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Lippert Components | New Beamline Facility

Posted on April 30, 2019

Lippert Components is the leading supplier of components to the recreational vehicle and residential housing industries, as well as adjacent industries including bus, cargo and equestrian trailer, marine, and heavy truck. With over 65 facilities located throughout the United States, Canada, Ireland, Italy, and the United Kingdom, their more than 9,000 team members work together to bring innovative product solutions to market every day.

After acquiring many functioning facilities over the years in the Elkhart/Goshen area, the new Beamline Processing Facility was the first new construction project that the company has seen in the midwest in quite a while. Located on a ten-acre site within the Lippert Components manufacturing complex in Goshen, Indiana, the 110,000 square foot, multi-million dollar facility was created to enhance the manufacture of I-beams that form the framework of nearly every chassis it produces.

“This is a flexible production system that is able to take individual customer orders, match them to the specification required and produce the finished I-beam, ready to be built into a chassis,” explained Philip Wiltshire, Director of LCI’s Manufacturing Engineering.

Click here to check out the groundbreaking ceremony video for this project.

Goshen Intermediate School

Posted on October 26, 2021

This brand new intermediate school was built to serve children grades 5 and 6. Goshen Intermediate School will help alleviate overcrowding in the local school system and provide for additional growth. The school features 44 spaces dedicated to student learning, a gymnasium, cafeteria, and other collaborative educational space.

Mercer Health West Wing Expansion

Posted on October 22, 2019

Located in Coldwater, OH, Mercer County Community Hospital is an acute care hospital with 76 licensed beds and is the anchor facility for Mercer Health. In 2016 they announced a 70,000 square foot, 3 story West Wing Expansion Project and selected Weigand Construction as the Construction Manager.

The addition provides significantly enhanced outpatient, inpatient and surgical services, enabling Mercer Health to uphold its commitment to local, quality healthcare services in Mercer County and the surrounding communities.

Byron Wellness Community

Posted on July 16, 2020

A New Home for Byron

Located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Byron Health Center was founded in 1853 as a place for six downtrodden county residents to live on a farm, and over the years was used as a tuberculosis sanitarium, a place to treat cholera and a county “poor farm.”

Fast forward to 2020, where Byron officials describe it as a community that provides long-term care for those who need specialty skilled nursing. Originally constructed as a short-term stay hospital, their old facility out on Lima road was just not fit for their current residents. Residents come to stay for the rest of their adult lives – some as long as 30 years or more – and their new space needed to feel more like home, and less like a shared room with curtain dividers and hospital beds.

Investing In The Community

The $38 million investment was partially funded by $12.5 million in New Market Tax Credits, the most ever awarded to a single project by the city of Fort Wayne. Their new campus is located along the corridor of Lake Avenue and Beacon Street, just steps away from Parkview Randallia Hospital and the VA Hospital of Fort Wayne.
Built with purpose, the neighborhood style of the community was designed with their residents quality of life in mind.

“They’re going to be able to go outside whenever they chose to go outside because they won’t need a staff member to go outside with them,” said Byron CEO Deb Lambert. “We designed our outside space to be very safe for them. All of the bathrooms are handicap accessible so as long as they can safely transfer, they’re going to be able to shower independently which is something they’re not able to do right now.”

OhioHealth Van Wert

Posted on October 3, 2019

Van Wert County Hospital Surgery & In-Patient Expansion

Weigand Construction has partnered with Van Wert Health for more than a decade to help them further their mission and provide the best care and services to the Northwest Ohio community. The Van Wert County Hospital 84,000 square foot surgery and in-patient expansion is the largest in the hospital’s history, and was completed in October of 2020. The new main lobby and parking area were built to give patients and visitors a more comfortable and convenient hospital experience and a more modern aesthetic.

Van Wert North Outpatient Ambulatory Care Center

Van Wert Health and Weigand Construction have enjoyed a longstanding relationship, furthered by Weigand’s selection as a lead contractor for the creation of Van Wert Health’s new outpatient facility, completed in 2018. The nearly 19,000 square-foot facility will give patients access to a walk-in clinic, family medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation, occupational health, a specialist clinic, laboratory, and imaging services, which will include open MRI, CT scan, and X-ray capabilities.

This new facility has the region’s largest open MRI with a 1.2-tesla advanced high-field magnet, which is the strongest open air scanner available, and can accomodate patients up to 600lbs. The walk-in clinic helps people with medical issues that aren’t quite an emergency, but need to be seen that day such as abdominal pain, allergies/allergic reactions, animal bites, asthma, bladder infections, ear infection, strep throat, strains and sprains, and other non-emergency situations.

Grace College & Seminary

Posted on April 24, 2020

Grace College and Seminary is an evangelical Christian community offering a wide variety of higher education programs. Grace Theological Seminary was first founded in 1937 and the college was established eleven years later, in 1948. Throughout the ensuing decades, Grace College and Seminary has grown exponentially and numerous buildings have been added to the 180-acre campus. Weigand began building on Grace’s campus in 2006 with the Orthopaedic Capital Center athletic facility and has continued over the years upgrading existing structures, building new dorms, and expanding the science complex.

Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center | Athletic Facility

Initial construction of the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center involved cleaning up an adjacent four-acre brownfield and converting it into a parking lot. The 60,000sf Capital Center meets the needs of business and organizations that hold events with audiences of up to 2,800 people. These events include athletic events, business meetings, trade shows, seminars, musical events and exhibitions. This project began in May of 2006 and was completed and ready for use by June 2007.

