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October 2009
Tweet/Garot Mechanical of Green Bay, Wisconsin has attained a historic safety milestone, working 5 Million Safe Hours without a lost-time incident. This achievement occurred in October and spans an almost 7-1/2 year period beginning in June of 2002.
Tweet/Garot introduced its Zero Injury program in January, 2004, which raised the expectations of all employees to promote safety awareness proactively. Tweet/Garot CEO/President, Tim Howald, and Safety Director, Gabe Gutenberger, attribute Tweet/Garot’s safety success to the efforts involved in their Zero Injury program, and the “relentless safety dedication” of their employees.
Tweet/Garot has received commendations by the AGC (Associated General Contractors) of Wisconsin for fourteen straight years, the Wisconsin Safety Council Award for fourteen years, as well as continued recognition by MCAA (Mechanical Contractors Association of America), and SMACNA (Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association). These awards were based on, among other criteria, an OSHA incident rate significantly lower than their industry average.
Tweet/Garot Mechanical is one of the innovative, pro-active contractors who have signed a voluntary partnership with the Wisconsin Paper Council (WPC) and OSHA (The Occupational Safety & Health Administration). This partnership includes the “10-Plus Program” which consists of 16 hours of awareness training and covers 20 safety topics for Tweet/Garot employees working for paper mill facility customers.
Tweet/Garot Mechanical is one of Northeast Wisconsin's largest mechanical contractors, employing approximately 350 people, with offices in Green Bay, Wisconsin Rapids and Waukesha, Wisconsin and Menominee, Michigan.
Tweet/Garot provides services in the areas of plumbing, heating, process piping, sheet metal fabrication and ventilation, boiler services, food processing equipment, service and engineering.
October 2009
AGC 2009 Build Wisconsin Awards
Tweet/Garot Mechanical is proud to announce that we are the recipient of three Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin 2009 Build Wisconsin awards. All entries from the association membership were projects completed in 2008. The Build Wisconsin Awards stand as a testament to the selected winner’s skill, integrity, hard work, ingenuity, and commitment that went into each project.
Established in 1935, it is one of 96 chapters of the AGC of America. The AGC, the voice of the construction industry, is an organization of qualified construction contractors and industry related companies dedicated to skill, integrity, and responsibility.
See below for project details:
Riverside Medical Center/ThedaCare Physicians - HVAC
Riverside Medical Center/ThedaCare Physicians in Waupaca, Wisconsin is a new major addition to the Waupaca Campus combining the medical clinic and the hospital into one integrated facility. The addition was built in 2008. The facility is a two story medical building consisting of 75,000 square feet. Some unique aspects of this project was that it was a fast-track project which needed to be completed in a very short time frame, has several “Green building” attributes, and was an integrated project delivery model.
Laird Center for Medical Research - Plumbing
The new Laird Center for Medical Research is a 162,000 square foot complex located on the Marshfield Clinic campus in Marshfield, WI. The Laird Center for Medical Research is named after Melvin R. Laird, a Marshfield native, nine term U.S. Representative, former U.S. Secretary of Defense, and contributor to the improvement of heath care worldwide.
Johnson Timber/Flambeau River Paper - General Contractor
Tweet/Garot Mechanical served as the General Contractor on this design/build project which produced a renewable densified bio-fuel solution at the Flambeau River Paper Mill. The project produced a manufacturing and delivery process for creating a densified bio-fuel source. The most unique aspect of this project is that it was and is the first paper mill in Wisconsin to utilize bio-fuel to create steam energy to run the plant.
June 2009
Tweet/Garot Mechanical is proud to announce that President and CEO Timothy J. Howald is the recipient of the “2009 MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD” from MCA (Mechanical Contractors Association) of Wisconsin.
Tim received the award at a special presentation at the MCA Wisconsin Mid-Year Outing at Alpine Lodge in Door County on Friday, June 12th. This prestigious award is reserved for leaders in the industry who have contributed their talents, effort and dedication through the years to help improve the mechanical construction industry.
January 2009
Tweet/Garot Mechanical of Green Bay, Wisconsin has attained their greatest safety milestone, working 4.5 Million Safe Hours without a lost-time incident. This achievement occurred in January and spans a 6-1/2 year period beginning in June of 2002. Tweet/Garot’s ongoing safety milestone was featured in a cover story by PM (Plumbing & Mechanical) Magazine , a leading publication in the mechanical contracting industry.
Tweet/Garot has received commendations by the AGC (Associated General Contractors) of Wisconsin for twelve straight years , the Wisconsin Safety Council Award for thirteen years , as well as continued recognition by MCAA (Mechanical Contractors Association of America), and SMACNA (Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association). These awards were achieved based on an OSHA incident rate significantly lower than their industry average.
Tweet/Garot introduced its Zero Injury program in January, 2004, which raised the expectations of all employees to promote safety awareness proactively. Tweet/Garot CEO/President, Tim Howald, and Safety Director, Gabe Gutenberger, attribute Tweet/Garot’s safety success to the efforts involved in their Zero Injury program, and the “relentless safety dedication” of their employees.
Tweet/Garot Mechanical is one of the innovative, pro-active contractors who have signed a voluntary partnership with the Wisconsin Paper Council (WPC) and OSHA (The Occupational Safety & Health Administration). This partnership includes the “10-Plus Program” which consists of 16 hours of awareness training and covers 20 safety topics for Tweet/Garot employees working for paper mill facility customers.
