ST. CLOUD HOSPITAL IS
PLANNING A 322,000 SQFT
EXPANSION.
The plans call for
the hospital to greatly
improve its surgery and
intensive care units and
provide150 additional
private rooms. Also
plans will be calling
for an additional 450
parking spaces and the
relocation of the
hospitality house.
More information to
come.AWARD MADE
FOR SANDSTONE,MN PRISION
SALLYPORT PROJECT:
Sentinel Products
LLC, from Green Bay WI,
was awarded a $62,942.50
contract with the Bureau
of Prisons to conduct
the security work at FCI
Sandstone.
Flatiron Constructors
Inc./Johnson
Brothers Corp Win I-35W
Bridge Rebuild
St. Paul, Minn.
– The Minnesota Depart
ment of Transportation
awarded the new
I-35W bridge
construction project to
the team
of Flatiron
Constructors
Inc./Johnson Brothers
Corp. MnDOT combined a
technical evaluation
process with a best
value selection process
to derive a score for
the proposals. A
committee evaluated each
team on quality,
aesthetics,
enhancements and public
involvement and
considered each team’s
approach as part of the
best value. Anticipated
final contract will be
in place by the end of
September 2007.
Flatiron Constructors
Inc. is part of Flatiron
Construction Corp., a
wholly-owned company
of Royal BAM Group
based in the
Netherlands. Royal BAM
Group is a diversified
construction company
with 2006 revenues of
over $11 billion and
30,000 employees
worldwide known for
building bride and
highways. The company
has two locations in
California that will
manage the I-35W bridge
construction.
Past projects include
the John James Audubon
Bridge in Louisiana,
San Francisco-Oakland
Bay Bridge Skyway, and
the Cooper River Bridge
in Charleston, South
Carolina.Johnson
Brothers, now located in
Florida, has a strong
presence in Minnesota
with successful
Minneapolis bridge
projects, such as
Hennepin Avenue
suspension, Third
Avenue,
Plymouth Avenue,
Broadway Street and
Stone Arch bridges.
From Reed Construction
Bulletin
Ivy Chang
September 25, 2007
Construction Bulletin
MN Steel Gets
Construction Permit For
Plant
(AP)
Roseville, Minn.
The Minnesota Pollution
Control Agency has
approved a construction
permit for Minnesota
Steel Industries'
planned $1.6 billion
taconite-to-steel plant
near Nashwauk, enabling
the company to begin
hiring 2,000
construction workers.
Under the six-year
construction plan,
Minnesota Steel will
have an open-pit
taconite mine that
produces 13 million
metric tons of ore a
year and a crusher,
concentrator, pelletizer
and electric arc
furnace. The mine and
equipment will make
about 2.5 metric tons
of steel slab each year.
Minnesota Steel aims to
sell the entire
operation to India-based
Essar Global, but that
deal was put on hold
until all air, water and
construction permits
were in hand from the
state and federal
governments.
Essar's purchase is
expected to be announced
within the next few
months.
Iron Range Resources has
invested $5 million in
the project,while the
state allocated $12
million from its 2006
bonding bill to the
county and an $11
million grant.
"This is great news for
all of Minnesota," said
Dan McElroy,
commissioner of
Minnesota's Department
of Employment and
Economic Development.
"This will be the first
mine-to
-metal complex in North
America for steel."
The plant, which would
create 700 full-time
jobs, would be built on
20,000 acres near the
site of the former
Butler Taconite plant,
which closed in 1985 due
to bankruptcy and was
razed. The site contains
an estimated 1.4 billion
tons of iron ore
reserves, viewed by
industry experts as some
of the highest-quality
ore left on the Iron
Range.
Environmentalists have
opposed the project,
saying that the
excavation and crushing
of ore will be
destabilizing and create
sulfur runoffs into
groundwater.
Officials at Minnesota
Steel say they've
followed or exceeded all
environmental laws and
plan to recirculate
water and issue fewer
emissions than
traditional steel mills.
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