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Key Builders Construction, Inc. (Contact)

Key Builders performs construction management (at risk and agency), design-build, and design-bid-build construction projects.

Organization Type: Corporation | Date of Incorporation: 1978; as Key Builders Construction, Inc. in April 1988 | State of Incorporation: Illinois | President’s Name: Thomas A. (Tom) Thornton | Experience: 30+ years in commercial design-build, construction management and steel building erection

Safety Record: Experience Modification Rating

At Key Builders, safety is priority number one, and the improvements in our experience modification rating are a clear measure of that commitment. We employ a safety coordinator who works with all of our clients and subcontractors to make sure risk management and risk avoidance are on everyone’s agenda during construction.

2011: 0.88 | 2010: 0.92 | 2009: 0.93 | 2008: 0.99 | 2007: 1.01 |

Significant work completed in the past five years

Commercial office building: Machinery Maintenance (Project Info | Testimonial) | Architect: Mitchell Associates Architects | Contract Amount: $1.6 million

Place of worship: Abiding Word Church (Project Info | Testimonial) | Architect: Dimensions, Inc. | Contract Amount: $2.5 million

Public library: Princeton Public Library (Project Info | Testimonial) | Architect: BCA Associates Architects | Contract Amount: $1.9 million

Assisted living facility: Prophets Riverview (Project Info | Testimonial) | Architect: CADM Architecture | Contract Amount: $1.2 million

Assisted living facility: Greenfield Independent Living (Project Info | Testimonial) | Architect: Apace Architects | Contract Amount: $3.4 million

Key Personnel

Tim Gorman, Project Design Manager | Ken Crane, Project Design Manager | Joe Bell, Project Manager | Troy Johnson, Project Manager | Joel Kelps, Project Manager

Surety/Bonding Company

Key Builders has been working with the same surety/bonding company for more than twenty years, an accomplishment that few in our industry can claim.

United Fire Group | 118 Second Avenue SE | Cedar Rapids, Iowa 73909

Insurance

Ruhl & Ruhl | 700 Putnam Building | 215 North Main Street | Davenport, Iowa 52801