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These collaborative methods require early integration with clients and partners, a shift that is a dynamic on full display in Kraemer’ s current work in Colorado led by Tim Maloney. Brian explains:“ The Floyd Hill project is a CMGC alternative delivery job, and we’ ve partnered with the department for quite some time. It’ s a mega-project with extensive excavation, rock work, blasting, segmental construction, and a major bridge, all happening at once.”
To support that level of execution, Kraemer continues to invest in the tools its teams rely on in the field.“ We make sure our people have the best tools, and we care about sustainability too. That’ s why we’ re adding more electric vehicles to our fleet whenever we can,” Brian adds.
Bob agrees.“ In the past decade, we’ ve replaced most of our old equipment and invested heavily in new machinery.”
Projects and growth
Kraemer’ s current project portfolio highlights this intersection of capability and strategy.“ We’ re building a new river crossing over the Mississippi from Lansing into Wisconsin. We’ ve received the final shipment of structural steel, and the erection of the new bridge is going smoothly,” Bob confirms. At the same time, Kraemer is removing the old bridge beside it.“ We plan to finish the steel erection by the middle of this year and open to traffic at the end of the year.”
Other projects carry that workload into brand-new corridors. In Washington State, Kraemer recently secured a win on the SR 167 corridor.“ It is a major project in Washington,” Brian notes. The work includes highway widening, interchange completion, and the connection of Interstate 5 to 167.“ We’ ll also construct a unique pedestrian
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