We completely finished one elevator that we have been working on at Carleton College. The project involved a complete modernization of the existing elevator including a new car,hydraulic cylinder, controllers, equipment, doors, etc. The existing elevator had been a freight elevator only. These projects involve an incredible amount of work and coordination of trade partners [...]
We are doing some repairs at the Three Links apartments in Northfield. The structural floor base in the hallways had some deficiencies in it. We removed the existing carpeting in the halls and discovered that the underlayment had not been attached properly to the structure. This allowed the underlayment to pull up from the substrate, [...]
We are helping out All Flex with a small addition to their manufacturing plant. They needed the work done right away so we fought the cold a bit last week to get the excavation work completed. We erected a shelter over the excavation to keep soil from freezing and keep our block layers warm [...]
We continue to work on upgrading the elevators at Carleton College. Some are more challenges than others. On the present elevator we had to secure glazed block in a similar color and pattern to match the 1954 work. That is not always easy to do….this order came to us from a Texas fabrication plant. [...]
Our elevator improvement project at Carleton College has been moving along. We did encounter one issue that was a bit of a setback for us. When workers disassembled the parts at one of the existing elevators they discovered that the existing hole at the base of the elevator was crooked and out of plumb. [...]
With the students away on winter break we are ramping up our work renovating elevators at Carleton College. Over the fall we completed quite a bit of code required improvement upgrades. This work was not too noisy or dirty so it could be done when the college is in session.
We are trying to complete [...]
Northfield Construction Company assists Carleton College with a variety of projects each year. Carleton has a great maintenance staff, but they cannot always fit building improvements into their general maintenance schedule. It is one thing to take care of facilities but another thing to expand or remodel facilities. We are pleased to assist Carleton [...]
As part of our work at the Three Links Apartment project we are doing some water control and below grade energy work. This involves excavating around the perimeter of the building and installing a drainage system. The drainage piping pitches toward a natural exit. Some areas of the existing soils were fairly good, with [...]
A customer at the Dundas post office had difficulty with a car, jumped the curb and hit the building. Even though the speed was low, since it was a wood frame building there was some damage to the structure. The blow from the vehicle knocked loose some of the masonry foundation blocks, cracked from [...]
This summer we have been working at Carleton College to upgrade their elevators. The college has a fair number of elevators scattered across the campus. It is essential to keep elevators operating in proper condition. With that in mind the State of Minnesota has revised operational code requirements for all elevators in the state.
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