Dream big.
That was the message a group of Knife River Corp.’s regional presidents delivered years ago to Dan Abbott, a 46-year employee who had long been responsible for the company’s training and learning services.
Specifically, the group pointed Abbott, now retired, to a legacy Morse Bros. operation in Albany, Oregon – one that ceased sand and gravel mining operations in 2019 – as the place where Knife River could build a training complex unlike anything the industry has seen…