Barnett Construction

About Barnett Construction

A freight train working the yard near the old depot is usually the first sound in the Haymarket on a winter morning, and Barnett Construction times its snow routes to that same rhythm, clearing loading docks and brick side streets before the district's shops and restaurants open for the day. Those bricks hold ice longer than plain concrete does, so a section that looks clear can still be treacherous underfoot until it's salted properly. The crew moves heavier equipment through the alleys behind the old warehouses, opening truck routes for deliveries that can't wait on a storm to pass. Watching a century-old brick street go from a sheet of ice back to something a person can cross without thinking about it is the part of the job that sticks. By the time the depot's morning trains have come and gone, the district is cleared and ready for whatever the day in downtown Lincoln brings.