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Alternative Delivery

"Plan plan plan, and execute the plan" is the Great Lakes mantra that instills in every employee a responsibility to develop the safest, most efficient course to a quality product. With our experience in Design-Build, Design-Assist, Construction-Manager-at-Risk, and Owner-Controlled-Team-Project-Delivery projects, we are able to showcase many of our core philosophies at The Great Lakes Construction Co. Our greatest successes are on these types of projects with synergistic teams, partnering with owners who are receptive to our contribution.

With Great Lakes participating in open collaboration on these delivery methods alongside the owners and designers, project costs and time are able to be reduced before the project ever starts. We are able to assist in identifying risks, barriers, and constructability issues early and work as a team to alleviate all concerns. Through communicating honest and reliable commitments - then achieving them - Great Lakes quickly becomes a trusted partner to have on the team.

At Great Lakes, we have a highly technical staff, consisting of 90 technical degrees and 19 registered Professional Engineers serving as Estimators, Superintendents, Project Managers, Project Engineers, and Executives. This makes us well suited to collaborate with architects and design engineers on these alternate delivery projects.

We would welcome the opportunity to work with you and your team. Please contact Mark Grdina by phone at (330) 220-3937 or email mgrdina@GreatLakesWay.com to discuss your specific needs.

Alternative Delivery Projects

Mill Creek Expressway Phase 5B

Alternative Delivery, Concrete Paving, Deep Foundations, Demolition, Sector: Transportation, Structural Concrete

ODOT Project 3000-20 Cincinnati, OH All 15 deck pours are complete on the Mill Creek Expressway Phase 5B Project. The team is nearing the end of Phase 6. Final Configuration is scheduled to commence this November keeping the overall project on schedule to be completed by winter 2025/2026. Ohio DOT’s Mill Creek Expressway Project Phase...Continue reading→

SR-3 Reconstruction

Alternative Delivery, Earthwork, Sector: Transportation

ODOT Project 3006-20 Medina County, OH Great Lakes commenced construction of the Design-Build ODOT Project in spring 2021. Extending almost 3 miles on SR-3 from Fenn Road to Odessa Road, and included full-depth pavement removal, cement stabilization, drainage improvements, turn lane additions/modifications, new asphalt pavement on SR-3, concrete pavement widening on the SR-3/I-71 offramps, signal...Continue reading→

Lincoln Electric Wind Turbine

Alternative Delivery, Sustainability

Project 662-11KENERSYS/LINCOLN ELECTRICEuclid, OHBuild a foundation and erect a 2.5 MW wind turbine generator at Lincoln Electric’s Euclid, Ohio facility. The 278’ tower will provide a platform to mount a state-of-the-art machine capable of generating enough electricity to provide a significant supply of Lincoln’s manufacturing power needs.Continue reading→

MetroHealth Mass Excavation & Caissons

Alternative Delivery, Deep Foundations, Earthwork, Healthcare, Site Development

Project 138-19 Cleveland, OH The first of Great Lakes’ projects at MHS was the View Road Project which began in mid-2018 with the re-routing of all of the underground utilities, included storm and sanitary sewers, a sanitary lift station, a new 12-inch water main, and electric and communication duct banks. The project also included complete reconstruction...Continue reading→

Hazel Storage Basin, Rack 10 & 11

Alternative Delivery, Deep Foundations, Earthwork, Sector: Water/Wastewater, Steel Piling, Structural Concrete

Project 110-18 Akron, OH Construction Manager At-Risk (CMAR). Construction of a 4.5-million-gallon wastewater storage basin, three remote Diversion Structures and associated 30” sewers and other utilities, and an Operations Building to support the new facility. The final design calls for over 70,000 CY of structural excavation and 10,000 CY of cast-in-place concrete, 11 Tipping Buckets,...Continue reading→

Akron’s Howard Street Storage Basin (CSO Rack 22)

Alternative Delivery, Deep Foundations, Earthwork, Sector: Water/Wastewater, Steel Piling

Project 923-16 City of Akron, OH The City of Akron contracted with The Great Lakes Construction Co. to deliver their Howard Storage Basin (CSO Rack 22) Project as the city’s Construction Manager At-Risk (CMAR). The initial CMAR contract was for pre-construction services starting in August 2016, allowing the CMAR Team (including estimating, project management, operations and safety departments)...Continue reading→

OC2 (Opportunity Corridor, Section 2)

Alternative Delivery, Concrete Paving, Deep Foundations, Demolition, Earthwork, Sector: Transportation, Steel Piling, Structural Concrete

ODOT Project 3000-16 Cleveland, OH The Opportunity Corridor Project (informally referred to as OC2) was the second major project to be constructed from Opportunity Corridor planning efforts in Cleveland, Ohio. OC2 primarily involved the construction of a new roadway from E. 93rd Street to E. 105th Street, reconstruction of portions of E. 93rd Street, E.105th...Continue reading→

FirstEnergy Beaver Valley Training Facility

Alternative Delivery, Deep Foundations, Industrial & Millwright Services, Sector: Energy, Sector: Private Industrial, Site Development, Structural Concrete

Project 709-13,Shippingport, PAIn a design-build venture with URS, Great Lakes constructed this 40,000 SF training facility at the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Plant. Our involvement in the initial phases of design allowed for many opportunities to save the owner time and money through value engineering. The completed facility provides office space and a conference room...Continue reading→