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Awards and Recognition
Kraus-Anderson is proud of its long record of successful project collaborations. Those efforts are reflected in the numerous awards and recognitions Kraus-Anderson’s project teams receive for excellence in safety, teamwork, MBE/WBE participation, economic development, stewardship, sustainability, artisanship and creative achievements.
Recent Examples
- MSP Business Journal Power Shift 25 Pete Diessner, 2025
- Twin Cities Business 100 People to Know Pete Diessner, 2024
- Rising Young Professionals Laurisa Titterud, Carlie Ridgeway, Charlie Sweeney, Connor Hart, 2024
- NAIOP Award of Excellence Mixed Use, North Loop Green, 2024
- Finance & Commerce Top Projects, Zenith DCHS Apartments, 2024
- MSP Business Journal Fast 50 Awards, 2024
- Build Wisconsin Award, Olympia Fields VA Clinic, 2025
- Prairie Business 40 Under 40 Dan Walter, 2024
- MCA Choice Award, Rock Ridge High School, 2023
- Prairie Business 40 Under 40 Tucker Norton, 2023
- Rising Young Professionals Payton Hosch, 2023
- Rising Young Professionals Paul Noll, 2023
- Finance & Commerce Top Projects of 2022, Moment Apartments
- La Crosse Area Development Corporation President’s Award, La Crosse Center Renovation/Expansion, 2022
- MCA 2022 Award of Excellence New Project Total Value Over $15M, Regions Birth Center
- Finance & Commerce Rising Young Professionals Award 2021 Honoree Josh Carr
- NAIOP 2021 Awards of Excellence, Omni Viking Lakes Hotel
- NAIOP 2021 Awards of Excellence, Regions Hospital Birthing Center
- Build Wisconsin 2021 Award, Landmark by the Rivers
- Build Wisconsin 2021 Award, Strang Architects Office
- Minnesota Real Estate Journal 2021 Award, Regions Hospital Birthing Center
- Minnesota Real Estate Journal 2021 Award, Omni Viking Lakes Hotel
- Finance & Commerce Top Projects of 2020, Rochester North Service Center and Police Station
- Finance & Commerce Top Projects of 2020, Omni Viking Lakes Hotel
- Finance & Commerce Top Projects of 2020, Regions Hospital Family Birth Center
- Finance & Commerce Top Projects of 2020, Gundersen Health System – Winona Campus
- Finance & Commerce Top Projects of 2020, St. Luke’s Lake View Hospital
- Minnesota Construction Association 2021 Awards of Excellence, Omni Viking Lakes Hotel
- MSCA 2020 STARR Awards, Scheel’s at Eden Prairie Center
- NAIOP 2020 Awards of Excellence, Chamberlain Apartments
- NAIOP 2020 Awards of Excellence, Cambia Hills of East Bethel
- StarTribune Top 150 WorkPlaces 2020
- Finance & Commerce Top Projects of 2019, Bluff View Elementary
- Finance & Commerce Top Projects of 2019, Delta Dental Bemidji Operations Center
- Finance & Commerce Top Projects of 2019, University Enterprise Laboratories
- Finance & Commerce Top Projects of 2019, Hilton Rochester
- Finance & Commerce Top Projects of 2019, Moxy Minneapolis Downtown
- The Daily Reporter Top Projects of 2019, Landmark by the River
- The Daily Reporter Top Projects of 2019, Gundersen Health System – Tomah Clinic
- Governor’s Safety Meritorious Award 2020
- BOMA Outstanding Building of the Year Awards, Kraus-Anderson Headquarters
- Minnesota Construction Association 2020 Award of Excellence, Delta Dental Bemidji Operations Center
- ACEC/MN 2020 Engineering Excellence Awards, Falls International Airport
- MN Concrete & Masonry Contractors Association 2020 Excellence Awards, Hudson High School
- MN Concrete & Masonry Contractors Association 2020 Excellence Awards, Carver City Hall
- MN Concrete & Masonry Contractors Association 2020 Excellence Awards, Ironclad
- Finance & Commerce 2019 ICON Awards, Philip Boelter
- Finance & Commerce 2019 Reader Rankings Finalist, Kraus-Anderson
- USGBC Minnesota 2019 Leadership Award of Merit, Kraus-Anderson Headquarters
- StarTribune Top 150 WorkPlaces
