KHS&S Contractors

KHS&S Contractors is the country’s leading themed contractor, the firm theme parks call when a wall needs to look like a canyon. Founded in 1984 and based in Tampa, Florida, KHS&S handles framing, drywall, plaster, themed finishes, rockwork, and prefabricated building components for immersive environments. Its crews have built attractions for Walt Disney World, Universal’s Epic Universe, and Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. On Fontainebleau Las Vegas, KHS&S handled major interior and exterior finish packages across the tower and podium. The specialty work sits at the intersection of construction and set-building, and it takes a trade shop that can pour a real ceiling and sculpt a fake rock in the same week.

KHS&S Contractors began in 1984 as a regional wall and ceiling contractor and grew into one of the country’s larger interior and exterior specialty firms, with a Tampa office anchoring its eastern operations. The core trades are framing, drywall, plaster and lath, but the company is better known for what it does on top of that foundation.

Its signature line of work is themed construction: rockwork, water features, decorative and intricate ceilings, and specialty finishes for theme parks, resorts, casinos, hotels, airports and hospitals. This is design-assist work where the specialty contractor helps engineer how an unusual finish or immersive environment actually gets built, not just installed. That capability is unusual among wall-and-ceiling contractors and is the reason KHS&S turns up on some of the most recognizable entertainment and hospitality projects in the country.

The company also fabricates prefabricated building components, moving portions of the wall and finish assembly into a controlled shop environment before they reach the site. For large commercial schedules, that off-site approach can compress timelines and improve quality control.

KHS&S employs several hundred artisans, project managers and construction professionals and works nationally and internationally. For general contractors and owners planning complex interiors or exterior features, the Tampa office serves the Southeast while the broader organization supports large-scale projects well beyond Florida.