Dudley Tower

Dudley Tower, also known as First Wausau Tower, is a high-rise building located in downtown Wausau, Wisconsin. Sitting on the shore of the Wisconsin River, it is the prominent building in the Wausau city skyline. First Wausau Tower is the tallest commercial building in Wisconsin outside of Milwaukee.

Dudley tower
Downtown Wausau, with Dudley Tower visible on the left
Alternative names	First Wausau Tower[1]
General information
Status	Complete
Type	Commercial Offices
Location	500 1st St #3,Wausau, Wisconsin
Construction started	Spring 2006
Completed	July 2007
Owner	Dudley Investments, LLC
Height
Architectural	241 ft (73 m)
Roof	199 ft (61 m)
Technical details
Floor count	11
Floor area	160,000 sq ft (14,900 m2)
Design and construction
Architect	Preforma, Inc[2]
Main contractor	Miron Construction[3]
Website
dudleytower.com

Currently, First Wausau Tower is occupied by Ruder Ware, WoodTrust, CGI, and Miron Construction. Architect, Performa, Inc, designed the building to be a "state-of-the-art office building features amenities that go beyond building codes, including security systems with proximity card readers; wireless, cable, or satellite communications infrastructure, an advanced heating and cooling system, and a lower level, climate-controlled executive parking facility."[4] Dudley Tower's offices can hold, in total, about 500 employees. The building is also host to WAOW-TV's Dudley Tower Skycam.

The building has won two awards: The Daily Reporter - Top Projects in Wisconsin - 2007[5] and the WRMCA Concrete Design Award - 2007.

Dudley Tower's builder, Miron Construction, created a time-lapse video showing its construction phase during 2006 & 2007.