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Local News - Local News - January 19, 2012
North Idaho roller coaster maker expands to accommodate innovations
$1 million Hayden facility to house track-fabrication plant; cars in design stage

By Mike McLean
Of the Journal of Business

Steve Martindale, left, president of Six Flags over Texas, and Fred Grubb, of Rocky Mountain Construction, point out the construction company's proprietary track system during on if its first installations in this 2010 photo.
Steve Martindale, left, president of Six Flags over Texas, and Fred Grubb, of Rocky Mountain Construction, point out the construction company's proprietary track system during on if its first installations in this 2010 photo.
-Photo courtesy of Amusement Today/Gary Slade
Rocky Mountain Construction Group Inc., of Hayden, is erecting a new $1 million shop building where it plans to move its proprietary roller coaster track manufacturing operations, says Fred Grubb, the company's president.

The move also will make room for the specialty contractor to develop and manufacture high-performance roller coaster cars that can excel on a track that Grubb says is revolutionizing wooden roller coasters.

Rocky Mountain Construction is acting as i...


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