ECBI "Emerging Construction Business Incubator"


Business Incubators are facilities that provide small, entrepreneurial businesses with affordable space and shared support and business development services, such as financing, marketing and management. Incubators can play a nurturing role in helping young businesses survive and grow during the start-up period when they are most financially vulnerable.

KPH Construction is a "Private Incubator" which is part of Emerging Construction Business Incubator (ECBI) which provides mentoring and assistance to construction firms looking to gain entry into the competitive construction market. By way of joint venture, KPH Construction joins forces with an 8(a) certified emerging construction firm to perform work for government entities that are looking to satisfy 8(a) procurement requirements.

There are multiple advantages that arise from this arrangement:
  • The joint venture provides a base of knowledgeable experience to the new business to help "learn the ropes" of managing a successful project from beginning to end. Having run numerous construction projects for many years, KPH Construction has the precise knowledge and experience that will benefit these emerging companies.
  • The joint venture allows for a new construction business entity to compete more successfully in the marketplace by fulfilling bonding requirements for the project, which is most often a roadblock to entering into the competitive construction market.
  • The business incubator site located at KPH Construction allows for affordable space and service (i.e. financial and marketing advice) in order to give emerging businesses a chance at competing with more established, successful companies, while they are at their most vulnerable stage of growth.

    Being a "Private Incubator", KPH Construction gains a return on its investment of time and risk, by achieving a broader market base and furthering development in the government sector with the joint venture arrangement.





To learn more about the ECBI, go to the website at: emergingconstruction.org
KPH Construction
1237 W. Bruce St., Milwaukee WI 53204
 Phone: 414-647-1530
Fax: 414-647-1540