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Milwaukee Bucks Arena First Truss is Raised into Place

The last two days have been extremely exciting at the Milwaukee Bucks Arena as the first enormous steel truss was set into place. The process of setting the truss—which weighs 23 tons—required careful safety considerations, planning, and engineering at the very start of the job. On Tuesday, the JP Cullen team set the first half […]

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6 Ways Prefabrication Can Benefit Your Construction Project

6 Ways Prefabrication Can Benefit Your Construction Project

Prefabrication is not a new concept to the construction industry; it has been around for centuries.  However, it has reinvented itself with the growth of Building Information Modeling (BIM).  BIM enables the increased use of prefabrication, making it more feasible to implement on projects. Read on below to find out what prefabrication is and the

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Key Takeaways from WHA Advocacy Day

For the last several years, JP Cullen has attended the annual WHA Advocacy Day in Madison, WI. The event (which took place on April 19th this year) was brimming with healthcare professionals, hospital leaders, volunteers, and construction companies like JP Cullen, deeply committed to growing and maintaining our great healthcare systems in Wisconsin. Over the

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Historical Milwaukee Panther Arena Gets Upgraded

This week’s Tough Job is looking at a recent project we just completed downtown Milwaukee at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena.  We were selected to refurbish the existing locker rooms. The arena’s $6.3 million project was the largest investment that had been made since it was first built in 1950. Upgrades and improvements on the facility included new

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Micro-Hospitals: What are They and How will They Provide Better Patient Care

Micro-Hospitals: What are They and How will They Provide Better Patient Care

Bigger is better, right? Not necessarily. In the fast-paced world of hospitals and patient care, some facilities are choosing to build smaller facilities.  These facilities called micro-hospitals are aiming to serve specific communities in affordable ways with small-footprint hospitals. What are Micro-Hospitals? Micro-hospitals are small care facilities that provide services such as an emergency department,

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Celebrating 125 Years of Family Business

When the builders at JP Cullen exclaim “We’re JP Cullen, the Tough Job Experts” it is more than just a slogan. Since its founding in 1892, JP Cullen  has provided extensive management and construction services to the healthcare, industrial, commercial, institutional, and restoration markets in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa. Embracing contemporary times, the firm was

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5 Ways Drones are Changing the Construction Industry

It’s a bird… it’s a plane… no, it’s a DJI Phantom 4!  Drones are changing the construction industry in a whole new way providing better management, safety, and more! Over the past few months, we have been using drones to capture amazing photos and videos of our job sites, providing our teams with quick, accurate

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