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Construction, from my perspective at least, is the clearest indicator of business growth.
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Whereas some individuals might see orange road cones and temporary barrier fencing as an
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annoyance, I see it more as a proclamation of optimism. It means that things are developing. apearman@buildingindiana.com
It means that companies are growing and the foundation for new opportunities is being set
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Literally, infrastructure spending almost always produces a corresponding economic jbrant@thinkdiversified.com
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Every single issue of Building Indiana contains construction topics and project high- Nick Dmitrovich
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Every single industry in the state marks their major milestones with brick and mortar, in Art Director
Jennifer Labriola
that there’s no better way to celebrate growth than by keeping the momentum going through
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Contents SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017
EVERY ISSUE D E PA R T M E N T S
04 PUBLISHER’S DESK 48 THE BOTTOM LINE
Timewasters
08 CONTRIBUTORS
54 SMALL BUSINESS -
12 BUSINESS BUZZ SPECIAL FEATURE
Incredible Women
38 PEOPLE NEWS
62 MASS PRODUCTION
Grass is Greener
on OUR Side
EXPERT ADVICE
44 74 ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
64 BEING PRODUCTIVE
Making a
Good Foreman
No Off-Season for
Economic Development
67 CONSTRUCTION
82 WELL BEING
FEATURE 1
Notre Dame’s
Protecting the New Chapter
Most Vulnerable
90 THE LAST WORD
70 CONSTRUCTION
FEATURE 2
A Rallying Call Collision Prevention
72 REAL ESTATE
F E AT U R E S What’s Next?
11 76
50
MAIN BUZZ WORKERS COMP
Hazardous Equipment
40 PHOTO FEATURE
80 LOGISTICS
44 STATE OF Spin Me ‘Round
rtsnoC THE INDUSTRY
The Evolution 84 LIFELONG
of Advancement LEARNING
Stuck in the Middle
50 COVER STORY
Infrastructure Kickoff 86 PHILANTHROPY
Choose a Charity That
58 CORPORATE CLOSE-UP Aligns with Your Vision
CompressAir
88 MARKETING
60 FACTS & STATS Audience
Participation
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77 EDITOR’S PICKS
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Contributors
IRON WORKERS LOCAL #395:
WE DON’T GO TO THE OFFICE. Brad Benhart
WE BUILD IT.
Every time you hire an ironworker from
Brad Benhart is an associate professor of practice
at Purdue University in the School of Construction
Management. Brad works from the local to interna-
tional level on the engagement of the construction in-
Local #395, you will feel confident you’re
dustry with training and education. He also leads the
receiving highly trained, highly skilled, Construction Site Supervision Certificate program, an
drug-free journeymen and apprentices on-line, night class for working foremen and superin-
who also belong to the NWI Contractors tendents. He can be reached at bbenhart@purdue.edu.
Association. Give us a call today!
Kacie Ensign
Kacie Ensign is the development director at Op-
portunity Enterprises. She has worked at the agency
for nearly six years and enjoys sharing the mission of
OE while connecting community members with the
power of philanthropy. Ensign holds her Bachelor’s
degree from Indiana University. She is on the Board
of Directors for the Indiana Northwest Chapter of the
Association of Fundraising Professionals where she
219-763-7900 serves as the VP of Membership.
IronWorkers395.com
NWIContractors.org Karen Lauerman
Karen Lauerman is the president and CEO of Lake
County IN Economic Alliance (LCEA). As the first suc-
cessful consolidated, coordinated approach to econom-
ic development in Lake County, LCEA is a non-profit
501(c)3 representing and working with all 19 communi-
ties plus unincorporated areas. The organization’s focus is
to attract new businesses, retain and expand existing com-
panies, and market available development opportunities.
Nick Pangere
Nick Pangere is a vice president with The Pangere
Corporation, a commercial and industrial contractor.
He has over fifteen years in construction and is the
Healthcare
Reliant
JobReady
Trustworthy
fourth generation in the century-old family business.
Logistics
He is pursuing a J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of
Skilled
Tested Law and has a B.A. in business administration.
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Prepared Trained Notre Dame University
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Shorter Stay.
Main Buzz
Better Results.
Community Announces
$40 Million Center
By Nick Dmitrovich
T
he Community Healthcare System re- broaden the scope of health, wellness, and pre- “This center is the only freestanding dedi-
cently announced a new facility in ventative care available to the community. cated rehabilitation center in Northwest Indiana
Crown Point, IN that is being designed Design Alliance from Hammond is serving with outpatient therapies present to comple-
to help stroke patients and others recover faster as the project architect. The Pangere Corporation ment that care,” said Craig Bolda, vice president
and with higher quality outcomes. The Com- from Gary is serving as the general contractor. acute rehabilitative services for Community
munity Stroke and Rehabilitation Center, locat- The first floor will house immediate care, Healthcare System. “It’s all about patient access
ed at 10215 Broadway Ave., will be a four-story, radiology, laboratory services, and outpatient and convenience. Instead of having to travel a
129,000-square-foot multispecialty facility that therapy services including physical thera- distance for care, residents will have those ser-
will feature inpatient rehabilitation treatment py, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and vices right in their own community.”