The Lodge & Omega Hall | College Dormitory Construction

The Lodge:

The Lodge at Grace College is a 16,600 square foot residence hall built on a hillside on the Winona Lake campus. Amenities include an open 2-story lounge area with a stone fireplace, study nooks, a social area, and a coffee bar.

Omega Hall:

Omega Hall is a 39,731 square foot co-ed residence hall with two wings – one for female students, and one for male students. The 3-story building features a large living/social room with a cozy stone fireplace, a kitchen area with ample seating, a third level theatre area and a lofted lounge overlooking the main great room.

Dr. Dane A. Miller Science Complex

The Dr. Dane A. Miller Science Complex at Grace College houses new and updated classrooms and laboratories for the Department of Science and Mathematics, including Grace’s first “classroom-in-the-round.” The science complex officially reopened in 2018, and included renovation of 22,500 square feet of the old science facility as well as the addition of 13,000 square feet of new space, including state of the art science equipment and testing labs, open concept mathematics labs and learning spaces, and a living roof full of vegetation.

The Lilly Center for Lakes & Streams, a department dedicated to limnology and science education, is also located in the complex. The Lilly Center’s Learning Lab houses the world’s first freshwater virtual aquarium. K-12 students regularly enjoy field trips to the Lilly Center to see the 850-gallon hexagon aquarium and interact with the augmented reality sandbox and virtual freshwater aquarium as they learn about our region’s most valuable natural resource: water.

Parkview Field

Posted on July 13, 2018

Parkview Field, home of the Fort Wayne TinCaps, is a central feature of the Harrison Square revitalization project intended to encourage participation in and around the downtown Fort Wayne area. Weigand Construction served as construction manager of the Parkveiw Field project, as well as manager of the infrastructure costs and logistics for Harrison Square. In addition to the playing field, highlights of the ballpark include approximately 6,500 fixed seats, 16 suites, a suite-level lounge, a party deck, dining areas/specialty seating, concession facilities, a general commissary, team administration office space, press facilities, and a box office. Grass berms, on-site parking, a children’s play area, concourse areas for flexible team programming and a conference center space complete the $30.6 million facility.

Following the success of the original construction of Parkview Field, Weigand Construction was awarded General Contractor for the 400 Club. To further enhance the fan experience at Parkview Field, the 400 Club is the newest addition perched atop the centerfield wall. This unique area features an outdoor patio and retractable garage-style doors. With space to accommodate 20-150 guests, the 400 Club boasts food and drink services for individuals and private parties. The Summit, a group seating rooftop atmosphere addition, was completed for the 2016 season. The area offers both ballpark and club-style seating that can accommodate 125 fans per game.

Skyline Tower

Posted on July 13, 2018

The Skyline Tower project is the final piece of an overall downtown development initiative featuring the Ash Skyline Plaza as well as the Skyline Garage. The 12-story mixed-use development, completed by Weigand Construction, consists of high-end residential units, as well as retail and office space totaling 170,000sf. Retail, featuring a Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, is located on the first floor, while office space occupies the second floor, and floors 3-12 accommodate apartment units.

Skyline Tower Apartments boasts 123 unique floor plan units covering over 125,000 square feet.

First Merchants Bank Regional Headquarters houses the entire second floor using 17,752 square feet of space.

Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse covers the majority of the first floor at 13,736 square feet and has a private entrance from the parking garage.

The Ash Skyline Parking Garage as well as the green space on the 5th floor connect Skyline Tower to the Ash Skyline Plaza.

Between the 3 major projects and working with the City of Fort Wayne, Weigand breathed new life into an entire city block in the downtown area, just steps away from Parkview Field.

Mercer Health Maria Stein

Posted on April 1, 2024

Replacing the existing office off Marion Drive, the Maria Stein Medical Office Building is located on Booster Drive at Marion Industrial Park. The additional office space supports more practitioners in a medical facility, resulting in a greater expansion of Mercer Health’s medical care services to the communities they serve in Ohio.

SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS

This 19,600sf structure is equipped with:

Administration Space
Medical Exam Rooms
Nursing Stations
Beautiful Lobby/Waiting Area
Staff Lounges
Procedure Rooms
Multipurpose Community Space
Spacious Parking Lot
And more

These features give the facility more capacity for physicians, medical staff, and practitioners to increase patient treatment throughout the community.

We are thankful for the opportunity to work alongside Mercer Health to construct a medical office building that fits their vision and purpose. We look forward to seeing friends, families, and neighbors of Maria Stein benefit from high quality healthcare in the years to come.

Central Mutual Insurance

Posted on July 13, 2018

Since their beginning in 1876, Central Mutual Insurance Company has grown into one of the nation’s prominent insurance firms, providing insurance to more than 300,000 policyholders in 18 states and boasting combined assets of over $1 billion. Central’s Van Wert, OH home office, built in 1931, has tremendous character and historic image. It was important as Central renovated and expanded the facility that the new construction be compatible with the architecture of the original building. It was also important to invest in company operations, increasing efficiency and productivity using interior design and technology.

The expansion added many versatile areas for employees. Large meeting rooms can be subdivided into smaller meeting rooms by operable wall partitions. The offices are designed with modular furniture that can be arranged in a variety of configurations to accommodate different types of meetings. Break rooms, in addition to providing vending and seating, can also be used for large, all-staff meeting. Spaces now incorporate technology to accommodate computer training, video and teleconferencing, data projection, and voice enhancement.