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Commercial renovations
commercial renovations

Build or go through commercial renovations

If you are a business whose growth requires a larger facility and expansion is not possible, your only real options are to build new or to buy or lease an existing building and do commercial renovations.

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Design build construction company
design build construction company

Why you need to budget before you build

One of the primary components of a design build construction company is establishing a budget in the very first stages of conceptual planning for a new building or for an addition.

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construction technology
Construction Technology

Print your next building

Smet Construction Services, Inc. understands that continuing advances in construction technology such as LSAM (Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing) technology are bound to impact the construction industry everywhere.

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Commercial construction project
commercial construction

Renovate vs. Building New

The time has come to expand your operations, but you have no room to expand. Do you build a new facility or find an existing building that you can move into? What is the best option for long-range success?

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Smet winter construction
winter construction

Cold Weather Can’t Stop Winter Construction

Neither rain nor sleet nor snow can keep construction from being completed and even though this year’s winter weather has been challenging, Smet Construction’s projects have been moving forward.

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Snow landscape
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Winter is Here

Being that it’s the middle of December and we just got hit hard with about 7” of snow, our friends from Aon Risk Services shared

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Individual marking metal sheet with a straight-edge
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Caution! New Year Ahead!

As we wrap up this year’s work activities before the Holidays and approach the New Year around the corner, we begin to implement our strategic

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Kohls building exterior
Business

Kohl’s Opens in Marinette!

It was a beautiful fall day to celebrate the grand-opening of the latest Kohl’s Department Store in Marinette, WI as the new store officially opened

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Wisconsin Maritime Center of Excellence
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WMCOE Breaks Ground!

Smet Kicks Off Wisconsin Marine Center for Excellence! The advance of shipbuilding and the marine construction industry in northeast Wisconsin takes a giant step forward

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Annual Manufacturing Awards of Distinction winners
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Smet Sponsors Manufacturing Awards

The Greater Green Bay Chamber held its annual manufacturing awards dinner this past Tuesday evening recognizing those businesses contributing to growth in northeast Wisconsin. The

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Steve Farber, author of The Radical Leap
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What’s Love Got To Do With It!

Leadership guru, Steve Farber, certainly knows the answer to the infamous question:   “What’s love got to do with it?” belted out by rhythm and blues

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American Flag
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Happy 4th of July!

This Fourth of July we turn our attention to fireworks, parades, barbeques, family picnics, and gatherings with friends. Often our attention is so focused on

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"Topping Out" Ceremony at CityDeck Landing, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Luxury Apartments

Topping Out Time at CityDeck Landing

At the “topping out” ceremony last Friday, contractors on the CityDeck Landing apartment project placed the final wood beam; completing the project’s frame.   Those attending had a

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CityDeck Landing In Progress – Downtown Green Bay Construction Continues to Grow
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New Year, New Opportunities

New opportunities in construction beckon for the year ahead. Recently, a review of 2014 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed the construction industry as

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Veteran's Day 2014
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Thank a Veteran!

In the epic movie, “Saving Private Ryan” U.S. Army Ranger Captain John Miller (actor Tom Hanks) is about to die while carrying out the mission

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Construction in North Dakota
North Dakota

Work Continues in the Bakken!

Earlier this year, while attending a conference in Minneapolis on the oil boom that’s underway in the Bakken Shield in North Dakota, I repeatedly heard

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Smet green logo on building
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New Look! Same Vision!

We all need to make changes once in a while just to stay up to date and to keep current and fresh.  That’s the idea

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Construction in Northe Dakota
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The Burgeoning Bakken Beckons!

Smet Construction Services recently opened an office in the Bakken Shield in Watford City, North Dakota.    The purpose is to participate in the infrastructure build-out

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Vegas
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Smet Attends Global RECon Event!

This past week, Smet was represented at this year’s ICSC’s Global RECon event held in Las Vegas. ICSC stands for International Council of Shopping Center

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The Smet Team from left to right: Jamie Blom, Joash Smits, (Jack Miller Center), Karen Klevesahl, Paul Belschner & Cullan Smet
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Take Time to Sharpen the Saw!

One of my favorite habits in Stephen Covey’s “Seven Habits for Highly Effective People” is the seventh habit, the one that instructs us to “sharpen

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