along with physician practices, outpatient ser- physician offices. A healing garden will offer a place where pa-
vices, and immediate care for family health and Second floor plans call for physician offices tients and their families can spend time outside
wellness. Hospital officials have estimated the and a Women’s Diagnostic Center. The Women’s and enjoy nature that can aid in recovery.
total cost of the building to be about $40 mil- Diagnostic Center will offer mammography, “The healing garden is designed to pro-
lion. Upon completion, targeted for Spring of bone density scanning, and other services and vide an alternative environment for pa-
2019, the new center is expected to provide jobs will offer the same outstanding care found at the tients to reflect, benefit from therapy and
for about 100 full-time employees. diagnostic centers affiliated with Community is part of the recovery process,” Bolda said.
“Studies suggest that for many post-stroke Healthcare System hospitals in Munster, East “In fact, we optimized the floor plans based
patients, intensive inpatient rehabilitation treat- Chicago, and Hobart. on input from our physicians and staff to
ment at an inpatient rehabilitation facility may The third and fourth floors will offer 40 make sure the design would be friendly for
be the best choice, resulting in enhanced func- private rooms for inpatient rehabilitation care everyday workflow.”
tional outcomes with a shorter length of stay and and activity/gym rooms with an apartment for “We want everyone who walks through the
higher discharge rate. This same high standard activities of daily living. Therapies provided on doors to feel welcome as they enter calm, sooth-
of care also applies to patients recovering from these floors are for complex stroke, traumatic ing surroundings,” Bolda said. “Our ultimate
neurological conditions and joint replacements brain injury, neurological conditions, and spinal goal is to deliver top quality patient care in a
and others who need care in a rehabilitative set- cord treatments. comfortable safe environment.” ◆
ting,” said Donald P. Fesko, CEO, Community
Foundation of Northwest Indiana, Inc., parent
company to the healthcare system.
“However, the Community Stroke and
Rehabilitation Center houses more than reha-
bilitation therapies,” he said. “The outpatient
center will offer nearly every outpatient and
immediate care medical service a family may
need - all at one location and all without a
hospital stay.”
Community Healthcare System medical
professionals will provide urgent care, full lab
and X-ray services, and testing using latest gen-
eration diagnostic technology, such as MRI, CT,
and ultrasound. As services are fully developed,
specialists in cardiology, obstetrics and gyne-
cology, urology, and orthopedics will further Rendering of the Community Stroke and Rehabilitation Center
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Community College students now will be able in Illinois, plans to complete construction and
to learn in a state-of-the-art lab environment as move into its new Indiana facility in 2018.
Northwest they work towards new biology and chemistry
degrees that will be offered by the school starting
The Indiana Economic Development
Corporation offered HMD Trucking Inc up to
in spring 2018. $2,950,000 million in conditional tax credits
The building, at the intersection of 35th and $75,000 in training grants based on the
Methodist Hospitals Avenue and Broadway, is a shared facility with
Indiana University Northwest and houses three
company’s job creation plans. The city of Gary
supports this project at the request of the Lake
Northlake Campus Ivy Tech science labs: one each for anatomy and County IN Economic Alliance.
Receives Verification physiology, biology and chemistry. The labs
will support Ivy Tech health science courses,
as a Level III as well as those targeted to chemistry and Fair Oaks Farms’
Trauma Center biology majors, and feature equipment such as
incubators, microscopes and fume hoods.
Cheese Earns
Methodist Hospital’s Northlake Campus in The new lab facilities coincide with the National Recognition
Gary, IN, has been verified as a Level III Trauma
Center by the Verification Review Committee
upcoming Ivy Tech associate degree programs
in biology and chemistry. As with many other
Once Again
The American Cheese Society recognized
(VRC), an ad hoc committee of the Committee Ivy Tech programs, students completing these
three of Fair Oaks Farms’ cheeses at its recent
on Trauma (COT) of the American College of degrees will be able to transfer to a four-year
“Festival of Cheese” competition in Denver, CO.
Surgeons (ACS). This achievement recognizes the school as juniors upon being accepted by that
Awards were given to the Northwest Indiana
trauma center’s dedication to providing optimal four-year institution. One advantage of the new
farm’s Muenster, Sweet Swiss, and Smoked
care for injured patients. degrees is that students hoping to study pre-med
Gouda, each crafted by master cheesemaker
Established by the American College of can get their start at Ivy Tech.