- Finance & Commerce Top Projects Award, HQ Apartments
- Finance & Commerce Top Projects Award, Rochester International Airport
- Finance & Commerce Top Projects Award, TCO Performance Center
- Minnesota Real Estate Journal 2019 General Contractor of the Year Award
- Minnesota Real Estate Journal 2019 Award, Fraser Woodbury Clinic
- Minnesota Real Estate Journal 2019 Award, Finnegans
- Finance & Commerce Rising Young Professionals Award 2019 Honoree Dustin Phillips
- Minnesota Construction Association Award of Excellence, Kraus-Anderson Headquarters
- Minnesota Construction Association Award of Excellence, Minnesota DNR Glenwood Area Fisheries
- Minnesota Construction Association Merit Award, RST International Airport
- Midwest Chapter, CoreNet Global Innovator of the Year Award, Kraus-Anderson Block
- Association of Women Contractors (AWC) Construction Partnering Program Large Project of the Year, TCO Performance Center
- LEED Gold Certification, Coleman Center, Western Technical College
- 2018 AIAMN Honor Award, Brookview Elementary School
- 2018 MSCA STARR Award, Interior Design- Finnegans
- 2018 Firehouse Station Design Award Notable Award, Cottage Grove Central Fire Station
- 2018 Construction Health and Safety Excellence (CHASE) Level 2 Certificate of Achievement, MN Department of Labor & Industry
- Minneapolis Downtown Council 2025 Plan Leadership Award, Kraus-Anderson Block
- 2018 NAIOP Award of Excellence, TCO Performance Center
- 2018 NAIOP Award of Excellence, Kraus-Anderson Corporate Headquarters
- LEED Silver Certification, Kraus-Anderson Corporate Headquarters
- Star Tribune 2018 Top Workplaces
- Xcel Energy High Performance Building Award
- 2018 Rising Young Professionals Award, Chris Knutson
- 2018 SIPA Building Excellence Award, Glenwood Area Fisheries Minnesota DNR
- 2017 Top Projects HealthPartners Neuroscience Center
- 2017 Top Projects TRIA Orthopaedic Center
- 2017 Top Projects Kraus-Anderson Headquarters
- 2017 MSA Project Manager of the Year award to Douglas Jaeger
- 2017 MSA Project Superintendent of the Year award to Chris Ryan
- 2017 CoreNet Global Innovators Award, T3
- 2017 NAIOP Eagle Award, Cabela’s-Legacy @Journal Center
- 2017 MSCA STARR Award, Construction Best Retail Over 50,000 SF- CityPlace
- 2017 NAIOP MN Award of Excellence, T3
- 2017 NAIOP MN Award of Excellence, HealthPartners Neuroscience Center
- 2017 NAIOP MN Award of Excellence, 2700 University
- 2017 Azure Magazine AZ Award for Environmental Leadership and People’s Choice Award, T3
- 2016 Governor’s Safety Award, Outstanding Achievement in Occupational Safety, Minnesota Safety Council
- 2016 Top Projects Finance & Commerce, University of Minnesota Bee and Pollinator Lab
- 2016 Top Projects Finance & Commerce, 2700 University
- 2016 Top Projects Finance & Commerce, T3
- 2017 International Wood Design Award, T3 (Timber, Technology, Transit)
- 2016 MNOSHA CHASE Level III Partnership, CityPlace Phase 2- SE Retail
- 2016 Wood Design Building Award Citation Award, T3 (Timber, Technology, Transit)
- 2016 Minnesota Physician’s Health Care Architecture Honor Roll, Allina Health Regina Hospital Emergency Department
- 2015 Top Projects Finance & Commerce, Pine Island Elementary School
- 2015 Top Projects Finance & Commerce, Chaska Curling and Event Center
- 2016 Minnesota Recreation and Park Association Award of Excellence, Chaska Firemen’s Park
- 2016 Governor’s Safety Award, Meritorious Achievement in Safety
- 2016 MC & MCA Award of Excellence, Jerry’s Foods Woodbury
- 2016 MCA Award of Excellence, Forest Lake City Center
- 2016 MCA Merit Award, U of M Medical Center Fairview, Unit J, 4th Floor ICU Remodel
- 2015 Meritorious Achievement Award for Occupational Safety, Minnesota Safety Council
- 2015 Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Award, Valspar Applied Science & Technology (VAST) Center
