Danisco, a food ingredients, enzyme and bio-based solutions company headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, commissioned the $7-million design-build construction of a walk-in storage freezer that is the coldest in the United States and the largest in the world. Photo: COURTESY OF TRI-NORTH BUILDERS, INC. Related Links: Midwest Constructions Best of 2009 Awards The facility in Madison, Wis., is used for the advancement of and research in dairy cultures to make cheese, yogurt and probiotics. The project team took 10 months to design a 7,000-sq-ft walk-in freezer to operate at -76° Fahrenheit and a corresponding 11,000-sq-ft building addition to house this ultra-cold

The project constructed the first new office building completed on Campus 2 at the Verona, Wis., headquarters of Epic Systems Corp., a world-leading provider of medical software. Photo courtesy Epic Systems Related Links: Midwest Constructions Best of 2009 Awards Campus 2 joins Epic’s existing Campus 1 on the headquarters site, allowing the company’s 3,400 employees to all work at one location. Key Players Owner: Epic Systems Corp., Verona, Wis. General Contractor: J. P. Cullen & Sons Inc., Madison, Wis. Design Firm: Cuningham Group, Minneapolis Building K is a three-story, 171,866-sq-ft building that houses 415 offices, a 225-person meeting room, and

Photo: © J.P. Cullen & Sons, Inc. Related Links: Midwest Constructions Best of 2009 Awards Parking Ramp Y on the Epic Systems Corp. Campus 2 in Verona, Wis., is a four-level, 752,212-sq-ft underground parking ramp that houses 2,080 parking stalls. Though the ramp covers the area of six football fields, its vegetated green roof makes it invisible on the surface. Four driving tunnels lead in and out, and six pedestrian tunnels connect the ramp to the company’s training center and nearby office buildings. One million cu yd of rock had to be blasted and excavated to make the 47-ft-deep hole

The city of Chicago’s $51.5-million fire station program designed and constructed four new fire stations in the Near West Side, Edgewater, Rogers Park, and Beverly neighborhoods. Photo: CONNOR STEINKAMP Related Links: Midwest Constructions Best of 2009 Awards The city of Chicago’s $51.5-million fire station program designed and constructed four new fire stations in the Near West Side, Edgewater, Rogers Park, and Beverly neighborhoods. Located to help trigger urban renewal and designed be community resources, the new single-level, 15,000-sq-ft fire stations were built on abandoned building sites or sites that were community eyesores. Key Players Owner: Public Building Commission of Chicago

Ragnar Benson Construction and its parent company, William Charles, Ltd recently collaborated on two new healthcare facilities near Rockford, Ill. Photo courtesy of Ragnar Benson Two Rockford, Ill., projects recently completed by Ragnar Benson Construction are Fresenius Medical Care's new 7,000-sq-ft outpatient dialysis center (above), which offers 12 treatment stations... Photo courtesy of Ragnar Benson ...and the SwedishAmerican Health System's 16,000-sq-ft Ryan Jury Child Development Learning Center Related Links: Wis. Div. of State Facilities Will Require Construction-Waste Recycling in 2010 Plug-in Chargers for Electric Vehicles Installed at Chicago�s Aqua Building Purdue University, Dow AgroSciences and Indiana Partner for Venture at

A new addition to Belleville Oncology, Belleville, Ill., was recently completed by Holland Construction Services two weeks ahead of schedule. Related Links: Wis. Div. of State Facilities Will Require Construction-Waste Recycling in 2010 Plug-in Chargers for Electric Vehicles Installed at Chicago�s Aqua Building Ragnar Benson and William Charles Collaborate on Two Healthcare Projects Purdue University, Dow AgroSciences and Indiana Partner for Venture at Purdue Research Park Wrightwood Crossing Project Under Way; LEED Platinum Certification Planned Emerson Network Power Opens LEED-Certified Learning Center Kaiser Electric Wires Casino Queen's New Sports Bar Walton Construction Completes Chesterfield Medical Institute The one-story, brick and

The Metro Indianapolis Coalition for Construction Safety Inc. (MICCS) has launched www.miccs.org, a new website that is easy to use and contains safety-related information, updated news, videos, and other features. MICCS is a nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating injuries on construction and facility-maintenance job sites. Its members include construction companies, project owners, design professionals and construction-affiliated organizations.

The International Code Council (ICC) has completely re-engineered its Website http://www.iccsafe.org/Pages/default.aspx, so users can find important information more quickly and easily. Standardized menus on the top and left side of the screen now help with navigation. Related Links: New Edition of Detailing for Steel Construction Now Available Alfred Benesch Chairman Kasi Writes Guide to Value Engineering "Unseen Architecture" Exhibit at Milwaukee's Eisner-American Museum In addition, the site now offers organized content to help users find what they’re looking for in fewer clicks. A single sign-on lets users log into the site with only one set of credentials. “My ICC” lets

Emerson Network Power has opened its new 70,000-sq-ft learning center in Westerville, Ohio. Photo courtesy of Emerson Network Power Emerson Network Power�s new learning center in Westerville, Ohio, will train more than 1,000 students per year how to support data-center infrastructure. Related Links: Wis. Div. of State Facilities Will Require Construction-Waste Recycling in 2010 Plug-in Chargers for Electric Vehicles Installed at Chicago�s Aqua Building Ragnar Benson and William Charles Collaborate on Two Healthcare Projects Purdue University, Dow AgroSciences and Indiana Partner for Venture at Purdue Research Park Holland Construction Completes Addition Two Weeks Early Wrightwood Crossing Project Under Way; LEED

People who are challenged by green-movement terms or who need a high-quality compilation of them can find help at the Metal Construction Association’s (MCA) Web site, www.metalconstruction.org. The compilation can be found in the site’s Sustainable Design section. MCA is an organization of manufacturers and suppliers whose metal products are used in structures throughout the world.