PCL Construction Services has been awarded the 2009 Meritorious Achievement Award in Occupational Safety from the Minnesota Safety Council. 

Congratulations to 15 AGC of Minnesota members named to Engineering News-Record's Top 400 general contractors for 2009. The list appeared in the May 18, 2009 issue of ENR.

Kraus-Anderson Construction Company received a 2009 Governor’s Safety Award in the category of outstanding achievement for continuing improvements and an outstanding safety record. Parsons Electric received an Award of Honor. The awards were presented at the Minnesota Safety Council’s annual safety and health conference.

PCL Construction Services, Inc. announces the following additions to its staff: Lauren Colbeth (project engineer), Melissa Fossum (professional development & recruiting administrative assistant), Sheena Maloney (project administrative assistant), Alan Michaels (HSE manager), and Dave Mishler (field engineer).

Kraus-Anderson Construction Co. has promoted Greg Fern to vice president of marketing and business development. 

Congratulations to Bay West Inc. for receiving the Society of American Military Engineers' award for excellence as a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers small business prime contractor. 

Engineering News-Record's Top 600 Specialty Contractors List (published in their October 13, 2008 issue) included 14 AGC of Minnesota specialty contractors, up from 12 from the last list. Welcome to new member, Danny's Construction and congratulations to Grazzini Brothers & Company for being ranked in 2008: 

In the September 26, 2008 issue of Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal, 19 AGC of Minnesota General Contractors were named to their Top 25 General Contractors list: 

WTG Terrazzo & Tile, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of Ryan Yoder as Project Manager / Estimator.  Ryan has extensive experience in many flooring applications such as ceramic/porcelain tile and stone. His service oriented personality, and knowledge & experience on the industry, will help continue WTG’s continued efforts to give our clients/customers the highest quality products and service.

Congratulations to AGC members presented annual Safety Driven Awards of Excellence by the Minnesota Laborers Employers Cooperation and Education Trust (LECET): Adolfson & Peterson Construction, Ames Construction, Inc., Bituminous Roadways, Inc., Carl Bolander & Sons Company, Oscar J. Boldt Construction, Gunderson Construction, Inc., Hardrives, Inc.; JE Dunn Construction North Central, J. R. Jensen Construction Company, Knutson Construction Services, Lakehead Constructors, Inc., Landwehr Construction, Inc., Magney Construction, Inc., Mavo Systems, Inc., McGough Construction, Mortenson Construction, Ryan Companies US, Inc., S. R. Weidema, Inc., and Xcel Energy Inc.

Congratulations to AGC of Minnesota members named to Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal's Top Insurance Brokers List for August 29, 2008: (5) Willis of Minnesota; (7) RJF Agencies Inc.; (13) RJ Ahmann Co.; and (15) Lee F. Murphy Inc. 

Dave Lytse, project manager/estimator at Rachel Contracting Inc. received LEED professional accreditation from the U.S. Green Building Council.

AJ Lysne Contracting Corporation welcomes Jerry Redman as Chief Operating Officer. Jerry's work history includes Project Manager for strategic operations for Cemstone Products Company, Inc. He has held the position of Controller/Operations Manager for Owatonna Construction Inc./Crane Creek Construction and Concrete Materials Inc. AJ Lysne Contracting Corporation is a commercial general contracting construction management firm. With specialties including but not limited to millwright/rigging throughout the Midwest.

Congratulations to AGC of Minnesota members named to Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal's Top 25 Environmental Service Firms: (3)  Mavo Systems Inc., (9) Bay West Inc., (11) Braun Intertec Corp., (19) American Engineering Testing Inc., and (21) URS Corp.

Congratulations to Harris Companies employees Nick Rosenberry (director of sustainability), Chad Bestor (HiMec project manager), Greg Pumper (HiMech director of field operations), and Aaron Einck (HiMec project engineer) who received LEED Accredited Professional designation through the U. S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

Chris Stewart has joined BOR-SON Construction as vice president of operations. Stewart will manage BOR-SON's general construction operations, including job costing, scheduling, jobsite safety and quality assurance. Stewart's background includes 25 years of experience in the industry, most recently as director of construction for Target Corp.

Fabcon has hired Craig Wassenaar as chief financial office. Fabcon facilities in Minnesota, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania have completed more than 8,500 precast projects. 

Congratulations to PCL Construction Services Inc.'s Josh Cooper, Trent Johnson and Paul Krienke for achieving LEED Accredited Professional designation from the U.S. Green Building Council.

The American Subcontractors Association of Minnesota (ASA-MN) is pleased to announce leadership for 2008-2009. AGC of Minnesota members on the ASA -MN Board of Directors are: John Lloyd, Lloyd's Construction Services Inc. (President); John Pribnow, Cedarleaf Cedarleaf & Cedarleaf Inc.; Rob Dahlin, Cobb, Strecker, Dunphy & Zimmermann; Jennifer Sahler, Dispatch Trucking Inc.; Aaron Dean, Fabyanske, Westra, Hart & Thomson; Shonna Nadeau, Nadeau Excavating; Al Ramsey, Ramsey Excavating Co. Inc.; Laura Moore, RJF AGencies; and Tony Grazzini, WTG Terrazzo & Tile Inc. (Board Members).

Bituminous Roadways, Inc. has hired Shelly Martin as their Safety Director/Human Resources Manager.

Graham Penn-Co Construction Inc. has a new name! They are now Graham Construction Services, Inc. Address, phone and fax remain the same. They are now located in Suite #1.

Gene Schmidgall, Hancock Concrete, has retired after 60+ years in the precast industry. Gene held several jobs and titles while at Hancock Concrete, from digging ditches to running crane to install pipe to dispatching trucks to jobsites and than to the administrative duties of Vice President, President and finally, Chief Executive Officer. Congratulations from AGC, and job well done!

Cemstone Products Co. promoted Jason Fritz to the position of Sales Manager, Cemstone Contractor Supply (CCS).

Construction Results Corporation has recently hired Mike Luurtsema as Estimator and Project Manager. His experience is in Commercial Renovation Projects and Commercial Building Additions.

Congratulations to Kendall Griffith, Mortenson Construction. He was named to Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal's "Forty Under Forty" list.

Helmuth & Johnson hired attorneys Kurt Mitchell and Ryan Wartick, practicing in construction law.

WSB & Associates Inc. hired Brian Bourassa as senior project manager - business development.

Gretchen Landini and Paul Schroeder of Westwood Professional Services Inc. became Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professionals through the U.S. Green Building Council. 

Ivy Chang – editor of Construction Bulletin, – was named Boger Award Runner Up for her ongoing series covering the collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis. From the first article immediately following the Minnesota bridge disaster, Chang has kept readers informed about the politics as well as the reconstruction of the I-35 Bridge. She will receive her prestigious award at the CWA (Construction Writers Association) annual meeting in May in Alexandria, Va.

Carl McKee has been hired as an estimator and project manager for Construction Results Corp.

Mortenson Construction was named "2008 Corporate Plan Sponsor of the Year" by Plansponsor magazine. Plansponsor is a publication that recognizes excellence in corporate-sponsored profit-sharing and retirement savings plans.

What's going on in your company? Awards, open houses, anniversaries, promotions? Let AGC of Minnesota know so  we can post it here and in our monthly newsletter!  Please contact Jane Sanem at (651) 796-2187 or jsanem@agcmn.org with news items or if you would like membership information.