- 2015 Members Choice Award, IIDA Northland, Alexandria High School
- 2015 Education Award, IIDA Northland, Alexandria High School
- 2015 MC&MCA Awards of Excellence, Valspar Applied Science and Technology Center (VAST)
- 2015 MC&MCA Awards of Excellence, Cabela’s Woodbury, MN
- MCA 2015 General Contractor of the Year
- 2015 Minnesota Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (MNSHARP) Award, Lab Building 280
- 2014 Top Projects Finance & Commerce, Alexandria High School
- 2014 Top Projects Finance & Commerce, Karner Blue Education Center
- 2014 Top Projects Finance & Commerce, Valspar Applied Science & Technology (VAST) Center
- 2014 Top Projects Finance & Commerce, University of Minnesota Itasca Biological Station and Laboratories
- 2014 Top Projects Finance & Commerce, University of Minnesota Amundson Hall Gore Annex
- 2014 Top Projects Finance & Commerce, The Marshall
- 2014 Top Projects Finance & Commerce, One Southdale Place
- OSHA 2015 National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction
- 2014 Meritorious Achievement Award for Occupational Safety, Minnesota Safety Council
- Project Manager of the Year TOPS Award, Minnesota Subcontractors Association (2015)
- 2014 Excellence in Business Award, MetroNorth Chamber
- MCA 2015 Award of Excellence for Alexandria High School
- Gustavus Adolphus Beck Academic Hall earns LEED Platinum
- 2014 Four Kraus-Anderson Projects Receive Awards of Excellence from Minnesota Construction Association
- Two KA Construction Professionals Receive TOPS Awards from Minnesota Subcontractors Association
- U of M Office for Business & Community Economic Development Names KA Contractor of the Year
- Construction Partnering Program Names Kraus-Anderson as Contractor of the Year 2013
- High Performance, Sustainable Design Earn Wadena High School LEED Gold Status
- New Duluth Airport Terminal Named One of Midwest’s Top Projects
- 2012 MCA Award of Excellence: Wadena/Deer Creek Middle and High School
- Finance & Commerce Top Projects 2011: Beck Academic Hall; Open Systems International headquarters; Washington County 2025 Campus Improvements and Allina Medical Clinic-Ramsey
- Environments for Aging Citation of Merit for Friendship Village Fitness Center in Bloomington, MN, 2012
- NAIOP Minnesota Awards of Excellence for OSI Systems International Corporate Headquarters, Medina, category Office Build-to-Suit 100,000+ s.f.; and Allina Clinic, Ramsey, category Office-Build-to-Suit under 100,000 s.f.
- Choice Award for University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital,Minneapolis, presented by Minnesota Construction Association (MCA), 2012
- Minnesota Facility Award of Excellence, Category of Adaptive Re-Use, presented by the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) to Washington County Government Center, 2012
- Buildings Magazine Project Innovations Merit Award Winner for New Construction, Sandy Bridges Program Center, Ely, MN, 2011
- Government Services Agency Design Award for Construction, U.S. Land Port of Entry, Warroad, MN, 2010
- Minnesota Safety Council Governor’s Safety Award, received each year since 1992
- Minnesota Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (MNSHARP) Designations from the Department of Labor and Industry, for Regions Hospital (2008) and U of M Amplatz Children’s Hospital (2010)
- Contractor of the Year award, MN Construction Association, 2010
- Teamwork, Opportunities and Partnering with Subcontractors (T.O.P.S.) Award, American Subcontractors Association-MN, 2008, 2009, 2010
- Project of the Year for creating construction opportunities for women, minorities and small business participation, Regions Hospital, presented by Metropolitan Economic Development Association (MEDA). 2008 and U of M Amplatz Children’s Hospital, 2010