Bruce Workman. This year’s competition saw
Surgeons in 1987, the COT’s Consultation/
2,024 entries from 281 different companies. Fair
Verification Program for Hospitals promotes
the development of trauma centers in which Trucking Company Oaks Farms has been earning awards from The
American Cheese Society since 2005.
participants provide not only the hospital
resources necessary for trauma care, but also the
Relocating
entire spectrum of care to address the needs of Headquarters to PNW’s Organizational
all injured patients. This spectrum encompasses
the prehospital phase through the rehabilitation
Indiana from Illinois, Leadership and
process. The program provides confirmation Adding 500 Jobs Supervision
that a trauma center has demonstrated its
commitment to providing the highest quality
Governor Eric J. Holcomb and Gary Mayor
Karen Freeman-Wilson joined executives from
Program Becomes
trauma care for all injured patients.
Verified trauma centers must meet the
HMD Trucking, a transportation and logistics GSP Qualifying
essential criteria that ensure trauma care
service provider, as the company announced
plans to expand its operations to northwest
Academic Program
capability and institutional performance, as
Indiana. The company, which broke ground The Environmental Health and Safety (EHS)
outlined by the American College of Surgeons’
on a 35,000-square-foot facility, will designate concentration in Organizational Leadership
Committee on Trauma in its current Resources
Indiana as its new corporate headquarters and and Supervision (OLS) program at Purdue
for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient manual.
plans to create up to 500 new jobs for Hoosiers University Northwest has been reviewed by the
Each hospital has an on-site review by a team of
by 2021. Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP)
experienced site reviewers, who use the current
The company, which is currently located and approved as a Graduate Safety Practitioner
Resources for the Optimal Care of the Injured
in Chicago Ridge, Illinois and hauls freight (GSP) Qualifying Academic Program (QAP),
Patient manual as a guideline in conducting
across the U.S., will invest nearly $6 million providing the program’s graduates the option
the survey.
to expand its trucking operations to an 11- to apply with BCSP for the GSP designation
acre site at 1350 Texas St. in Gary. The new, after graduation.
Ivy Tech Showcases state-of-the-art facility, which will serve as
the company’s corporate headquarters, will
The GSP meets the credential requirement
for the Certified Safety Professional (CSP), the
New Biology, include a 9,000-square-foot office building for Gold Standard in safety certification, allowing
Chemistry Labs its administrative team and a 26,000-square-
foot space for truck and trailer maintenance,
those who hold the designation to waive the
Associate Safety Practitioner (ASP) certification
The opening of the IUN/Ivy Tech Arts repair, and warehouse. The company, which examination. It demonstrates accomplishment
& Sciences Building in Gary means Ivy Tech will maintain a warehouse distribution center and commitment to professional development.
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A QAP is a degree program in safety, state’s newest public institution, currently being American Heart Association/American Stroke
health, and environmental practices that has called NewU. Association. The awards recognize the hospital
been reviewed by BCSP for substantial match In accordance with legislation passed staffs’ commitment and success in treating
to the ASP Exam Blueprint. Purdue University by the General Assembly earlier this year, stroke patients with the most appropriate,
Northwest’s EHS concentration in OLS program ICHE approved NewU as a postsecondary timely care according to nationally recognized,
review covered the course’s content beginning state educational institution-affiliated entity research-based guidelines.
October 1, 2010; any person having graduated controlled by Purdue. The move authorizes St. Catherine Hospital and St. Mary
after that time may apply for the GSP. NewU, which will be headquartered in Indiana, Medical Center have received the Gold-Plus
to offer educational programs. Commission Quality Achievement Award for achieving 85
approval is a major step forward in a three-step percent or higher adherence to all Get With
South Bend process for NewU to begin formal operations. the Guidelines-Stroke achievement indicators
Announces Additional approvals are needed from the
U.S. Department of Education and the Higher
for two or more consecutive 12-month
periods. They also have achieved 75 percent or
Parks Overhaul Learning Commission (HLC). higher compliance with five of eight Get With
In April, Purdue announced the creation of the Guidelines-Stroke Quality measures. St.
The city of South Bend unveiled “My
the new online public university to advance its Catherine Hospital also earned Target: Stroke
South Bend Parks & Trails,” a holistic overhaul
land-grant mission, expanding access to higher Honor Roll Elite distinction from the American
of the South Bend parks system. This plan is
education for working adults and others for Heart Association/American Stroke Association
a combination of park, trail, and riverfront
whom traditional campus study is not accessible and was one of only three hospitals in the state
upgrades that will fundamentally change the
or attainable. By acquiring Kaplan University, to earn the distinction.
