Structural Engineering
Milwaukee Bucks 5th Street Parking Structure
Milwaukee Bucks 5th Street Parking Structure GRAEF led the design team for the Milwaukee Bucks 1,300-stall parking structure that is part of the new downtown arena district. GRAEF professionals provided structural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering, landscape architecture, and project management for this multi-discipline project, in addition to leading the rest of the team, including…
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Milwaukee Art Museum The Milwaukee Art Museum’s expansion project is an important anchor of the City of Milwaukee’s current cultural renaissance. GRAEF provided structural and site/civil engineering as well as associate landscape architecture for this world-class art museum addition. GRAEF also performed initial environmental site studies and obtained permits in this unique, lakebed site. The…
Read MoreMartha Jefferson Hospital
Martha Jefferson Hospital Martha Jefferson Hospital is a nationally-recognized community hospital located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. To help set the standard for clinical quality and personal healthcare, they replaced their existing 100-year old facility with a new 84-acre campus near Thomas Jefferson’s world-renowned estate, Monticello. The campus plan was to create a hospital…
Read MoreLawrence University Warch Campus Center
Lawrence University Warch Campus Center Lawrence University completed a four-story, 107,000-square-foot campus center, the largest building project in the university’s 162-year history. The center features a 134-seat cinema, cafe, convenience store, student post office, and student dining. The $35 million center is built along the significantly sloped and wooded north bluff of the Fox River. GRAEF…
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West Bend Mutual West Bend Mutual Insurance’s headquarters is located on 160 acres of restored natural prairies and woodlands in West Bend, Wisconsin. GRAEF provided structural engineering, civil engineering, and landscape architecture for an addition which doubled the company’s amount of space. West Bend Mutual added 214,000 square feet, three stories and parking structure to its…
Read MoreWisconsin Institutes for Discovery at UW-Madison
Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery at UW-Madison The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery located in the heart of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus is a unique public/private initiative designed to facilitate interdisciplinary research. The two institutes share an atrium and other public spaces. The facility is LEED® Gold certified and is the first research facility on campus with…
Read MoreLakefront Gateway Plaza
Lakefront Gateway Plaza The GRAEF team was recently awarded the design of the Downtown Lakefront Gateway Plaza after a national design competition in which 24 firms vied for the opportunity to design a signature public plaza at the Milwaukee lakefront. There are three central themes that underpin the GRAEF team’s design. Reconnect. Reconnection of Milwaukee’s urban…
Read MoreLaacke & Joys Redevelopment, Bader Rutter Corporate Office
Laacke & Joys Redevelopment, Bader Rutter Corporate Office Wangard Partners unveiled a spectacular new five-story downtown Milwaukee development at the former Laacke & Joys manufacturing building. An 80,000-square-foot mixed-use building adjoins an existing 25,000-square-foot building originally constructed in 1926. Although extensive repairs were made, much of the original character was maintained by repurposing hardwood floors,…
Read MoreKalahari Family Resort Entertainment Center Addition
Kalahari Family Resort Entertainment Center Addition Kalahari brings “a world away” experience to travelers in the Midwest. The authentically African-themed Kalahari Resort includes spectacular indoor and outdoor waterparks, spas, extensive retail and shopping areas, multiple dining options, and convention centers. Built in 2000, the Kalahari in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin has expanded in several phases over…
Read MoreGreen Bay VA
Green Bay VA The new Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic dramatically increases services offered by the VA in the Green Bay area. The two-story clinic has 200,000 square feet and 1,200 parking spaces. It includes ambulatory surgery, a specialty clinic, women’s clinic, mental health department and diagnostic imaging. GRAEF provided structural engineering services for the clinic that…
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