In the late evening and early morning hours of June 16-17 two tornado’s struck the city of Platteville as a powerful line of storms rolled across southern WI. The first tornado was identified on the UW Platteville campus and was considered a low-end EF2 with 120 mph max wind speed.  The track was about two miles west of Platteville running through the UW Platteville campus and causing damage to numerous buildings including Rountree Commons, Brideway Commons, Southwest Hall, Engineering Hall and Pioneer Stadium. The second tornado was identified near Platteville Golf and Country Club and was considered a high-end EF1 tornado with 105 mph max wind speed.  Damage included downed trees and a roof off an apartment. Engineered Construction was brought in to assist with the repairs and reconstruction of numerous buildings on campus including Southwest Hall, the Engineering Hall, three Greenhouse structures and some misc. repairs at Memorial Park.  The most significant repairs were needed at Southwest Hall and Engineering Hall which included roofing, masonry, windows, curtain walls, lighting, drywall, paint, floor coverings and other various finishes. Construction has remained on or ahead of schedule with both the Engineering Hall and Southwest Hall scheduled for occupancy on August 15th with faculty and staff to move back in on August 18th.

Construction of the 8100 square foot retail center located at 420 Gammon Place has been completed.  The project, developed by Park Town Corp., began in October 2013 with the demolition of the existing building which was originally built for a TGI Fridays restaurant.   Engineered Construction of Verona was the project contractor and Gary Brink and Associates was the architect.

The building was finished in early April with the anchor tenant, a branch for a national bank, opening on April 14th.  The second tenant, Eddie Z’s Blinds, will be occupying the center space.  Engineered Construction did the build out on the bank and is doing the build out on Eddie Z’s as well.  Construction for Eddie Z’s began in late June and is schedule for completion by August 30th.  Currently there is no confirmed tenant for the third space.

Verona, WI – Engineered Construction Inc. is very proud to have been chosen to construct the new Madison Gas & Electric training facility in Fitchburg, slated for completion on October 31, 2014. The 9,650 square foot facility, at 2343 Market Place Drive, will provide indoor and outdoor areas for field workers to train and gain experience.

The facility will be of modern design with a metal and brick exterior façade, and incorporate several environmentally-friendly features. The building will have a translucent exterior wall panel system that allows natural daylighting and has good insulating value, as well. There will also be polished, concrete floors with radiant, in-floor heating and an energy-efficient lighting system.

The outdoor training area will feature climbing poles and overhead lines that can be energized as well as space and apparatus for trench digging and gas valve training. A storm water management system will be incorporated into the drainage system of the property.

This project will be carefully completed under the direct supervision of Project Manager, Jim Ladika and Job Superintendent, Greg McGuire, of Engineered Construction. It was designed by Potter Lawson of Madison, with Jim Moravec as lead architect.

Engineered Construction, Inc., headquartered in Verona, Wisconsin, is a design/build general contractor serving customers throughout the country since 1983. EC’s valued client list includes the University of Wisconsin – Madison, American TV & Appliance, Executive Management, Pizza Hut of Southern Wisconsin, the Gialamas Company, the Alexander Company, UW Provisions and numerous others. For more information regarding EC’s 24-hour Immediate Response Program please visit our website located at www.engineeredconstruction.com

Blackhawk Junction Mall in Prairie du Chien suffered a large fire on the evening of Sunday, April 13th.  Eight fire departments, with more than 150 firefighters combined, battled the fire and continued to extinguish hot spots throughout Monday.  While the fire was contained to Slumberland Furniture where it started, every tenant space within the 140,000 SF mall was effected by the this fire and much of the mall will require a complete reconstruction.

Engineered Construction was called by the Mall Owner and asked to provide emergency and reconstruction services as the result of the fire.  At this point, ECI has completed the emergency services portion of  work, the True Value Hardware store is open and operational  and reconstruction planning has begun.

Symdon Chevrolet in Mt. Horeb hosted a Grand Re-Opening on March 31st to celebrate the completion of their recent renovations.   The Mt. Horeb fire department was there to help celebrate and Symdon donated $20  for every test drive to go towards training, gear or facility needs.  The donations totaled $750 and the event was a huge success.

Symdon Chevrolet had asked Engineered Construction to modernize their entrance and service area to be similar to General Motors’ newest corporate style.  The new look creates an inviting and enticing atmosphere for costumers.

Exterior changes included an architectural metal face lift, a new entrance and new windows.  The showroom, customer lobby and offices were carefully scheduled by project manager Jim Ladika to make the facility available for business as much as possible during the project.

Engineered Construction also made an addition of 5,000 SF to the service department, and replaced the mechanicals.  Including all else, four new service bays for larger repair capacity were constructed.  The first phase was finished July 30th and the second phase was completed in early October. For more information, visit www.symdonchevy.com.