landscape of South Bend’s shared green spaces
through NewU, Purdue seeks to reach those
throughout the city. Inspired by the community’s
millions of adults who started but did not
request for an improved parks system, “My
South Bend Parks & Trails” projects were
complete a degree and those with no college U.S. DOT
developed by South Bend residents through
credit at all. NewU will rely only on tuition and
fundraising to cover operating expenses, and no
Recommends Award
thousands of pieces of feedback, hundreds of
hours of public meetings, and dozens of resident
state appropriations will be sought. of $9.85 Million Grant
engagement sessions. to Port of Indiana-
Park investments include increased park and
riverfront connectivity, restroom modernization
$2.3M Recreational Burns Harbor
and ADA compliance, additional park security Center Planned for The U.S. Department of Transportation has
and lighting, new playground equipment and
splash pads, renovated recreation centers,
La Porte recommended to Congress the Port of Indiana-
Burns Harbor receive one of 10 FASTLANE
irrigated soccer fields, a new ice rink and event A new $2.3 million event center, dubbed small project grants for 2017. The $9.85
space, new nature trails and biodiverse areas, the Dunes Event Center, has been planned million discretionary grant is part of a $19.7
new community centers, riverfront windows, for La Porte, IN by the founder of the Dunes million expansion of the port’s infrastructure
and much more. Volleyball Club in Rolling Prairie. Construction that will increase cargo handling capacity and
Parks and trails provide a great benefit to could begin this fall on the 50,000-square-foot multimodal capabilities for the Lake Michigan
the community through health and wellness, facility if all of the approvals come through. The port. The grants are now subject to a 60-
sustainability, placemaking, and positive building will contain space for youth and adult day review period in which Congress could
economic impact. Thoughtfully designed park volleyball and other amenities such as batting vote to disapprove any of the projects it finds
systems solve many ecological problems and spur cages, basketball courts, soccer fields, and objectionable. A total of $850 million was made
significant economic activity and job creation. other event space. The city council has already available under the FASTLANE program, also
Entire plan information can be found online approved tax incentives for the project, and called the “INFRA” grant funds program, and
at mysbparksandtrials.com, including a full officials estimate the project could be complete $79 million was recommended for awards to
project list, city plans, park study results, project in the spring of 2018. small project grants.
renderings, construction schedules, public The port’s grant would provide partial
meeting and event schedules, and more. funding for $19.7 million in infrastructure
Community enhancements, including the construction of a
Indiana’s Newest Healthcare System new 2.3-acre cargo terminal with multimodal
connections for handling cargo transfers
Public Institution Hospitals Earns between ships, barges, rail cars, and trucks. In
Receives Approval 2017 Quality addition, 4.4 miles will be added to the port’s
existing 14-mile rail network. Two new rail
The Indiana Commission for Higher
Achievement Awards yards will create rail storage for 165 rail cars,
accommodate a 90-car unit train, and provide
Education (ICHE) has voted unanimously Hospitals of Community Healthcare System
rail car switching within the port, which
to grant necessary approvals that will allow have received 2017 Get With the Guidelines®
will improve operating efficiencies for port
Purdue University to launch and oversee the quality achievement awards from the
companies. Improvements to the west dock,
14 www.BuildingIndiana.com | SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017including extending a retaining wall and paving North America. The new location will employ different airport before taking a connecting flight
a dock apron, will result in an additional 1,200 15 people, and company officials have already to reach Gary Chicago. Airport officials have
feet of usable dock space. The project scope also commented that plans for a much larger facility announced they’re searching for a construction
includes a new six-acre truck marshalling yard are already underway. management firm to bring the project to life
that will relieve congestion along port roads. and the number of travelers passing through
Customs Facility the airport is projected to increase after the new
facility becomes operational.
Athletico Physical Approved for Gary
Therapy Building New Chicago International U.S. Steel’s Significant
Merrillville Location The federal government has provided Investments in
Athletico Physical Therapy has signed a
approval for a new customs and border patrol
facility to be established at the Gary Chicago
Gary Works
lease to open a new location at East 81st St. in
International Airport. Currently, international U.S. Steel has announced it’s planning
Merrillville, IN. It will be located in the new
travelers have to pass through customs at a to invest more than $50 million into
development located next to CVS at 30 and
Broadway, anchored by Planet Fitness. Founded
in 1991 in Chicago, Athletico Physical Therapy
provides restorative therapy, athletic training,
conditioning, and personal training with the help
of a fully trained and certified staff. Athletico now
includes multiple branches in over eleven states
across the United States. Construction of the
property is currently underway and is expected
to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2017.
Brett McDermott of Latitude Commercial and
Luke Paterson of Swearingen represented the tenant
in the lease negotiation. Latitude Commercial is
a full-service commercial real estate brokerage
firm located in Schererville, IN specializing in
Northwest Indiana and the south Chicago suburbs.
Texas Electrical Firm LOCAL FOCUS, NATIONAL PRESENCE
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Circuit Breaker Sales Co., Inc. (CBS), a
Gainesville, TX-based company specializing
in the sales and service of power distribution
equipment for clients in the industrial and
commercial sectors, announced it has opened its
first location in the Midwest in Crown Point, IN.
