CANCO News

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Project Superintendent Sully Streeby is MBI Safety Champion
Project Superintendent Sully Streeby is MBI Safety Champion

Carl A. Nelson & Company field supervisor recognized for completing Master Builders of Iowa jobsite safety promotion program.

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CANCO welcomes new project engineer to Cedar Falls team
CANCO welcomes new project engineer to Cedar Falls team

Alex Gebel is a University of Northern Iowa graduate who brings field labor, project management experience to his role with Carl A. Nelson & Company.

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Ceremony kicks off Allied Blending expansion project
Ceremony kicks off Allied Blending expansion project

Carl A. Nelson & Company is design-builder for the Keokuk, Iowa, food ingredient producer and its production and warehouse expansion project

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CANCO helps celebrate Washington YMCA pool addition
CANCO helps celebrate Washington YMCA pool addition

Ground was broken to begin the $8.2 million design-build project, which adds six-lane competition and family pools to the new Y facility opened in 2020.

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Schock promoted to project manager role
Schock promoted to project manager role

Alan Schock joined Carl A. Nelson & Company as a project engineer in 2017 after graduating from Iowa State University.

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A good plan helps K-12 schools keep focus on priorities
A good plan helps K-12 schools keep focus on priorities

When dollars don't add up to being able to do every desired building project, needs assessment and master planning is a guide to doing what's needed

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High school visit helps attract new project engineer
High school visit helps attract new project engineer

Memories of a presentation to his building trades class led Joel Johnston to reach out to CANCO about career opportunities after finishing degree programs.

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CANCO announces leadership transition
CANCO announces leadership transition

Chris Smith promoted to President, Dan Culp to Vice President while Tim Seibert, P.E., becomes Chairman as Carl A. Nelson & Company plans for the future.

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Grundy Center starts K-12 project with speeches, gold shovels
Grundy Center starts K-12 project with speeches, gold shovels

Two-year construction project includes renovations, addition at middle school/high school and elementary school buildings in NE Iowa district.

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CANCO-led childcare center earns community award
CANCO-led childcare center earns community award

FAIRFIELD, Iowa — Cambridge Little Achievers Center, a new childcare center that opened in January 2023 after being shepherded to completion by the project management and field leadership of Carl A. Nelson & Company (CANCO), was announced in April as 2022 Project of the Year by the Fairfield Chamber…

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Ground broken for Washington (IA) middle/high school project
Ground broken for Washington (IA) middle/high school project

The $26 million, two-phase additions and renovation effort will be complete in the summer of 2025, resulting in a combined secondary school facility.

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Estimator joins Carl A. Nelson & Company team
Estimator joins Carl A. Nelson & Company team

Utah native Mark Evans brings more than two decades of construction industry experience in estimating and project management to Iowa-based firm.

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