CANCO News

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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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Ground broken for Burlington HS renovation Phase II
Ground broken for Burlington HS renovation Phase II

The $35 million renovation and addition project marks the southeast Iowa's high school's first major facility update in the building's 54-year history.

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CANCO clinic project breaks ground in Keokuk, Iowa
CANCO clinic project breaks ground in Keokuk, Iowa

Integrated Medical, Dental and Behavioral Clinic expansion marks eighth major Carl A. Nelson & Company-led project for Community Health Centers of Southeastern Iowa, Inc.

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CANCO expands team in Cedar Falls office
CANCO expands team in Cedar Falls office

Project Engineer Steven Baridon joins Carl A. Nelson & Company after gaining experience with two other firms since graduating in construction management.

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Keokuk school project open house set
Keokuk school project open house set

Carl A. Nelson & Company was Construction Management Agency for the Keokuk Community School District on high school improvements.

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Employee Spotlight: Superintendent Dan Blaesing
Employee Spotlight: Superintendent Dan Blaesing

Dan Blaesing joined Carl A. Nelson & Company 18 years ago as a construction craftsman. Today, he's an employee-owner as well as a leader in the field.

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CANCO adds to project leadership team in February
CANCO adds to project leadership team in February

Field and office leadership hires increase Carl A. Nelson & Company's project management and field supervision capacity.

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Fairfield, Iowa, cuts ribbon on CANCO-led childcare center
Fairfield, Iowa, cuts ribbon on CANCO-led childcare center

Pre-construction services from Carl A. Nelson & Company made the new Cambridge Little Achievers Center possible for southeast Iowa community.

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Carl A. Nelson & Company presents 2022 employee awards
Carl A. Nelson & Company presents 2022 employee awards

Annual honors given in recognition of contributions by field foreman Joe Byrd, project superintendent Chad Sawyer.

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Employee Spotlight: Superintendent Bob Stutes
Employee Spotlight: Superintendent Bob Stutes

Bob Stutes was offered a job backfilling around a foundation — by hand. Three decades later, he's doing much more interesting work in construction.

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Veteran builder joins CANCO team as project engineer
Veteran builder joins CANCO team as project engineer

Doug Mertens has been in the construction industry since his teens in the 1970s, and is an experienced estimator, project manager and field supervisor.

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CANCO leading secure laboratory project at University of Iowa
CANCO leading secure laboratory project at University of Iowa

Carl A. Nelson & Companyis working as construction manager at-risk for biosecurity level 3 (BSL-3) addition project at State Hygienic Lab in Coralville.

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