Knutson Construction lays off 40, closes Iowa office
Construction Dive
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
The contractor said it is shifting its strategic approach and will continue to serve Iowa clients out of its three locations in Minnesota.
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Minnesota Dam, Iowa-South Dakota Railroad Bridge Damaged in Midwest Flooding
ENR Construction
JUNE 25, 2024
was washed away, as was a portion of a railroad bridge between Sioux City, Iowa, and North Sioux City, S.D. The west abutment of a dam near Mankato, Minn.,
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Engineering Reports Highlight Iowa Building's Problems Before Collapse
ENR Construction
JUNE 2, 2023
Months before a six-story apartment building in Davenport, Iowa, partially collapsed May 28, a structural engineer advised the property owner that an unexpected void space had been discovered during repairs to a damaged area of the exterior brick wall.
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[QUIZ] How Well Do You Know Iowa?
Business Facilities
JUNE 16, 2022
Iowa is a lot more than corn. Take our quiz and see how much you know about the Hawkeye State.
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Partially Collapsed Iowa Apartment Building To Be Demolished
ENR Construction
MAY 29, 2023
No fatalities were reported following the May 28 partial collapse of an apartment building in Davenport, Iowa.
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Iowa: A $4 Billion Economy Grows In Ottumwa
Business Facilities
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
The post Iowa: A $4 Billion Economy Grows In Ottumwa appeared first on Business Facilities Magazine. With shovel-ready sites, a skilled workforce and a strategic location, Ottumwa, IA has everything you need to grow.
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XL Specialized Trailers to Expand Iowa HQ
Construction Equipment
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
XL Specialized Trailers is planning a $6 to $7 million expansion to its headquarters in Manchester, Iowa, an expansion that will increase production capacity by over 30 percent. The new development, which will be underway at the end of 2020 or early 2021, will add roughly 55,000 square feet to the…
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Link Mfg. Building High-Tech Manufacturing, Training Facility In Iowa
Business Facilities
APRIL 5, 2021
Building High-Tech Manufacturing, Training Facility In Iowa at BusinessFacilities.com. Link's 50,000-square-foot expansion project sets the stage for continued growth in Sioux Center, IA and will help the company accommodate a new, broader product line. Read: Link Mfg.
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Bioscience: A Cash Crop In Iowa
Business Facilities
JULY 2, 2019
Iowa has always been an agricultural powerhouse, so it’s no surprise the Cornhusker State is a leader in bioscience with 1,266 firms in the sector, from startups to global leaders in R&D. Read: Bioscience: A Cash Crop In Iowa at BusinessFacilities.com.
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Iowa Landscaping Contractor K&L Construction Accused of Tax Evasion
ENR Construction
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
An Iowa landscaping contractor, already barred from state and federal projects, now stands accused of dodging upwards of $1 million in taxes.
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2020 Top 500 Sourcebook: Ironing Out Iowa's Interstate
ENR Construction
JULY 1, 2020
billion Council Bluffs Interstate System Program is approximately two-thirds of the way toward achieving its goal of modernizing the highway system serving metropolitan Council Bluffs, Iowa/Omaha, Neb.
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Best Project Higher Education/Research Iowa State University Student Innovation Center
ENR Construction
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
The $59-million, 146,000-sq-ft Iowa State University Student Innovation Center was designed to be flexible. Unlike so many buildings on campus, the SIC was not defined by one college, user group or entity as the sole occupant.
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ENR 2023 Top Owners Sourcebook: Eyeing Air Growth in Iowa
ENR Construction
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
Construction broke ground in October on a $445-million terminal expansion at Des Moines International Airport in Iowa.
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Best Green Project: Iowa Court & South Green Living Shoreline Project
ENR Construction
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Recreating the benefits of a natural shoreline is more complicated than it seems, but the Iowa Court and South Green Living Shoreline Project in Little Egg Harbor and Tuckerton, N.J., used innovative techniques to install new features to restore damage from Hurricane Sandy and protect from future storms.
