Projects
Services: Specialty metal fabrication
Waukesha County Jail Solar Water Heater
| Description | Installed rooftop 60'x60' thermal solar system with 56 panels to generate power to heat the jail's domestic water (approximately 3,000 gallons used per day). Grunau Metals fabricated and installed the support skeleton while our Plumbers installed the new hot water solar system. - View Case Study |
| Owner | Waukesha County Dept of Public Works |
| Engineer | Angus Young |
| Date Completed | September 2011 |
River Renaissance Condos
| Description | Structural & Miscellaneous Steel for Riverwalk Project |
| Owner | River Renaissance LLC |
| General Contractor | VJS Construction Services |
| Architect | Engberg Anderson |
| Man-hours | 11,672.00 |
| Date Completed | January 2010 |
Aurora Medical Center ~ Summit
| Description | Design/Assist, HVAC, Plumbing, and Specialty Metal Fab for a new state-of-art 800,000 sq ft medical facility encompassing a hospital, clinic, pharmacy, and the Vince Lombardi Cancer Center. |
| Owner | Aurora Health Care / Hammes |
| General Contractor | Mortenson |
| Architect | Kahn |
| Engineer | KJWW |
| Man-hours | 233,000.00 |
| Date Completed | December 2009 |
Baird ~ Training Floor
| Description | HVAC, Fire Protection, Specialty Metal Fab |
| Owner | US Bank / Baird Corp. |
| General Contractor | Gilbane |
| Architect | Gensler |
| Engineer | Gosentini |
| Man-hours | 4,882.00 |
| Date Completed | April 2009 |
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 |
Northwestern Mutual ~ Franklin Phase II
| Description | Design/Assist, HVAC, Plumbing, Fire Protection, Specialty Metal Fab |
| Owner | Northwestern Mutual |
| General Contractor | Opus |
| Architect | Eppstein Uhen Architects |
| Engineer | Affiliated Engineers |
| Man-hours | 55,766.00 |
| 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 |
NASCAR Wind Tunnel
| Description | Specialty Metal Fabrication and Structural Steel |
| Owner | Wind Shear Inc. |
| General Contractor | JE Jacobs Technology, Inc. |
| Man-hours | 12,996.00 |
| Date Completed | January 2008 |
University Club Tower
| Description | Specialty Metal Fabrication work in multi-use building including condominiums, guest suites, health club, and dining facilities. |
| Owner | University Club, LLC |
| General Contractor | J.H. Findorff & Son, Inc. |
| Architect | Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, LLP |
| Man-hours | 7,721.00 |
| Date Completed | June 2007 |
Manpower Corporate Headquarters
| Description | Design/Build, HVAC, Plumbing, Fire Protection, Underground Site Utilities, Temperature Controls (Electrical), Specialty Metal Fab; LEED NC Gold Rating in 2009 |
| Owner | Riverbend Place LLC |
| General Contractor | Gilbane Building Co. |
| Architect | Eppstein Uhen Architects |
| Engineer | STS Consultants |
| Man-hours | 28,721.00 |
| Date Completed | May 2007 |
MCW/CRI Biomedical Research Facility
| Description | HVAC, Plumbing and Medical Gas for Laboratories and Vivarium |
| Owner | MCW/CRI |
| General Contractor | Gilbane Building Co. |
| Architect | HGA |
| Engineer | BR+A |
| Man-hours | 194,148.00 |
| Date Completed | January 2007 |
Alverno College
| Description | Structural & Miscellaneous Metals, Plumbing, Underground Site Utilities for a new parking structure and campus renovations |
| Owner | Alverno College |
| General Contractor | Gilbane Building Co. |
| Architect | Uihlein Wilson Architects |
| Date Completed | September 2006 |
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 |
Badger Meter
| Description | Process piping & specialty metal fabrication teams completed a new production test line that checks accuracy |
| Owner | Badger Meter |
| General Contractor | Grunau Company |
| Architect | Arnold & O'Sheridan |
| Engineer | Grunau Company |
| Date Completed | August 2006 |
Aurora Health Care ~ Computer Room Expansion
| Description | In a 2-phase computer room expansion project at Aurora Health Care's corporate facility, Grunau installed a new glycol cooler system, fire suppression system, UPS unit and generator, plus Specialty Metals work including rooftop platforms, catwalks, railings and stairs. - View Case Study |
| Owner | Aurora Health Care |
| General Contractor | Grunau Company |
| Architect | Grunau Company |
| Engineer | Grunau Company |
| Date Completed | May 2005 |
Northwestern Mutual ~ Franklin Campus ~ Grunau Metals
| Description | Specialty metals fabrication of railings and stairs; also completed HVAC and plumbing; see separate Mechanicals Project entry to read the mechanical case study - View Case Study |
| Owner | Northwestern Mutual |
| General Contractor | Opus North Corporation |
| Architect | Eppstein Uhen Architects |
| Engineer | Affiliated Engineers |
| Date Completed | April 2004 |
Photo Courtesy of Northwestern Mutual. Copyright 2004
Riley Construction
Photo Courtesy of Riley Construction
| Description | Stairs and railings, Specialty metal fabrication at Edward Bain School of Language and Art - View Case Study |
| Owner | Kenosha Unified School District #1 |
| General Contractor | Riley Construction |
| Architect | Bray Associates Architects |
| Engineer | Ambrose Engineering, Inc. |
| What Our Customers Say | "Grunau Metals did a great job. They made sure we had permanent stairs as soon as the second floor was erected - the way it should be done." Tom Riley, President - Riley Construction |
| Date Completed | March 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
BioGenesis Enterprises, Inc.
