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Paca House Renovation Project Breaks Ground
Baltimore, MD The Harkins team attended the groundbreaking of the Paca House Renovation and Addition on Tuesday, September 18th in Baltimore, MD. Under the redevelopment plans, the Paca House project will include a mix of rehabilitation and new construction that will double the affordable square footage…

St. James Plaza Wins Excellence in Construction Award
by ABC Metro Washington We are pleased to announce that Harkins was awarded an Excellence in Construction award at the ABC Metro Washington Awards Ceremony on September 13th. St. James Plaza received the judges’ top scores in the Mixed Use under $50 million category. Joined by our client AHC Inc.,…

Mt. Jezreel Celebrates Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting
Silver Spring, MD The Harkins team attended the ribbon cutting of The Sanctuary, a Mt. Jezreel Senior Housing project on Saturday, September 8, 2018 in Silver Spring, MD. Located behind the fully operational Mt. Jezreel Baptist Church, The Sanctuary offers 75-unit mixed income senior living units with…

Fire Safety Plan on Multi-Story Wood Frame Buildings
By Bob Walsh Safety Director A building is in its most vulnerable state during the construction phase, and with wood frame construction, fire safety is something every business must face head on. Due to this rising concern, Harkins has implemented a comprehensive fire safety plan that is specifically…

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…