M.A. Mortenson Company

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The M.A. Mortenson Company, more commonly known under its Mortenson Construction brand, is an American construction company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with 2014 sales of (estimated) $3 billion.

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In 2015, the company said it had completed 290 projects worth $4.9 billion for the federal government, including: the U.S. Coast Guard Station in Sabine Pass, Texas; the headquarters of the United States Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM) in Fort Sam Houston; and the Navy's largest hangar in Jacksonville.

Sports venues

Mortenson is noted as a general contractor that has built numerous sports stadiums and arenas, including U.S. Bank Stadium, [1] Fiserv Forum, [2] and Chase Center. [3] As of 2014, the company had built over 150 entertainment and sports venues in the United States; [4] by 2018, that number had grown to 170, at a valuation of $11 billion, which made Mortenson the second largest sports arena builder in the country; [5] and by 2023, more than 230 such venues had been built, valued at $15 billion. [6] Its most recent completed sports stadium project is the $1.9 billion Allegiant Stadium, home to the Las Vegas Raiders and UNLV Rebels football team, and slated for 2024 is a proposed $1.5 billion ballpark, also in Las Vegas, that will house the relocated Oakland Athletics. [6]

Renewable energy

Mortenson Construction is also active in the field of renewable energy, having started in 1995 with a single wind turbine. [7]

In the area of wind energy, Mortenson received the contract for the 300 MW Blackspring Ridge Wind Project in Carmangay, Alberta, Canada for EDF-EN Canada. Mortenson installed a total of 15,000 megawatts of wind power by 2015. Mortenson built the Alamo 6 Solar and the Pearl Solar fields in Texas, with over 438,000 and 203,000 panels, respectively, atop 1,797 acres of land in Pecos County [7]

In 2014, with an addition of 512.9 megawatts solar power capacity, Mortenson was the second largest US company after First Solar (1,023 megawatts) and ahead of SolarCity ( 502 megawatts). [8] One of the largest projects is the construction of the solar power plants Solar Star I and II in Rosamond, California with a total of 597 MW of output that can generate electricity for 255,000 households.

History

The company was founded in Richfield, Minnesota in April 1954 by M. A. Mortenson, Sr., formerly a vice president with the D'Arcy Leck Construction Co. [9] While with D'Arcy Leck, Mortenson had supervised the construction of several local schools, a veterinary building on the farm campus of the University of Minnesota, and other industrial and commercial sites. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Meryhew, Richard (February 15, 2013). "Vikings Pick the Home Team -- Mortenson -- to Build New Stadium". Star Tribune . Minneapolis. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  2. ↑ Nelson, James B. (23 Mar 2017). "Walls, zinc panels coming soon for new Bucks arena". Newspapers.com. Marshfield News-Herald. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. 5B. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Sabatini, Joshua (30 Oct 2017). "Boosting local hires for Warriors arena". Newspapers.com. The San Francisco Examiner. p. A4. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  4. ↑ Bozick, Tara (19 Feb 2014). "City weighs its arena options". Newspapers.com. Newport News, Virginia: Daily Press. p. A10. Retrieved 9 December 2023. Another partner, Minnesota-based Mortenson Construction, has built more than 150 sports and entertainment venues nationwide.
  5. ↑ Blackstone, Samuel (5 Aug 2018). "Construction manager model used for new arena". Newspapers.com. Rapid City Journal. p. A1. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  6. 1 2 Williams, Nick (23 Aug 2023). "Mortenson Is Building Momentum". Newspapers.com. Star Tribune. p. D1. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  7. 1 2 Campbell, Ruth (10 Apr 2017). "Solar power infiltrating oil and gas landscape". Newspapers.com. The Odessa American. p. A1. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "2015 Top 500 North American Solar Contractors". Solar Power World. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  9. 1 2 "Building Executive Forms Own Firm". Newspapers.com. Minneapolis: Star Tribune. 11 Apr 1954. p. UM5. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
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