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THREE RIVERS CONSTRUCTION, INC.

  New Lakeland underground utility contractor is off to a strong start
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Reuben MausolfEven though it's a new entry in the Twin Cities underground utilities market, Three Rivers Construction, Inc. of Lakeland, Minnesota, is off to a strong start, according to General Manager and Vice President Reuben Mausolf.

"We focus on underground utility work - sanitary, watermain and storm sewer," Mausolf explained. "If there are special requirements on the project, we can deal with that, too. We'll build roads or we'll do a reconstruction - that's what we're doing in River Falls, Wisconsin, and Hastings, Minnesota, right now."

Three Rivers Construction was founded last winter as a division of Tower Asphalt, Inc., a longtime asphalt producer and paving contractor in the metro area.

WA450

The operator of a Komatsu WA450-5 uses forks to move demolition debris at Three Rivers Construction's underground utility project in River Falls, Wisconsin.

 

"Ron Hockin, President of Tower Asphalt, wanted to become a little more diversified," explained Mausolf, a 34-year veteran of the construction industry and former president of an underground utility company. "He wanted to expand into underground utility and light grading work.

"The timing was right, and I was available, so we met and came together to create this company," he continued. "I set it up and run it as general manager and vice president."

Ron Hockin is president of Three Rivers, while Von Bergstrom is secretary and estimator.

Concentrate on metro counties

Three Rivers employs about 25 people and concentrates its efforts in the seven-county metro area around its home base in Lakeland. "We would like to stay as close to home as possible," said Mausolf, "but we'll go where the work is. That includes going a short distance into western Wisconsin, where we have the project in River Falls right now."

During its first construction season, Three Rivers is operating with three sewer crews, a grading crew and a cleanup crew. "We ran ads last winter and had a couple hundred applicants," said Mausolf. "Some experienced people followed me over from where I worked previously, so that was a big help."

Three Rivers crews worked on several municipal utility projects during the spring and summer, both new installations and reconstructions. "We finished up a project earlier this season with the city of Rosemount that was a new development," stated Mausolf. "We recently finished a job in Oakdale, and we're moving into Woodbury with another new site.

"We have a lot of variety," he continued. "Right now, most of our work is in the reconstruct area -

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