Kraus-Anderson Construction to add classrooms, new track at Maple River Schools

April 9, 2025

Project will complete overall project funded in 2020 by $63.3 million bond referendum

Kraus-Anderson (KA) has begun construction at Maple River Schools in Mapleton, Minn., adding two new classrooms and an outdoor track and field facility with a discus & shot-put area and a sand jump pit. Designed by ISG, the project is part of a long-range facilities plan funded by a $63.3 million bond referendum passed in February 2020.

Construction is expected to be completed in July of 2025.

In the fall of 2022, KA completed the new K-12 school for the Maple River School District. Located in Mapleton, the centralized campus serves students in the rural communities of Amboy, Good Thunder, Mapleton and Minnesota Lake in southern Minnesota. The extensive, 200,000-square-foot schoolfeatures three gymnasiums, a 500-seat auditorium, early childhood classrooms, and a separate middle/high school wing with ag science, and career and tech classrooms.

KA continues to lead the field of regional education construction projects and is currently ranked 23rd in the nation in the construction of K-12 facilities by Building Design and Construction Magazine. Over the past five years, the company has completed over $2.4 billion in PreK-12 projects across the Midwest, including renovations, additions, new facilities and deferred maintenance. KA’s comprehensive school construction services include facility assessments and budget approaches, leading to informed and successful referendum initiatives. In addition, KA currently ranks among the Top 30 contractors in the Midwest according to Engineering News Record.

About Kraus-Anderson Companies

Established in 1897, Kraus-Anderson (www.krausanderson.com) is an integrated construction management, real estate and risk management enterprise working independently and in collaboration with a family of companies, including insurance, finance and realty operations. Kraus-Anderson, an EqualOpportunity & Affirmative Action employer, is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn. and has regional offices in Madison and Milwaukee, Wis., Bismarck and Fargo, N.D., Duluth, Bemidji and Rochester Minn., Des Moines, Iowa and Phoenix, Ariz.