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Help USA Celebrates Ribbon Cutting of Perry Point Village
Perryville, MD The Harkins team attended the ribbon cutting of the HELP Veterans Village at the Perry Point VA Medical Center campus on Thursday, August 23. Among the attendees were Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Kenneth C. Holt, officials…

New Market Rate Apartment Tops Out
Brooklyn Park, MD Woodfall Greens has reached a construction milestone with the topping out of the 230-unit market rate apartment community. The milestone was celebrated on Monday, August 13th with a carnival themed barbeque for subcontractors and other guests. Harkins Site Manager Shane Carbaugh said…

Harkins Standardizes with Procore
By Ralph Kreider Application Software Manager Driven by our focus on reducing administrative workloads and increasing communication among project team members, Harkins began piloting Procore in 2014. Procore is a cloud-based construction management software that helps firms modernize project communication…

USO-Metro Celebrates Ribbon Cutting of All-Star Depot
Ft. Belvoir, VA The Harkins team attended the ribbon cutting of the USO-Metro All-Star Depot in Ft. Belvoir, VA on July 12, 2018. Throughout this project, a 12,000 square foot logistics facility underwent a complete renovation on the Ft. Belvoir base. The scope of work included installing a new HVAC…

Affordable Housing Community Breaks Ground in Arlington
The Harkins team attended the groundbreaking of The Berkeley project on Thursday, May 31st in Arlington, VA. The Berkeley will be a new 256-unit affordable apartment complex for repeat client AHC Inc. Built in the 1960s, it is currently made up of two five-story apartment buildings. These buildings will…

Heritage Overlook Celebrates Final Phase of Redevelopment
The Harkins team attended the grand opening and ribbon cutting of the Heritage Overlook project on Thursday, May 31, 2018 in Glen Burnie, MD. Heritage Overlook is the second and final phase of the redevelopment of the former Burwood Gardens public housing project, developed in partnership with The Housing…

Empowering the Next Generation: Harkins Emerging Leaders
By Mike Ebrahimi Senior Vice President, Construction Operations In 2012, Harkins engaged The Center for Leadership and Innovation at UMBC Training Centers to develop and implement a customized, three-year Emerging Leaders program (ELP) to unleash the potential in some of the company’s most promising…

Mixed Use Community Parc at Princeton Tops Out
The Parc at Princeton Village project in West Windsor, NJ is officially under roof. The milestone at our latest project for Toll Brothers Apartment Living was celebrated on Thursday, May 24th with a topping out party for our great subcontractor crews. The Harkins team served up some great barbecue and…

An Award-Winning Space
Harkins’ Columbia Headquarters Our goal isn’t to build award-winning buildings and spaces. It just ends up that way. Through the dedication and hard work of our project teams, the Harkins Columbia Headquarters has earned an Excellence in Construction award from the NAIOP Maryland chapter and an Award…

St. James Plaza Celebrates Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting
The Harkins team attended the grand opening of the St. James Plaza project on Saturday, April 14, 2018 in Alexandria, VA. Located in the City of Alexandria’s Beauregard neighborhood, St. James Plaza is Harkins’ latest completed project for repeat client AHC Inc. This project transformed three acres…

Culpepper Garden I Groundbreaking Marks Beginning of Renovations
The Harkins team attended the groundbreaking on the Culpepper Garden I Renovation project on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 in Arlington, VA. Built in 1975, Culpepper Garden I is an eight-story affordable senior highrise building in Arlington, VA. We are renovating 206 apartments, made up of 74 one-bedroom…

Salvation Army Celebrates Grand Opening of First DMG Foods in Baltimore, MD
The Harkins team attended the grand opening and ribbon cutting on the DMG Foods project on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 in Baltimore, MD. Named after The Salvation Army’s motto Doing the Most Good, this 7,000 sf non-profit grocery is the first of its kind for The Salvation Army of Central Maryland and…

Harkins is an American Diabetes Association Health Champion
We are happy to announce that Harkins has been designated a Health Champion by the American Diabetes Association! The association’s Wellness Lives Here™ initiative, which is designed to inspire and fuel our nation’s healthful habits at work and beyond, includes a Health Champion Designation to recognize…

Harkins Announces Long-Planned Leadership Change
Harkins President Gary Garofalo Succeeds Dick Lombardo as CEO Harkins Builders, Inc. is pleased to announce that the company’s long-planned change in leadership has taken place. With the retirement of Dick Lombardo on January 2, Harkins president Gary Garofalo has assumed the role and responsibilities…

Wexford Manor Celebrates Grand Opening and Dedication
The Harkins team attended the grand opening and dedication of the Wexford Manor Apartments project on Tuesday, December 12, 2017 in Falls Church, VA. Wexford Manor is an affordable apartment community originally built in 1969. It features two three-story garden apartment buildings that houses 74 units…