Bituminous
Roadways, Inc. has hired Shelly
Martin as their Safety Director/Human Resources Manager.
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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.
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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!
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Cemstone
Products Co. promoted Jason Fritz
to the position of Sales Manager, Cemstone Contractor Supply (CCS).
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Construction
Results Corporation has recently
hired Mike Luurtsema as Estimator and Project Manager. His
experience is in Commercial Renovation Projects and Commercial Building
Additions.
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Congratulations to Kendall Griffith,
Mortenson Construction.
He was named to Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal's "Forty
Under Forty" list.
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Helmuth &
Johnson hired attorneys Kurt Mitchell and Ryan
Wartick, practicing in construction law.
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WSB &
Associates Inc. hired Brian Bourassa as senior
project manager - business development.
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Gretchen Landini and Paul Schroeder
of Westwood Professional
Servicews Inc. became Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design Accredited Professionals through the U.S. Green
Building Council.
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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.
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An AGC of Minnesota member company since 1988, KGM
Contractors, Inc. has changed membership status
from Specialty Contractor to General Contractor. KGM
is a second-generation heavy/highway grading contractor based in Angora,
MN.
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James Duffy O'Connor has been appointed to serve on the
National Contract Documents Committee and the Construction Risk Management
Committee for the Associated General Contractors of America. O'Connor is a
partner at Maslon Edelman Borman
& Brand, LLP. He brings more than 28 years
of law experience, and his practice is focused exclusively on construction
and construction insurance related matters.
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Carl McKee has been hired as an estimator and project
manager for Construction Results
Corp.
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Brent Johnson has been hired by Ironwood
Companies, Inc. as
a senior project manager. He is currently working on projects that involve
sitework and mass grading as well as environmental remediation. Brent has
a degree in construction management from NDSU and has been in the
construction industry for over 15 years.
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VEIT Companies signed
a letter of intent to acquire Layne Minnesota Co., a Minneapolis-based
company specializing in the installation of drilled piers/caissons
foundations for buildings, bridges and other structures.
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Scaffold
Service, Inc. is pleased to announce that they
have brought their estimating, design and union labor services back in
house. By doing so, they will be able to offer a much more streamlined
process to their valued customers, and be able to directly control the
costs of the services offered to customers. Lee Fealy is again working
directly for Scaffold Service,
Inc. as project manager and chief estimator. Lee
brings 25 years of scaffold industry experience.
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Craig Sulentic of Egan
Company
retired as president and CEO. He is succeeded by Jim
Malecha.
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AGC of America recently announced that Ames
Construction received the Willis 2nd place
Safety Excellence Award in the Heavy Division, 700,001 to 1 million work
hours. PCL Construction Services
also received an award in the Heavy Division, over 1 million hours. Ames
Construction received their award through AGC of
Arizona and PCL Construction
Services received their award through AGC of
Colorado.
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Egan Company annnounced
that Denny Lambert has been hired as vice president of sales and
marketing.
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Howard R. Green Company
has hired Ross Harris as a project manager at its St. Paul office. He will
specialize in National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) laws, regulations
and compliance requirements.
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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.
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Professional Service Industries, Inc.
appointed Mike Tjaden to principal consults for a portion of its
Environment Site Assessment services.
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The Minnesota Concrete & Masonry Contractors
Association (MC&MCA) has named their officers and directors for
2008-2009. AGC of Minnesota members are: Todd Frantz, Donald
R. Frantz Concrete Construction Inc.
(President); Rick Morris, BOR-SON
Construction (President-Elect); Jack Tucci, Construction
Midwest (Secretary); Karen Stanley, Stellar
Concrete & Masonry (Treasurer); Lisa Kline, Adolfson
& Peterson Construction (General
Contractors); Eric Olson, Kraus-Anderson
Construction (General Contractors); Frank
Grazzini, Carciofini Company
(Past President); Tim Miller, Advanced
Masonry Restoration (Masonry & Concrete
Contractors); and Rachel Seykora, Cemstone
Products Co. (Associates).
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Gunderson Construction and
McGough Construction were
recently honored by the American Subcontractors Association of Minnesota (ASA-MN).
Gunderson Construction won
the 2007 "T.O.P.S." award in the "under $150 million"
contractor category. McGough
Construction won in the "over $150
million" category.
