Top Projects 2017 Kraus-Anderson Twin Cities Office Kraus-Anderson Twin Cities Office is winner of a 2017 Top Projects Award presented by Finance & Commerce. The facility is one of 33 projects named by a panel of independent judges using criteria including degree of difficulty, creativity in … Read More
North Dakota's extreme climate swings provide distinctive design and building challenges. Understanding the new Energy Code can help. Construction at NDSU, Fargo, April 5, 2018.
With a weather smorgasbord that offers heavy snow, Red River floods, tornado alley, powerful straight line winds and temperature ranges from -60 below to 100+ above, North Dakota presents impressive challenges to architects, engineers, designers and contractors tasked with creating buildings to stand up to … Read More
By Mike Stark, HCC, LEED Green Associate Mike Stark is a project manager at Kraus-Anderson Construction Company Hi! My name is Mike Stark and I, too, was an owner just like you! The first 6 years of my professional career I spent in the facilities … Read More
Bot-driven drones roll through jobsites and record percentage of work completed. Augmented reality devices in hardhats allow the wearer to see through walls and determine the location of pipes, equipment and access points. Smart crane hooks warn crane operators of unseen dangers. Apps and sensors … Read More
A Lean Coffee session at the KA Minneapolis office
Rachel Yoder is an assistant project manager at Kraus-Anderson. She recently facilitated her first Lean Coffee meeting at KA and talks about the group, and how Lean thinking is shaping her life and KA’s culture. Q: Talk a little about your own journey into Lean. … Read More
The PMU included testing for air infiltration and water penetration at wind speeds of 69 mph.
Looks aren’t everything, in life and certainly not in construction. Performance counts, and construction management teams work closely with owners, designers, engineers, subcontractors and testing resources to determine that buildings meet expectations for a range of considerations, such as energy use, safety and security, mechanical … Read More
KA Block, August 2016
by Tom Emison, Vice President Strategy and Innovation, Kraus-Anderson Construction Company “Always remember you’re unique.” Just like everybody else. I heard Garrison Keillor say that one night during his broadcast of The Prairie Home Companion. You have to hear it twice (or read it twice) … Read More
KAers at the Yard BBQ, 2016
One of the social highlights of the summer for KA employees is the KA Yard BBQ in the northern Twin Cities suburb of Circle Pines. With a pig roast feast, games, prizes, product demos and open house tours, it’s a relaxing, popular event that also … Read More
Matt Stringfellow leads an Energy Code training at Mohagen Hansen.
KA construction professionals and many of the architects and engineering firms they work with are learning about the new 2015 Minnesota State Building Code with the help of energy code training designed and provided by Kraus-Anderson’s MEP Systems Coordinator Matt Stringfellow. He will present the … Read More
Pull planning session for Waconia's Laketown Elementary School project.
Some things can’t be learned in a classroom- Take Lean Construction. After revolutionizing the manufacturing industry with its tenets of maximizing value and minimizing waste, Lean principles are now making their way slowly and steadily into the construction industry, reframing the jobsite with its production … Read More