Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K), a construction contracting and management company, has completed the construction of a 22,000-square-foot Parish Life Center at St. John XXIII Catholic Church in Fort Myers. Located at 13060 Palomino Lane in Fort Myers, the new Parish Life Center includes a large gathering hall with a commercial kitchen for hosting social, spiritual and [...]
Leadership NEXT, a monthly program for advancing business professionals in Southwest Florida, will explore the issue of nonprofit entrepreneurship and community needs at its December session. Jessica Goodall, founder of Eva’s Closet & Foundation, will discuss the mission behind her 2-year-old organization and how its services continue expanding to meet the needs of Southwest Florida. [...]
O-A-K to deliver semitruck full of supplies to Florida Panhandle In the wake of Hurricane Michael’s impact on the Florida Panhandle, Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K) is collecting hurricane relief supplies to aid in the region’s efforts to recover from the storm. Through Friday, Oct. 19, O-A-K is collecting donations at its offices in Fort Myers and [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K), a premier general contractor with a longstanding presence in Southwest Florida, has moved into a larger Naples office to accommodate the company’s growth in Collier County. The new 1,600-square-foot office is located at 5117 Castello Drive, Suite 2, just southeast of the intersection of U.S. 41 and Pine Ridge Road in Naples. [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K) has begun construction on a new 14,000-square-foot parish hall at St. Cecilia Catholic Church. The church, which is led by Father Stan Dombrowski, priest of parish, is located at 5632 Sunrise Drive in Fort Myers. Estimated for completion in March 2019, the new gathering space will feature a modern, open-concept design with [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K) has begun construction on a new high-efficiency HVAC system at North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts that will reduce energy usage and maintenance costs. Two new, 400-ton magnetic-bearing centrifugal water chillers will be installed at the school along with two new chiller towers and a 792-square-foot chiller plant building. The project [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K) has begun construction on a new three-story medical facility for Family Health Centers of Southwest Florida (FHC) in central Lehigh Acres. Upon completion, the 62,000-square-foot medical center will be Family Health Centers’ largest facility, housing a variety of medical, dental and administrative offices. The $16 million facility will be centrally located at [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K) has completed construction of Creative World School in Gateway, which will be Creative World’s third franchise in Southwest Florida. The 13,000-square-foot Gateway facility, located at 11961 Fairway Lakes Drive in Fort Myers, opened March 5 and can accommodate up to 255 children ages 3 months through 5 years. A before- and after-school [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K) was recently honored by the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) Florida Region, receiving the Honor Award for Transportation-Roadways for its work on the Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Complete Streets Initiative project. The award was presented by the DBIA Florida Region during its 2017 DBIA Florida Region Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida. [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K) has begun construction of the Parish Life Center at St. John XXIII Catholic Church, located at 13060 Palomino Lane in Fort Myers. The 22,000-square-foot Parish Life Center will include a large gathering hall with a commercial kitchen for hosting social, spiritual and ministerial events; multipurpose flex-rooms, classrooms and offices to accommodate the [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K) has welcomed Stephanie McPherson to its team as a new project manager for the company. McPherson brings more than 23 years of related experience to her role as O-A-K project manager. Prior to joining the O-A-K team, McPherson led her own architectural design company and held past positions throughout Florida and South [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K) is pleased to announce that Mike Woods has been promoted to vice president of the civil division for O-A-K Florida, Inc.’s Board of Directors. Woods has over 30 years of experience working on numerous road and site preparation projects in South Florida. He began his construction career at 16, working alongside his [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K) has broken ground on a Creative World School in Gateway, located at 11961 Fairway Lakes Drive in Fort Myers. Owners Amy and Chris O’Malley are excited to be opening their third Creative World School franchise in Gateway. The 13,000-square-foot school will be opening in January 2018 and is able to accommodate up [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K), a construction contracting and management company, has completed construction services on a $25.2 million improvement project for the Charlotte County-owned Edgewater Drive in Port Charlotte, announced O-A-K president, Dave Dale. The project included the expansion of two miles of Edgewater Drive from two lanes to four lanes beginning at Harbor Boulevard and [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K), a construction contracting and management company, has broken ground on a new Old Florida-style 21,000-square-foot clubhouse at Six Lakes Country Club, a resident-owned 55+ community located at 9151 Littleton Road in North Fort Myers. The $6.8 million project is slated for completion by February 2018. The new facility will include a 70-seat [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K) announces the completion of New Hope Presbyterian Church at 10051 Plantation Rd. in Fort Myers. The new permanent church home for the 1,000-member congregation features a 14,000-square-foot sanctuary with a seating capacity of 490 seats, a platform choir area with seating for 56, a narthex, a cry/bride room, storage rooms, restrooms and [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K), a Fort Myers-based construction contracting and management company, has completed the Sam Galloway Ford Service Center renovations. The project included renovations to the interior of the existing service building, as well as a remodel of the center’s service drive. The project encompassed renovations to the service center’s waiting area, restrooms, car rental [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K), a Fort Myers-based construction contracting and management company, has welcomed three new student interns from Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU), Alex Broger, Faleesha Fernandez and Jared Hardey. Broger, Fernandez and Hardey will work with the O-A-K team to gain first-hand experience into the field of construction contracting and management, developing the knowledge [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K) recently completed renovations at the Lee County-owned Pine Island Commercial Marina in St. James City, Fla. The more than $876,000 project included