The President of the Board of Public Service (“BPS”) is responsible for all public works and improvements undertaken by the City. BPS maintains and improves the infrastructure for the benefit of the residential and business communities. Duties includes the design, construction, and supervision of public works projects. BPS has administrative supervision over Facilities Management, Equipment Services, and Soldiers’ Memorial operations.
BPS helps oversee and assess building costs and contracts for the AC NEXT Gen Project. Additional responsibilities involve working with contractors to decide and implement the building design, noting any environmental issues at the site, and ensuring worker safety.
The St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission (DBA Explore St. Louis) is the driving force behind St. Louis’ $5.8 billion convention and tourism industry, the official destination marketing organization responsible for selling St. Louis City and St. Louis County as a convention and meeting site and as a leisure travel destination, and the operator of the America’s Center Convention Complex. Explore St. Louis works to attract citywide conventions, one-hotel meetings, sporting events, group tours and individual leisure travelers to St. Louis. More than 700 local and regional businesses are partners with Explore St. Louis.
Explore St. Louis plays a crucial role in the overall success of the expansion by approving project plans, raising issues and risks and approving milestones of the project.
With 30 years as a construction management firm, KWAME Building Group is recognized as a preeminent Construction Management firm. KWAME focuses on providing our clients with detailed, project leadership and service in construction management. KWAME takes pride in delivering projects on-time and on budget while demonstrating expertise and execution of project goals.
KWAME Building Group has the capacity and capability to manage any size project, no matter how diverse the project may be.
- KWAME has over 40 staff members to provide support.
- 50% of our employees are Professional Engineers which also includes LEED Accredited Professionals and Certified Construction Managers
- 80% of our employees are minorities and women.
- The KWAME Team is committed to maximizing M/WBE and local firm and consultant participation.
As Project Managers, KWAME serves as consultants who advise, plan and lead the AC NEXT Gen Project. KWAME works as the leader, interacting with internal and external clients to devise and implement solutions while determining the methodology used on the project. As a valuable resource to stakeholders, KWAME seeks to identify and correct inefficiencies in workflow and processes.
Fentress Architects is an international design firm with studios in Denver, Colorado; Los Angeles, California; San Francisco, California; Washington, D.C.; and Houston, Texas. Founded by Curtis Fentress in 1980, the firm passionately pursues the creation of iconic public architecture. Known for his “patient search,” Curtis Fentress, FAIA, RIBA, has designed $43 billion of architectural landmarks worldwide, visited by more than 650 million people each year.
Fentress Architects rank among the Top Green Design Firms in the U.S. and has been pioneering sustainable design since the early 1990s — creating the world’s largest daylit structure and the largest LEED Gold building (which later achieved LEED EB Platinum) in its era. The majority of the firm’s licensed architects are LEED Accredited Professionals. As a testament to the firm’s solution-driven and creative design approach, projects designed by Fentress have been honored with over 550 awards for innovation and excellence.
Design team members are engaged with the project through its entire life cycle. As the design team, Fentress Architects play an important role in the AC Gen Next project by adding value to the project in a variety of ways from an emphasis on value engineering to implementing sustainable building practices.