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Rudolph/Libbe To Build Solar Array For The City of Bryan

The city of Bryan in Williams County is going green with construction of a 2-megawatt solar array, which should be completed by February 2012. Groundbreaking for the project took place Tuesday on State Route 34. Read the full story -here-

Rudolph/Libbe Wins 2011 Build Ohio Award For Wolfe Center

Rudolph/Libbe Inc. has been honored with a prestigious 2011 Build Ohio Award for its work on the Wolfe Center for the Arts at Bowling Green State University. The awards were announced Nov. 18 by the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Ohio in Columbus.

The project won top honors in the category of New Construction $7 million-$20 million. Rudolph/Libbe served as general trades contractor for the 97,000-square-foot performing arts building, which includes a state-of-the-art main theater, actors’ theater, rehearsal rooms, scene and costume shops, 12 classrooms and performance spaces.

Rising from the ground at a dramatic 6-degree angle inspired by northwest Ohio’s glacial history, the relatively small metallic-siding and glass building is designed to accommodate Broadway-quality productions and provide students with the best possible education in the performing arts.

Rudolph/Libbe to Construct Industrial Process Building for Alcoa

Rudolph/Libbe was awarded a contract by Alcoa to design and build a 35,000-square-foot, industrial process building at Alcoa's B&C Research facility in Barberton, OH. Rudolph/Libbe is performing concrete work and supplying the Varco-Pruden pre-engineered building for the fast-track project. The building will house an advanced recycling and casting process that will produce billet from re-melted scrap aluminum. Construction will begin in September and is scheduled to be completed in the second half of 2012. Alcoa is the world's leading producer of primary and fabricated aluminum, as well as the world's largest miner of bauxite and refiner of alumina.

Rudolph/Libbe to Build 51,000 SF Spiratex Expansion

Rudolph/Libbe has been selected as the general contractor for a 48,000 SF manufacturing facility addition and a 3,000 SF office expansion for Spiratex, a southeast Michigan plastics extrusion company. Rudolph/Libbe will construct and provide the custom-designed pre-engineered Varco-Pruden building for the expansion, which will double the size of the company's Monroe-area UHMWPE manufacturing facility originally built by Rudolph/Libbe in 1994. Spiratex specializes in urethane and Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) extrusion.

The project will be completed in January of 2012.

Rudolph/Libbe Inc. to Build New 7,500 SF Baseball Complex For Central Catholic High School

The project includes:

A locker room
An elevated press box area
A concession stand
Site improvements
An all-turf playing surface
Field lighting

The project will be complete in November of 2011.

Five Years - No Lost Time!

Rudolph/Libbe has surpassed five years without an associate missign work due to a safety related incident. This achievement represents nearly 4 million man-hours and $1 billion dollars in construction value. How do we do it? It all comes down to careful planning, good decisions, and constant attention to safety from every associate. It's a lot of hard work...and it's worth it! For more information, visit www.rudolphlibbe.com/safety

Rudolph/Libbe to Manage UT Gateway Project

Rudolph/Libbe is construction manager for The University of Toledo Foundation Gateway project, an approximately 87,000-square-foot retail/residential development at Dorr Street and Secor Road in west Toledo. The retail portion will consist of an 18,000-square-foot, two-story Barnes & Noble bookstore and 22,000 square feet of first floor retail space. The two-story residential development will include 47,000 square feet of loft-style, two- and four-bedroom apartments. Ground will be broken later this summer, and the project will be complete in summer 2012.

Rudolph/Libbe to Build New Lake High School

Rudolph/Libbe is design/build contractor for the new, 144,355-square-foot, two-story Lake High School, which will include 20 classrooms, four science labs, a media center, a special education classroom, an art room, a study hall, a gymnasium with attached locker rooms, an auditorium with stage, a weight room, a multi-use room with attaching kitchen/serving area, and office space. The design will continue the architectural theme of Lake Middle School and the curved metal roof on the entrance runway. Construction will be complete on August 16, 2012.

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