Some of the early spring winds blew out part of a wall on an older barn in the area. The owner still stores hay in the loft so he wanted the sidewall restored. We helped out by closing up the opening. It was very interesting to see the old mortise and tenon joints in the [...]
Our carpenters have been busy on our Prior Lake dental clinic project. The main task at hand was framing the addition. They are working on the roof system today. The roof on the new addition is set several feet higher than the existing roof. This creates quite a dramatic appearance for the new addition. Once [...]
We have been busy the past few days at our dental clinic project in Prior Lake. The foundation for the addition has been completed, waterproofing and insulation installed, and backfilling completed. We can now navigate the site well and take on other tasks. We started removing the exterior finishes on the existing building. The [...]
This week we started work on a remodeling and addition project for a dental clinic. The clinic is located in Prior Lake. The foundation contactor was busy installing the foundation for the new addition, taking advantage of some beautiful spring weather. Stay tuned for ongoing progress.
Our workers completed the foundation for the small addition at All Flex in Northfield. It was good that the addition was not any larger, as we were able to work under the tarps and get the foundation completed in spite of some wet weather. We have moved inside on the trenching project. All [...]
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 while [...]
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. But [...]
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. The [...]
