Month: March 2017

Mahtomedi Public Schools had three sites that were in need of pavement reconstruction. Two sites had proposed segmental permeable paving in the parking lots. The District Office would have permeable pavers in nearly every parking stall calling for about 14,000 SF. The Elementary School would propose permeable pavers to replace their entire south parking lot and all the parking stalls in the new parking lot, therefore calling for around 20,700 SF total. The Mahtomedi District specified PaveDrain because of its unique industrial design, the capabilities of withstanding the weight of multiple school busses, and stormwater runoff solution. The system is a patented arch design under the nearly 6″ thick paver that acts as an internal storage chamber that can be used as a reservoir for stormwater runoff. Being a fairly new product to the hardscape industry, Structures was one of the first installers to use a Probst Paver Machine to install this product, and had much success. The Probst allowed for a timely install, while not jeopardizing aesthetics. In the end, Mahtomedi Public Schools got an amazing stormwater solution with segmental permeable pavers.

Job Name: Mahtomedi Schools 2016 Pavement Reconstruction
City: Mahtomedi, Minnesota
General Contractor: T.A. Schifsky & Sons, Inc.
Product: PaveDrain

The Leinenkugel Brewing Company was expanding. To build a new Malt Handling building on their Chippewa Falls property, would require massive regrading. A three tiered retaining wall was proposed. During the design phase of the project, it was discovered that there was a large amount of weathered rock in the existing slope. Structures worked closely with the wall designer, Civil Design Professionals, and proposed a series of soil nails to act as reinforcement for the bottom two tiers to minimize excavation efforts. The owner accepted this design and saved the project on time and money. The top tier was able to be constructed with typical geogrid reinforcement. In the end, the Diamond Pro block unit and a value engineered wall design provided a high quality finish and substantial performance.

Job Name: Leinenkugel Malt Handling Building
City: Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
General Contractor:  Market & Johnson, Inc.
Product: Anchor Diamond Pro

Structures has many Life Time Fitness projects across the country. As we do with all our clients, we strive to build a lasting relationship and it has shown with Life Time Fitness for over a decade now. The projects typically include a pool deck of over 30,000 SF, main entrance walkways and patios, pedestrian crosswalks, and ADA Detectable Warning Ramp Pavers. Structures leads the design team with innovative solutions for storm water control and paver functionality while achieving the highest level of quality control.

Job Name: Life Time Fitness
States: Ohio, Kansas, Colorado, New York, Iowa, Michigan, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Massachusetts, and California
General Contractor: Life Time Fitness
Product: Belgard Cambridge Cobble

The Liberty Center is a multi-use center consisting of over 100 acres of shops, restaurants, residences, and many small business and retail. The site called for seven retaining walls, two of which were design/build to withstand vehicular impact and support two bridge entrances to the parking garage. Positive Connection (PC) Units were used to reinforce the fill material that structurally supports the driveway to the parking structures. Another PC Wall was used to fill grade at the retail trucking docks and was designed to support heavy loaded vehicles. Another PC Wall was designed with a large storm sewer culvert coming through the middle of it that supports the primary drainage area for the entire property.

Job Name:  Liberty Center
City:  Liberty Township, Ohio
General Contractor:  Coppage Construction Company, Inc.
Product:  Redi-Rock