St. Louis construction innovator Fred S. Kummer, founder of HBE Corp., dead at 92
St. Louis construction innovator Fred S. Kummer, founder of HBE Corp., dead at 92 RDN REPORTS rdnnews@gmail.com Fred S. Kummer, a Missouri University of Science and Technology graduate who grew his one-man general-contracting business into the world’s largest design-build firm for health care and financial facilities, died Friday, April 30, 2021, in St. Louis. He was 92. Starting in the basement of his home, Mr. Kummer opened a nursing home construction business in 1960. But he quickly realized that clients would benefit from an innovative approach that would integrate all phases of buildin...