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Ample, Affordable Renewable Energy Brings Apple To Iowa
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 31, 2017
Kim Reynolds welcomes Apple CEO Tim Cook to Iowa, as a new Apple data center is announced. Apple announced it will build a new $1.375 billion data center in Waukee, Iowa, which will be 100 percent powered by wind energy. To Iowa’s credit, Iowa saw this and had the vision to work with the utilities and so forth so it could happen. “To
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Iowa Is Built for Business
Business Facilities
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
Read Iowa Is Built for Business on Business Facilities - Area Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions. With certified sites of up to 600 acres available for shovel-ready projects and innovative targeted tax credits, the Hawkeye State is soaring above the competition.
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Google pours $350M into Iowa data center project
Construction Dive
AUGUST 14, 2023
Major data center operators continue to show interest in markets with ample land and water supply, low natural disaster risk and favorable energy costs.
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Deere to pay $1.1M over racial discrimination allegations
Construction Dive
JUNE 27, 2024
The company was cited for allegedly discriminating against 277 Black and Hispanic job applicants at facilities in Illinois and Iowa.
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Iowa: A Cradle For Innovation
Business Facilities
MARCH 26, 2018
From cloud computing to biorenewables, Iowa has reinvented itself as a cradle for innovation. Read: Iowa: A Cradle For Innovation at BusinessFacilities.com.
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How An Iowa Location Can Improve The Bottom Line
Business Facilities
MARCH 7, 2019
The Iowa Certified Site program streamlines the site selection process and offers multiple options, including a green business park, industrial sites and parks, and mega sites. Read: How An Iowa Location Can Improve The Bottom Line at BusinessFacilities.com.
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Iowa Proposes $3.6B Transportation Plan
ENR Construction
MAY 21, 2020
The Iowa Dept. of Transportation has proposed a five-year, $3.6-billion billion transportation plan, more than half of which would be devoted to road and bridge projects.
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Police Recover $6,000 Welder Brazenly Stolen From I-74 Work Site in Iowa
ENR Construction
JUNE 7, 2021
$6,000 welder stolen from Bettendorf, Iowa, work site by couple looking for scrap.
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Iowa Landscape Subcontractor Debarred Over Inflated Payments Scheme
ENR Construction
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
An Iowa landscaping contractor's former vice president inflated the value of its invoices to give the company a no-interest loan. It was caught when a geofoam supplier complained to the Iowa Department of Transportation that it hadn't been paid.
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Rethinking prison design: Iowa Correctional Institution for Women
BD+C
MAY 14, 2018
Eight years ago, when the state of Iowa moved to replace its outdated women’s prison, Warden Patti Wachtendorf was explicit about her vision for the new facility. “I I wanted a prison that didn’t look like the stereotypical prison,” she recently recalled. “I I wanted it designed for women, not men.”.
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Dakota Access Pipeline Poor Construction Practices Angering Iowa Landowners
Construction Equipment
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
A northwest Iowa rancher was so fed up from his cattle repeatedly escaping that he mailed a bill to the pipeline company for the costs of constantly chasing his animals. A landowner grew so frustrated with Dakota Access Pipeline workers that she delivered a garbage bag to county supervisors full of metal debris collected from her fields.
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Apple Investing $1.3 Billion in Iowa Data Center
Construction Equipment
AUGUST 29, 2017
The Iowa Economic Development Authority and Governor Kim Reynolds have announced Apple plans to build a $1.3 billion data center in Waukee, Iowa.
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BF Location Video: Iowa: Ready For Business
Business Facilities
APRIL 6, 2017
Iowa offers opportunities as far as the eye can see, especially in bioscience, advanced manufacturing and finance. Read BF Location Video: Iowa: Ready For Business on Business Facilities - Area Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions. See how your company could profit from our pro-business environment.
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Crystal Group Opens New Iowa HQ, Manufacturing Facility
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 22, 2018
Read: Crystal Group Opens New Iowa HQ, Manufacturing Facility at BusinessFacilities.com. The designer and manufacturer of rugged computer and electronic hardware is creating 50 new jobs, increasing production at the Hiawatha, IA facility. .
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Apple Investing $1.3B in Iowa Data Center
Construction Equipment
AUGUST 29, 2017
The Iowa Economic Development Authority and Governor Kim Reynolds have announced Apple plans to build a $1.3 billion data center in Waukee, Iowa.
