Friday afternoon Brookings County celebrated their groundbreaking for the Jail Expansion and Remodel Project. Henry Carlson Construction is the construction manager and BKV Group is the architect.

South Dakota architecture firms captured three American Institute of Architects South Dakota merit awards and one people’s choice award during the organization’s recent annual conference. Co-op Architecture of Sioux Falls, Aberdeen and Rapid City won a merit award in preservation and adaptive reuse for its design of Look’s Marketplace in collaboration with BCV Architecture + […]

Minnehaha County unveiled its new courtroom on Monday; a virtual one. When the county was building its new jail two years ago, it also designed a courtroom inside of it. As you’re about to see, it not only saves time for jail staff, but it’s also a lot safer for them. You are looking at […]

Demolition started this week at the Brookings County Detention Center property, as contractors tore down the outdoor recreation center, took out a parking lot, and moved in equipment in preparation for renovations and additions to the jail. “They’re just preparing the site is what they’re doing,” Sheriff Marty Stanwick said. “Once they get the site […]

Read the September/October 2020 Gang Box Issue. Highlights include: Goodbye Brooke Cosand, New Employees: Ron Faber and Trevor Overweg and Employee Spotlight: Al Fincher.

Henry Carlson Construction has hired a new Project Accountant, Trevor Overweg. Trevor is originally from Platte, SD and grew up working for his father’s residential construction business and worked in commercial construction for a few years. Most recently, he was a Project Accountant at SDSU Facilities and Services. Welcome Trevor!

Henry Carlson Companies is excited to welcome Ron Faber to our team! Ron is our new corporate safety/risk manager and brings over 40 years of experience in the safety field. Welcome Ron!

The expansion of the Minnehaha County Jail is nearly complete, and county leaders are looking forward to what the improvements will mean for inmates, staff and the local criminal justice process overall.  The $48 million project came in about $1 million to 1.5 million under budget and ahead of schedule: a pleasant surprise for county leaders. That’s […]

Henry Carlson Construction and ASCO employees donated 750 composition and spiral notebooks to The Banquet’s Project: SOS program. Last year over 6,000 backpacks were distributed to kids in the area. This year DoorDash is assisting with backpack deliveries. For more information about the program or to donate, visit: https://thebanquetsf.org/project-sos.      

Read the July/August 2020 Gang Box Issue. Highlights include: project updates, HCC hires new field engineer and job listings.