Dotted Line

Stevens Construction Corp., Madison, won a $10.01 million contract to construct a new engineering building on the University of Wisconsin-Platteville campus. North American Mechanical Inc., DeForest, won a $3.25 million HVAC contract, and Town & Country Electric Inc., La Crosse, won a $3.01 million electrical contract for the Platteville job. … MCC Inc., Appleton, won a $6.28 million contract for road, parking and service area construction at Outagamie County Regional Airport in Appleton. MCC also won a $1.73 million contract for road reconstruction work in Suamico. … A-1 Excavating Inc., Bloomer, secured a $2.39 million contract to construct utility improvements in Hurley. A-1 also won a $2.09 million contract to construct sewer and water improvements in Bayfield. A-1 also won a $1.79 million contract to construct an industrial park road and utilities in Bloomer. … Musson Brothers Inc., Rhinelander, won a $5.65 million contract for road and utility construction and tree planting in Menominee, Mich. … LaLonde Contractors Inc., Milwaukee, will reconstruct a runway at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh after winning a $3.61 million contract for the job. LaLonde also won a $1.89 million contract to reconstruct streets in Racine. … Payne & Dolan Inc., Waukesha, landed a $2.73 million contract for asphalt paving work in Waukesha County. Payne & Dolan also won a $1.21 million contract to construct road improvements in Mequon. … KBK Services Inc., Ashland, will upgrade the prison infrastructure at Stanley Correctional Institution in Stanley after winning a $3.25 million contract for the job. … Bartingale Mechanical Inc., Eau Claire, will improve the heating systems for schools in the Rice Lake Area School District after winning a $2.93 million contract for the job. … Vinton Construction Co., Manitowoc, took home a $2.55 million contract for concrete street paving work in Kaukauna. … Altmann Construction Co. Inc., Wisconsin Rapids, won a $2.49 million contract for construction work on Marquette County buildings in Montello. … Speedway Sand & Gravel Inc., Middleton, secured a $2.46 million contract to replace a sanitary sewer in Madison. … Black Diamond Group Inc., Oak Creek, toook home a $1.85 million contract for paving work in Mount Pleasant. … Capitol Underground Inc., Middleton, won a $1.81 million contract for the west interceptor extension road replacement project in Middleton. … McCabe Construction Inc., Eau Claire, landed a $1.49 million contract to reconstruct Main Street in Plum City. … Staab Construction Corp., Marshfield, took home a $1.40 million contract to improve a lift station in Salem. … Advance Construction Inc., Green Bay, won a $1.37 million contract for concrete paving and reconstruction work in Manitowoc. … Carl Bowers & Sons Construction Co. Inc., Kaukauna, landed a $1.27 million contract for road and utility work in De Pere. … Magill Construction Co. Inc., Elkhorn, will remodel Building 1212 at Truax Field Air National Guard Base in Madison after winning a $1.21 million contract for the job. … Thomas Electric Service Inc., Marshfield, landed a $1.15 million contract to replace substation switchgears on the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh campus. …Peter Nelson & Son Inc., La Crosse, won a $1.11 million contract to remodel and expand the Academic Resource Center Building on the Western Wisconsin Technical College campusin La Crosse. … Ptaschinski Construction Inc., Beaver Dam, took home a $1.10 million contract for street and bridge work in Neenah. … H. James & Sons Inc., Fennimore, landed a $1.07 million contract for county highway improvements in Grant County. … Mueller Excavating Inc., Campbellsport, secured a $1.06 million contract to improve a street intersection in Germantown. … Earth Inc., Arpin, won a $1.05 million contract for curb, gutter and pavement work in Wausau. … A.W. Oakes & Son Inc., Racine, secureda $1.01 million contractto resurface streets in Racine.

On the Horizon

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is targeting 2009 to start expanding from six to eight lanes a 34-mile stretch of Interstate 94 from the Illinois border to the Howard Avenue exit in Milwaukee County. … The village of Mount Pleasant is proceeding with an estimated $11.5 million plan to create a new municipal campus for the village on a 92-acre site. … Walworth County Metropolitan Sewerage Co., Delavan, is planning an estimated $29.5 million, two-phase wastewater-treatment improvement project for Walworth County to be completed in 2018 and 2028. … Somerville Inc., Green Bay, is designing an estimated $4.99 million renovation of Baldwin Residence Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point campus. Somerville also is designing a cultural museum for the Menominee Indian Reservation in Keshena. … Lien & Peterson Architects Inc., Eau Claire, is providing architect and engineer services for an estimated $1.44 million Bridgman Hall maintenance and repair project on the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire campus. … Bloom Consultants LLC, New Berlin, is designing an estimated $3.28 million parking lot reconstruction on the University of Wisconsin-Parkside campus in Kenosha. … Pro-Health Care Inc., Waukesha, and Centerre Healthcare Corp., St. Louis, are working through the approval process for the estimated $13 million, 40-bed Rehabilitation Hospital of Wisconsin in Waukesha. … HGA Architects and Engineers Inc., Milwaukee, is designing the 32,000-square-foot West Bend Museum of Art in West Bend. … HSR Associates Inc., La Crosse, is working with Western Technical College on an estimated $4 million renovation and expansion of the college’s Coleman Center to create room for a new community and corporate training center on the college’s La Crosse campus.

