Bishop Construction Group Earns Contracts Worth more than $55 Million at Little River Elementary in East Orlando and Dr. Phillips High School

SANFORD, Fla. --- Bishop Construction Group, Inc. a minority-owned construction company specializing in water intrusion remediation, commercial construction, design/build and project management services, and the Mentor Protégé Partner for The James A. Cummings Construction Corp., was recently awarded contracts worth more than $55 million to perform as the Construction Manager at risk for two Orange County Public School (OCPS) projects.

Steven Bishop, president of Bishop Construction Group, Inc. said the contract work in partnership with Cummings includes comprehensive renovation of the Dr. Phillips High School on Turkey Lake Rd. and construction of a campus at the Little River Elementary School in east Orlando.

Bishop Construction Group is certified as a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and DBE (Disadvantaged Business Enterprise).

Bishop Construction is a client company of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program and located at the UCF Business Incubator on West First Street in downtown Sanford.

About Bishop Construction Group – Bishop Construction Group, based in Orlando, is a family owned construction company and a Certified Building Contractor established in 2001. The firm offers water / mold remediation, commercial construction, design / build and project management. The company provides services to developers, municipalities, educational and correctional institution as well as the private sector.
Bishop Construction is certified as a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) by the National Minority Supplier Development Council of Florida, Inc. (NMSDC) and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE).

About the UCF Business Incubation Program
Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Business Incubation Program has helped more than 160 emerging companies (including more than 100 current clients) create over $800 million in annual revenue and more than 1,600 new jobs with an average salary of $59,000. With nine facilities across the Greater Orlando community, the Business Incubation Program is a collaboration in economic development between the University of Central Florida, Orange County, the City of Orlando, Seminole County, the City of Winter Springs, The City of Sanford, Lake County, the City of Leesburg, Osceola County, the City of Kissimmee, City of St. Cloud, Volusia County and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council. For more information, please visit www.incubator.ucf.edu.