The company has had clients based throughout
the Midwest region for a long time, but having
commercial
markets we serve
a centralized location will provide CBS Midwest
with greater efficiency and faster outcomes for education
customers, who will no longer have to ship their
equipment to Gainesville for repairs. hospitality
CBS Midwest serves the steel industry, utility
providers, hospitals, data centers, and more, light industrial
providing circuit breakers, replacement parts,
engineered solutions for electrical testing and
manufacturing
833 West Lincoln Highway
remote racking and switching, as well as high- multi-family Suite 120W
voltage lab testing and life-extension services. Schererville, IN 46375
The warehouse currently stocks about 400 senior housing 219.961.4325
different breakers, and they have access to the COREConstruction.com
whole Group CBS’ inventory located across
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modernizations to its Gary Works steel mill Metro Ports handles a wide range of bulk development strategies such as Registered
in 2017, primarily to make processes more and breakbulk cargoes around the country, Apprenticeship, a major area of focus for the
efficient as steel prices have climbed. Additional including aggregates, potash, coke, coal, cement, current administration. Job seekers interested
investments also involve a $26 million plan to fertilizer, borax, bauxite, RoRo, military, steel, in Registered Apprenticeships and other career
make the #6 Blast Furnace more reliable and $6 wind energy, yachts, and project cargo. pathways leading to fulfilling careers and
million plans to make capital improvements to greater financial stability will benefit from this
the Casters A Line Turret Bearing. All of this joint effort.
comes on the heels of a $23 million upgrade of Lear Corporation The U.S. Department of Labor is also an
hot strip mills the company completed at Gary
Works earlier this year.
to Build New $30M active member, providing technical assistance
and guidance on national and regional
Facility in Hammond workforce priorities. Employ Milwaukee
is the administrative lead and will work in
Builders Announced Lear Corporation and the city of Hammond
announced a major agreement for investment
partnership with workforce boards representing
for Lafayette’s Loeb in the city, representing months of negotiations
the following cities: Gary, IN; Chicago, IL;
Cincinnati, OH; Cleveland, OH; Columbus,
Stadium Project to keep Hammond’s fourth largest employer
in the city and utilize a parcel, located on the
OH; Detroit, MI; Indianapolis, IN; Kansas City,
MO; Minneapolis, MN; St. Louis, MO; and
The Lafayette board of public works has north side of Michigan St. (just across from the
Wichita, KS.
entered into agreements with an architect and a South Shore Station), that has been vacant for a
construction manager for its $16 million Loeb long time.
Stadium project. Indianapolis-based American
Structurepoint will be designing the facility,
Lear’s new 240,000-square-foot plant will
represent a $30 million investment into the
S\TEC Group
and Lafayette-based Kettlehut Construction will city of Hammond. There will be 750 jobs in Expands with
be managing two phases of construction. The
project is still in the planning phases, but work
this new location, as well as the opportunity for
expansion of the plant, with additional jobs to
Acquisition of J.R.
could begin in about two years. Officials have be created as well, should the demand warrant Johnson Engineering
estimated a possible date for completion could needed additional space.
S\TEC Group Inc. (S\TEC) is pleased
fall in the latter half of 2020. The development agreement calls for an
to announce the acquisition of J.R. Johnson
incentive of $4 million to be provided to the Lear
Engineering, Inc., located in Middleburg
Corp, by the city of Hammond. Considering the
Port of Indiana - Burns size of Lear’s investment into this new facility
Heights, OH, to join a family of businesses that
deliver engineering, construction management,
Harbor and Metro ($30 million), Hammond officials think a $4
million incentive makes economic sense given
machine design, and fabrication services to key
Ports Celebrate there are so many well-paying jobs that are to be
manufacturing and industrial sectors in the
U.S. Midwest.
Grand Opening of maintained at the Hammond location because
of these investments.
Headquartered in Hammond, IN to serve
Bulk Terminal the Midwest United States, S\TEC is the holding
company for Superior Engineering, LLC,
Executives from the Ports of Indiana and
Metro Ports, the country’s oldest stevedoring
NWI Workforce Superior Engineering-Illinois, LLC, SEMAC,
LLC, J.R. Johnson Engineering, Inc., and S\
company, celebrated the grand opening of the new Board Joins 11 TEC Group Real Estate Holdings, LLC. S\
bulk terminal facility at the Port of Indiana-Burns
Harbor. Metro Ports is now managing the loading
Midwest Workforce TEC’s family of businesses deliver engineering,
construction management, machine design,
and unloading of shipments along the port’s East Boards to Create and fabrication services to businesses in the
Harbor for port tenants and outside companies
shipping bulk cargoes, including products for the
Regional Partnership petroleum refining, metals, institutional,
chemical, power, government, pharmaceutical,
steelmaking, agricultural, manufacturing, energy, Workforce leaders from across the Midwest, and commercial sectors via professionals
and construction industries. along with the U.S. Department of Labor with outstanding expertise, experience, and
Metro Ports is the brand used to collectively gathered in Milwaukee at the offices of Bader certifications in their fields.
identify stevedoring affiliates of Metropolitan Philanthropies to sign an agreement creating
Stevedore Co. and its parent company, Nautilus the Midwest Urban Strategies Consortium.
