Projects
Industries: Entertainment
Milwaukee County Zoo, Penguin Exhibit
| Description | Installed new chiller to keep the temperatures refrigerated in the penguin exhibit |
| Date Completed | June 2011 |
FL ~ Peabody Hotel
| Description | Installed sprinklers in new 34 story hotel and 2-story convention center; installed 2 new fire pumps underground per the fire proteciton drawings |
| Owner | Peabody Hotel |
| General Contractor | Balfour Beatty Construction |
| Date Completed | November 2010 |
Harley Davidson Museum
| Description | Specialty Metal Fab |
| Owner | Harley Davidson |
| General Contractor | M.A. Mortenson |
| Architect | HGA |
| Engineer | Pentagram Architecture |
| Man-hours | 444.00 |
| Date Completed | August 2008 |
Potawatomi Bingo Casino Expansion
| Description | HVAC, Underground Site Utilities, Specialty Metal Fabrication, Parking Deck |
| Owner | Forest County Potawatomi Community |
| General Contractor | Gilbane Building Company |
| Architect | Hnedak BoBo Group |
| Man-hours | 40,783.00 |
| Date Completed | August 2008 |
Potawatomi Bingo & Casino Renovation
| Description | Fire Protection - Sitework |
| Owner | Forest County Potawatomi Community |
| General Contractor | Titan Construction |
| Architect | Schultz Werk Architecture |
| Date Completed | 2007 |
Discovery World
| Description | Miscellaneous Metals and Structural Steel at Amphitheater Over Water |
| Owner | Discovery World, Ltd. |
| General Contractor | Gilbane Building Co. |
| Architect | HGA |
| Engineer | HGA |
| Man-hours | 16,971.00 |
| Date Completed | September 2006 |
Potawatomi Bingo & Casino Site Utility Relocations
| Description | Relocate Domestic Water, Fire Protection Services, Sanitary & Storm Sewer Connections |
| Owner | Forest County Potawatomi Community |
| General Contractor | Gilbane Building Co. |
| Architect | Hnedak BoBo Group |
| Date Completed | July 2006 |
Pier Wisconsin
| Description | Site Utilities |
| Owner | Pier Wisconsin LTD |
| Architect | HGA |
| Engineer | HGA |
| Date Completed | December 2005 |
FL ~ Disneyland Soarin Over California
| Description | Installed a fire protection system for Disney's theme park attraction of a simulator ride. Blended sprinklers into the scenes and background of the ride. |
| Owner | Walt Disney World |
| General Contractor | PCL Construction |
| Date Completed | April 2005 |
IN ~ Artsgarden
| Description | Designed wet pipe fire protection system to follow rounded building structure in Indiana. Grunau's Milwaukee shop fabricated piping network. Building is operated by the Arts Council of Indianapolis. |
| Owner | Simon Malls |
| Date Completed | January 2005 |
IN ~ Emison Art Center
| Description | Installed preaction fire protection systems in areas with non-replaceable art pieces, and installed wet pipe sprinkler systems |
| Owner | DePauw University |
| General Contractor | Shiel Sexton |
| Architect | CSO Schenkel Shultz Architects |
| Engineer | F & G Engineers, Inc. |
| Date Completed | January 2005 |
FL ~ Omni Hotel at ChampionsGate
| Description | Installed fire protection system for hotel's ballroom, restaurant and retail stores, including 1,000-gallons per minute fire pump, 5,000-head sprinkler system and six standpipes |
| Owner | Omni Hotels |
| General Contractor | Welbro |
| Date Completed | April 2004 |
Milwaukee Theatre
| Description | Staircases, Catwalks, Platforms, Specialty metal fabrication - View Case Study |
| General Contractor | GPD/Gilbane, Hunt |
| Architect | VOA Associates |
| Engineer | Nayyar & Nayyar Structural Engineers |
| Date Completed | November 2003 |
Photo courtesy of Steinkamp-Ballogg Photography
Photo courtesy of Steinkamp-Ballogg Photography
Photo courtesy of Steinkamp-Ballogg Photography
