South Dakota State University’s Department of Architecture (DoArch) captured an American Institute of Architecture (AIA) South Dakota Honor award and three state architecture firms took home Merit awards, on Friday, Sept. 13, during a ceremony that marked the culmination of AIA South Dakota’s annual conference. SDSU DoArch, the state’s accredited architecture program, won an Honor […]

Hundreds of people—students, professors, dignitaries and members of the public—gathered at Northern State University on Thursday to celebrate the opening of the first standalone academic building to be constructed on campus in 40 years.   The Harvey C. Jewett IV Regional Science Education Center ribbon-cutting ceremony honored the building’s namesake, longtime South Dakota Board of […]

Henry Carlson Construction built the latest Sioux Falls Sanford Health clinic and the Summit League corporate office. The project began in December 2018 and wrapped up in September 2019.    The 8,000 square-foot clinic will open on Sept. 30 and will offer onsite laboratory and imaging services plus immediate access for athletes using the Sanford […]

The latest addition to the Sanford Sports Complex is coming along quickly now. We stop by Great Shots to find out how you can keep swinging into the winter months. “I like to compare it a lot to bowling, but for golf,” said Jonathan Buckley, Great Shots General Manager. That’s how Great Shots General Manager, Jonathan Buckley, […]

Patients and staff who enter the Sanford Health​ Imagenetics building probably don’t think about the foundation of the facility. Jeff Christensen, P.E., Senior Engineer with Ground Improvement Engineering wrote an article featuring the ground improvement technology used at the Sanford Health Imagenetics project, completed in 2017. Read more about the project on their blog: http://www.groundimprovementeng.com/blog/2019/8/28/deep-foundation-alternative-for-south-dakota-medical-project.html

When Olivia Rud decided which college to attend, athletics and academics both factored into her decision. The Madison High School graduate knew she wanted to play volleyball, but with plans to enter the medical field, a school that stressed its science program also was crucial. Those goals led her to Northern State University in Aberdeen, […]

Royal River Casino and Hotel is excited to announce the Relaunch Weekend October 11th-13th to celebrate the substantial completion of their $30+ Million ground up renovation and expansion project. The project was made possible through a strategic investment from the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe to the Casino Resort, which they have owned and operated since […]

An unprecedented number of activities scheduled for this fall at the Sanford Sports Complex can be easily explained based on the number of buildings in use that didn’t exist a year ago. In late November, Great Shots, a three-story golf entertainment facility described by its general manager Jonathan Buckley as “like bowling or darts but […]

Read the September/October 2019 Issue.

The approximately two dozen poles towering up to 150 above northwest Sioux Falls are symbolic in a way of what’s happening at the Sanford Sports Complex. Things are reaching new heights – and many are taking notice. That includes retailers, hoteliers and athletic organizations, which all are in conversations at various levels involving opportunities at […]