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Midwest Builders Exchange MBEX is where commercial construction professionals across the Upper Midwest come to move their business forward. Yup, it's all included with membership!

The real work of construction doesn’t happen in isolation; it happens between people. We’re not just a plan room; we’re a connection point. The Minnesota Builders Exchange (MBEX) is a progressive, non-profit trade association providing our members with construction project leads, bidding documents and opportunities to network within the construction industry. Since 1888, our mission has been simple: to assist our member companies and their employees with efficiency, professionalism, and top tier work. Our staff of reporters research and provide project leads and construction bidding documents on over 5,000 projects annually. Our members access construction projects from Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin via our Online and Physical Plan Rooms.

Big infrastructure money is moving across the region, specifically in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota 👀 Two p...
10/19/2026

Big infrastructure money is moving across the region, specifically in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota 👀

Two projects, three states, and what should be on your radar heading into 2027 ⬇️ :

MINNESOTA / NORTH DAKOTA - $249M Transmission Line 📡

• Starting in 2028, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission is planning a 101-mile, 345-kilowatt transmission line connecting Alexandria, Minn. to the Minnesota/North Dakota border.

• The projects will add a second circuit to an existing corridor that runs through Clay, Wilkin, Otter Tail, Grant and Douglas Counties.

• Roughly 107 monopole structures will be installed, 86 of them in Minnesota along with modifications to the Alexandria and Bison substations.

SOUTH DAKOTA - $34M in Drinking Water projects 🚰

• Six drinking water projects recently received the green light from South Dakota's Board of Water and Natural Resources.

• The biggest: a $16.5-million bulk-water connection between Clay Rural Water System and Elk Point; a $10-million water treatment plant in Milbank; and a 38-mile regional waterline upgrade connecting Randall Community Water District to Mitchell.

• This is just the start. Federal surveys put South Dakota's total water infrastructure need at $3.3-billion over the next 20 years.

For MBEX Members working as electrical, civil, and/or water infrastructure contractors and suppliers, now is the time to get familiar with these projects.

Check out our LinkedIn page (Midwest Builders Exchange) for further project details on each.

Thursday's Plan Room Demo is free, virtual, and over by 10:00am. Here are three tricks you'll walk away knowing:1.) How ...
10/13/2026

Thursday's Plan Room Demo is free, virtual, and over by 10:00am. Here are three tricks you'll walk away knowing:

1.) How to Set Up Search Filters That Pinpoint the Right Projects 📍
Keywords, key phrases, product names, and CSI (division) codes. Put them together inside a search filter and the Plan Room does the work. Less scrolling through irrelevant projects, more time on the ones that actually fit your trade / specialty.

2.) How to Get Your Company on a Project's Bidder List 📋
It's a very straightforward process once you know where to look, and doing it right means the right people know you're interested in the project before the bidding window closes.

3.) How to Track Projects Without Missing a Beat 📧
New addenda. Phase changes. Reported apparent lows. You can have these updates hit your inbox automatically as they happen, or check on your own if your inbox is already at maximum capacity. Either way, we'll walk through both so project updates don't slip by unnoticed.

These three tricks, plus a few more things, and all within an hour of your morning.

Join MBEX staff over Zoom this Thursday (October 15) at 9:00am. 👉 Sign up via the link found in our details or head to our website.

PS - This session is open for both current members in need of a Plan Room 101 crash course, and non-members curious about our platform.

Let's welcome our newest members to the Midwest Builders Exchange to kick off this and new work week 🤩Join us in givin...
10/12/2026

Let's welcome our newest members to the Midwest Builders Exchange to kick off this and new work week 🤩

Join us in giving warm greetings to the following companies who joined MBEX throughout the month of September:

▪️ Apadana Construction | General Contractor (Minneapolis)

▪️ Cardozo | Drywall (West St. Paul)

▪️ Contemporary Blind Design | Custom Window Treatments (Minneapolis)

▪️ Dynamic Electric | Electrical (Faribault)

▪️ Energy Tech Systems Inc | HVAC & Building Automation (Bismarck, N.D.)