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In their February 8, 2008 issue, 17 AGC of Minnesota
General Contractors were named to Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journals'
Top 25 General Contractors list:
| 2008 |
Top 25 General Contractors
compiled by Minneapolis-St. Paul
Business Journal
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2007 |
| 1 |
Mortenson Construction |
2 |
| 2 |
Opus Group |
1 |
| 3 |
Kraus-Anderson Construction |
4 |
| 4 |
Ryan Cos. US Inc. |
3 |
| 5 |
Adolfson & Peterson Construction |
5 |
| 6 |
Ames Construction Inc. |
6 |
| 7 |
McGough Construction |
8 |
| 8 |
Weis Builders |
7 |
| 9 |
Knutson Construction Services |
9 |
| 10 |
PCL Construction Services |
10 |
| 11 |
JE Dunn Construction - North Central |
11 |
| 13 |
Frana Companies |
13 |
| 15 |
BOR-SON Construction |
15 |
| 18 |
Donlar Construction |
24 |
| 19 |
Sheehy Construction |
21 |
| 24 |
Shaw-Lundquist Associates |
23 |
| 25 |
D. J. Kranz Co. Inc. |
19 |
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Several AGC member companies have been ranked on
Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal lists.
Top electrical contractors ranked in the February 8,
2008 issue of Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal are: Hunt
Electric Corp. (1); Parsons
Electric (2), Egan
Company (3); and OlympiaTech
Electric (14).
Swanson & Youngdale Inc.
was ranked first in the January 11, 2008 list of contract painters.
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Gencon-Graus Construction announced
a new management team as part of its corporate restructuring: Dan Schmidt,
CEO; Bob DeGezelle, president of operations; Greg White, senior
superintendent and Gerald Valento, senior project manager.
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PCL Construction Services has
recently completed a new 32,00 sf manufacturing plant for Bergquist
Company in Brandon, South Dakota.
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Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is
pleased to announce that Sarah Stai, coordinator of sustainable
development services, attained Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED) accreditation through the U.S. Green Building Council.
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Fabcon Inc. has
hired W. Alan Krane as its marketing director.
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Steve Fritz,
Adolfson & Peterson Construction was named
vice president of field operations in the Midwest region.
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Kraus-Anderson Construction Company announced
Al Gerhardt as their new chief operation officer. K-A also announced the
promotion of Mark Coudron to senior vice president of K-A's Minneapolis
Business Group. Craig Francois will replace Coudron as director of
operations of the Minneapolis Office.
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VEIT announced
the additional of five new employees. Joyce Brown (human resources
compliance coordinator), Kevin Brenny (controller), Scott Lodico (project
manager/estimator; demolition division), Nathan Iverson (project
manager/estimator, foundation division) and Tom Libbesmeier (estimator,
earthwork division).
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Frank Grazzini, Carciofini
Company was elected President of the Minneapolis
Builders Exchange. Other AGC of Minnesota members serving on the
Minneapolis Builders Exchange Board of Directors are: Russ Reger,
VEIT; David
Walock,
BOR-SON Construction;
and Chuck Anderson,
Crawford Merz Anderson Construction.
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Ryan Cos. USA Inc. received
a Design-Build Merit Award from the Design Build Institute of America for
their Midtown Exchange project.
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Congratulations to
Grazzini Brothers & Company named
as the first company to earn the Accredited Natural Stone Commercial B
Contractor designation under the Marble Institute of America's
accreditation program.
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Bituminous Roadways Inc. has
been recognized by Metro Transit for putting in many hours of extra work
recently to build a critical new park-and-ride lot to cope with the
Interstate 35W bridge collapse. Metro Transit General Manager Brian Lambs
says Bituminous Roadways "kept
its plant open beyond its scheduled closing and brought on extra staff to
make the asphalt (for the park-and-ride lot). We were able to complete the
park-and-ride project just one day before the December 1 snowfall thanks
to the commitment of Bituminous Roadways and (its) staff," he said,
praising the company for "demonstrating corporate citizenship at a
time of community need."
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The St. Paul Builders Exchange announced their 2008
officers and directors, among them are several AGC of Minnesota members.
Officers are: Andy Anderson, St.
Paul Linoleum & Carpet Co., Inc., president
and Dan Molin, Molin Concrete
Products Co., vice president. Directors are:
Travis Hoff, Harris Companies;
Mike Nadeau,
Nadeau Excavating, Inc.; Robert Dew, Dew
Corporation; and Patrick Forliti, Olympic
Wall Systems, Inc.
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Effective January 1, 2008,
Northstar Materials, Inc. is
transitioning to the name
Knife River Materials.
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PCL Construction Services, Inc. is
proud to announce the completion of two projects: a new food application
facility at Cargill's Parker's Lake building and the completion of the new
Little Six Casino for the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC).
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Clete Luartes has joined the staff of Adjustable
Joist Company. He has over 20 years experience
in the commercial concrete industry.
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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.
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