CANCO News
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Employee Spotlight: President Chris Smith, 25 years
Carl A. Nelson & Company offered the firm's future leader everything he wanted in a career, and in life away from the office and job site.
Annual CANCO challenge puts high-schoolers' skills to the test
Construction trades students from five SE Iowa high schools were given the task to frame and drywall adjoining metal stud walls with window, door openings.
Ribbon cut on CANCO truck scale, semi parking project
Company representatives took part in a ceremonial opening of a new front entry at Climax Molybdenum in Fort Madison, Iowa.
CANCO expands field leadership team with superintendent
Carl A. Nelson & Company welcomes Patrick Von Lehmden, field supervisor with more than 30 years of commercial and civil construction industry experience.
Ground broken on new Public Health building
The 8,000 square-foot, $4 million facility for Des Moines County, Iowa, is the product of an American Rescue Plan grant of $7.5 million.
Ribbon-cutting celebrates opening of new 5-6 school building
Carl A. Nelson & Company was construction manager agent for College Community School District's new 189,000 SF school on Cedar Rapids' south side.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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