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RAM GC has been awarded a project with McLeod CountyHighway Department for $1.2 million. It is located on the corner ofState Highway 7 & County Road 15 in Silver Lake, MN. The groundbreaking ceremony was on July 24th, 2013. General Contractinghas been constructing a 12,000 SF Steel Frame building and theWood Frame Salt Storage Shed which is 64' x 80' x 24' with anattached brine room measuring 20' x 20' x14'. Completion of thetwo buildings is projected to be around Thanksgiving or into earlyDecember.

This project has been great advertising for RAM! GeneralContracting, Buildings, & Excavating have all benefited from thislocal opportunity. We are excited to be working so close to hometoo!

Northwoods Arena

RAM built a 100' x 252' x 16' riding arena in Solway, MN. Solway isnear Bemidji. Their dealings with RAM began in 2012. They continuetheir journey to get the arena completed. The plan is to add on arestaurant, bathrooms, bleachers, and a tack room. This will make thearena both rider and spectator friendly. They are currently using it foropen riding and barrel racing competitions. In the future they wouldlike to use it for team roping too. Northwoods Arena is hosting aUnited Barrel Racing Association (UBRA)/Better Barrel Races (BBR)Series.

The dates of the series are September 28th, October 12th & 19th.November 2nd & 16th, & December 7th. If you would like moreinformation on the arena and/or the series, they are on facebook.

Straight A's

All of the RAM corporations are proudly members of the BetterBusiness Bureau. If you are interested in taking a look at ourratings, please do. We have been working very hard to put forth thebest product possible. We treat each customer as an individualwith the knowledge that they could have chose another companybut they selected us. We want to get those referrals from thrilledcustomers. We want to have an upstanding reputation amongstcustomers, community, & the industry. If you are wavering as towhich company to choose, our "grades" may just put you over theedge.

Please click each logoto see each company's BBB rating:

When I spoke with Ladie Durkin, owner of Northwoods Arena, he toldme, "RAM has done a good job. I am happy with everything. Thething I like best is that RAM is timely." We would be happy to helpyou with any of your equestrian building needs. Give us a call at 800-710-4726 or check us out at www.rambuildings.com.

Featured Plant: Honeycrisp Apple Tree

Who doesn't love a sweet, crisp, and juicy Honeycrisp Apple?Imagine being able to walk out of your house and pick one from yourvery own Honeycrisp Apple tree! They are quick to produce apples,require little maintenance, and are reliable producers. At a matureheight of only 10-15 feet, they can produce up to 200 pounds ofapples per year! So, it's a good thing they have a shelf life of at least6 months. Honeycrisp Apples are perfect for desserts and great forsnacking too. Give us a call for a free consultation, and we can helpdetermine the best spot in your yard for your very own HoneycrispApple tree.

Is it October Already?Finally, a streak of nice, dry weather has helped us get some jobswrapped up, many of which were started last season. Between thesnow in May and all the recent rain, we are behind schedule andplaying catch up. We have been busy with the Honest 1 Auto Careproject in Maple Grove.

RAM GC's Striking Oil Again

The XTO Energy project in Tioga, ND started for RAM GeneralContracting, Inc. at the end of September 2012. This project is anoperations facility for XTO Energy which is a subsidiary of ExxonMobile. The building is 40' x 150' x 34' intersected by another 50' x60' x 25' section creating a T-shaped building. A 10-ton crane runsthe full length of the 34' high section. XTO Energy needed allsummer to get their equipment and pipelines in place before thesteel building work could begin.

Due to the stringent safety guidelines the oil company has tofollow, XTO Energy required RAM General Contracting to adhere tosafety requirements specified by an independent auditor. RAMGeneral Contracting's safety manual has been re-vamped to followmore stringent safety protocols and RAM's site superintendentattended safety training in preparation for on-site work. The steelbuilding is currently being erected with strict safety guidelines inplace and should be completed in early December. After the workin Fryburg last year and now the XTO Energy project in Tioga, ND,RAM General Contracting has certainly earned their place in the oilindustry!

