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MANKATO, MINN. — Kraus-Anderson has completed a new public works facility for Blue Earth County on a 40-acre greenfield site in Mankato, a city in southern Minnesota. Designed by ISG Architects, the $29.8 million facility features an 89,363-square-foot main building with office space, an exercise room, shop areas, locker rooms, garage parking, three overhead cranes and a multipurpose room for county and public use. The project also includes a 30,000-square-foot vehicle storage building, an 1,100-square-foot fuel island and a 14,000-square-foot salt and sand storage building with a 90,000-gallon water tank to supplement the fire suppression system for the campus. Construction began in October 2024.