Giving Back

The Milwaukee/National Association of the Remodeling Industry Foundation raised $10,200 through its second annual Home Improvement Rummage Sale. That money will support scholarships given to technical-school students who pursue a curriculum in the home improvement and remodeling industry.

In Memoriam

Brauer	Schueler

Robert Brauer, Wauwatosa, died May 16 of undisclosed causes. Brauer, 91, served for about 30 years as the co-owner of Brookfield-based O’Brien and Brauer Construction Inc., which built a large portion of Milwaukee’s original Marquette Interchange. He also was the president of the Allied Construction Employers Association in 1960. … Thomas Schueler, Oconomowoc, died May 20 of undisclosed causes. Schueler, 72, was the president emeritus and senior consultant for VJS Construction Services Inc., Pewaukee. He joined the company as a partner in 1978.

Milestones

Hoffman’s work on the Northland Pines High School in Eagle River earns LEED gold certification. Photo courtesy of Hoffman LLC

Hoffman LLC, Appleton, earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design gold certification for the Northland Pines High School in Eagle River. It’s the first such certification, given by the U.S. Green Building Council, for a public high school in the United States. The $28.8 million high school, designed and built by Hoffman, opened for the 2006-07 school year. … Balestrieri Environmental & Development Inc., Elkhorn, is celebrating its 15th anniversary. The industrial-service company was founded in 1992 by Ken and Cindy Balestrieri, and it focuses its work on asbestos abatement, lead-paint abatement, mold remediation, hazardous-waste removal, environmental remediation, building renovations and interior demolition.

Best of the Web

The America’s Favorite Architecture Web site at www.favoritearchitecture.org is sponsored by the American Institute of Architects and lets users vote for five major buildings, bridges and other projects as their favorites. Once the user votes, the results are tallied and compared with the overall favorite five of all site visitors.

— Rick Benedict

Your Honor

Chapman

Eppstein Uhen Architects Inc., Milwaukee, won an Accolade Award from the State Department of Administration for the firm’s work with minority-owned businesses as partners on state architectural contracts. … The Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin, at its May apprenticeship graduation ceremony, honored three people with special awards for their commitment to apprenticeship training. Eric Artschwager of Poellinger Electric Inc., La Crosse, won the 2007 ABC of WI Craft Professional of the Year Award; Gerald Schwengels, carpentry instructor at Moraine Park Technical College, Fond du Lac, won the 2007 ABC of WI Instructor of the Year Award; and Jacob Ruiz, a carpentry apprentice at Moraine Park Technical College and employee at Quality Remodeling Specialists, Pewaukee, won the 2007 ABC of WI Apprentice of the Year Award. … Tweet/Garot Mechanical Inc., Green Bay, and AZCO Inc., Appleton, each won a 2006 Wisconsin Corporate Safety Award from the Wisconsin Council of Safety and the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development for the companies’ safety and health records. … Jon Chapman, visualization division manager for National Survey & Engineering, a division of R.A. Smith & Associates Inc., Brookfield, won the 2007 Sales and Marketing Achievement Award from the Metropolitan Builders Association for his commitment to sales and marketing in the building industry. The MBA also recognized Bartelt Filo Inc., Menomonee Falls, with a Silver Award in the Residential Remodeling Project category of $50,000 to $150,000 in the Sales and Marketing Achievement Awards competition. … The American Institute of Architects Wisconsin recognized 11 projects for architectural excellence in its 2007 Design Awards. The Honor Award winners were: HGA Architects and Engineers Inc., Milwaukee, for its design of St. Anthony Catholic Parish in Menomonee Falls; Johnsen Schmaling Architects Inc., Milwaukee, and AG Architecture Inc., Wauwatosa, for their design of the Blatz Lobby and Roof Pavilion in Milwaukee; and Johnsen Schmaling for its design of the Camouflage House in Green Lake. The Merit Award winners were: HGA and Duce Simmons Associates, Troy, Mich., for their design of the Fine Arts and Design Center | DeVos Art Museum in Marquette, Mich.; HGA for its design of The Kenilworth Building in Milwaukee; Kahler Slater Architects Inc., Milwaukee, for its design of the David R. Obey Center for Health Services in Wausau; KEE Architecture Inc., Madison, for its design of the WEA Trust Office Building in Madison; Potter Lawson Inc., Madison, for its design of Diesel Injection Service in Windsor; The Kubala Washatko Architects Inc., Cedarburg, for its design of the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center Pavilion in Milwaukee; Kubala Washatko for its design of the Urban Ecology Center in Milwaukee; and Zimmerman Architectural Studios Inc., Milwaukee, for its design of the Johnson Athletic Center in Racine. … Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc., Milwaukee, won a Project of the Year Award from the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Public Works Association for the com-pany’s role in the Brookfield Square Water Treatment Facility project in Brookfield. … County Materials Corp., Marathon, won honors from the Wisconsin Concrete Masonry Association for five projects in which County Materials was the supplier of decorative concrete masonry units. The Crestwood Commons project in West Allis won Best in Show, and the Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman Pool in Madison won an Excellence Award. Community State Bank in Burlington, St. Mary & St. Antonious Coptic Orthodox Church in Oak Creek and Delavan Crossing Retail Center in Delavan each won a Finalist Award.