Tweet/Garot Mechanical is one of Northeast Wisconsin's largest mechanical contractors, employing approximately 350 people and providing their services in the areas of plumbing, heating, process piping, sheet metal, ventilation, fabrication, boiler services, food processing equipment, service and engineering.
December 2008
Tweet/Garot Executive Vice President Mike Sturdivant was awarded the MCA of North Central Wisconsin's Contractor of the Year Award for 2008. Click here to read the article from MCAA Reporter. Congratulations, Mike!
November 2008
Tweet/Garot and Grainger teamed up for a week long Kaizen Event to improve to improve our purchasing process. Grainger was extremely impressed with our progress along the Lean journey wanted to feature us on their website. Click here to see what Grainger had to say about Tweet/Garot.
October 2008
The success of Tweet/Garot's Safety Program was the topic of an article in the October 2008 issue of PM Magazine. TG President/CEO Tim Howald and Safety Director Gabe Gutenberger were featured on the cover. The three-page article focused on Tweet/Garot's safety philosophy and its success. Click here to view the article.
May 2008
On Sunday, May 4, 2008, Tweet/Garot Mechanical achieved its greatest safety milestone by surpassing FOUR MILLION SAFE HOURS WITHOUT A LOST TIME INCIDENT . Tweet/Garot would like to thank each and every one of our 300+ employees for the effort they put in every day that allowed us to achieve this goal.
Tweet/Garot was featured in the Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA) National Update for winning the Wisconsin Corporate Safety Award for the sixth time in nine years. Click here to view the article.
April 2008
On Tuesday, April 29, 2008, Tweet/Garot Mechanical was presented with the 2007 Wisconsin Corporate Safety Award from the Wisconsin Safety Council (WSC) and the Department of Workforce Development (DWD). Tweet/Garot was one of only four construction companies to receive the award. The award was presented to Mr. Gabe Gutenberger, Tweet/Garot Safety Director, at the Kalahari Resort in Lake Delton, Wisconsin.
Fall 2007
Tweet/Garot's "Member Profile" was featured in Wisconsin Constructor magazine. Click here to download a PDF of the article.
Fall 2007
TWEET/GAROT WINS BUILD WISCONSIN AWARD FOR PLUMBING
THEDACARE Physicians – Family Medicine – Shawano,WI
ThedaCare Physicians in Shawano, Wisconsin is a new medical clinic facility built in 2006. The facility is a two story medical building consisting of 70,000 square feet. The most unique aspect of this project is that it was a fast-track project which needed to be completed in a very short time frame, approximately six months. Being a medical facility, the complexity of systems and special medical requirements added to the overall challenge to meet the short time frame for completion. The owner insisted that the project be done on time and complete with no exceptions.
ThedaCare’s vision for the project was to bring additional high tech healthcare services to the rural Shawano area community so that patients would not have to travel out of the area for treatments that were not available locally. The facility includes two surgery suites, an MRI, CT Scan, and other diagnostic specialty equipment areas. Also, there is an oncology area for cancer treatment. Extensive medical gas piping was installed throughout this building.
Lean Construction techniques were critical to the success of this project. The time line would have never been met without using these techniques. Meeting the time line was critical to the success of this project. ThedaCare needed to open the facility on time totally complete. Daily meetings were held to discuss and resolve scheduling issues and conflicts, material delivery schedules and delivery issues, short term planning, and trade coordination. These Lean techniques were also part of the quality control aspect of the project. Every meeting included a recap of where we were in the construction process and any quality or scheduling issues that surfaced since the last meeting. Action plans were put in place immediately to resolve any quality or scheduling issues.
Tweet/Garot had daily safety meetings which was critical to the success of the project. We could not afford down time based on the aggressive schedule time line. There were no recordable injuries during this project.
All of the Plumbing fixtures and assemblies were pre-fabricated in Tweet/Garot’s plumbing fabrication shop. Everything was assembled in an indoor controlled environment. All fabrications were labeled and tagged with location, attached hardware, and put on movable transport racks and shipped to the construction site for final installation. High efficient water heaters and low-flow plumbing fixtures were installed by Tweet/Garot. 5 to 10 percent utility savings are expected to result over standard plumbing equipment.
August 2007
Tweet/Garot was featured as a "Customer Success Story" by Autodesk Subcontractor. Click here to download a PDF of the article.
Summer 2007
Tweet/Garot's Food Process Equipment Division was featured in the Summer 2007 issue of Partners in Progress Magazine. Partners in Progress is published quarterly by SMACNA & SMWIA. Click here to download a PDF of the article.
May 2007
On Tuesday, May 5, 2007, Tweet/Garot Mechanical was awarded the 2006 Wisconsin Corporate Safety Award from the Wisconsin Council of Safety (WCS) and the Department of Workforce Development (DWD). Tweet/Garot was one of only four construction recipients to receive the award. The award was presented to Mr. Gabe Gutenberger, Tweet/Garot Safety Director, at the Kalahari Resort in Lake Delton, Wisconsin.
January 2007
On Thursday, January 4, 2007, Tweet/Garot Mechanical achieved its greatest safety milestone by surpassing THREE MILLION SAFE HOURS WITHOUT A LOST TIME INCIDENT . Tweet/Garot would like to thank each and every one of our 300+ employees for the effort they put in every day that allowed us to achieve this goal.
September 2006
On September 13, 2006, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Secretary Roberta Gassman toured Tweet/Garot Mechanical and presented the company with a gubernatorial commendation for efforts in the Wisconsin Registered Apprenticeship Program. Click here for more information.
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