Dotted Line

Fowler & Hammer Inc., La Crosse, took home a $37.36 million contract to renovate military range buildings at Fort McCoy. … C.D. Smith Construction Co., Fond du Lac, will construct the Merrill Avenue water-treatment plant, reservoir and booster pump station in Fond du Lac after winning a $7.27 million contract for the job. C.D. Smith also won a $3.63 million contract to reconfigure the General Mitchell International Airport baggage area in Milwaukee. C.D. Smith also won a $7.85 million contract to upgrade a wastewater-treatment facility in Slinger. C.D. Smith also won a $9.54 million contract to modify a wastewater-treatment plant in East Troy. … Arteaga Construction Inc., Milwaukee, won a $21.64 million contract to renovate and expand dining facilities at Fort McCoy. … Kraemer Brothers LLC, Plain, won a $19.22 million contract to build a parking ramp in Dubuque, Iowa. … J.P. Cullen & Sons Inc., Brookfield, landed a $10.02 million contract to construct a gym and auditorium addition at Oconomowoc High School. … Nuvo Construction Co., Milwaukee, will construct military maintenance facilities at Fort McCoy after winning a $9.13 million contract for the job. … C3T Inc., Milwaukee, won a $3.83 million contract to renovate the third floor of a building at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Tomah. … WB Corp., West Bend, secured a $2.44 million contract to build the Horicon Marsh International Education Center in Horicon. … Frank O. Zeise Construction Co. Inc., Green Bay, landed a $2.29 million contract to construct renovations and additions for the Gibraltar Area School District in Fish Creek. … The Selmer Co. Inc., Green Bay, took home a $2.02 million contract to build a vehicle-storage building for the Price County Highway Department in Phillips. … Mainline Sewer & Water Inc., Wauwatosa, won a $1.94 million contract to construct an interceptor sewer in Somers. … TEC Inc., Tomah, secured a $1.64 million contract to replace hydrants, valves and a water main at Fort McCoy. … Platt Construction Inc., Franklin, will modify a new chemotherapy pharmacy at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Milwaukee after winning a $1.62 million contract for the job. … Homburg Construction Inc., Monona, won a $1.28 million contract for road reconstruction and creek improvement work in Madison. … Visu-Sewer Clean & Seal Inc., Pewaukee, took home a $1.19 million contract to rehabilitate a collection system in Delafield. … Ronet Construction Corp., Green Bay, secured a $1.16 million contract for utility and street construction work in Fond du Lac. … Altmann Construction Co. Inc., Wisconsin Rapids, won a $1.07 million contract to renovate indoor painting bays at Camp Douglas and Fort McCoy.

Giving Back

Paul Davis Restoration and Remodeling of Southeast Wisconsin, Milwaukee, raised $5,017 for the Wisconsin Alliance for Fire Safety and the Summer Camp for Burn Affected Youth. The company raised the money through its Paul Davis Restoration Midwest Regional Firefighter Combat Challenge in Greenfield in September. … Hunzinger Construction Co., Brookfield, rounded out its celebration of the company’s 100th anniversary by holding a fund-raiser for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Milestones

Jim Pankow Inc., Plymouth, is celebrating its 30th anniversary. The design/build contractor has steadily grown over the past three decades and now employs 70 construction professionals. … Kolbe & Kolbe Millwork Co. Inc., Wausau, is celebrating its 10th year manufacturing vinyl windows and patio doors in its Manawa facility.

In Memoriam

Mike Hoeft, Pewaukee, died Oct. 13 after falling from a roof on a carpentry job in Waukesha. Hoeft, 48, ran Mike Hoeft Home Improvements out of his Pewaukee home.

On the Horizon

Zimmerman Architectural Studios, Wauwatosa, is designing an estimated $19 million Kenosha County emergency center in Bristol. … HGM Architecture Inc., Oshkosh, is working with the Winnebago Mental Health Institute in Winnebago on an estimated $2.21 million, life-safety code upgrade at the facility. … American Design Inc., Milwaukee, is providing preplanning and design services for an expansion and remodeling of the Williams Fieldhouse on the University of Wisconsin-Platteville campus. … Connolly Architects Inc., Milwaukee, has state approval for its design of the estimated $4 million Glenview Commons expansion and remodeling on the UW-Platteville campus. … Premier Real Estate Management LLC, Brookfield, has city approval to develop an estimated $7 million private condo and apartment complex in Eagle River. … The L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library in Eau Claire is trying to raise $3.2 million of the estimated $3.9 million it will cost to remodel the library. … The Grafton Little League is looking for a Grafton location to build a proposed $1.3 million baseball complex. … Eppstein Uhen Architects Inc., Milwaukee, is drawing up plans for a 160,000-square-foot building for Derse Inc. in Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley. … Angus-Young Associates Inc., Janesville, is working toward final design approval of an estimated $6.5 million public works building in Watertown. … Stadtmueller & Associates, Neenah, is planning the development of an estimated $2.8 million office building for the Fox Valley Nephrology Partners in Neenah. … Fischer-Fischer-Theis Inc., Waukesha, is designing an estimated $3.2 million fire station for the city of Waukesha. … Ken Saiki Design, Madison, is coming up with plans for a redevelopment of Lisa (Elizabeth) Link Peace Park on State Street in Madison. … Marquette University is in the early planning stages for construction of an estimated $100 million engineering building on the university’s Milwaukee campus. … Washington County has approval to build an estimated $1.6 million, multipurpose building at its County Fair Park in Polk.

Your Honor

Alpha Neonx Sign & Lighting, Wauwatosa, won three sign design awards at the Wisconsin Sign Association’s fall conference. The company took first place for its sign at the Ambassador Inn at Marquette in Milwaukee. Alpha won second-place awards for its signs at Tequila Rita’s in Milwaukee and Brown Deer Lanes Bowl in Brown Deer. … Robert J. Smith, an attorney and shareholder with the Madison office of Akerman Senterfitt Wickwire Gavin, was inducted into the National Academy of Construction for his work improving contracts, contracting practices, practical risk assessments and the dispute board process. … Signature Group Inc., a division of the Jansen Group Inc., Milwaukee, won two 2007 Wisconsin Golden Trowel awards from the International Masonry Institute. Signature won the awards for its work on Congregation Sinai in Fox Point and St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Menomonee Falls. … Belonger Corp. Inc., a mechanical contracting firm based in West Bend, won the Outstanding Business Award from the Wisconsin Department of Commerce’s 2007 Wisconsin Minority Business Awards program. … The Wisconsin Department of Administration won a 2007 National Qualifications-Based Selection Award of Merit from the American Council of Engineering Companies. The DOA won the award for its consistent use of the QBS process in selecting architects and engineers. … Tom and Donna Thayer of Tri-North Builders Inc., Fitchburg, won the Patriot Award from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve organization. Tom, Tri-North’s president and CEO, and Donna, Tri-North’s treasurer, were nominated by Matt Bell, a Tri-North employee who serves as a staff sergeant with the Wisconsin National Guard. … Mortenson Construction, Milwaukee, and Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin won the Big Diverter Award from WasteCap Wisconsin. The organizations won the award for recycling more than 98 percent during the construction of Froedtert’s new Clinical Cancer Center in Wauwatosa. … Four University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student teams took top honors in the 2007 Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Architectural Student Design Competition. The first place team included David Vanden Avond, Justin Wagner and Matt Martin. Bryan Finnegan took second place, Jasenko Badic took third place, and Adam Flickinger earned honorable mention. The students were enrolled in The Spancrete Studio at the UW-Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning.

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