Longfellow Middle School Softball Fields

Longfellow Middle School Softball Fields Wauwatosa East High School’s softball team now hosts their opponents a the artificial turf field at Longfellow Middle School. Wauwautosa School District’s newest field at Longfellow Middle School is the new home diamond of the Tosa East High School softball team. The $1.8 million field renovation includes an artificial turf…

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Wauwatosa East Campus Upgrades

Wauwatosa East High School Campus Upgrades Wauwatosa East High School underwent several updates from improved parking to upgraded athletic fields. Over several design phases, GRAEF provided services for a number of infrastructure updates for Tosa East High School. Updates include new synthetic turf athletic fields with underground stormwater storage, native bio-basins in redesigned parking lots,…

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West Ridge Elementary School

West Ridge Elementary School GRAEF completed site/civil and structural engineering design for the new, 120,000-square-foot West Ridge Elementary School on a three-acre site. The building is three stories with steel frame and masonry construction. Site improvements include a new parking lot, access drives, permeable fire lane, and outdoor plaza, in addition to new utilities and…

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Latin School of Chicago

Latin School of Chicago GRAEF provided structural design when the Latin School of Chicago underwent a significant renovation. Lower School The Lower School, originally built in 1926, acquired 18,000 square feet of additional space and 14,000 square feet of renovated space. The renovation included updated classrooms, new offices, an expanded library and art facilities, and…

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ASCE Wisconsin Honors GRAEF Founder Luther Graef 

ASCE Wisconsin Honors GRAEF Founder Luther Graef  ASCE Wisconsin Section Board has decided that the Individual Merit Award – Engineer in Consulting Practice is now renamed as follows: Luther Graef Individual Merit Award for Engineer in Consulting Practice. Lou Graef was the last surviving partner of GRAEF, formerly known as “Graef, Anhalt & Schloemer” which…

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Fromm Buys Downtown Dog Park Naming Rights and Announces Riverfront Taproom

Fromm Buys Downtown Dog Park Naming Rights and Announces Riverfront Taproom In addition to buying the naming rights for a new riverfront dog park under I-794 – as first reported here last year – Fromm Nieman Brands, which owns Fromm Family Pet Foods and Foxtown Brewery in Mequon – has purchased the adjacent vacant lot…

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GRAEF President and CEO, John Kissinger Named the University of Wisconsin-Madison 2022 Distinguished Achievement Award Recipient

GRAEF President and CEO, John Kissinger Named the University of Wisconsin-Madison 2022 Distinguished Achievement Award Recipient GRAEF is proud to announce that our President and CEO was named the 2022 University of Wisconsin-Madison Distinguished Achievement Award recipient. Congratulations, John!   An excerpt from the College of Engineering: We are honoring John Kissinger MSCEE ’83 (BSCE/SE…

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Village of Hales Corners Department of Public Works Facility

Village of Hales Corners Department of Public Works Facility GRAEF generated a facility Needs Analysis to examine the condition of the existing facility along with how it meets the current needs of the DPW. The analysis found that the current needs requires a facility of approximately 24,000 square feet. Several layouts, along with a general…

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100-story tower to break ground in Downtown Miami

100-story tower to break ground in Downtown Miami A 1,049-foot-tall tower will officially break ground in Downtown Miami on Oct. 27. GRAEF is proud to be providing civil engineering on this historic project. The proposed 100-story Waldorf Astoria Hotel & Residences Miami at 300 Biscayne Blvd. is among at least five Miami projects that aim…

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