▪️ Enterprise Fleet Management | Fleet Management and Rental Solutions (Eagan)

▪️ EVO Construction LLC | General Contractor (Long Prairie)

▪️ Four Season Renovators | General Contractor & Carpentry (Duluth)

▪️ Holton Electric Contractors | Electrical (Golden Valley)

▪️ Procellis Technology Inc. | AI & Technology Services (Minneapolis)

▪️ Revering Brothers Plumbing and Heating | Plumbing & HVAC (Alexandria)

We're excited to have these 11 member companies now a part of the Upper Midwest's go-to network and resource for the commercial construction industry.

Welcome to MBEX! 🎉 👏 💪

Early in your construction career and still figuring out who your people are? We might be able to help with that 😁The MB...
10/08/2026

Early in your construction career and still figuring out who your people are? We might be able to help with that 😁

The MBEX Young Professionals Network is on October 28 at Frattalone Construction attalone Construction in Little Canada. A casual, in-person event built for construction professionals 40 and under.

Three reasons to come out:

🤝 The Connections You Make Here are Invaluable
The person you meet in October could be a future GC, a sub you end up trusting with half your work, or someone who opens a door you didn't know existed. You can't make these kinds of connections sitting at your desk. The earlier you start building those bridges (no pun intended), the more relationships you have later on.

🚣 You'll Find People in the Same Boat
There's a different kind of honesty in a room full of people navigating the same stage of their career. The advice is more useful, the questions are easier to ask, and you leave feeling far less alone than when you walked in.

😎 Come As You Are
It's a couple of easy-going hours of appetizers, drinks, and whatever conversations happen in between.

Doors open at 3:00pm, and it's $20 per person to attend.

👉 Visit the links found in our details or head to our website to register (and bring a few of your colleagues with you!).

We're looking forward to connecting with members this Thursday, October 8, at Rush Creek Golf Club for our annual Fall S...
10/06/2026

We're looking forward to connecting with members this Thursday, October 8, at Rush Creek Golf Club for our annual Fall Social event!

Before we do, we'd like to acknowledge and thank our generous sponsors helping make this event possible:

🏅 PREMIERE SPONSOR
The Builders Group (TBG)

🪙 PLATINUM SPONSOR
Scaffold Service

💎 SILVER SPONSORS
Dark Horse General Contractors & Dem-Con Companies, LLC

🏆 DOOR PRIZE SPONSORS
Culligan Ultrapure Northfield, Grazzini Brothers & Company, NYCO, Scaffold Service & Weidner's Mechanical Contractors

Still interested in attending on Thursday? Head to our website and register!

Having almost 140 years in commercial construction under one's belt teaches you a few things. If we narrowed the MANY k...
10/05/2026

Having almost 140 years in commercial construction under one's belt teaches you a few things.

If we narrowed the MANY key lessons down to only 10 that every young professional starting out in this industry needed to know, here's where we'd start:

1.) Learn to read the documents. Seriously.
Construction documents tell you everything about what's expected before a single nail is hammered in. The people who understand them early don't just keep up; they get ahead.

2.) Your reputation moves faster than you do.
Construction is a smaller world than it appears from the outside. How you handle a tough job, a difficult conversation, or a bad week...people remember. Build, and act, accordingly.

3.) Get on job sites whenever you can.
There's a version of this industry you can only learn by being on an active site. No amount of coursework or screen time will get you fully there. Show up, watch, and ask what you're looking at.

4.) Ask the obvious questions.
Everyone in that room was once new. The ones who figured things out fastest weren't the ones who already knew everything; they were the ones willing to ask. Most, if not all, folks are happy and willing to share their experiences.

5.) Build your network before you need it.
The relationships that tend to matter most are the one made when nothing was riding on them. Start now, even if (especially if) you don't have a reason to yet.

We'll drop our other 5 nuggets of wisdom later this week.

In the meantime, why not join us this Thursday (October 8) at our annual Fall Social or on October 28 for the next MBEX Young Professionals Network?

Full event details can be found, along with registration, at https://business.mbex.org/events.

October is a great month for getting out of the office. Here's what MBEX has going on:FALL SOCIAL - October 8 | Rush C...
10/02/2026

October is a great month for getting out of the office. Here's what MBEX has going on:

FALL SOCIAL - October 8 | Rush Creek Golf Club (Maple Grove, Minn.)
🍂 Light appetizers, drinks, and a few hours with people from across the commercial construction industry. We'll also be recognizing our 2026-2027 scholarship recipients, helping introduce them to MBEX and grow their professional networks.

