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Four GRAEF Projects Place Among ACEC 2022 Engineering Excellence Awards The American Council of Engineering Companies of Wisconsin (ACEC WI) has named four GRAEF projects in this year’s Engineering Excellence Awards. The named projects highlight exceptional engineering designs that significantly contribute to our quality of life. Best of State Projects 87th Street Reconstruction Resch Expo…

Center of the action: The winding path to realizing The Avenue’s grand vision Rewind back to 2015 in downtown Milwaukee: The Bucks are in their first season under new ownership, a group of New York hedge-fund billionaires with lofty ambitions. The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra is quietly planning a massive fundraising campaign to make the long-vacant Warner…

Hacker Talking Earth Day with 620WTMJ To help celebrate Earth Day, Stephanie Hacker, Planning + Urban Design Practice Area Leader at GRAEF, met with the Newsradio 620 WTMJ team to discuss triple bottom line sustainability, and what actions we can all take to live a healthy, more green-friendly everyday life. Tune in to see what…

Lori Rosenthal Named a Notable Woman in Engineering Rosenthal is among only 14 female engineer honorees. GRAEF is proud to announce that Lori Rosenthal, vice president, principal and group leader at GRAEF was named a 2022 Notable Woman in Engineering by Milwaukee BizTimes. She started as a project structural engineer at the firm nearly 30…

GRAEF Finalizes Acquisition with Sarasota, Turks and Caicos Engineering Firm  Acquisition adds two new office locations for GRAEF.  GRAEF has completed the acquisition of Erickson Consulting Engineers (ECE), a coastal and civil engineering firm based in Sarasota, Fl. The acquisition also includes ownership of ECE’s partner company, Coastal Design and Engineering (CDE), a civil, coastal…

GRAEF Project, Drexel Town Square Highlighted in League of Wisconsin Municipality Magazine Drexel Town Square: The Postcard View The City of Oak Creek, a fast growing suburb of Milwaukee, lacked a key amenity for the community: a downtown. When the relatively young city went through a period of searching for its civic identity, or “perfect…

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Named as Wisconsin Historical Society 2021 Historic Restoration Award GRAEF provided MEP, Fire Protection, Low Voltage Systems, and Energy Modeling on the Highly Visible Milwaukee Project.  The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra is the recipient of the 2021 Historic Restoration Award for the restoration of the Warner Art Deco skyscraper. The award goes to the…

Madison unveils $16.1 million ‘Imagination Center’ with library, pavilion at Reindahl Park GRAEF is providing civil engineering, structural engineering and MEP on the project. After years of study and community outreach, Madison has released initial concepts for a modernistic, $16.1 million, 16,000-square-foot “Imagination Center” at Reindahl Park that will combine a library, park pavilion and…

On Broadway announces Public Market in downtown Green Bay GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – Plans were announced Wednesday for a Public Market and apartments at Old Fort Square in the Broadway District of Downtown Green Bay. On Broadway, Inc., announced details of the $30 million redevelopment project and plans to fund it. On Broadway Executive…

Experience Pays Off in Fourth Baggage Inspection System Project at Fort Lauderdale International Airport  GRAEF served as Prime Consultant, Structural & Mechanical, Plumbing, and Fire Protection Engineer on the project.  When the Broward County Aviation Department rolled up its collective sleeves to replace the checked baggage inspection system in Terminal 4 at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International…