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Hormel Foods Creating 210 New Jobs With Iowa Expansion
Business Facilities
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
Read: Hormel Foods Creating 210 New Jobs With Iowa Expansion at BusinessFacilities.com. A major expansion of the company’s Burke Corporation manufacturing facility In Nevada, IA will result in an approximately $150 million investment.
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OSHA Investigating Worker Death at Iowa Wind Farm
Construction Equipment
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
OSHA is investigating the death of a construction worker at Turtle Creek Wind Farm in Mitchell County, Iowa. The fatal accident occurred around 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17, while the worker loaded equipment onto the site. The worker has since been identified as Joseph Hill of Minnesota. Mitchell…
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Dakota Access Pipeline Protests Spread to Iowa
Construction Equipment
OCTOBER 16, 2016
More than 50 protesters briefly stopped construction at Dakota Access pipeline worksites Saturday in west central Iowa, and two were arrested.
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Iowa: Moving To The Top Of The Class
Business Facilities
DECEMBER 6, 2017
Iowa consistently earns high marks for its education climate. For many years, Iowa’s public high schools have had the nation’s highest graduation rate. Iowa ranks fifth in the nation in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) degrees conferred per 1,000 residents. In addition, Iowa is second in the U.S.
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Iowa Tornado Flattens Homes, Businesses and Wind Turbines
ENR Construction
MAY 22, 2024
A tornado unleashing 100-mph winds toppled five turbines at two different wind farms.
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Bakken Pipeline Gets Final Federal Permit in Iowa
Construction Equipment
JULY 27, 2016
Army Corps of Engineers approved 60 river crossing along the proposed route of the Bakken Pipeline which runs diagonally northwest to southeast across Iowa. Opponents to the pipeline, Bold Iowa and Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, plan to continue to rally in opposition.
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Is it Legal for Iowa's DOT to Write Tickets?
Construction Equipment
OCTOBER 21, 2016
Peyton Atzen, a 16-year old student at Southeast Polk High School in Pleasant Hill, Iowa, decided to fight a speeding ticket he received from an Iowa DOT officer, citing a 70-year old Iowa Supreme Court case that said DOT officers have limited ticketing authority that does not include speeding or arrests.
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Kraft Heinz meat processing and packaging facility occupies 70 acre plot in Davenport, Iowa
BD+C
JANUARY 10, 2018
Designed and built by Gray Construction, Kraft Heinz’s new 382,157-sf meat processing and packaging facility in Davenport, Iowa occupies a 70-acre site in the Eastern Iowa Industrial Center. The building’s floor construction consists of structural slabs while the wall construction consists of insulated metal panels.
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Iowa Judge Dismisses Cherokee County Lawsuits Against Pipeline
Construction Equipment
JUNE 14, 2016
Although the Iowa Utility Board voted 2-1 last week to allow Dakota Access to begin construction on Iowa land where the company has all the necessary permissions, landowners Marvin and Bonnie Zoch and Marian Johnson, who own land in Cherokee County in the path of the pipeline, filed lawsuits saying Dakota Access and the pipeline developer did not meet (..)
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Business Facilities
AUGUST 23, 2017
Earlier this month, the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) board awarded direct financial assistance and tax benefits to five companies for job creation and expansion projects. Today, Crystal provides temperature-controlled warehouse and repackaging services to food processing companies, not only in Iowa, but around the globe.
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Iowa Landowners File Suit to Stop Pipeline Construction
Construction Equipment
APRIL 12, 2016
Nine Iowa landowners filed suit Friday against the Iowa Utilities Board saying the planned underground crude oil pipeline to be built by Dakota Access LLC doesn't qualify as a public utility and should not be granted the use of eminent domain rights.
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Alcoa Announces Investment In Iowa Aerospace Manufacturing Plant
Business Facilities
NOVEMBER 12, 2014
Alcoa Announces Investment In Iowa Aerospace Manufacturing Plant appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Aerospace And Defense Archives Articles By Industry Articles By Location Articles By Topic Daily News Featured Post Iowa Manufacturing Online Features Plastics And Medical Devices U.S.
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