Pittsburgh Grunau Fire Protection group walked for Multiple Sclerosis during Walk MS Beaver 2018. Grunau Employees and their families participated in the Walk MS 5K event at Beaver High School in Beaver, PA on April 22, 2018. This is the third year that the group has participated. The groups fundraising efforts go toward services and […]
As a Lean Construction company, Grunau looks toward new and innovative ways to increase efficiency. The Orlando branch has launched a pilot program that simplifies reporting hours and units completed. This system will help employees both in the field and the office measure projects on a weekly basis. Traditionally, foremen would report hours completed on […]
Driving while distracted has become a very dangerous problem on our roadways. Grunau is committed to protecting our employees and others from these risks so has implemented a Driving without Distractions policy. Distracted driving has become an increasing concern that affects all of us. Each day in the United States, approximately 9 people are killed and […]
The prestigious Risk Control Pacesetter Award was granted to Grunau Company in 2017 by Churchill Casualty Ltd. This is based on both safety record statistics as well as innovative safety ideas. One of Grunau’s safety ideas was to put a strong emphasis this year on stop-work authority / responsibility. Through many incident investigations, we discovered younger or newer employees hesitate to ask questions […]
Grunau is honoring our employee veterans as America celebrates Veterans Day on November 11. Grunau hosted a social hour after work for our Milwaukee-based US military veterans at the nearby Milwaukee Burger restaurant. Over 30 veteran employees attended the event. President, Bill Ball, who himself is a veteran, offered a toast of gratitude for the veterans’ service to […]
A hearty salute to Grunau steamfitters Charles Cluney, Matt Dickinson, Emily Lindl, Anthony Matysik, and Joe Olson for participating in the 30th Annual “Heat’s On Project”. This was a charity event that inspected and serviced heating systems for 95 military veterans in Madison & Dane County. Steamfitters Involved The event took place on Saturday, October 7, 2017, with […]
Employees wanting a fun way to exercise this summer have joined the Grunau Cycling Club. It’s as much a social gathering as a healthy activity. Both men and women meet every Thursday evening after work at a designated bike route. The gathering is open to whoever wants to ride, whether it is once a month, once a summer, […]
Grunau Company celebrates long-term employees at our annual summer family picnic. This year the event took place on a sunny Saturday in late July at the Milwaukee County Zoo. With over 160 employees bringing their family members, there were nearly 590 people in our group. Decorations and activities centered around our picnic theme of “The North Woods”. We even had […]
Grunau is celebrating construction Safety Week 2017, May 1 – 5 at all of its locations in Wisconsin, Florida, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Orange t-shirts with the safety week logo were given to all employees. Safety training took place with classes plus videos and communications. We even enjoyed some sweet treats this week. Our Milwaukee mechanical construction jobsite […]
On March 18, 2017, thirteen Grunau employees once again joined the Fight for Air Climb to help raise awareness of healthy lungs and healthy air. This annual climb was held at the US Bank tower in Milwaukee, the tallest building in Wisconsin. Participants climbed 47 floors and 1,034 steps to get to the top. Grunau’s Healthy […]