International Holding Corp., both based in This groundbreaking initiative is the first of North Shore Planning
Long Beach, CA. The company’s roots date back
to 1852 when its original parent corporation,
its kind in the country made up of workforce
development boards representing urban
$18M Medical Facility
California Stevedore and Ballast Co., was communities, created as a regional mechanism North Shore Health Centers has received
established during the Gold Rush era, and it has to drive economic growth. approval from the Portage City Council for
maintained continuous family ownership for Midwest Urban Strategies will lead the a new $18 million medical facility that will be
165 years. Metro Ports operates at 27 U.S. ports charge in creating a supply and demand established on 10 acres of land located across
on the East, West, and Gulf Coasts in 10 states. model with a regional approach and talent from Portage Hospital. The council also provided
16 www.BuildingIndiana.com | SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017bond approvals to finance the project at a lower interest rate. Construction
is planned to commence in the spring of 2018 with a projected opening
of fall 2019. Around 100 jobs are expected to be created as a result of the
project. North Shore officials have stated that services offered at the new
location will include mammography, optometry, dental services, and
more, in addition to administrative offices.
Cummins Expanding Wind Farm
in NWI
Cummins has entered into an agreement that will help a Benton
County wind farm expand, producing low-carbon power for the
grid equal to the amount of electricity the company uses at all of its
Indiana facilities.
Under its 15-year Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) with
EDP Renewables North America, Cummins provides certainty that enables
the project to move forward as it guarantees a fixed price for the electricity
produced by the expansion. VPPAs provide a mechanism for companies
like Cummins to encourage the efficient production of low-carbon energy
over an extended period of time. The agreements are increasingly popular
among companies that want to add low-carbon sources of power to their
energy mix but have facilities in locations that don’t lend themselves to
wind or solar power production.
The Cummins’ portion of the Meadow Lake Wind Farm expansion
will produce the same amount of energy generated by about a square mile
of solar panels. As part of its revised energy and greenhouse gas goals in
2016, Cummins pledged to increase the amount of energy it uses from
renewable sources. The company already has solar arrays at 11 facilities
with plans for more. The VPPA with Meadow Lake, however, offers the
potential for a significantly bigger impact. The expansion will add 75
megawatts, enough to power approximately 20,000 average Indiana
homes, to the existing 600 megawatt capacity at Meadow Lake.
Do you run a
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Ribbon Cut on $220M
Road Improvements So do we.
Work has officially begun on the 80/90 Push Project, which is a $220 Your Auto-Owners Insurance
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Centier Bank was recognized for its achieved 75 percent or higher compliance with specialty formulated products designed to
exceptional corporate culture, which includes five of eight Get With The Guidelines-Stroke solve complex bonding, laminating and sealing
numerous work-life balance initiatives, Quality measures. These quality measures are applications across a diverse range of markets,
including an on-site health clinic that is open designed to help hospital teams provide the including aerospace and defense, construction,
to all employees with insurance, regardless most up-to-date, evidence-based guidelines specialty packaging, automotive and industrial.
of whether or not they are insured through with the goal of speeding recovery and reducing The company offers a broad spectrum of
the bank. death and disability for stroke patients. customized thermosetting epoxy and urethane,
In addition to being a “best bank,” Centier solvent-based and water-based technologies
has been recognized as a top employer in the to meet the most demanding adhesive and
state, having been on the Indiana Chamber Purdue Liberal Arts sealant applications.
of Commerce’s Top Best Places to Work list
since 2007. ◆
Launches Three-Year
Degree Tracks Hoist Liftruck
Students in Purdue University’s College of Announces 50
Construction,
Hiring Underway
Liberal Arts will be able to complete their degrees
in three years with the launch of Degree in 3,
New Jobs
for Crossroads announced by Purdue President Mitch Daniels
and Dean David A. Reingold. For 85 percent of
Hoist Liftruck Mfg. LLC, an East Chicago
manufacturer that moved to Indiana from
Galvanizing, LLC. incoming students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts Illinois about two years ago, has announced
from the College, a three-year path to degree is that it will be hiring an additional 50 workers in
Crossroads Galvanizing LLC, has broken
an option this fall. With additional three-year addition to the 500 jobs the company is on track
ground on a new $18 million Lafayette
plans to be developed, Purdue is the place for to create by 2022. The additional jobs come as a
location at 4877 East Old 350 South. Company
students interested in faster time to degree in result of the implementation of a new product
officials have announced they are now taking
the liberal arts. line at the company’s site, which will be making
applications for employees who will ready the
The estimated cost savings from a traditional the TE-Series of tractor.
processing plant and equipment for its opening
four-year to three-year completion are about
in the first or second quarter of 2018.
