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The 24 Foundation’s 18th Annual 24 Hours of Booty (24 HOB) charity cycling event benefiting cancer survivorship programs brought heart, sweat and soul to the Myers Park neighborhood in Charlotte, N.C. On July 26 and 27, neighbors camped out in their front yards to watch 1,130 members of 127 teams get set for the three-mile Booty…
Greenville, SC. — Architect John Koury thrives on complex design challenges, particularly those that involve solving a thorny problem for a food industry client. During the award-winning Daniele Foods’ Rhode Island Salami Facility Expansion project delivered by Charlotte-based A M King, he and his team crafted a number of solutions that he shared for the…
Four times per year A M King’s team in Greenville, S.C. meets in the spacious kitchen at the Ronald McDonald House (RMH). They don’t come empty handed. On a recent Friday night, they brought ground beef, salsa and chocolate chips, among many other items. Their mission? Prepare a delicious taco bar, complete with cilantro-lime rice, watermelon,…
The design plan we put together, was thorough, even by the most rigorous standards. The first level called for a series of process rooms, totaling 140,000-square-feet, to house complex proprietary production equipment, as well as clean rooms, development, testing and QC labs. The building’s process flow design, efficiency and overall environment prioritized the high-performance battery…
The sun was just rising on the early March morning at Charlotte’s Independence Park, but people were already shedding their coats in favor of black T-shirts inscribed with Blue Ribbon Warriors and the words “Go Fight Win.” A M King employees mixed easily with the team, moving closer to the center of a cluster of…
A M King, a fully integrated Design-Build firm, has completed a large-scale expansion project for Cheney Brothers, Inc.’s distribution center located on a 30-acre site within the Statesville (N.C.) Business Park. The 169,338-square-foot cold storage addition, which brings the total building size to 265,000 square feet, allows Cheney Brothers to expand its refrigeration capabilities in…
Charlotte, NC — A M King and The Keith Corporation (TKC) announces the completion of a single specialty, dental-only ambulatory surgery center in the University area of Charlotte. The 11,000-square-foot facility is located directly behind Novant University Medical Plaza at the intersection of Medical Plaza Drive and W.T. Harris Boulevard. Carolinas Center for Ambulatory Dentistry…
I love old buildings. A few years ago, I bought a house located on the coast of South Carolina that was originally built in 1915. One of my hobbies has now become performing renovation projects on this 104-year-old home. During a recent extensive renovation, it became necessary to open up multiple walls. In doing so,…
On a Friday in November, volunteers from Design-Build firm A M King simultaneously supported two Ronald McDonald Houses (RMH) — one in Charlotte, N.C. , the other in Greenville, S.C. Ronald McDonald House of Charlotte held its Red Shoe Shootout at Meadow Wood Farm in Waxhaw, N.C. The 8th annual sporting clays charity tournament featured teams of…
We use sports analogies often in the business world. Winning comes from motivation and determination. Practicing hard and focusing on the details will lead us to victory. Never give up until the game is over. The phrases could go on. But very rarely do those of us in business consider the possibility that a practicing…