Planting for Winter Beauty

The site work included a soil correction, digging footings, backfilling,water main installation, sanitary/storm sewer installation, and preppingthe parking lot.

The rain has really been hindering this project but we keep movingforward the best we can.

We have also been busy finishing spring cleanup of a few all weather

Straight A's

All of the RAM corporations are proudly members of the BetterBusiness Bureau. If you are interested in taking a look at ourratings, please do. We have been working very hard to put forth thebest product possible. We treat each customer as an individualwith the knowledge that they could have chose another companybut they selected us. We want to get those referrals from thrilledcustomers. We want to have an upstanding reputation amongstcustomers, community, & the industry. If you are wavering as towhich company to choose, our "grades" may just put you over theedge.

Please click each logoto see each company's BBB rating:

When I spoke with Ladie Durkin, owner of Northwoods Arena, he toldme, "RAM has done a good job. I am happy with everything. Thething I like best is that RAM is timely." We would be happy to helpyou with any of your equestrian building needs. Give us a call at 800-710-4726 or check us out at www.rambuildings.com.

Featured Plant: Honeycrisp Apple Tree

Who doesn't love a sweet, crisp, and juicy Honeycrisp Apple?Imagine being able to walk out of your house and pick one from yourvery own Honeycrisp Apple tree! They are quick to produce apples,require little maintenance, and are reliable producers. At a matureheight of only 10-15 feet, they can produce up to 200 pounds ofapples per year! So, it's a good thing they have a shelf life of at least6 months. Honeycrisp Apples are perfect for desserts and great forsnacking too. Give us a call for a free consultation, and we can helpdetermine the best spot in your yard for your very own HoneycrispApple tree.

Is it October Already?It is hard to believe soon there will be snow on the ground. We are ina race against time with a lot of work to get wrapped up before theseason ends. It is a good problem to have for sure, we have beenfortunate this year to be a part of so many great projects.





Our season started out in North Dakota, continuing with the XTOEnergy project from last year. That was pretty much the extent of ourwork in North Dakota; we were kept plenty busy with more localprojects.

In April, we started soil correction work at the site of, the now open,Honest 1 Auto Care, near Interstate 494 and Bass Lake Road inMaple Grove.







We have also been busy finishing spring cleanup of a few all weather

With the air cool and crisp, another beautiful Minnesota fall is uponus. As the leaves are turning colors of soft golden yellows andbright, vibrant reds, it is time to plant for winter beauty. There isstill time to get everything planted and established, before thereally cold weather sets in, to give your yard some color whileeverything else becomes brown and lifeless.

Although the variety of flowers to plant in winter is more limitedthan in warmer seasons, it's possible to plant flowers in earlywinter before the ground freezes. Glory of the Snow has star-shaped petals that poke out of the ground in late winter and earlyspring. The bulbs are planted in the fall and each one produces onestem that grows up to nine inches with a flower in pink, blue, orwhite. Crocus is an annual that has grass-like leaves and bloomsin late winter in shades of white, yellow, and purple. The bulbsneed six weeks of temperatures below 45 degrees to form flowers.Some other flowers that will bloom when there is snow on theground include camellia, pansies, hellebores, and white forsythia.

Even though hardy shrubs and flowers usually don't bloom for along period of time, these winter blooms provide splashes of colorto brighten up the otherwise gloomy winter season.

Wild-Wild West Day!Truhaven Ranch held a fundraiser on September 14th. They did afantastic job of organizing a portrayal Wild West Day. They hadvolunteers in costume, gunfight reenactments, & food servedunder a tent like you see in the old westerns. RAM was amongstthe sponsors, so I was the lucky one from the company whoattended. I had a good time. My favorite part was the time spent inthe stable with the horses. The warm welcome from President,Sarah Smith was much appreciated too.

In addition, we were busy with various other jobs we bid through RAMGeneral Contracting and RAM Buildings, including the site work forthe new McLeod County Maintenance Facility located off of Highway7 in Silver Lake.

