March 2010, Around the State
Southwest
Miron Construction honored for UW-Whitewater facility
Miron Construction has received the 2010 Excellence in Construction-New Construction award for its work on UW-Whitewater’s Timothy J. Hyland Hall, the new home of the College of Business and Economics. The Neenah-based company was honored by the Wisconsin Division of State Facilities for its impressive recycling rate, early building completion and clean safety record. The company recycled 98 percent of demolition waste from the three residence halls that were removed to make room for Hyland Hall.
“The College of Business and Economics had an excellent experience partnering with Miron Construction as they built Timothy J. Hyland Hall,” Interim Dean Lois Smith says. “The outstanding record of recycling materials from three former residence halls indicates the importance that Wisconsin industry places on sustainability. Miron met timelines while maintaining a safe environment for their workers. Every day, we have the opportunity to enjoy the work by Miron Construction.”
Hyland Hall, which opened in July 2009, has been recognized as a state model for sustainability. In 2007, the building project won WasteCap’s Big Diverter Award in the demolition category for the highest recycling rate of demolition waste. Miron recycled concrete, brick, wood, cans, bottles and office paper.
MOVERS
>> Great Wolf Resorts has named Nikki Donofrio as vice president of business development. Angela Brown has been promoted to general manager of Great Wolf Lodge in Wisconsin Dells.
>> Brad Elmer has joined Thrive as the project director.
>> First Business Bank has added Brian Hagen as vice president. First Business Bank is part of First Business Financial Services Inc.
>> Rick Glover has joined Beloit-based Corporate Contractors Inc. as vice president of business development.
BUSINESS BRIEFS
MADISON: AquaMost LLC, a start-up company based on University of Wisconsin-Madison technology and licensed from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) and Encotech Inc., a provider of products, systems and services for the environmental remediation industry, have been awarded a $100,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop and commercialize an advanced water purification device capable of removing organic pollutants and pathogens from water. The grant will assist AquaMost and Encotech in their joint effort to penetrate the $11 billion environmental remediation marketplace in the United States.
MADISON REGION: Thrive, the economic development enterprise for the eight-county Madison Region, has received a $100,000 Regional Marketing grant from the Department of Commerce. The grant was announced in January along with the unveiling of Thrive’s new three-year strategic plan for the eight-county Madison Region.