Milwaukee-based Great Lakes Contracting Inc., a Native American-owned and -operated contractor, was recently awarded the steel fabrication contract for Potawatomi Bingo Casino’s $240 million expansion project.
Steel fabrication will begin in February and take four to five months until completion, said Bill Beson Jr., vice president of Great Lakes Contracting. The company also did steel fabrication work during Potawatomi Bingo Casino’s 2001 expansion project.
process of preparing the material before installation, will begin in February and will take four to five months for completion. Great Lakes Contracting also did steel fabrication work during Potawatomi Bingo Casino’s 2001 expansion project. "We’re very pleased to be awarded this contract," said Beson, a member of the Lac de Flambeau Chippewa Tribe and vice president of the American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin. "With the company’s history of working on a number of major projects in the area, we’re looking forward to taking on this challenge."
Great Lakes Contracting also has worked on projects at General Mitchell International Airport, Miller Park, the Midwest Express Center and the Milwaukee Art Museum. The Potawatomi Bingo Casino expansion project, expected to be completed in summer of 2008, will add more than 500,000 square feet to the existing casino in Milwaukee.
The addition will include two new restaurants, a center lounge and a food court, in addition to a new six-story parking structure and a vehicular bridge that will connect the existing parking structure to the James E. Groppi Unity Bridge. So far, Potawatomi Bingo Casino has awarded $90 million in contracts for the expansion project. Great Lakes Contracting is based at 4810 N. 124th St.
