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Machines Move Earth to Benefit Homeless By Dick Rohland Crews recently lifted into place a 212-ft. second-floor skyway from the Higher Ground St. Paul building to the nearly enclosed St. Paul Opportunity Center and Dorothy Day Residence.
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Table of Contents ........4 Paving Section ......32-44 Parts Section ........74-75 Business Calendar......78 Auction, Profiles Section ................................80-91 Advertisers Index ......90
The largest public-private partnership in social services and housing in Minnesota history is on target for an October 2019 completion as Phase 2 of Dorothy Day Place, a new emergency shelter, housing and social service campus in downtown St. Paul, enters its final months of construction. Dubbed the St. Paul Opportunity Center and Dorothy Day Residence, Phase 2 of the campus consists of a six-story, 165,000-sq.-ft., $54 million, post-tensioned, castin-place concrete structure that is now nearly enclosed. Inside, in the areas that are fully enclosed, tradesmen are installing the electrical, plumbing, mechanical and finishing details. The structure is located across the street from Phase 1 of Dorothy Day Place, the $40 million Higher Ground St. Paul, which opened in January 2017. Managed by Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, the two buildings will replace the original Dorothy Day Center shelter that opened in 1981 and
occupied the same city block where the St. Paul Opportunity Center and Dorothy Day Residence are now under construction. Watson-Forsberg, a 54-year-old company headquartered in
Minneapolis, was awarded the contracts for construction of both buildings. Other major contributors to the project are the designer, Cermak Rhoades Architects, based in St. Paul; Bolander and Sons, a demolition and excavation contractor based in St. Paul; Gresser Concrete and Masonry, out of Shakopee, Minn.; and Northern Air Corporation (NAC) Plumbing and HVAC of St. Paul. see DAY page 45
Just a week after a mid-April 2018 blizzard blew into the upper Midwest and covered St. Paul with 14 in. of snow, spring arrived in earnest. Crews had poured concrete all through the winter to bring the building to this stage.
Missouri Governor Proposes $351M for Bridges Gov. Michael Parson highlighted what he called several “long-term investments” in Missouri’s transportation infrastructure during his first State of the State Address Jan. 16. The biggest piece of that infrastructure plan is $351 million set aside in the state’s fiscal year 2020 budget for the Missouri Department of Transportation to “begin immediate work” on nearly 250 bridges in need of “critical repair or replacement.” A further $50 million will fund a “transportation cost share program” to assist cities and counties with addressing the “most serious infrastructure needs in our local areas,” Gov. Parson said in his speech. “I firmly believe the people of Missouri are
eager to have leadership that will propose bold ideas and is willing to tackle tough issues that have been put off too long,” he added. “My administration is focused on making significant investments in workforce development and infrastructure, reforming and restructuring government responsibilities, and saving for the future. We look forward to working with the legislature to move Missouri forward.” The governor’s 12-page budget outline for the Missouri DOT also allocates $5 million in state road monies for federal grants, a state freight/rail plan, and operating expenditures. Parson, who became governor in June last year following the resignation of former Gov.
Eric Greitens, focused primarily on workforce development and infrastructure spending in his speech before the state legislature. “I stand before you today to share a vision — a vision that will chart Missouri’s future into the next decade,” Parson told lawmakers. “When we try to make everything a priority, the fact is nothing is truly a priority,” he said. “So let me be crystal clear: Cultivating and training our workforce for high-demand jobs and investing in critical infrastructure are the priorities we must address this session.” (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)