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KR BRICK & STONE SPOTLIGHT
KR Brick & Stone:
STONE AESTHETICS
Construction may seem simple
at first glance. Put a floor
in, some walls, a ceiling and
now there is a structure ready
to go. Except it isn’t that
simple. Aside from all of the “guts” of the
building (plumbing, AC work, electrical,
etc.), there is also the design and
aesthetic component. A large part of that,
especially in modern homes, is brick and
stone. Keen Roeker, owner and founder
of KR Brick & Stone, understands that
better than anyone.
In 2013, Keen founded KR Brick & Stone
to help service the local residential brick
and stone market, especially for new
construction. The focus since that time
has been on the cosmetic side, making
new and older homes look a little more
spruced up than they would otherwise.
Keen has been in the industry almost
his whole life. During high school and
college, he worked for a brick and stone
company. After college, however, he went
into finance and worked in an office for a
couple of years.
Fairly soon afterward, however, Keen
realized he simply wasn’t cut out for
sitting still in an office all day, every day.
He needed to get back outside and do
what he enjoyed doing. He found a good
opportunity to get back into the industry
where he already had so much knowledge,
so he jumped in headfirst and the rest is
history. While many companies focus
on fill and large-scale rock and stone
deposits for huge construction projects,
Keen places a focus on the smaller
residential aesthetic projects instead. It is
a niche within a niche and allows him to
focus on exactly what customers want.
Risks are always present in any new
business, and KR Brick & Stone is no
exception to that. To help mitigate those
risks, Keen turned to Nesbit Agencies.
He has known an agent at Nesbit since
college, and that relationship is how
Nesbit Agencies began to handle the
risk management and insurance for KR
Brick & Stone. Like any business, KR
requires general business and liability
insurance, workers’ compensation
for employees, and insurance for the
vehicles used during the course of
business. Additionally, there are all the
risks associated with construction work,
which can lead to a number of unique
(and costly) challenges. Nesbit handles all
of these with ease. +
FOR MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT KR BRICK & STONE
OR TO FIND OUT HOW THEY
CAN HELP WITH YOUR NEXT
PROJECT, REACH OUT TO KEEN
AT 507-317-7100.
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