Recently, we started a big residential project in Stillwater Township.The crew has been putting in long days clearing and grubbing trees,digging retention ponds, and pushing dirt. They have moved over6,000 yards of dirt so far.

Our busy season of site work, building and shed pads, indoor andoutdoor riding arenas, demolition, and driveway repair isn't quite overyet. Our hard work and fair pricing has earned us enough business tokeep us busy until the ground is white.



We have also been busy finishing spring cleanup of a few all weatherpaddock areas that needed some manure removal and touching up.These areas always need to be maintained to ensure water drainsproperly and doesn 't create soft spots that worsen with horse traffic.We have recently landed two large commercial jobs that will do agood job filling our schedule for July. The rest of the summer and fallis wide open for working on YOUR project. Give us a call!

Please help!RAM Buildings, Inc. is new to Angie's List! We are so new that wehave not gotten a single review yet. You guys are the most awesomecustomers! We could really use a few moments of your time. Wehave no doubt that you are busy but we ask you ever so kindly toplease set 5 minutes aside for us and give us a review. To do theonline review you have to be an Angie's List member. If you are,please click on the link and let others know what you think about yourexperience with RAM Buildings, Inc.





Our season started out in North Dakota, continuing with the XTOEnergy project from last year. That was pretty much the extent of ourwork in North Dakota; we were kept plenty busy with more localprojects.

In April, we started soil correction work at the site of, the now open,Honest 1 Auto Care, near Interstate 494 and Bass Lake Road inMaple Grove.





paddock areas that needed some manure removal and touching up.These areas always need to be maintained to ensure water drainsproperly and doesn 't create soft spots that worsen with horse traffic.We have recently landed two large commercial jobs that will do agood job filling our schedule for July. The rest of the summer and fallis wide open for working on YOUR project. Give us a call!


But wait! RAM Buildings, Inc. is not the only one of our corporationson Angie's List. RAM Landscape Services, Inc. is also a businesslisted on Angie's List. They have been on the site since July of 2011.If you would like to spread the word about your yard improvementsand how our Landscape division did, please click the link above.Once you have clicked on the link, Sign In, & in the Search bar typeeither RAM Buildings, Inc Winsted, MN or RAM Landscape Services,Inc. Winsted, MN & complete the survey.

Thanks for taking the time out of your day to review us!





In addition, we were busy with various other jobs we bid through RAMGeneral Contracting and RAM Buildings, including the site work forthe new McLeod County Maintenance Facility located off of Highway7 in Silver Lake.

Recently, we started a big residential project in Stillwater Township.The crew has been putting in long days clearing and grubbing trees,digging retention ponds, and pushing dirt. They have moved over6,000 yards of dirt so far.

Our busy season of site work, building and shed pads, indoor andoutdoor riding arenas, demolition, and driveway repair isn't quite overyet. Our hard work and fair pricing has earned us enough business tokeep us busy until the ground is white.



We have also been busy finishing spring cleanup of a few all weatherpaddock areas that needed some manure removal and touching up.These areas always need to be maintained to ensure water drainsproperly and doesn 't create soft spots that worsen with horse traffic.We have recently landed two large commercial jobs that will do agood job filling our schedule for July. The rest of the summer and fallis wide open for working on YOUR project. Give us a call!


All of the people who work at the ranch are volunteers. Theequines are rescues of abuse and neglect. Not only does the ranchhave a program for the horses but they also have a youth program.The goal of the youth program is to assist disadvantaged youthand at risk youth from the Greater MN area to get an education.

Truhaven Ranch: Candy Phillips, Sarah Smith, & Melissa Norton

If you are an animal lover, and you have a pet of any kind, youknow how much a part of the family they become. No one wants tosee animals being treated with malice or starved. And what can wesay about our youth? It has been said many times before but it isthe truth, they are the future.RAM feels these are worthwhilecauses and we all need to do what we can to make a difference inour communities.

If you are interested in learning more about Truhaven Ranch,please go to www.truhavenranch.org .

