Site Work

Bluestone loader and excavator at work near Crosby, North Dakota. July 15th, 2011.

Flood Fight 2011

The end of June 2011 has been a very difficult time for our local community of Minot, North Dakota. We were able to use our equipment in the participation for helping our town prepare for a flood, although nothing could really prepare Minot for the scale of the devestation that was ahead.


The National Guard waved trucks through traffic lights. Any equipment helping in the flood fight was given absolute priority as everyone was working around the clock to get dikes built.


Bluestone crew building dike around a school. The flood resulted in the loss of three important schools, resulting in the displacement of around 1,000 school children.


Working throughout the night and into the morning. Photograph taken by Jon Roise who was driving truck in long shifts.


Our truck ran day and night, nonstop, for 3 days.

Loading clay.

The trucks were all filthy from long hours of hauling.

River levels climbing; here is water seeping onto the streets around 3 am.

After the river crested. June 26th 2011. Arial photographs taken by Leif Anderson. Pilot Dave Roise, who himself had a home destroyed in the flooded area below.

Little was spared; much was lost.

We are very fortunate to live and have a shop on high ground. Many of our friends are not so lucky. Minot has a very long and difficult path to recovery. We look forward to playing a part in rebuilding our community.

Catch-Up

You might say we've been too busy to blog this summer. Leif, Dustin, and Dave have spent their summer and fall out in the field, so to speak.

Here is a picture of our equipment line-up at the Noonan, ND port jobsite:

And in the Bluestone office, 4 people are busy at work making phone calls, filing paperwork, paying bills, and completing those darn mandatory government payroll reports. Did I mention only one of them is over the age of 3? Hence the lack of blogposts.


Though to be fair, the younger ones do sport some cool Bluestone paraphernalia:

So, what is going on here in Bluestone-land?

We are finishing up the port jobs that have taken us the majority of the summer and fall to complete. We had the demo, dirt-work, and excavating portions of the jobs.

Here is the Bluestone excavator installing some pipe on one of the port jobsites.

And of course, since this picture was taken around July... there has been much that has not been mentioned in this blog post. More to follow!

And the Work Begins

Last week we started a nice big demolition and dirt-work project near the Noonan, ND border.

It rained all day, but the progress has begun!

Pictured: Leif makes his first scraper pass.

Gearing Up For Spring...

The team at Bluestone Construction is gearing up for our spring projects. We welcome a couple new pieces of machinery to our fleet, which include a wheel loader & an excavator. The bulk of our work this year is excavating and dirt work projects.

A World-Class Landscaping Project

"Am I really in North Dakota?"

A question you may ask yourself upon visiting the Aafedt residence in Williston, North Dakota.

Our client is a successful business woman who wanted a break from her hectic business life. The resulting landscape is a resort-like atmosphere with a spectacular blend of earth, water, air, and fire. Her choice in decor and plant-life is inspired by her love for the Hawaiian islands and travels.

Special features include:

Full-surround beautiful block and vinyl fence
Putting Green
Basketball Court
Pool with fiber-optic lighting and spectacular deck-jet fountains
Pondless waterfall
Outdoor fireplace
Firepit
Two remote-controlled fire bowls

We are pleased with the outcome of the project and delighted to have been involved.

Federal Footings!

Site work and footings for a 4100 square foot shop building for the US Fish & Wildlife Service in Crosby, ND.

Fourteen pier locations comlicates the layout of the project, but the job is going great and the walls will be going up this week.