Spring 2018

Integrity
Integrity can be difficult to find in the world today. Doctors say they will see you at 11:00 a.m. A coworker says he will have a report ready by noon.…
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From Risk to Asset
Sioux City, IA-based Seaboard Triumph Foods (STF) in partnership with Epstein & Sons of Chicago, contracted Interstates to begin the greenfield construction of a 245-acre pork processing plant in July…
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Power Quality Concerns: Chasing Down the Ghosts
As energy efficiency and process controls continue to push for the use of power factor correction and VFDs in industrial power systems, the regularity of power quality issues also grows.…
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Explaining the Value of Technical Projects
One challenge that frequently arises between business owners and the technical experts they employ is a lack of common language and understanding about what is important to each party. Every day, management…
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Safely Expanding Capabilities
When Al-Corn Clean Fuel planned its 70MMGPY expansion in Claremont, MN, the project required expertise in electrical engineering, construction, and automation. Interstates was able to provide all these services. With…
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Showing Vulnerability as a Leader: Strength or Weakness?
Growing up, were you taught to view vulnerability as a strength or a weakness? Most of us were taught that it is a weakness, but as more research on vulnerability…
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Interstates Wins Pyramid Award from ABC
Interstates was recently awarded the Pyramid Award in the Electrical - Over $10 Million category at the Associated Builders and Contractors Excellence in Construction Awards Gala for their work on…
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Coldwater Project
It all started when a leadership camp in Northern Minnesota reached out to the Interstates Foundation about a grant to add solar power to their new campus. Included with the…
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