Excellence | Integrity | Humility
By: Jamie Fettkether: President, Lockard Construction
Technology is changing the way construction professionals manage projects, and it’s also having a profound impact on the preparation and actual building processes. Firms that can harness the power new technology offers may therefore have a competitive edge in the overall bidding process by being able to reduce timeframes and lower costs.
Below are seven examples of how technology is transforming the construction industry:
Source: Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
By: Mike Anderson
CEDAR FALLS | The Pinnacle Prairie development is one step closer to reality.
The City Council approved an updated master plan for the 700-acre development during its Monday evening meeting.
The city required developers Merrill Oster and Lockard Development to update the plan to accommodate changes to the surrounding area’s land uses since the early 2000s, when the development was originally proposed.
Pinnacle Prairie sits within a mixed-use district, which allows for a variety of different property types, including residential and commercial properties.
Source: Waverly Health Center
Waverly Health Center (WHC) has announced plans to open a medical clinic in Janesville, Iowa. The Janesville Clinic, scheduled to open early fall 2015, will be located on Wildcat Way next to State Bank.
“The Janesville community has long supported our hospital and we, in turn, want to support them with this full-time clinic,” stated Jim Atty, CEO of Waverly Health Center. “Janesville is continuing to grow with new residents moving to town each year. It is a natural choice for our health center to serve the community by opening a clinic along the highway.”
Construction on the clinic will begin later this spring. The building is owned by Lockard Development from Cedar Falls.
WAUKESHA, Wis.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Lockard Development announced today that they have purchased the property located at 120 East Sunset Drive in Waukesha, WI, site of the former K Mart store. Plans have been approved for a $14,000,000, renovation of the 115,000 square foot building will also include a 10,000 sf building addition and two new out-lots.
“We are excited to be renovating a space that has been a blight on an otherwise bright community,” said Robert Smith, President of Lockard. “Lockard has signed leases from two major retailers for the facility, Dollar Tree and Xperience Fitness, and we strongly believe we can bring a tenant mix to Sunset Crossing that will complement the local economy.”
Source: Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
By: Mike Anderson
CEDAR FALLS | After years of preparation but only a few months of work on the ground, Prairie Parkway is open for traffic.
Mayor Jon Crews joined other city leaders at MidWestOne Bank on Prairie Parkway to celebrate the road’s official opening this morning. The road actually opened to traffic Thursday noon and an official ribbon cutting was scheduled for this morning.
Crews was one of the first drivers to take a spin down the road.
“Not much traffic,” he joked. “I didn’t see any accidents.”
A $2 million project, the newly constructed roadway will connect East Viking and Greenhill roads with side road connections to Brandilynn Boulevard, Wild Rye Way, Bluegrass Circle, Caraway Lane and Purple Clover Drive.
Prairie Parkway will serve as an alternate route to Iowa Highway 58 between Greenhill and Viking roads, the scene of numerous accidents in recent years as traffic boomed along with retail development in southern Cedar Falls.
