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Crews Raise Stadium With Unique Shell Mortenson Construction photo
Dick Rohland photo
JLG lifts ring the outside of the stadium just weeks before the PTFE fabric installation is scheduled to begin.
Crane Service Company Goes Big…10
At night, LED lighting shines through the stadium’s translucent skin. Swanston Hosts Paving Seminar…16
Ruffridge Continues Workshop Series…22
Table of Contents................ 4 Skid Steers, Compact Track Loaders & Attachments Section..........................33-56 Business Calendar............ 70 Paving Section............ 73-87 Auction Section........ 92-103 Advertisers Index............102
By Dick Rohland
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Construction crews in St. Paul, Minn., recently completed a new professional soccer stadium notable for the first-of-its-kind skin covering of its outer shell and a look unlike that of any of the other pro sports arena. Minnesota United FC of the Major League Soccer (MLS), will play its inaugural game April 22 at the new Allianz Field which
sits in the heart the neighborhood known as the Midway. Mortenson Construction Company, the general contractor of the project, turned the keys over to the Allianz Field ownership group in late February. The
company is no stranger to building major league and collegiate stadiums around the country. Three years ago, it brought to the Minnesota Vikings its glassenclosed U.S. Bank Stadium. M. A. Mortenson founded the
company in 1954, and today, it has offices throughout the United States and Canada, taking on heavy civil-industrial projects from planning and design through project management. see STADIUM page 58
IndianaKicks Off 2019Road Construction Season Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb helped kick off the 2019 road construction season in Indiana during a March 19 media event — construction that’s touted in part as the continuation of the state’s Next Level Roads strategy, originally implemented in mid-2017. “Maintaining our leading position as the Crossroads of America is vital to growing Indiana’s economy, attracting new employers, expanding existing businesses and providing a quality of life we can be proud of,” Holcomb said. “Because of our state’s fully funded plan, INDOT and local communities are making meaningful infrastructure investments with results that will be felt throughout Indiana for years to come,” he added. More than 1,100 projects are scheduled for construction along Indiana Department of Transportation routes in 2019, noted Joe McGuinness, the agency’s commissioner, during the media event.
When construction is combined with preventative maintenance activities, the state is investing more than $2 billion in its highway network this year alone, with the Next Level Roads plan aiming to spend an estimated $10 billion on construction and maintenance of state highways over the next five years and more than $30 billion in the next 20 years. Additionally, INDOT is making available an estimated $140 million to help address winter damage for projects like repaving portions of I-465 in Indianapolis, McGuinness added. “INDOT is delivering a record number of projects in 2019 on top of many cities, towns, and counties that are also delivering more construction projects than ever before,” he said. “In the short term, that means that Hoosiers will see a lot of orange barrels this year and should expect some delays. The payoff will be thousands of miles of smoother pavement and hundreds of improved bridges in all corners of Indiana.”