Month: January 2017

The NFL’s Minnesota Vikings created the Legacy Ship at their new stadium to allow fans to create a memento to honor their family and friends’ connection to the team. The first phase of the ship was completed with about 5,000 SF of custom engraved granite pavers. The pavers were set on a sand setting bed atop a concrete base structure. The Vikings continue to gain interest from the fans to add to the Legacy Ship and more square footage has been proposed.

Job Name: The Legacy Ship
City: Minneapolis, Minnesota
General Contractor: Mortenson Construction
Product(s): Custom Engraved Granite Unit Pavers

The Newport Pavilion property was growing and needed to expand their parking lot to account for new business. This meant going into a hillside that would require a large retaining wall. The owner wanted the Allan Block Europa for the segmental walls, and to save money, added a 1.5H:1V Vegetated Slope instead of a segmental block wall. The Enkmat R45 is able to stabilize the slope and allow grass to grow over time. Structures had a strict tie-off safety plan in place that was site specific for this project.

Job Name: Newport Pavilion
City: Newport, Kentucky
General Contractor: Cintech Construction, Inc.
Product(s): Enkmat R45

This project includes over 5,000 SF of Gabion Basket retaining walls. The walls were designed with a maximum height of 14′ with enough geogrid reinforcement to support heavy vehicular loading, such as firetrucks. The baskets were filled with limestone rip-rap rock. Each rock was hand placed at the face of the basket to meet high aesthetic standards set forth by the Mankato Architecture team.

Job Name: Mankato Public Safety Building
City: Mankato, Minnesota
General Contractor: Robert W Carlstrom Company, Inc.
Product(s): Hilfiker Gabion Baskets

In 2014, this wall failed due to excessive water runoff coming to the back of the retaining wall off the roof of the houses. Structures was tasked to not only rebuild the wall, but design a sustainable storm water drainage solution for the site. Structures contracted Krueger Excavating to preform the site utility work and install Helical Anchors. The Anchors were used to minimize the excavation efforts to maintain the housing structures safely above.

Job Name: Rose Ct Rehabilitation
City: Minneapolis, Minnesota
General Contractor: Homeowner’s Association
Product(s): Keystone Compacs

The Charmant Hotel was originally constructed in 1898 and has become an iconic travel spot for the City of Lacrosse. The hotel underwent major renovations in 2015, but in an effort to keep its historic value, the renovation project would include Cobblestones and Granite Curbing that is nearly 400 years old and reclaimed from Europe. Monarch Stone International handled the import of over 2,200 SF of rectangle street cobbles, over 2,400 SF of square sidewalk cobbles, and over 160 LF of antique granite curb.

Job Name: The Charmant Hotel
City: Lacrosse, Wisconsin
General Contractor: CD Smith Construction Services
Product(s): European Granite Cobblestones