Healthy hearts are important to Grunau so on June 29, the Oak Creek Grunau office held a charity potluck lunch. Since all food was provided by employees, the $5 per person cost was donated 100% to the American Heart Association. State Fair can be Healthy! The lunch theme was “State Fair” which made it doubly fun to think of […]
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 […]
Grunau’s Orlando fire protection office began a new process for providing drawings, specifications, labor breakdown, test papers, stocklists, scope of work and any other documents that are normally provided in the “foreman’s packet”. They are now using the construction app called “PlanGrid”. Also Grunau’s safety-related documents can be found on the Florida PlanGrid app including site specific […]
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 […]
Along with the install of the new Python robotic beamline in the Grunau Metals Shop during the autumn of 2016, the Metals team made a major change in the way one of their most popular products, metal railings, are made. During a 5S event years ago in the metal railings area, many discussions occurred on how to […]
Grunau employees love sharing the holiday spirit with those who are less fortunate. The holidays for many means food, family, traditions and holiday cheer. Although for some families in the communities we serve, the holidays are a time of continued struggle. Each year, our headquarters and branch offices generously participate in charity drives to help support our communities. In […]
The Wisconsin Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense office, honored Ryan McCausland. Ryan is Grunau Company’s Milwaukee Mechanical Branch Manager. He received the Patriot Award in recognition of extraordinary support of Grunau’s employees serving in the Guard and Reserve. Ryan was presented the award during the Veterans Day (Nov 11, […]
Grunau Company ranked 197th out of the Top 600 Specialty Contractors throughout the United States for 2016. This was listed in the October 2016 ENR (Engineering News Record). ENR gathers revenue and market data from contractors throughout the country to determine who makes the list. See the full list of specialty contractors on ENR.com About […]
Grunau PA does much in their community to help those in need. This summer, Pittsburgh’s design department designed and built an outdoor planter for their neighbor, McGuire Memorial. This is an organization that provides comprehensive services to people with mental and physical disabilities (http://www.mcguirememorial.org/). The planter was specially designed so people in wheelchairs could plant […]
When our Grunau Metals project team was faced with finding a safe and efficient way to catch concrete core slugs from 20 floors above street-level, creative minds went to work. This was a real-life situation where Lean problem solving skills were used. A condominium along Milwaukee’s waterfront has an 8-foot cantilevered roof overhanging the entire […]
