustained growth in enrollment and the need for dedicated classrooms, greenhouse areas, small-animal facilities and ancillary space at the vocational center, which has been housed in Lyman Hall High School since its 1958 opening, prompted the decision to construct a new agricultural-program facility to be located adjacent to the high-school campus.
The Wallingford agricultural center contract follows three other vocational-technical school construction projects awarded to Konover by the Connecticut Department of Public Works during the last year.
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| Konover is managing construction of a $43.9 million renovation project at W.F. Kaynor High School in Waterbury, Conn. |
In May 2006, Konover began work on a $43.9 million renovation project at W.F. Kaynor High School in Waterbury. Construction of a $46.2 million project at Norwich Technical High School is due for completion in fall 2008. In November 2006, the company began a $44.3 million renovation project at E.C. Goodwin in New Britain with an accelerated completion date of spring 2009.
The number of vocational school projects with which Konover is involved further cements the company’s statewide role in the K-12 and higher education construction sector. Recent projects include the award-winning North Haven High School, Hamden High School, Wesleyan University in Middletown and the University of Connecticut.
Although Konover maintains regional operational offices in Farmington, Conn., and Columbia, Md., the company offers full-service commercial construction and management services to clients across the Eastern and Mid-Atlantic states.