FL ~ Bethune-Cookman Center for the Performing Arts
| Description | 5 Standpipes, 1250 GPM Fire Pump |
| General Contractor | Stellar Group |
| Date Completed | January 2003 |
FL ~ Mission Space at Disney World
| Description | Fire protection system install at Disney's theme park |
| Owner | Walt Disney Company |
| General Contractor | Mivan Florida, Inc. |
| Date Completed | January 2003 |
FL ~ Osceola Agricultural Center
| Description | Installed 4,000 sprinklers, 1000 GPM fire pump in arena and exhibition facility |
| Owner | Osceola County |
| General Contractor | Centrex Rooney, Gray Construction |
| Date Completed | January 2003 |
PA ~ Steven C. Foster Memorial Theatre
| Description | Installed 125 wet and dry sprinklers |
| Owner | University of Pittsburgh |
| General Contractor | Poerio, Inc. |
| Architect | WTW |
| Engineer | H.F. Lenz |
| Date Completed | September 2002 |
PA ~ Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh
| Description | Installed fire line, standpipes, 1,300 sprinkler heads, and electrical wiring of installed flow and tamper switches. Reprogrammed fire alarm panel. |
| Owner | Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh |
| Engineer | Eichleay Engineering, Inc. |
| Date Completed | August 2002 |
FL ~ Disney Vacation Club - Beach Club Villas
| Description | 6,000 Sprinklers |
| Owner | Walt Disney Company |
| General Contractor | PCL Construction |
| Date Completed | January 2002 |
FL ~ Gaylord Palm Hotel and Convention Center
| Description | 20,000 Sprinklers, 81 Wet systems, Dry system, Preaction system, 225,000 feet of fire protection piping |
| Owner | Gaylord Entertainment |
| General Contractor | Perini, Suitt |
| Date Completed | January 2002 |
Milwaukee Art Museum
| Description | Engineering services, Plumbing, Sitework, Water feature |
| Owner | Milwaukee Art Museum |
| General Contractor | CG Schmidt |
| Man-hours | 11,465.00 |
| What Our Customers Say | "I cannot tell you how impressed we were with the commitment and service from each and every one of your staff. Due to your outstanding efforts, Milwaukee now has what is clearly a world-class facility." Steven G. Chamberlain, President - CG Schmidt, Inc. |
| Date Completed | 2001 |
PA ~ Petersen Events Center
| Description | Installed 1000 gmp electric fire pump, wet and dry sprinklers |
| Owner | University of Pittsburgh |
| General Contractor | Pitt Center Partners |
| Architect | Apostoluo, Russer |
| Engineer | Brinjac Engineering |
| Date Completed | January 2001 |
Potawatomi Bingo Casino
| Description | Plumbing, Fire protection, HVAC, Specialty metal fabrication, Snow melt system |
| Owner | Forest County Executive Council-Gaming Commission |
| General Contractor | Sverdrup, CG Schmidt |
| Architect | Graef, Anhalt, Schloemer |
| Engineer | Ring & DuChateau |
| Date Completed | December 2000 |
William F. Eisner Museum of Advertising and Design
| Description | Fab/Install Specialty metal fabrication, Structural steel |
| Date Completed | March 2000 |
Potawatomi Bingo Casino
| Description | Stairs, Specialty metal fabrication |
| Owner | Forest County Executive Council-Gaming Commission |
| Date Completed | October 1999 |
FL ~ Epcot Center Millennium Village
| Description | Sprinkler heads, Deluge system at Disney World's Epcot Center theme park |
| Owner | Walt Disney Company |
| General Contractor | American Bridge, Mivan Florida, B.V.C.S |
| Date Completed | September 1999 |
FL ~ Universal Studios
| Description | Installed sprinklers in 33 buildings and diesel fire pumps with 4500 feet of underground supply with fire hydrants for Universal Studios theme park |
| Owner | Universal Studios |
| General Contractor | Whiting Turner Construction Company |
| Date Completed | January 1999 |