ONLINE PLAN ROOM DEMO - October 15 | Virtual Event
💻 An hour, live, with MBEX staff, walking attendees through the Plan Room. Free for members in need of a little Plan Room 101 and for non-members curious about our platform. If you've been meaning to get a better handle on the platform, this is an easy way to do so.

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS NETWORK (MBEX YPN) - October 28 | Frattalone Construction (Little Canada, Minn.)
🤝 A casual in-person event for construction professionals early in their careers. Zero agenda; simply a room filled with good people to know and conversations that build long-lasting relationships.

Full details for each of these events, as well as links for registration, can be found at https://business.mbex.org/events.

It's October 1; do you know what that means? 👀New members who join before the end of the year get the remainder of 2026 ...
10/01/2026

It's October 1; do you know what that means? 👀

New members who join before the end of the year get the remainder of 2026 PLUS all of 2027 at today's rates. Join this month and you're looking at 15 months for the price of 12. Wait until November, that's 14. December still works out in your favor.

So what does that time actually get you?

🖥️ The MBEX Online Plan Room is where most members spend the bulk of their time: tracking projects, building search filters, getting eyes on nearly 5,000 commercial construction opportunities published annually across the Upper Midwest. The earlier you're set up in there, the earlier 2027 starts working for you.

📨 Beyond the Plan Room, membership includes the MBEX Weekly Bulletin in your inbox every Tuesday evening, sharing industry news, economic updates, and a look at what's moving in the market. Premium Members also receive the Pre-Plan Pipeline, an early look at 50-60 projects still in the concept and developmental stages before they ever hit the bidding cycle.

🤝 And then there's the community itself. GCs, subcontractors, suppliers, and trade partners across Minnesota and the Upper Midwest who show up at events, exchange knowledge, and do business together. That part is hard to quantify, but ask any long-time member and they'll tell you it's half the reason they renew.

The best time to join was last year. The second best time is TODAY

➡️ Head over to https://mbex.org/membership and join place where plans become partnerships.

October 8 is closer than it looks, and so is the early bird deadline 🍂 🐦 🚨The MBEX Fall Social is back and will be held ...
09/22/2026

October 8 is closer than it looks, and so is the early bird deadline 🍂 🐦 🚨

The MBEX Fall Social is back and will be held at Rush Creek Golf Course in Maple Grove this year, and early bird member pricing ends this Friday, September 25.

🎟️ $55 for MBEX Members
🎟️ $70 for non-members

Come as you are, grab a drink and a few appetizers, and spend the late afternoon catching up with familiar faces and meeting new ones from across the commercial cosntruction industry.

This year's event will include a brief program recognizing our generous sponsors and celebrating this year's MBEX Scholarship recipients, of which a handful will also be in attendance ready to grow their networks.

Doors open at 3:00pm.

To take advantage of savings, register by this Friday: https://business.mbex.org/ap/Events/Register/2JFlNj8H3CNCz

Think about a construction project that didn't go as planned 🫣Somewhere along the way, there was probably a breakdown in...
09/21/2026

Think about a construction project that didn't go as planned 🫣

Somewhere along the way, there was probably a breakdown in communication, and with it, trust.

Now think about one that went well. Chances are, the difference came down to the relationships behind it.

The construction industry runs on people. Always has. The partnerships built between contractors, trade partners, project owners, and architects are what turn plans into finished projects. (Some might even say it's what separates a smooth job from one riddled with change orders, costs overruns, and disputes 😉)

Strong relationships don't happen by accident. They're built intentionally, over time, through consistent communication, shared accountability, and showing up for those you work with.

Which is exactly why upcoming events like these matter:

MBEX FALL SOCIAL
📆 October 8 | 🍂 Rush Creek Golf Club
A casual afternoon of appetizers, drinks, and conversation with commercial construction professionals from across the metro and the larger region. Early bird pricing ends this Friday, September 25.

MBEX YOUNG PROFESSIONALS NETWORK
📆 October 28 | 🤝 Frattalone Construction
Built for the next generation of construction professionals, the people building the relationships that will define the industry's next chapter.

Two events. Two great opportunities to build the kind of relationships that actually move the needle in this industry.

👉 Register for each by visiting https://business.mbex.org/events.

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