The Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI) of Schaumburg, Ill., recently announced a new chairman and the addition of eight new members to its Board of Directors at its annual conference in Naples, Fla. John P. Simmet, president and CEO of Simcote Inc., St. Paul, Minn., was elected as the new chairman of CRSI. The new Midwest regional representative director is Robert Shuhert, Ambassador Steel, Auburn, Ind. The new Midwest at-large directors include Louis Colarusso, ERICO, Solon, Ohio;Keith LePage, Whitacre Engineering, Canton, Ohio; and Timothy Thomas, American Steel Fab, Pevely, Mo. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" HONORS Don Oglesby, senior

Lutheran Homes of Oshkosh, Wis., recently dedicated Eden Meadows, its new 77-acre campus, on July 18. The three-building Lutheran Homes of Oshkosh Campus was designed and built by Hoffman LLC of Appleton, Wis., and includes Wisconsin’s first person-centered approach to skilled nursing care. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The three-building project, which was designed and built by Hoffman LLC of Appleton, Wis., includes Wisconsin’s first Green House Homes, a new person-centered approach to skilled nursing care.

The founding family of Scheck Industries of Countryside, Ill., has donated a building valued at more than $1.6 million to Seguin Services Inc., to be used for seniors in the area. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The Scheck family donated Rascal’s Restaurant in La Grange Park, Ill., to Seguin, a non-profit agency that assists children and adults with disabilities. The donation was made by Richard and Judy Scheck, Rick and Megan Scheck, Mike and Kate Scheck, and Chris Scheck, in memory of the late Betty Scheck.

The lead tenants are in varying stages of occupancy in new Rosemont, Ill., and Naperville, Ill., office buildings that were developed and constructed by Ryan Cos.’ Midwest Division, headquartered in Naperville. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Rosemont Corporate Center and 111 Shuman Boulevard are the first Class A office buildings to come on line in the O’Hare and East-West Corridor markets since November 2008 and October 2008, respectively. In addition to its role developing and constructing these buildings, Ryan is the property manager for both buildings. Rosemont Corporate Center was constructed on a three-acre site south of Balmoral Avenue,

Paric/Ruscilli, a joint venture between the St. Louis-based Paric and the Columbus, Ohio-based Ruscilli Construction, has completed a major Midwest senior living project, The Stratford at Kenwood in Cincinnati, Ohio. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The $75 million project, an upscale development situated on 20 acres, was completed ahead of schedule. The project features an 18-story residence tower housing 215 independent living, as well as 25 assisted living apartments; 12 skilled nursing units; 12 Alzheimer’s units; and 24 condos. The architect for the project was The Lawrence Group of St. Louis. Bayer Becker of Fort Mitchell, Ky., provided civil

SRS Acquisition Corp. announced recently that it is opening two new locations. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The first is another Wilson Wholesale location in metro Chicago to better service the North Chicago market. Located in Schaumburg, Ill., it will complement its existing Naperville, Ill., location southwest of Chicago. In addition, SRS is also opening a facility in Oklahoma City under the Southern Shingles banner. Both locations carry a full line of residential and commercial roofing products. The Schaumburg location will service the entire Northern Chicago and Southern Wisconsin corridor and the Oklahoma City location will service central Oklahoma.

Schwing America Inc., a manufacturer of concrete equipment, recently announced that it had successfully emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Schwing employees based at the company’s plant in White Bear, Minn., gathered to hear the announcement of Schwing’s exit from Chapter 11. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The company’s plan of reorganization was approved by the Federal Bankruptcy Court after nine months of protection. Schwing completed the payoff to existing lenders from funds obtained from a pool of European banks. “With new funding in place we will move forward in the reorganization and growth of Schwing America,” CEO Brian Hazelton

The recent groundbreaking for the Sheet Metal Workers’ Local 36 Headquarters in St. Louis marked the beginning of a 10-12 month construction process. The new headquarters for Sheet Metal Workers’ Local 36 in St. Louis will house a training facility, offices and meeting hall. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The $15 million facility is expected to be rated LEED Platinum and the highest rated LEED certified building in Missouri. The facility will house Local 36’s training facility, offices and meeting hall. Attending the groundbreaking were St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, Alderwoman Kacie Starr Triplett, of the 6th Ward of

A commercial paving contractor in metro St. Louis, Byrne & Jones Construction Inc., is expanding to offer soil stabilization, asphalt recycling and reclamation services to its clients. Byrne & Jones Construction of St. Louis has launched Midwest Stabilization and is covering markets in St. Louis, outstate Missouri and Illinois. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The firm has launched Midwest Stabilization to fill a void in the improvement of poor sub soil conditions to support buildings and roads. The new unit, which is targeting markets in St. Louis, outstate Missouri and Illinois, is led by Managing Director Mike Kappel. Kappel

A team of six civil engineering students from North Dakota State University won the 19th annual ASCE/AISC National Student Steel Bridge Competition, held May 28-29 at Purdue University. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Second place went to the team from the University of California, Berkeley, while Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada, took third overall. The celebrated event featured 46 teams and about 500 students from universities across the U.S. and Canada. Each team displayed its skills in steel design, steel fabrication and teamwork in building a 21-ft-long scaled model of a proposed bridge that met particular hypothetical requirements given to