2013 Annual Shadowbrooke GolfTournament

Gregg Machemehl, Rollie Radtke, Eric Gustafson, & Brian Korf

Several RAM employees attended the 2013 Shadowbrooke GolfTournament on Saturday, August 17th. The golf outing was a fundraiser for the Lester Prairie Bulldog Booster Club. The proceeds raisedfrom this tournament will be distributed by the Booster Club forchildren in Lester Prairie schools participating in athletics and finearts.

Tyler Smith, Ryan Kaczmarek, Mike Fitzloff, & Chris Pokornowski

Future Problem SolversThis program is offered internationally for students in 4th & 12thgrade. This group of kids competes in Team Problem Solving.Typically, they have societal problems that they are to approach,research, evaluate, and come up with a solution to. This organizationis designed to teach youth valuable critical and creative thinkingskills. This group also teaches them clear communication skills, bothverbal and written. Diverse perspectives are encouraged, teaching

Referral ProgramWe want to give back to you. Let RAM give you $100

per referral! Tell your family! Tell your friends!

Let RAM be your money tree!

Refer us today!

Call 800-710-4726 for more details.

Opportunity knocks!Answer...........

Go Team!The McLeod County Relay for Life walk was on August 2nd inHutchinson, MN. Relay for Life gives people an opportunity tohonor cancer survivors, promote how to reduce the risks of cancer,and to raise funds to aid in ending cancer. RAM was one of thesponsors for a local team, the Prairie Pacers, out of Lester Prairie,MN. Everyone involved in the event raised over $112,220 forcancer research and Race for a Cure. Thank you to everyoneinvolved for being a part of something so vital to all our lives!

them how to think, not what to think.

Students from Lester Prairie School

In our case, the team was working on their first Community ProblemSolving project. They considered their community of Lester Prairie.They decided that people need to be able to get outside in the winter.So they devised a plan to raise money for the warming house at theice skating rink in town. RAM donated materials and in exchange theboys painted a fence at RAM. The community portion of this programis designed to get the youth involved in their projects and theircommunities.

Students from Lester Prairie School

Jan Monroe, Miriam Jilek, Doreen Birkholz, Kara Brandt, ShirleyDibb, Loren Jilek, Donna Machemehl, Barb Parpart, Lois Raduenz,& Bonnie Schlichting

Employees go Medieval This year we came across an opportunity we could not pass up.Our employees work very hard and we like to show ourappreciation for their dedication to RAM. We were able to gettickets to the Renaissance Festival for the employees and getthem there with families at a largely discounted price if they sochose.

For those of you who have never been there, it is a traveling show.

Fall Fertilization

It is time to fertilize! The most important fertilization of the year isapplied in the fall. Fertilizer applied to lawns in the fall helps rootsystems recover from summer stress and develop food reserves foran earlier and better spring. Your lawn and trees consume a lot morefood in the fall than through the rest of the year. Your entire landscape"shifts gears" in the fall to begin storing food in preparation for theexplosive new growth of spring. Fall fertilization makes nutrientsavailable that may not be present in some poor soils. The healthierthe roots become the better growth you can expect in the spring.

Happy to HelpDear RAM Buildings, We want to thank you and your employees forvolunteering at the burger stand, it was a great success! Without yourhelp we could not have done it. We also would like to thank you forhelping us create our stage by providing the planks. Coronation wasso much fun, especially when I was crowned a 2013-2014 LesterPrairie Ambassador. Sincerely, Ashle Lukes

It is themed to the Renaissance period. They have shows withComedians, Jugglers, Stunts, Story Tellers, Musicians, &Jousting. You can also eat, shop, & drink. My favorite thing to dothere is people watch. Not only does all the cast dress up but ifspectators desire they may dress up renaissance style and get incharacter. They also have some rides and games for the kids. Allin all, there is something for everyone!

The Brezinas

Ashle Lukes, Maggie Krull

The Jacksons

The Kieckers

The Jacksons

The Kieckers

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