Building Omaha – September 2024

As the most populous city in all of Nebraska, Omaha has been growing for decades now. To make sure that everyone in this growing population is happy and living in the place they dreamed about, Omaha has to make sure that they’re building things that their population can’t live without. That’s why these businesses always make sure that they projects they’re working on make Omaha a better, safer and more healthy place to live. Everything that gets built by these contractors in this city reflects its rich history and diverse influences. The city’s architecture, both modern and historical, is something to remember and these businesses make sure to keep it updated and safe for everyone who decides to live in this lovely city.

Everything that the city of Omaha does is to make sure that they’re building a city worthy of the largest population in Nebraska, and Cheever Construction and Huffman Engineering are here to help reach that goal. Omaha is constantly growing and to keep this city new and vibrant, one must put their trust in these companies. New construction is always a need for a city such as this and it continuously pays off.

These companies always have a new project they’re working on to make sure this city stays beautiful, so read what they’re up to now!

Cheever Construction (cheeverconstruction.com) is giving back to its Nebraskan community with their most recent two site project in the Lincoln area. Partnering with Lincoln Public Schools and with the help of Union Bank, Cheever Construction was contracted to oversee the building of two new athletic complexes for two of Lincoln’s local public schools. At Northwest High School, Cheever provided a space for student athletes from all over Lincoln to play in a space that looks and feels professional. The final product at Northwest High School included a football stadium, track and baseball field and will be shared by the entire district’s school. The stadium can seat up to 2,800 people and has a concessions building and a press box. Then, at Standing Bear High school, Cheever oversaw the construction of four soccer and two softball fields and a six-court tennis focus. The main soccer field features seating for up to 1,000 people.

Combined, the project included two football fields, two tracks, two baseball fields, five softball fields, nine tennis courts, eight soccer, concessions, stadium, bleachers, press box, restrooms and lighting.

Before this, most of the sporting events were hosted at Seacrest High School. However, now the districts in LPS will have the resources to practice closer to home, and huge upgrade and time save for all the sporting events the school hosts.

Because this was a two site project, it took about 12 months to complete, making sure that everything was up to standard and ready for the athletes to compete and play on it for the following sports season this fall.

“We work with schools all over the state,” says President Justin Kurtzer. “LPS has been fantastic to work with and it’s exciting to see what they can do with their new athletic space.”

Braden Hadwinger and Alex Winking are the Mechanical Engineer and Senior Mechanical Engineer Engineer respectively at Huffman Engineer Inc. (HEI) (huffmaneng.com), and recently they worked on two separate projects for the company, with Braden working on a project with the City of Omaha and Alex working with the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries.

They have served regulated business industries since 1987 as a full-service engineering firm specializing in automation and control systems integration. Recently in the water/wastewater industries, Braden worked with the City of Omaha on a project aimed at decreasing the environmental impact of a Water Resource Recovery Facility and off-setting the costs associated with the operation of that facility. The project included a system that harvests raw biogas from the facility and cleans and upgrades it for use by consumers.

In addition, HEI also works in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries. Huffman Engineering was excited to have a significant hand in recently completing a new Greenfield Animal Health facility. This facility included production and packaging of various products contributing to animal health including vaccines and medicine.

Both projects were years in the making. Braden with HEI was involved in integrating the new project into the plants’ existing visualization software and creating reports and historical data exports used in compliance reporting for the system.

For Alex, HEI was involved in the design, build, testing and installation of the Process Control System including Single Use Bioreactors (SUBs), Single Use Mixers (SUMs) and Utilities (Pure water, water-for-injection, and clean steam distribution) as well as integrating various package systems into the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system.

Braden is pleased to be a small part of the final project that will service natural gas users in and around the Omaha metro area. It will provide additional natural gas to the existing grid.

The Midwest part of the country is sometimes considered the beltway of Animal Health due to the number of significant animal health pharmaceutical, life science and biotech companies located in the Midwestern part of the country. This company is one such company and HEI’s significant experience in working with these animal and human health’s pharmaceutical companies has lent us to be instrumental in helping this particular company produce various animal health pharmaceutical products.

The water/wastewater project will help increase the supply of natural gas to the City’s residents and will offset the costs of operation of the facility and provide a payback for the project costs, honoring Huffman Engineering’s commitment to continue to provide Engineering with Impact.

This particular pharmaceutical project accommodates the health and safety of our animal friends and families by providing pharmaceutical products and provides employment opportunities in the field of animal health products production.

We are committed to being a part of engineering projects that better the communities we live and work in and no matter the industry, striving to live out our mission of Making Ideas Work for our clients each and every day.

With the flooding and the tornado recovery still ongoing, it’s important to know that you have two amazing companies that will support you and your building throughout the entire rebuilding process. Along with the new construction and the growing city, make sure your building is up to date with remodeling services as well. These skilled professionals in Omaha have been working hard to make this city one to remember. Call either of them today and make your business or home one to remember.