Category: Project

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

The city of Minneapolis has called the Downtown East Commons project a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to design and build a new public open space in downtown Minneapolis. The project is a new 4.2 acre public park located in the center of the new Wells Fargo Towers, residential buildings, light rail station, and the new US Bank Stadium (Home of the Minnesota Vikings) that completes the new Downtown East of Minneapolis. The concrete pavers make up over 21,000 SF of walkways and plaza areas. These areas are a side-by-side combination of permeable pavers and non-permeable pavers. The non-permeable pavers are Belgard Moduline consisting of a three color random blend laid on top of a concrete slab. The 80mm Moduline paver was selected to withstand vehicular traffic such as food trucks and large pedestrian traffic. The permeable pavers are Belgard/Anchor Holland pavers consisting of a four color blend of red pavers. There are over 4,500 SF of permeable pavers and were constructed to go over structural soil so the water feeds trees planted within the walkways. The Commons will serve the people of the Minneapolis region as well as host events connected to US Bank Stadium.

Job Name: Downtown East Commons
City: Minneapolis, Minnesota
General Contractor: Ryan Companies
Product(s): Belgard Moduline and Holland Permeable

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