Mac Carpenter Selected as President of KBR Building Group
October 22, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – KBR Inc. (NYSE: KBR) announced that Mac Carpenter, based in Greenville, has been named President of KBR Building Group, one of the Southeast’s top construction companies. With a rich history in the Carolinas dating back more than a century, KBR Building Group operates on a national basis offering a variety of construction services and project delivery methods to clients in the advanced manufacturing, commercial/mixed-use, healthcare and institutional sectors.
During his 25 years with the company, Carpenter has held increasingly responsible positions in the areas of project management, regional operations and executive leadership. For the past 10 years, Carpenter served as Executive Vice President – during a decade when KBR Building Group executed an impressive list of building programs for well-known companies like American Honda Motor Company, Boeing, Duke Medicine, DuPont, Ferguson Enterprises, Gulfstream Aerospace, Sysco Foods and Triumph Group. A major milestone in Carpenter’s career was heading up the design-build team that managed South Carolina’s largest construction project in history – Boeing’s 787 South Carolina Expansion in North Charleston. Three years after delivering this nationally recognized expansion project, KBR Building Group continues to work on the Boeing South Carolina campus today. Carpenter is a graduate of Appalachian State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Design.
About KBR Building Group in the Upstate
KBR Building Group’s Greenville office was established more than 45 years ago. Among the company’s current local projects is Hughes Investments’ upscale Rivers EDGE complex, the eight-story, mixed-use development sited next to the Reedy River at the corner of River and Broad streets. The Rivers EDGE project is expected to reach substantial completion by the beginning of 2015. Rivers EDGE is the third project KBR Building Group has built in the heart of downtown Greenville in recent years. Last year, KBR Building Group completed a major multi-faceted renovation project at the Hyatt Regency at NOMA Square for JHM Hotels. KBR Building Group also built the four-story NBSC Building located at the corner of McBee Avenue and Spring Street. KBR Building Group occupies the entire fourth floor of this Hughes-owned building.
Notable past projects in the area include: BMW of North America’s Performance Center and paint facility in Greer; Benteler Automotive’s manufacturing facility in Duncan; GHS’s Greer Memorial Hospital and Patewood Memorial Hospital; Greenville Marriott Renovation for JHM Hotels; Samsung Networks America call center in Mauldin; Super Duper Publications’ warehouse and distribution facility; Synnex Corporation’s office facility addition and expansion; a total of five high schools and elementary schools for Greenville County Schools; SYSCO Foods’ distribution facility (and subsequent expansion) in Columbia; and Fuji Photo Film’s distribution center and office addition in Greenwood.
About KBR
KBR Building Group is a subsidiary within the Services Group of Houston-based KBR, a global engineering, construction and services company supporting the energy, hydrocarbons, power, industrial, civil infrastructure, minerals, government services and commercial markets.
