We have shared some details about the Better Homes & Gardens office we completed in Papillion. We were excited to be part of this rapidly growing real estate company in the Omaha metro area! Tom and Jennifer Simmons of Better Homes & Gardens have been keeping busy in the Sarpy County office since it opened, but we recently caught up […]
City of Gretna Public Works Facility
We are so excited for Spring weather, and to get started on some brand-new projects! One of those is the new Public Works Facility for the City of Gretna! Construction on the 38,000 square-foot building will begin next month and we expect to complete the facility in April 2019. The building will sit on 8 acres of land located at […]
Multi-Phase Project Underway on Creighton University Campus
If you have driven near the Creighton University campus recently, you’ve probably noticed some changes! The former hospital and medical center is being transformed into retail space and apartments. Construction of a brand-new building for the dental school is nearly complete on the east side of campus. Several academic buildings on campus have undergone facelifts and remodels. The Bio-Information Center […]
Vermeer High Plains Expansion Project
Vermeer High Plains has been selling heavy equipment in Nebraska since 1979 when Vermeer Equipment of Nebraska Inc. was established in Lincoln, NE. The company recently recognized the opportunity to further expand by moving into the Omaha area, and Prairie Construction was honored to be chosen for the project. The company sells new and used heavy equipment – everything from […]
Mike Mann Celebrate Ten Years With Prairie Construction
This month we recognized Mike Mann as he celebrates his 10th anniversary with Prairie Construction. Mike joined our team in 2008 as a general laborer and is now one of our interior finishers. Mike is a skilled worker who came to Prairie Construction with close to ten years of experience as a drywall finisher. “When the housing market started to […]
City of Omaha Projects Completed in Time for Winter
In 2017, we completed two City of Omaha projects that will be put to the test this winter. Last Spring, we finished the City of Omaha maintenance facility in northeast Omaha, and in October we finished a 10,000 square-foot salt shed in Elkhorn. Both facilities could face a test with the first significant storm of the season. The Northeast Street […]
Sarpy County Better Homes & Garden Real Estate Project
We recently completed the renovation of an empty suite in a new strip mall to allow for a rapidly growing real estate company to expand into Papillion. Better Homes and Garden Real Estate expanded into the Midwest in October 2015 with the opening of its first office in Omaha. The company has been growing rapidly ever since. The strip building […]
New Oakdale Elementary School Will Welcome Students in the New Year!
In 2016, voters in District 66 approved a bond to rebuilt multiple schools in the district. Among those was Oakdale Elementary School, located at 98th & Center St. We were honored to be chosen for the project that entailed rebuilding a new school on the site of the former building. We were proud to complete the project on deadline and […]
Creighton University Old Gym Renovation
We recently completed a project that we were honored to be a part of – the renovation of the Old Gym on the Creighton University campus. Construction companies are often associated with brand new builds, but we get excited when we can be involved in renovation projects that preserve a piece of history, and this project did just that! The […]
The Aspen Seemann and Lane Graves Activity Center is Long-Anticipated Facility
At Prairie Construction, every new project brings us some level of excitement, and that is particularly true when we have a personal connection. We recently completed a new addition at St. Patrick’s school and parish in Elkhorn, NE and we are particularly proud of this project because Steve Rease, co-owner of Prairie Construction, is a long-time member of the parish. […]