$9,021 for a resident, $18,422 for a non-resident,
Crossroads Galvanizing LLC is the fifth
Monnig family galvanizing facility, each with a
$19,422 for an international student. Purdue will PNW receives
different name. The first, Bob Monnig Industries
allow flexibility of student aid and scholarships
for students who choose Degree in 3. Whether
$482,926 Grant
Inc. in Glaskow, Missouri, has been operating
since 1960.
students receive need or merit-based aid, those from National
Lafayette’s 50,000-square-foot facility,
who declare the Degree in 3 option will be able
to condense that support into their three years
Science Foundation
expandable to 100,000 square feet, is being
of study. Purdue University Northwest, a National
built by Forcum Lannom Contractors LLC of
Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense
Tennessee, on a 60-acre site. It will include one
Education designated by National Security
kettle for coating iron and steel in zinc, a process
that extends the life of the products treated.
South Bend Agency (NSA) and Department of Homeland
Manufacturer Sold Security (DHS), has received a Scholarship
for Services Capacity Building Grant awarded
Methodist Hospitals to Global Firm for by National Science Foundation (NSF) for
Receives Award for Over $1.5B $482,926. This grant will enable a three-year
project to develop course curriculum modules,
Stroke Treatment American Securities LLC, a leading U.S.
private equity firm, announced that it has
including virtual reality 3-dimensional games,
robotic programming games, and practical labs
Methodist Hospitals has received the entered into a definitive agreement to sell based on simulated cases, for cybersecurity
American Heart Association/American Stroke Royal Adhesives & Sealants to H.B. Fuller teaching in high school classrooms and
Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Company (NYSE: FUL) for $1.575 billion. extracurricular activities.
Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The H.B. Fuller is a global adhesives provider The goal is to broaden the participation in
award recognizes the hospital’s commitment focusing on perfecting adhesives, sealants, the cybersecurity workforce and give high school
and success in ensuring stroke patients receive and other specialty chemical products to students the awareness of future education
the most appropriate treatment according to improve products and lives. The transaction is pathways. Through innovative teaching
nationally recognized, research-based guidelines expected to close as soon as October 2017, and methods, coupled with developmentally
based on the latest scientific evidence. is subject to customary closing conditions and appropriate curriculum, opportunities
To receive the Gold Plus Quality regulatory approvals. will become more accessible to students of
Achievement Award, hospitals must achieve 85 Royal is a global developer and varying ability levels. This project will expand
percent or higher adherence to all Get With The manufacturer of proprietary, high-performance cybersecurity education and practices, which
Guidelines-Stroke achievement indicators for adhesives and sealants. Headquartered in South will greatly help address the crucial need of the
two or more consecutive 12-month periods and Bend, Indiana, Royal offers a broad range of future workforce.
18 www.BuildingIndiana.com | SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017Training and Bremen Castings, Inc. (BCI), located in
Bremen, Indiana, is the first Marshall County
from around the state. OE’s Clean Team was
nominated by Indiana Dunes Tourism upon
Leadership Program business to participate in the training program, receiving the Recognition of Service Excellence
Launches in with 10 employees enrolled. Training will
be conducted by accredited Ancilla College
(ROSE) award from the agency earlier this year. ◆
Marshall County School of Business staff and take place at
Ancilla or on site for the convenience of
To help address the training needs of
participating employees.
Marshall County employers, the Indiana
Department of Workforce Development
(DWD), Ancilla College, and the Marshall
County Economic Development Corporation
Opportunity
(MCEDC) have partnered together, in Enterprises’ Trine Expanding Larry
conjunction with local businesses, to launch the
Ancilla College Management and Leadership
Clean Team and Judy Reiners
Training program. Receives Hoosier Residence Hall
Ancilla Management and Leadership
Training is an affiliate of the Ancilla College
Hospitality Award The Trine University Board of Trustees has
approved an expansion to Larry and Judy Reiners
School of Business with the goal of educating, Members of the Opportunity Enterprises
Residence Hall in order to meet increased
equipping, and empowering leaders within Clean Team were honored by Lt. Governor
housing needs on campus brought about by
their organizations. This program is the result Suzanne Crouch with a Hoosier Hospitality
Trine’s significant growth. Trustees approved the
of MCEDC’s Workforce Development Program, Award. The award recognizes outstanding
expansion along with an expansion of the food
which has already conducted one-on-one service in hospitality and contributions to the
service kitchen area as well as the construction
interviews with approximately 25% of businesses welcoming nature of Indiana. The ceremony
of a new bookstore. The addition will cost $6.5
in our community. Through these interviews, took place at the Indiana State Fairgrounds and
million and is expected to open in August 2018.
local employers have suggested entry and mid- was attended by Chief Operating Officer, Peter
level supervision management training in order Wilson; Clean Team Director, Judy Woodrick;
to improve the existing workforce. This training Clean Team Member Jeff Olson and about For your daily dose of Business Buzz,
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The move is part of an overall strategy to support the growing student
2017 population on Trine University’s main campus, which is experiencing its
fourth straight year of record enrollment. University officials attribute the
Local Telecommunications Company growth to new athletic and academic programs as well as Trine’s more
As voted by the readers of Northwest Indiana Business Quarterly than 99 percent job placement rate for its graduates, small class sizes, and
expert faculty.