| Description | Engineering services and Specialty Metal Fabrication for soil and sediment washing machines - View Case Study |
| Owner | BioGenesis Enterprises, Inc. |
| Engineer | Grunau Metals and BioGenesis |
| What Our Customers Say | We chose Grunau Metals because they're not a typical subcontractor. Instead, they are partners in our projects, helping us overcome the challenges and celebrating the successes. That's the kind of cooperation and dedication we need. ~ Masood Amiran, BioGenesis Enterprises, Inc. |
| Date Completed | August 2003 |
St. Luke's Hospital - Platform fabrication
| Description | Specialty metal fabrication, Platform fabrication for equipment installation - View Case Study |
| Owner | Aurora Health Care |
| Date Completed | June 2003 |
Raynor Memorial Library
| Description | Engineering services, HVAC, Plumbing, Fire protection, Specialty metal fabrication |
| Owner | Marquette University |
| General Contractor | Opus North Corporation |
| Architect | Opus North Architects |
| Engineer | Grunau Company |
| Man-hours | 16,941.74 |
| Date Completed | May 2003 |
Permacel
| Description | Equipment setting, process piping, ductwork, and specialty metal fabrication for new special adhesive manufacturing facility |
| Owner | Nitto Denko |
| General Contractor | Grunau Company |
| Engineer | Nitto Denko |
| Man-hours | 47,522.00 |
| Date Completed | December 2002 |
Johnson Building
| Description | Canopies, Stairwells, Railings, Specialty Metal Fabrication for bank and office space - View Case Study |
| Owner | Johnson Bank |
| General Contractor | Mortenson |
| Architect | Eppstein Uhen Architects |
| Engineer | Pierce Engineers |
| Man-hours | 16,398.50 |
| What Our Customers Say | The Johnson Building is a reflection of how Grunau Metals consistently does business: focused on quality and respectful of our budget. It wasn't a surprise that the team did a great job. ~ Scott Weas, Owner's Representative for Johnson Bank - Weas Development |
| Date Completed | August 2002 |
Courtesy of Johnson Bank
Courtesy of Johnson Bank
Toyota - Princeton, Ind.
| Description | Structural steel |
| Owner | Toyota |
| Date Completed | July 2002 |
Boston Store Remodel
| Description | HVAC, Plumbing, Specialty metal fabrication, Parking and chiller plant upgrade for remodeled tenant building |
| Owner | Wispark LLC |
| General Contractor | GPD/Gilbane |
| Architect | Eppstein Uhen |
| Engineer | Grunau Company |
| Date Completed | June 2002 |
Dynacare/Froedtert
| Description | Specialty metal fabrication, Structural steel, Stairs, Handrails |
| Date Completed | December 2001 |
Bombardier
| Description | Process exhaust, specialty metal fabrication |
| Owner | Bombardier |
| General Contractor | Axor, Inc. |
| Architect | Arnold & O'Sheridan |
| Engineer | Arnold & O'Sheridan |
| Date Completed | September 2001 |
Ivory Tusk
| Description | Structural steel, Stairs, Specialty metal fabrication |
| Date Completed | May 2001 |
Wisconsin Probation and Parole Facility
| Description | Specialty metal fabrication, Stairs, Railings |
| Owner | State of Wisconsin |
| Man-hours | 7,772.00 |
| Date Completed | May 2001 |
DTF Tunnel #8
| Description | Wind Tunnel |
| Date Completed | January 2001 |
Roosevelt Middle School
| Description | Structural steel |
| Date Completed | November 2000 |
DTF, Allen Park, Mich.
| Description | Fab/Install Wind Tunnel |
| Date Completed | March 2000 |
William F. Eisner Museum of Advertising and Design
| Description | Fab/Install Specialty metal fabrication, Structural steel |
| Date Completed | March 2000 |
Water and Wells Streets
| Description | Fab/Install, Specialty metal fabrication, Stairs, Handrails, Canopy, Railings |
| Date Completed | February 2000 |
Third Ward Parking Structure
| Description | Specialty metal fabrication, handrails |
| Date Completed | 2000 |
Potawatomi Bingo Casino
| Description | Stairs, Specialty metal fabrication |
| Owner | Forest County Executive Council-Gaming Commission |
| Date Completed | October 1999 |
Alverno College ~ Technology Center
| Description | Plumbing, HVAC, Specialty Metal Fabrication |
| Owner | Alverno College |
| General Contractor | GPD/Gilbane |
| Date Completed | January 1999 |
Howard Avenue Water Purification Plant
| Description | HVAC, Site plumbing, Process piping, Specialty metal fabrication, Control wiring, Large diameter underground piping |
| Owner | City of Milwaukee |
| General Contractor | BVCI, JSA |
| Date Completed | July 1998 |
Linwood Water Purification Plant
| Description | HVAC, Plumbing, Process piping, Specialty metal fabrication, Control wiring, Large diameter underground piping |
| Owner | City of Milwaukee |
| General Contractor | BVCI, JSA |
| Date Completed | July 1998 |
M&I Data Systems
| Description | HVAC, Specialty metal fabrication |
| Owner | M&I Bank |
| General Contractor | Oscar J. Boldt Construction |
| Date Completed | June 1997 |
