The Great Wolf Lodge in Pocono, PA is just over halfway complete. The fourth-floor exterior framing is complete, while the masonry walls, precast plank, exterior sheathing, and underground plumbing and electrical continue to be installed. Unique to this project, the bathrooms in the hotel wing are preassembled in modular “pods” with the wall coverings, ceilings, flooring, bathtub, shower kit, lavatory, and water closet already assembled. Staging them in each room and installing the rough MEPs is all that is required for completing each bathroom. The installation of these pods is set to start in March of 2023. The waterpark is making progress with the precast concrete columns, beams, and wall panels complete. The equipment, piping, and electrical rough ins continue to be installed in the basement of the waterpark along with the glulam beams, steel structure, and roof wood decking in the indoor water park. With the drywall finishing up in the restaurant and lobby, interior framing, above ceiling and in-wall MEP rough ins continue, followed by the flooring and installing the kitchen equipment.

Mill Creek Academy, one of our latest education projects for our new client National Heritage Academies, is off to a fast start with the foundations, underground rough-ins, and concrete slab-on-grade complete. The bearing walls are finishing up, ready for the above-slab MEP rough-ins, roof trusses, and sheathing to be installed. Roofing, non-bearing walls, air & vapor barrier, and classrooms windows are scheduled to finish up at the end of this month. A wood-framed building, this K-8 facility will feature 37 classrooms, conference rooms, dean offices, and a gymnasium in the center that will double as a cafeteria. The exterior of the building will consist of fiber cement siding, stone masonry, and white trim with canopies using cedar trusses, beams, columns and a stone base and sill. 

The Klondike Cheese Dry Storage Addition finished up this month. Constructed out of exterior precast concrete walls, interior precast columns and beams and a precast double-tee roof structure, this 16,500 square foot addition finished ahead of schedule. Inside, there is plenty of space to store pallets, boxes, shipping supplies, and other equipment. Seamlessly matching the existing buildings, the addition streamlines Klondike Cheese’s shipping process by keeping the yogurt, cheese and dairy products secure in the cooler and keeping the shipping supplies readily available in the separated dry storage area. 

The TRU by Hilton Hotel in Lake Delton is going up at a fast pace. This 100-room hotel is primarily constructed out of wood studs and wood panels. Currently, the third floor is being framed and sheathed with MEP rough-ins after each floor is covered. After the fourth floor is completely framed and sheathed, the roof trusses, parapet framing, and sheathing will be installed followed by the windows, masonry veneer, roofing, and EIFS siding. Projected to finish up in early summer 2023, this hotel will be ready for prime vacation season.

In September, the school and community celebrated at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new addition to the River Arts Center located in the Sauk Prairie High School, which is the last part of the 2020 Sauk Prairie Referendum. This new addition will be named after Leola Culver who graciously donated a large portion, making the community’s dream a reality. Featuring a secondary theatre, this addition will also consist of a green room, lobby, storage, and a pair of dressing rooms. A much needed space for students and the community, this new theatre room will host visual and performing arts, rehearsals, meetings, shows, and other planned events. Thank you to all who attended this event!

Part of a pair of buildings for our long-term client Sauk County, the new Highway Department Facility in Baraboo broke ground in late September, while their smaller satellite facility located in Reedsburg will break ground in spring of 2023. The sitework for the Baraboo project will continue this fall with the majority of the construction occurring in March of 2023. The 164,000 square foot building in Baraboo features two wash bays, a large fleet parking area, repair shop, equipment and tool storage rooms, and an office portion holding break rooms, supervisor offices, a dispatch room, and a locker room for crew members to use.