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 […]
Grunau Metals “won the gold” for outstanding craftsmanship in the 2018 Ernest Wiemann Top Job Competition sponsored by the National Ornamental & Miscellaneous Metals Association (NOMMA). The Top Job competition is named after NOMMA past president, Ernest Wiemann. 40 companies throughout the U.S. and five other countries competed for an award, within 11 categories and among 99 entries. Gold […]
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 […]
Prefabrication has proven to be very beneficial in the HVAC and construction industry. At Grunau, we’ve also found many positives to piping prefabrication. For a current job with MCW, one of our mechanical coordinators developed the skids prefabrication idea. Our Sr engineer then developed the flow diagram for both glycol and chilled water pump skids. Two […]
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 […]
A construction jobsite trailer is often small and cramped so it’s critical to be clean and organized in order to get the job done efficiently. The Lean 5S tool of Lean Construction came in very handy for the transformation at MRMC. After one year on site at Milwaukee Regional Medical Center, the common areas in […]
