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Excellence in Construction Awards

Corewell Health — Ambulatory Care Center

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Story

This project required swift execution within a compact downtown site. The Brigade Fire Protection team successfully designed, coordinated, and installed a fire sprinkler system featuring a 1000 GPM fire pump, two standpipes, 10 floor control valves, one dry system, 2,533 sprinkler heads, and thousands of feet of steel piping, all while adhering to the demanding schedule.

Facts

Submitter: Brigade Fire Protection

Architect: Perkins&Will

Size: 24,1000 SF

Location: Grand Rapids, MI

Date contract completed: November 2024

Final contract value: $1,218,000

Project manager’s name: Josh McCormick

Superintendent’s name(s): Chad Cato

What percentage of the work scope was self-performed by your company? 100%

Interchange Distribution Center II

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Story

Extensive coordination and precise premobilization design were critical for this project, given the limited pump room space, tight schedule, and specific ESFR sprinkler requirements. At the 770 Interchange, a 300,000 SF warehouse with multiple shipping docks and office space, Brigade installed 35,000 feet of exposed steel piping, 3,200 sprinkler heads, and nearly 3,000 couplings. Remarkably, a two-person crew completed the installation in just over 800 hours.

Facts

Submitter: Brigade Fire Protection

Size: 300,000 SF

Location: Holland, MI

Date contract completed: July 2024

Final contract value: $647,000

Project manager’s name: Brent Elkins

Superintendent’s name(s): Don Haminger

What percentage of the work scope was self-performed by your company? 100%

Latvian Center Garezers

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Story

This multi-purpose building is outfitted with a state-of-the-art dry system, vertical turbine diesel fire pump, underground tank, and nitrogen generator. Installation required working around aesthetic architecture to conceal piping, using seven types of sprinkler heads to accommodate variable ceiling heights, and accommodating a tight schedule for opening day.

Facts

Submitter: Dependable Fire Protection, Inc.

Architect: Intersect

Location: Three Rivers, MI

Date contract completed: December 2024

Final contract value: $223,000

Project manager’s name: Mike Groner & Brad Ferguson

Superintendent’s name(s): Adam Springsteen & Chris O’Brien

What percentage of the work scope was self-performed by your company? 100%

Studio Park Lofts & Tower

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Story

A high-pressure fire pump was installed to feed the sprinkler and standpipe system in Grand Rapids’ fifth-tallest building. Additionally, fire protection was added to the existing in-use five-story parking garage without disrupting day to day operations.

Facts

Submitter: Total Fire Protection, Inc.

Size: 484,919 SF

Location: Grand Rapids, MI

Date contract completed: September 2024

Final contract value: $1,151,000

Project manager’s name: Erich Nelson

Superintendent’s name(s): Mike Wilcox

What percentage of the work scope was self-performed by your company? 100%

LMCU Ballpark

eicawardsdev on June 13, 2025

Story

Total Fire Protection designed and installed new wet and dry systems for the renovated home clubhouse and suite, and relocated sprinklers in the visitors’ clubhouse. Using Schedule 40/10 black pipe with threaded and grooved fittings, the team met a demanding schedule while navigating tight spaces and coordinating with multiple trades.

Facts

Submitter: Total Fire Protection, Inc.

Size: 27,719 SF

Location: Comstock Park, MI

Date contract completed: December 2024

Final contract value: $213,000

Project manager’s name: Lou Markel

Superintendent’s name(s): Kevin Siegel

What percentage of the work scope was self-performed by your company? 100%

Bay Logistics Cold Distribution Center

eicawardsdev on June 28, 2024

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a picture of the fire pump at Bay Logistics Cold Distribution Center
a picture of the fire pump at Bay Logistics Cold Distribution Center

Story

This project was a 211,000 SF cooler facility, that was protected with six wet systems with an ESFR storage design, with over four and a half miles of pipe installed and almost 2,500 sprinklers. This also had a 1,500 GPM diesel vertical turbine fire pump that draws from an underground tank. Some unique challenges on this project were coordinating over 180 beam penetrations with the steel crew and setting the concrete tank and sump for the fire pump to draw from.

Facts

Submitter: Brigade Fire Protection

Size: 211,000 SF

Title: Bay Logistics Cold Distribution Center

Location: Coopersville, Michigan

Date contract completed: August 2023

Final contract value: $862,000

Project manager’s name: Andy Jacobs

Superintendent’s name(s): Aaron Penland

What percentage of the work scope was self-performed by your company? : 100%

WINNER: Dematic – Rack Storage System

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Story

This project involved installing a new six inch riser and a two-level fire protection system in the 10,000 SF rack storage. The sprinklers had to be added within a very tight window of clearance to allow the automated racking system to function.

Facts

Submitter: Dependable Fire Protection

Title: Dematic – Rack Storage System

Location: Grand Rapids, MI

Date contract completed: January 2024

Final contract value: $105,000

Project manager’s name: Frank Gallegos

Superintendent’s name(s): Brad Ferguson, Adam Springsteen

What percentage of the work scope was self-performed by your company? : 100%

Gerald R. Ford International Airport – Elevate Concourse A Expansion

eicawardsdev on June 28, 2024

Interior view of the Gerald R. Ford International Airport - Elevate Concourse A Expansion
Interior view of the Gerald R. Ford International Airport - Elevate Concourse A Expansion
Interior view of the Gerald R. Ford International Airport - Elevate Concourse A Expansion
Interior view of the Gerald R. Ford International Airport - Elevate Concourse A Expansion
Interior view of the Gerald R. Ford International Airport - Elevate Concourse A Expansion

Story

Nearly 18,000 FT of sprinkler pipe and over 1,400 heads were used for the renovation of three existing fire protection systems, as well as the design & installation of two new systems for the Concourse A Expansion at Gerald R Ford International Airport.

Facts

Submitter: Total Fire Protection, Inc.

Size: 156,000 SF

Title: Gerald R. Ford International Airport – Elevate Concourse A Expansion

Location: Grand Rapids, MI

Date contract completed: February 2024

Final contract value: $503,000

Project manager’s name: Erich Nelson

Superintendent’s name(s): Mike Wilcox

What percentage of the work scope was self-performed by your company? : 100%

Judge Charles A. Pratt Justice Center

eicawardsdev on June 28, 2024

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Interior view of the Judge Charles A. Pratt Justice Center building in Kalamazoo
Interior view of the Judge Charles A. Pratt Justice Center building in Kalamazoo
Interior view of the Judge Charles A. Pratt Justice Center building in Kalamazoo
Interior view of the Judge Charles A. Pratt Justice Center building in Kalamazoo
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Story

Kalamazoo County’s new Downtown Justice Facility is a high tech, small blueprint building in the heart of Kalamazoo. The multiply room layouts and congested mechanical systems above the ceilings were challenges we overcame when designing and installing the fire protection, consisting of multiple systems, roof hydrants, a fire pump, and 20,000 FT of pipe.

Facts

Submitter: Total Fire Protection, Inc.

Size: 173,000 SF

Title: Judge Charles A. Pratt Justice Center

Location: Kalamazoo, MI

Date contract completed: November 2023

Final contract value: $630,000

Project manager’s name: Erich Nelson

Superintendent’s name(s): Mike Wilcox

What percentage of the work scope was self-performed by your company? : 100%

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