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Riverview Park’s multi-phase construction project includes an outdoor concert stage, custom playground, donor/history plaza, walking loop, and historical lighting. We built the steel canopy and trusses, poured the front piers, and added colored lighting to the structure. Johnson Machine Works fabricated the steel canopy structure and cut it into pieces for shipment to the site. …

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Henkel Construction Company worked through a dry summer following a very wet spring to complete the East Gateway Bridge across University Boulevard to ISU’s Jack Trice Stadium. We had the quarter-mile long open-air bridge ready in time for thousands of Cyclone fans on opening day. The bridge not only enhances pedestrian safety, but also serves …

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Henkel Construction Company completed the construction of the Lauridsen Amphitheater, walking trails, and supporting facilities at the Des Moines Waterworks Park.  Plans for this project were in the works for a number of years, with the objective of providing a better utilization of this flood-prone, 30-acre space. The addition of this flood-resistant facility, with the …

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Music Man Square is a centerpiece in downtown Mason City, Iowa. Henkel Construction’s value engineering and cost input were instrumental in the success of this project. The center includes a public meeting room, reception and stage areas as well as an authentic streetscape with varied storefronts from the Music Man era.

Henkel Construction delivered the Iowa Department of Transportation a rest area that not only gives weary travelers a break, but it also gives them a glimpse back in time. The rest area on I-35 just north of Ames takes you back through time in Iowa’s transportation history. As you drive up, decorated icons light the …

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