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title: Widseth Blog | Structural Engineering
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[![VIDEO: Pool Addition Brings Many Benefits to Century High School in Rochester](https://blog.widseth.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Century%20High%20School%20Pool%20-%20Rochester%2c%20MN%20-%202022_IH%20(10)_960x360.jpg?width=618&name=Century%20High%20School%20Pool%20-%20Rochester,%20MN%20-%202022_IH%20(10)_960x360.jpg)](https://blog.widseth.com/video-pool-addition-brings-many-benefits-to-century-high-school-in-rochester)

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December 23, 2022

[VIDEO: Pool Addition Brings Many Benefits to Century High School in Rochester](https://blog.widseth.com/video-pool-addition-brings-many-benefits-to-century-high-school-in-rochester)

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March 07, 2022

[Muer Earns Professional Engineer License](https://blog.widseth.com/muer-earns-professional-engineer-license)

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December 01, 2021

[Visit Us at the Association of Minnesota Counties Annual Conference in Bloomington on December 6 & 7!](https://blog.widseth.com/visit-us-at-the-association-of-minnesota-counties-annual-conference-in-bloomington-on-december-6-7)

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[![Pillager School Holds Grand Opening for CTC Center Auditorium Addition](https://blog.widseth.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Pillager%20School%20Auditorium%20Addition%20960x360.jpg?width=618&name=Pillager%20School%20Auditorium%20Addition%20960x360.jpg)](https://blog.widseth.com/pillager-school-holds-grand-opening-for-ctc-center-auditorium-addition)

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October 14, 2021

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[![VIDEO: Widseth's Emma Clarke Shares Her Story, Encourages Girls to Become Engineers](https://blog.widseth.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Emma%20960%20no%20play.jpg?width=618&name=Emma%20960%20no%20play.jpg)](https://blog.widseth.com/video-widseths-emma-young-shares-her-story-encourages-girls-to-become-engineers)

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February 25, 2021

[VIDEO: Widseth's Emma Clarke Shares Her Story, Encourages Girls to Become Engineers](https://blog.widseth.com/video-widseths-emma-young-shares-her-story-encourages-girls-to-become-engineers)

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June 17, 2016

[Storm Shelters and Safe Rooms Provide Necessary Protection When Mother Nature Strikes](https://blog.widseth.com/storm-shelters-and-safe-rooms-provide-necessary-protection-when-mother-nature-strikes)

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