On Monday evening we started work to install a new automatic teller machine at the First National Bank in downtown Northfield. This new machine has all the “bells and whistles” and will have a capture image to be able to accept checks for deposit. It of course will also dispense money like any ATM. We did [...]
Last weekend Ellen and I were at our lake cottage in the Carlton County area of Minnesota. The woodland flowers were out in full bloom. The trillium were spectacular and full. It is a bit early for them to be so full, but I’m guessing the warm spring got them going early. The little blue [...]
We finished up our kitchen remoding project. It looks great and should serve the owners well over the next decades. The cabinets for this job are custom made cherry cabinets finished with a very light stain. The home is in a wooded rural setting and the cherry gives a very organic feel to the cabinets. [...]
We managed to construct the foundation for our office expansion in spite of some heavy rains. We installed the footings last Friday which kept us up out of the wet soils as we erected the forms and placed concrete for the foudnation walls on Monday. The walls are 8″ thick reinforced concrete, with a ledge [...]
Two weeks ago we started finishing work on one of the concominiums at The Crossings in Northfield. The Crossings are located just north of the Second Street bridge along the Cannon River. The unit we are finishing for a client is a two bedroom, two bathroom model. As with all the living units on the [...]
We completed the site work for our office expansion project. We had a bit of a turn of events in that the water and sewer services were not stubbed into the building lot as anticipated. That meant we had to open the street and attach to the existing sanitary sewer line and the existing water [...]
April 26, 2012 – 11:55 am
With the economic downturn in the construction economy I found that I had excess facility space and some excess equipment, so I decided to consolidate and sell one of my buildings. One of my over arching goals always has been to provide the most cost efficient operation I can, which in turn allows my customers to receive [...]
We are in the final phase of the work on our kitchen remodel project. The cabinets have been installed, the existing wood floor patched, new interior doors installed, and much of the painting has been completed. We are working at installing the new wood trims at the existing windows and new patio door. The exterior [...]
The past couple of weeks we have been working on repairs to the Hauge Lutheran Church in rural Kenyon, MN. Like many early wood frame 1900 church buildings, this one needed some repairs on the steeple. Steeples are up high and not easily observed so they often do not receive regular attention. In addition, steeples generally [...]
