Projects

Recent Work

Harrisburg East Middle School

Harrisburg East Middle School is a 140,000 square foot facility constructed by Peska Constuction. The school opened it’s doors to serve students in August of 2023. In addition to classrooms, the school includes athletic facilities, technology labs, music rooms, science labs, and many other student amenities.

BG Dean Mann Readiness Center

The 42,000-square-foot facility will be used to house more than 220 National Guard soldiers for training. The 2-year construction project concluded in October of 2024. The facility is named after Brigadier General Dean Mann who dedicated over 33 years of his life to the National Guard.

City of Sioux Falls Public Safety Campus

The City of Sioux Falls Public Safety Campus offers 100,000 square feet of training facilities and structures on 42 acres for the Police Department, Fire Rescue, Emergency Management, and Metro Communications. Features of the campus include:

911 emergency communications
Metro Communications dispatch facility
Emergency Operations Center
Chief Matt Burns Range
Tactical structures creating dynamic training opportunities for Police and Fire Rescue.
13 acre emergency vehicle operations course
Defensive tactics mat room with use of force training simulator
EMS simulation lab
Outdoor and indoor classrooms
Apparatus storage and personal protective equipment care and maintenance building

Sioux Falls Chamber Article: Public Safety Campus Nears Completion

Kelo News: A look at the in-progress Sioux Falls Public Safety Campus

Dakotaland News: Public Safety Campus on track to open this fall

Sioux Falls Simplified: Animated Tour

Pigeon605: What’s inside new Sioux Falls Public Safety Training Center

114th Fighter Wing Aircraft Maintenance Complex

The 39,000-square-foot facility will be used for the 114th Fighter Wing of the South Dakota Air
National Guard. The facility will be used by the 114th Maintenance Group for maintaining the F-16 aircraft. The 2-year construction project concluded in October of 2024.

Education Buildings

Brandon Valley Intermediate School

Consisting of 104,000 square feet, this design included a common area to accommodate 380 students, larger lockers, and an inviting library with large windows. The main focus, however, was the new “hands-on” smart lab. The STEM activities performed in the lab encourage students to show entrepreneurship, to be creative in their approaches and to learn to work independently and in groups. Several stations in the STEM lab include 3D printing, video production and stop-motion animation. “Kids love it. It’s awesome to see them use their creativity and create different ideas,” said Brad Thorson, school principal. “It’s an awesome addition to our school.”

Harrisburg North Middle School

The Harrisburg North Middle School 140,000 square foot school design was intended to enhance the education process with a variety of education spaces including conference rooms and an open pod design for each grade level. The open pod areas encourage social interaction between student and staff in a casual atmosphere. The building is designed for easy administration security and control. Besides classrooms, the school includes technology labs, an art room, family consumer science labs, a media center, gymnasium, two music rooms, a multipurpose physical education room, locker rooms, a large central commons, and a kitchen. This project was completed in November of 2013, on time.

Environmental Office & Education Center

This LEED-certified building with a registered goal of Gold was designed to embody the City’s Leading Green initiative to help implement solutions to environmental, social and economic concerns. These concerns included: energy consumption, air quality, managing land use, increased recycling and conservation of water. This building demonstrates Peska Construction’s innovative response to developing an earth-friendly building using inexpensive, reused and recycled materials. Materials used included tires, QSB panels, wheat board panels and corrugated metals.

Brandon Valley Inspiration Elementary School

Constructed 82,650 square-foot elementary school with:

Gymnasium,
Lunchroom,
Classrooms,
Schoolyard.

Harrisburg High School

Constructed 118,865 square-foot addition which consisted of:

Middle School transition wing for 1,200 students,
Gym addition,
Field House,
Indoor Track.

Business

SGS Brookings

The SGS Brookings building is comprised of three components: a state-of-the-art lab for testing pesticides and fertilizers; testing area for seed and plant germination; and an office. The 90,000 sq. ft. design is comprised of a steel building with custom tilt-up precast panels, accented with metal panels in the company color at the entry. Natural light flows into the building through clerestory windows surrounding the testing area and floor-to-ceiling windows in the flexible training and break area.

TJN Enterprises Scrap Recycling Inc

Constructed on 20-acres, this 80,000 square foot two-story scrap metal recycling facility, has an office and outdoor storage area used for nonferrous processing. Shear and baling equipment are on site along with car flattening equipment.

“The facility turned out great, and we’re really excited about it.”
-TJN spokesman David Bernstein

American Tire Distributors

Constructed in 2010, this building includes 93,000 square feet of tire distribution and storage. With high-pile racking, the project required specialized air ventilation and sprinkler systems. The entire east side of the structure has 17 loading docks and 8’x9’ overhead doors.

Stock Yard - Highway 18

Located off Highway 18:

40-acre site,
3 cell sanitary lagoon,
150,000 sq ft pen area with Auction Block,
1 animal waste lagoon.

GRACO

Constructed 55,905 square-foot addition. Peska Construction tore down a 480 ft load bearing wall and constructed a temporary wall to the hold the roof structure. This Sioux Falls facility manufactures spray guns, parts and accessories, and provides the following functions:

Engineering
Research and Development
Manufacturing
Assembly

Lift Solutions

Constructed 15,300 square-foot structure which contains an office and shop. This manufacturing building provides forklift trucks for virtually every application and equipment, with parts and services to support the Midwest.

Concrete Projects

Denny Sanford Premier Center

Multipurpose facility hosting concerts, conventions, sporting events, and much more.
Turn key concrete package.
Some of the concrete work performed: slab on grade, elevated decks, and dock paving.

Dana J Dykhouse Stadium and Sanford Jackrabbit Athletic Complex

Division 1 football stadium with elevated suites connected to an indoor multi-use athletic complex.
Turn key concrete package.
Some of the concrete work performed: footings and foundations, slab on grade, paving, and elevated decks.

Drake Springs Pool

Family aquatic center including swimming pools and a lazy river.
Turn key concrete package.
Some of the concrete work performed: Cast in place concrete pool, all hard decking for pools, paving, sidewalks.

Walmarts

Retail shopping supercenters.
Peska Construction has performed various concrete construction on 37 Walmarts in the upper Midwest.
Some of the concrete work performed: Footings and foundations, slab on grade, paving, sidewalks.