County Materials supplies award-winning construction projects
(May 13, 2009) County Materials supplied masonry and concrete construction materials for several award-winning projects recognized by Wisconsin Builder magazine’s tenth annual 2008 Top Projects. More than 500 people attended the awards dinner held April 28 at Country Springs Hotel in Pewaukee.
Every year, Wisconsin Builder magazine honors commercial construction’s best with its Top Projects issue and event. The May edition recognizes architects, builders, engineers and project owners for jobs that benefit the community, have overcome challenges and help advance the construction industry. Thirty projects were recognized out of nearly 130 projects that were submitted to the awards program.
County Materials supplied one dozen of the 30 projects that were recognized at this year’s event:
Arrowhead-Weston Line (Wausau to Duluth, Minn.)
· 11,000 yards of ready-mix concrete used to form caissons for power line poles running from the Weston Power Plant to Abbotsford, Wis.
· Concrete was poured from September 2005 to May 2006
· General Contractor was Minnesota Power Co.
Fond du Lac Wastewater Treatment Facility
· 192,000 pieces of Bowerston Shale clay brick
· 50,000 units of concrete block
· General contractor was C.D. Smith Construction Services; Architect was Strand Associates, Inc.
Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin Clinical Cancer Center (Milwaukee)
· Nearly 33,000 concrete masonry units
· Construction manager was Mortenson Construction
Lakeland School of Walworth County (Elkhorn)
· 187,000 concrete masonry units
· General contractor was J.P. Cullen & Sons Inc.; Architect was Plunkett Raysich Architects
Landmark Square (Sheboygan)
· Approximately 3,000 concrete masonry units
· Design builder was Jos. Schmitt & Sons Construction; Architect was Abacus Architects Inc.
Marquette University High School Renovation & Addition (Milwaukee)
· 40,000 standard concrete masonry units
· General contractor was CG Schmidt Inc.; Architect was Eppstein Uhen Architects
Milwaukee City Hall Restoration
· 1500 standard concrete masonry units
· Mason contractor was William Sackerson Construction; General contractor was JP Cullen; Architect was Engberg Anderson
Neuroscience of NE Wisconsin (Neenah)
· 35,000 pieces of Endicott clay brick
· 13,000 pieces of Hebron clay brick
· General contractor was Miron Construction; Architect was Plunkett Raysich Architects
Oshkosh Sports Complex
· 20,000 units of decorative fullface split masonry
· Mason contractor was Schelfhout & DeCleene Masonry; Architect was Martin Ganther Group
Potowatomi Casino Expansion (Milwaukee)
· 190,000 units of fullface split block
· 51,000 pieces of Acme/Ochs clay brick
· 30,800 units of standard concrete block
· Architect was Engberg Anderson Inc.
University Square (Madison), UW Madison campus
· 96,000 pieces of Endicott utility clay brick
· 398,000 pieces of thin clay brick used in precast panels
· General contractor was J.H. Findorff & Son, Inc; Architect was Potter Lawson, Inc.
Vorhees Hall on Carroll University (Waukesha)
· 24,270 fullface split and standard concrete masonry units
· General Contractor was Triad Construction Inc.; Architect was Welman Architects Inc.
