House of Charity, Minneapolis
Minneapolis’ historic Elliot Park neighborhood has seen a lot of change in recent years, transformed through the coming of US Bank Stadium, the KA Block and other development in the emergence of trend-setting East Town. Standing steadfastly through it all is the nonprofit House of … Read More
Open Arms of Minnesota, part of the Finnegans Market farmers market this summer.
by Brenden Nickels Blogger Brenden Nickels is a senior office assistant at Kraus-Anderson’s Twin Cities office. Let’s say you get into work, and you want a cup of coffee. You have the choice of pouring from a pot that was made three hours ago, or … Read More
Congratulations to Joe Lipski, winner of the Kraus-Anderson Core Value Award for June 2018. He is a project superintendent in our Twin Cities office. Joe was nominated by KA Project Manager Andy Thompson not only for his consistently high-calibre work on KA jobsites, but especially … Read More
The Irondale High School team took first place at the 2018 ACE Mentor Program Student Competition.
One of the most important challenges every industry faces is building the next generation of industry professionals. In order to build we must find, inspire, engage and coach young minds, and the ACE Mentor Program gives the architecture, construction and engineering industries a chance to … Read More
At 1,800 s.f. in size, the renovation of a former butcher shop into new offices is not the biggest project KA has ever completed. (Nor is it the smallest.) But for the client, non-profit United Way of Bemidji Area, the impact is huge. The organization … Read More
Learning stairs, Hermantown High School
If your idea of a classroom is four walls and rows of stationary desks, you haven’t been in a school lately. Today, flexibility is key to serving an ever-changing array of student and instructor needs. Here are some of the trends our K-12 team is seeing, and … Read More
The family of companies known as Kraus-Anderson wear many hats: construction management, development, property management and risk management are among the capabilities that make KA a sought-after resource for clients across the United States. Perhaps less known, but no less important, is the devotion KAers … Read More
By Brenden Nickels Brenden Nickels is an office assistant at Kraus-Anderson’s Minneapolis office. On Friday, September 22, Minneapolis will celebrate World Car-Free day, an event that intends to make commuters know about other ways to travel besides driving, such as walking, taking the bus, … Read More
Biker dudes Merrick and Kyle at the KA Bike Duluth Festival
by Kyle Woody, Lean Champion, Kraus-Anderson Construction Company The moment had almost arrived. I was about to launch on the short Enduro mountain bike race at the KA Bike Duluth Festival. The smell of lake Superior coursed through my lungs as I soaked up the … Read More
A historic building in downtown Bemidji is getting attention not because of its past, but as a robust symbol of the future. Once a grocery warehouse, the century-old Mayflower building is enjoying new life as a high-tech business accelerator, following an inspired renovation and redevelopment … Read More