What's New at Michels
Michels completes 15,426-foot HDD crossing
Posted on October 28, 2021
Michels continues to extend the limits of trenchless construction by completing a 15,426-foot horizontal directional drill (HDD) of a 24-inch pipe crossing of Lake Sakakawea on the Missouri River in[..]
Twas the night before Christmas: Crew responds to emergency request
Posted on January 6, 2021
Instead of hunkering down for a long holiday weekend, a Michels crew spent Christmas eve and Christmas day completing an emergency repair to ensure public safety in a Nebraska town.
Long-standing energy partnership shares common goal
Posted on November 11, 2020
As winter approaches in the upper Midwest, we are reminded of exactly why we love blankets. Basically, they are a convenient, efficient means of comfort from dropping temperatures. Likewise, a Gas[..]
Undoing Isaias' damage
Posted on August 25, 2020
Electrical power is easily taken for granted until it goes out. In that second, most realize how necessary it is to life. That’s why 325 of our people spent about two weeks rebuilding the power[..]
Restoring power in Iowa
Posted on August 19, 2020
Our dedicated electrical power crews mobilized quickly to help those affected by a derecho that severely damaged Iowa on Aug. 10. By working long days since the day the storm hit, about 250 of our[..]
Building a pipeline in East Texas
Posted on July 21, 2020
This is what it looks like when Michels works in the Lone Star State. We mobilized 385 people and 350 pieces of equipment to East Texas to build 22 miles of 30-inch pipeline.
Deep Foundation Drilling Shafts to Bridge the Mississippi
Posted on May 21, 2020
The Project Michels met the challenge of the Mighty Mississippi when called upon to install shafts for a new bridge carrying eight lanes of traffic over the river on Interstate-74 between Bettendorf,[..]
90 days to complete foundation construction in Chicago's West Loop
Posted on May 8, 2020
The new home to McDonald’s Corporation’s world headquarters, the 9-story commercial building located on the old Harpo Studios property at 110 N. Carpenter in Chicago’s West Loop,[..]
4 ways to build around and under an active bridge structure
Posted on April 24, 2020
In the heart of Chicago, the Wolf Point property in city of big shoulders’ posh River North neighborhood was the subject of many development proposals over the years. Finally in 2012, plans[..]
What is Horizontal Directional Drilling?
Posted on March 9, 2020
Michels is regarded as a leader in Horizontal Directional Drilling, holding multiple world records (including this 2019 record) and having successfully completed projects in all 50 states. What is[..]