C3T Construction Company receives contract for new VA center

The Department of Veterans Affairs  has awarded a $26.9 million contract to design and build a free-standing spinal cord injury center at the Milwaukee VA Medical Center.

The contract was awarded to the C3T Construction Company of Milwaukee, a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business. The 67,000-square-foot building will have a connecting tunnel, providing access to the hospital and replace a smaller unit in the main hospital building. Design and construction of the center will overlap and the project is expected to be finished in less than two years.

The two-story structure, like the original unit, will provide 38 beds and outpatient services. The additional space is designed to improve accessibility, privacy and independence for patients; improve efficiency of staff; and increase space for physical and recreational therapy, a specialty clinic, a kitchen and administration.

Funding for the project was appropriated in fiscal year 2007.

MOVERS

>> Milwaukee-based Continuum Architects + Planners has welcomed Pamela Schopf as marketing associate.

>> Thomas Irgens has joined Irgens Development Partners as a development representative.

>> The Hartford Area Development Corporation has announced the selection of Patrice Hoeschele as executive director.

>> Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.C. has added Brian G. Carroll and John M. Murphy as shareholders.

>> Brownsville-based Michels Corp. has appointed Mark Hutter to vice president of business development and marketing.

>> Olim LLC, a provider of enterprise content management solutions and professional services, has added Mark Bakken as the company’s executive vice president, business development.

>> John Boldt, of the Clark Dietz Kenosha office, was elected to the ACEC College of Fellows, an elite group of engineers who have made significant contributions to the engineering profession.

BUSINESS BRIEFS

WEST BEND: West Bend Mutual Insurance Company has been rated A+ (Superior) by A.M. Best Company, financial analysts of the insurance industry, for the 37th consecutive year. The A+ (Superior) rating is assigned to companies that have demonstrated the strongest abilities to meet their policyholder and contractual obligations. West Bend has maintained this rating since 1973.

BURLINGTON: HGI Company has achieved a companywide Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) chain of custody paper certification that encompasses all four of its operating divisions. FSC is an independent, non-governmental, not for profit organization established to promote the responsible management of the world’s forests.  “We, as a company, have always strived to be environmentally conscious through our recycling efforts, material usage and print processes,” says Tom Sikora, vice president of sales and marketing. “This additional certification, however, will allow us to provide our clients with a globally recognized standard of assurance that their printed products come from forests that are managed to meet the strictest criteria of sustainability.”