Reiners Residence Hall opened in 2015. The $7.1 million, 170-bed
Creating Next Generation facility overlooking the Fred Zollner Athletic Stadium features rooms
Voice, Video, and Data for two to three with a private bath and air conditioning. Students are
also able to share an open space and kitchen located on the main level of
Solutions Since 1992. the building.
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Brooks Running Company Picks
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Seattle, WA-based Brooks Running Company, a 100+ year old high-
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demonstration of MTA’s Allworx open a new footwear and apparel distribution center in Whitestown, IN,
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The company will invest in the community by building a new
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more timely and efficiently. The company plans to open its new Indiana
distribution center in early 2019.
The Indiana Economic Development Corporation offered Brooks
Running Company up to $800,000 in conditional tax credits based on the
company’s job creation plans. Boone County and the town of Whitestown
approved additional incentives at the request of the Boone County
Economic Development Corporation.
Wabash National Corp. Acquiring
2017 Supreme Industries
Supreme Industries, Inc. (NYSE MKT: STS), a leading manufacturer
Annual of specialized commercial vehicles including truck bodies and specialty
vehicles, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement for the
Conference
company to be acquired by Wabash National Corporation, a diversified
industrial manufacturer and North America’s leading producer of semi-
trailer and liquid transportation systems, in a transaction valued at
approximately $364 million. The offer has been unanimously approved
Network with Economic Development leaders by Supreme Industries’ Board of Directors, and the directors have
throughout the entire state of Indiana.
indicated they intend to accept the offer with respect to their own
shareholdings.
Under the terms of the agreement, Supreme stockholders would
SAVE THE DATE! receive $21.00 per share in cash, representing a premium of approximately
36 percent over Supreme’s closing Class A share price on August 8,
2017 and approximately 33 percent over the past 30 trading days. An
Thursday, December 14 - Friday, December 15
affiliate of Wabash will commence a tender offer to purchase for cash all
Indianapolis, IN of the outstanding shares of the company’s Common Stock for a total
consideration of approximately $364 million.
See www.ieda.org for more details.
In connection with the transaction, Baird served as the financial advisor
to Supreme. Haynes and Boone, LLP served as Supreme’s legal counsel.
20 www.BuildingIndiana.com | SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017Social Media Marketing Firm
Announces Growth
ACMS Group meets needs
Fort Wayne-based Cyclone Social, a marketing firm specializing with state-of-the-art
exclusively in social media platforms, has announced it has gone from consulting, design, and
five employees in January 2017 to fifteen in July 2017 and is forecasting contracting services. For
continued growth. The company’s sales have tripled between January
more than two decades,
1st and April 1st of 2017 and is on pace to more than double again by
we have led construction
year-end 2017.
projects for a variety of
Company officials have stated they are eyeing the Indianapolis area for
major corporations and
the next phase of their growth and within the next eight to twelve months
the engineering and
will have locations in three additional major cities.
construction firms that
Cyclone Social has worked with companies in over 120 different
partner with them.
industries, including national brands like Eddie Merlot’s, Shindigz, and
Sauce Toss. They also work with regional powerhouse companies like · Project/Construction
Ortho Northeast, Don Hall’s Restaurants, Great Lake’s ACE, and even Management
small local businesses like the oldest Coney dog stand in America, Fort
· Staffing
Wayne’s Famous Coney Island Wiener Stand.
· Safety Services
· Capital/Maintenance
DOT America Expanding in Services
Columbia City, Adding New Jobs · Engineering Services ACMS Group
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Medical coating technology provider, DOT America, Inc. has Crown Point, IN 46307
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Fax: (219) 662-2384
In 2014, the company invested $4.5 million to lease, renovate, and equip its · Epoxy Specialists info@acmsgroup.com
17,520-square-foot facility in Columbia City’s Blue River Industrial Park. www.acmsgroup.com
Now, the company is considering investing another $3.2 million to expand
its current facility at 335 Towerview Drive in Columbia City and plans to
add new equipment and add additional employees.
The new equipment will be used for additional processing capabilities,
logistical distribution, and information technology. DOT America
currently employs 17 people and will add five new jobs once the project is
complete. The Columbia City Common Council approved a ten-year tax
abatement at the request of the Whitley County Economic Development
Corporation (EDC).
Southeastern Equipment
Expands KM International
Territory
Southeastern Equipment Co., Inc. is pleased to announce the full
line of KM International road maintenance products is now available at
their Fort Wayne and Indianapolis locations. The equipment line includes
infrared asphalt recyclers, traditional asphalt recyclers, hotbox reclaimers,
asphalt recyclers, and crack sealers.
KM International’s line of asphalt maintenance equipment has been
manufactured in the USA for the past 30 years and provides solutions for
contractors and municipalities. Their infrared recyclers reduce time and
costs compared to traditional methods and create a reliable heated thermal
bond. The state-of-the-art hotbox reclaimers recycle asphalt to eliminate
waste and improve productivity by maintaining materials at a workable
temperature for up to two days. The innovative T-2 asphalt recycler can
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