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GRAEF Celebrates Newly Elected Principal and Associates GRAEF is proud to announce the recent election of one new principal and seven new associates. Our principals are recognized for excellence and significantly contributing to the success of the firm. Our associates demonstrate consistent excellence in the performance of their duties. Congratulations! Principal Paul Andersen, Structural Technician…

Major Downtown Employer Brings Staff Back to the Office MILWAUKEE — Graef, now a major downtown employer, is bringing its entire headquarters staff back to the office July 12 for the first time since the pandemic. Employees are returning to space they’d only just inhabited, custom-designed before COVID-19 to provide for openness and collaboration. Then…

GRAEF Project, Resch Expo Center Makes The Daily Reporter 2021 Engineering Power List When Brown County and the village of Ashwaubenon were thinking of replacing their old exhibition hall, they knew they’d want something that would offer exhibitors unimpeded sight lines and plenty of room for spreading out. GRAEF answered the call with its engineering…

John Kissinger Named 2021 ASCE Edmund Friedman Professional Award Recipient GRAEF-USA, Inc. (GRAEF) President and CEO, John Kissinger, P.E., S.E., M.ASCE, was selected by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) as the 2021 Edmund Friedman Professional Recognition Award recipient. This prestigious award is presented annually to only one individual in the country who has…

GRAEF Highlighted in League of Wisconsin Municipality Magazine From Concrete Channel to Community Asset Project History Outdated solutions for flood mitigation The Kinnickinnic River Watershed covers nearly 25 square miles, draining directly into Lake Michigan. It connects six Milwaukee County municipalities: Cudahy, Greenfield, Milwaukee, St. Francis, West Milwaukee, and West Allis. In its original state,…

Nelson Family Heritage Crossing, new pedestrian bridge connecting Little Chute and Kaukauna, completed The Nelson Family Heritage Crossing officially opened to the public on Friday, June 18. The crossing is a 1,100-foot bicycle and pedestrian bridge between Heesakker Park in Little Chute and a new rail trail connection to downtown Kaukauna. It is one of…

Milwaukee’s Next High-Rise Breaks Ground GRAEF is providing civil engineering, landscape architecture and created the scope design for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection engineering (MEPFP) on The Couture. Nearly nine years after it was publicly proposed, The Couture apartment high-rise staged its groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday overlooking Lake Michigan in downtown Milwaukee. Construction started in…

Peter Johnston Named Office Leader at GRAEF Chicago O’Hare Location GRAEF is pleased to announce that Peter Johnston, PE LEED AP will lead GRAEF’s Chicago O’Hare Office. Johnston has been an asset to the GRAEF team for 25 years. Johnston joined GRAEF in 1995 as a Project Engineer and has most recently been leading GRAEF’s…

GRAEF Welcomes Grady L. Crosby to Board of Directors Roster Crosby Joins Board as GRAEF Looks to the Future After an extensive nationwide search, GRAEF-USA, Inc. (GRAEF) is pleased to select Grady L. Crosby as a board advisor on the GRAEF Board of Directors. With his business expertise and community focus, Crosby will play a…

Wendy Schley Named Milwaukee BizTimes Notable Executive Assistant Wendy Schley, a GRAEF administrative assistant team member, was named a 2021 BizTimes Notable Executive Assistant. Wendy is among only 21 recipients this year. She has been part of the GRAEF team for over 20 years. “Wendy demonstrates her commitment to GRAEF and to all of our…