Last week we finished up our work at the Carleton College art studio building. The owners moved their equipment and materials into the various studio bays. Like a typical move, you wonder if the building is large enough! The faculty will work over the next few weeks and months to organize their studio spaces. I [...]
This week we started a remodeling project for Laura Baker Services Association (LBS) in Northfield. LBS has been in Northfield since its founding in 1897. It provides care and housing for people with developmental disabilities. It is located on a beautiful campus setting on the east side of Northfield. Our work on this project involves [...]
We have moved on to the final phase of our work at the Prior Lake dental clinic we are working on. The first phase was the addition, the second phase was the construction of the new toilet and administrative areas. This third phase is the removal of the existing toilet and construction of a new [...]
Work has moved along well on the addition to a Prairie home that we are building. The workers completed the insulating work as well as the interior drywall hanging. The drywall tapers are finishing up their work, to be followed by prime painting. The interior ceiling of the upper room has a lowered area around [...]
Yesterday we started some work on the elevator project at Watson Hall at Carleton College. At 8 floors, this is Carleton’s tallest dormitory. The building hast two traction elevators that we will be modernizing soon. Part of our work involves removing some old mechanical equipment in the mechanical room at the top of the building. [...]
We started work on two more units at The Crossing condominium building in downtown Northfield. The Realtor has been busy showing the units and there have been some sales which is good for everyone. The first unit we started work on is on the upper floor . It has tremendous views to the east and [...]
The Defeat of Jesse James Days committee hosted a hog roast for area business people and supporters of DJJD last night. In spite of a hot August night the turn out a the event was excellent. I’m up early most days and yesterday I passed the hog roast location and saw the workers there under [...]
While the drywall finishers and painters are working inside the building, we are busy installing siding on our art studio project. The selected siding is a horizontal prefinished metal material in blue color. We pre-ordered specific lengths of the siding to avoid seams wherever possible. The siding is screwed to the steel studs using special [...]
Last week we reached the point where drywall could start to be installed on the walls in our art studio building project. The walls are light gauge steel framing. We sealed up the exterior surfaces then installed fiberglass insulation per the architects specifications. On top of that we installed a vapor retarding film and sealed [...]
Our carpenters have been busy working on the Prairie home addition we have underway. It is the area to the left with white building wrap in this photo. Last week, in spite of the rather hot days, they managed to complete the roofing. It can be difficult to tie in a new roof to an [...]
