Manitowoc Crane High Bay Heavy Assembly Addition

Manitowoc Crane High Bay Heavy Assembly Addition Manitowoc Crane Company expanded its Manitowoc facilities to meet demands for growth and capacity. GRAEF provided planning, architectural, structural, site/civil and MEP engineering services for the renovation and modernization projects which were completed in multiple phases. The Manitowoc campus expansion included numerous renovations and additions. A new 4,000-square-foot…

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Caterpillar North of Rawson Facility

Caterpillar North of Rawson Facility GRAEF helped develop a space utilization program and provided design services for this new 260,000 SF facility with fabrication shop, warehouse and high density rack storage system. Employee support areas include restrooms, conference rooms, offices, lunch rooms and a medical office. A new central compressed air plant was designed to…

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Caterpillar Fab Shop

Caterpillar Fab Shop Caterpillar (Bucyrus) retained GRAEF to evaluate their existing fab shop and improve the space. The facility was outdated and bottlenecks and inefficiencies were common in the process flow. The fab shop included 12,300 square feet of workstations and 14,000 square feet of staging areas and aisles. GRAEF conducted value stream mapping, gap…

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Caterpillar Heritage Building

Caterpillar Heritage Building The expansion and renovation of the Caterpillarexisting facility in South Milwaukee was completed over a three year period covering 234,000 square feet. GRAEF completed a Master Plan/Study for Caterpillar’s Heritage Building and provided all professional design and construction services, including specialized façade services. This fast-track project was phased to allow design and…

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Great Lakes Packaging Corporation

Great Lakes Packing Corporation Great Lakes Packaging Corporation (GLPC) had identified that it needed to expand the productivity of its corrugated printing and converting business. The company did not know in what way it should take on expansion – adding a 3rd shift, upgrading equipment, or building addition space for a new piece of equipment. GRAEF teamed…

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GE Healthcare Guardhouse

GE Healthcare Guardhouse The entrance to GE Healthcare’s West Milwaukee campus was in need of replacement and upgrades. This was due to Department of Homeland Security requirements, aging infrastructure that was failing, a less than optimal configuration, inadequate capacity to accommodate traffic, and sub-standard facilities for site security. The design of the new guardhouse and…

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Briggs & Stratton Corporate Office Suite

Briggs & Stratton Corporate Office Suite This project transformed a 20,000 square foot area within a manufacturing facility into a corporate level style office suite to accommodate a department of 75 staff with room to expand to a staff of 90. The suite consisted primarily of cubicle-style offices, along with two dozen private offices, conference…

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Badger Railing Needs Assessment

Badger Railing Needs Assessment GRAEF was retained by Badger Railing to conduct a needs assessment to provide a diagrammatic plant layout as a template for assessing future buildings and sites and to suggest changes to the existing building layout with improvements to plant productivity. GRAEF gathered data for the needs assessment through personal observations, value…

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Aldrich Chemical

Aldrich Chemical GRAEF was retained to provide project management, including resident inspection services, as well as necessary engineering functions for a major rehabilitation of a large industrial complex. The project involved the rehabilitation of approximately 25 percent of 14.5 acres. Specific services provided by GRAEF include: Management of three design contracts, 48 construction contracts and…

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