the addition of a new, wider boat ramp, new docks to increase space, and a newly dredged channel to allow better access for marine vessels. Renovations also included an enhanced barge [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K) announces the completion of three improvement projects at Venice Municipal Airport in Venice, Fla. O-A-K’s scope of work included a variety of reconstructive efforts to a number of taxiways and runways at the airport, along with other site and safety improvements. On March 9, O-A-K participated in a ceremonial “block crushing” for [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K) announces the appointment of Abel Natali and Matthew Zwack to the O-A-K Florida, Inc., Board of Directors. Natali graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in finance and business administration from the University of Florida. He joined O-A-K in 2006 as a job site superintendent on the Marco Marriott Resort [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company, a general contracting, design-build and construction management firm in Southwest Florida, continued its year-long 30thanniversary celebration with a donation of 30 Build-A-Bear Workshop®teddy bears to the Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida. The only comprehensive child healthcare facility between Tampa and Miami, the Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida provides vital healthcare for [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (OAK), a general contracting, design-build and construction management firm in Southwest Florida, continued its year-long 30thanniversary celebration with the donation and planting of 30 trees at the Heights Center in Fort Myers. The trees were donated to the Heights Foundation to aid with the completion of its 13,000-square-foot community center. It is the [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company, a general contracting, design-build and construction management firm in Southwest Florida, continued its year-long 30thanniversary celebration with a donation of 30 books to the Guadalupe Center in Immokalee, Fla. “It is especially meaningful that both Owens-Ames-Kimball Co and the Guadalupe Center are both celebrating 30 years, each serving the Southwest Florida community in [...]
Which Owen-Ames-Kimball (O-A-K) Florida project won the ABC Excellence in Construction award last year? In what states does O-A-K have offices? Answer these and other questions about the company for a chance to win prizes, including an iPad, iPod or a $100 Visa gift card. To celebrate its diamond anniversary, O-A-K invites the public and [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K), a general contracting, design-build and construction management firm in Southwest Florida, is kicking off its 30th “diamond” anniversary celebration with a “Digging for Diamonds” contest. O-A-K is inviting the public and its clients to participate in an online trivia contest to test their knowledge of the company’s 30-year history. Participants with the [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K) has begun construction on a new facility for the Scanlon Lexus dealership in Fort Myers. Situated on approximately five acres on S. Tamiami Trail, the two-story dealership will offer 77,000 square feet of sales and service facilities, including a 40-vehicle climate-controlled service area. The facility will offer some of the finest amenities [...]
The Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K) construction team has achieved LEED® Platinum Certification for construction of the Archbold Biological Station’s Frances Archbold Hufty Learning Center and Adrian Archbold Lodge. Located inVenus,Fla., the Archbold Biological Station is Florida’s renowned center for ecological research, conservation and education. The project is one of only 12 commercial buildings in Florida to [...]
The Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K) construction team has achieved LEED® Silver Certification for construction of the St. Leo the Great Catholic Church Parish Life & Education Center located at 28290 Beaumont Rd. in Bonita Springs, Fla. According to public records, the project is the first LEED certified project in Bonita Springs and the first LEED certified [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K) has hired Jan-Erik Hustrulid as business development coordinator for the company’s Fla. operation. Hustrulid’s duties include developing new business leads and managing existing client relationships. Hustrulid graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from Florida Gulf Coast University. He has a decade of sales experience in [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K) was presented with a 2011 Excellence in Construction Award for the East Elementary School project by the Florida Gulf Coast Chapter of Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc. (ABC) at their awards banquet held on April 8, 2011 in Tampa, Florida. These awards are given biennially to recognized general contractors and subcontractors for [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K) announces that vice president Steve Richards has been selected as a member of the Lee Building Industry Association (Lee BIA) board of directors. Richards joined O-A-K in 1993 as a project manager. In 1995, he was promoted to a full-time estimator for projects then to vice president of the Florida operation and [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K) announces that Charlotte market office manager Frank Bell has been elected first vice president of the 2011 Charlotte-Desoto Building Industry Association (CDBIA) board of directors. A long-term employee of O-A-K, Bell began working in the O-A-K Michigan operation in 1982. He transferred to the Florida operation in 1993 as a job site [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K) is beginning work on a replacement school for Meadow Park Elementary School in Charlotte County. The project was awarded to O-A-K through the request for proposal process and will utilize school bond funds received through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The project will consist of the demolition of [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K) has completed renovation of the Hope Hospice Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Center in Port Charlotte. The project consisted of renovations to include plumbing, electrical, air handling, ceiling, walls and flooring to meet AHCA standards. The PACE Center will provide total health care services to seniors that wish to [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K) has completed renovation of the Dr. Carrie D. Robinson Community Center in Fort Myers. The 10,263-square-foot renovation of the center, built in 1962, included new interior and exterior finishes to the structure as well as a commercial kitchen, handicap lift, enclosure of window openings, new wood and wood laminate flooring, tile flooring, [...]
Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (OAK) announces that Charlotte market office manager Frank Bell has been elected to the 2010 Charlotte-Desoto Building Industry Association (CDBIA) board of directors. Bell is a long-term OAK employee, beginning in 1982 in the Michigan operations and transferring to the Florida operation in 1993. Bell was promoted to his current position of general [...]
