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.

Sheetpile Barge Unloader

Alternative Delivery, Deep Foundations, Industrial & Millwright Services, Marine, Sector: Transportation, Steel Piling, Structural Concrete

Project 572-07FIRST ENERGY/BECHTEL POWER CORP.Stratton, OHGreat Lakes Construction continued their participation in an air quality control project at the Sammis Electric Generation Plant in Stratton, Ohio. Bechtel Corporation recommended to FirstEnergy to select Great Lakes Construction to build a barge unloading dock on the Ohio River. This project consisted of earthwork, dredging, and construction of...Continue reading→

ODOT District 6 I-71 Noise Barrier

Alternative Delivery, Deep Foundations, Sector: Transportation

Project 3001-08Columbus, OHThis Design-Build project consisted of five sound absorptive noise barriers along I-71 Northbound in Columbus, OH. The walls total over 170,000 square feet along a five mile stretch of highway.

ODOT District 4 Bridge Repair

Alternative Delivery, Demolition, Sector: Transportation, Structural Concrete

Project 3017-10 Ashtabula, OH This Design-Build project made improvements to three bridges located over IR-90 in Ashtabula County. One structure called for the existing bridge deck to be replaced. The second structure required a micro silica overlay, and the third structure called for the existing bridge deck to be sealed.

Sheeting Removal & Replacement

Alternative Delivery, Deep Foundations, Industrial & Millwright Services, Marine, Site Development, Steel Piling, Structural Concrete, Uncategorized

Project 674-11 Sheeting Removal & Replacement Cleveland, OH Great Lakes constructed approximately 200 feet of failed bulkhead along the Cuyahoga River. Since the Cuyahoga River is the lifeline for raw materials coming into the plant, a costly river shut down could not be tolerated; therefore, the failed bulkhead was removed and replaced during the winter...Continue reading→

Eastbound George V. Voinovich (Innerbelt) Bridge

Alternative Delivery, Deep Foundations, Demolition, Earthwork, Environmental Remediation / Brownfield, Sector: Transportation, Steel Piling, Structural Concrete

ODOT Project 3000-13 Cleveland, OH The new Eastbound George V. Voinovich Bridge, carrying Interstate I-90 traffic over the Cuyahoga River Valley into downtown Cleveland, was opened to traffic on September 24, 2016. The nearly 4,000-foot-long, six-lane main viaduct structure includes over 36 million pounds of structural steel supported by abutments and 16 large piers. Mass...Continue reading→

CSXT – Hill International

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

Project 671-11 5th Street Bridge Replacement Niles, OH Great Lakes constructed the 5th Street Bridge over the CSX railroad. The new bridge is a be a three-span steel beam structure. Work included the removal of the existing bridge remains, new piling, substructure and superstructure.

Alternative Delivery