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Forensic / Renovation / Retrofit / Rehabilitation Structures > $20 Million: The Baird Center Expansion

April 10, 2025 | Thu 12:00 America/Chicago

Duration: 1.0 Hour

CE Credits: 1.0

$Free

The Baird Center, a $456 million renovation to Milwaukee’s convention center, celebrated its Grand Opening on May 18, 2024. The state-of-the art facility features a new fourth-floor ballroom with a capacity for 2,000 seated guests and a large upper-level “patio” area known as the Baird Sky View Terrace, the expansion has 24 meeting rooms, a new exhibit hall, an executive kitchen, three stories of covered parking, and additional loading docks. All of these necessary amenities challenged the design team, and they resulted in a magnificent new convention draw in Milwaukee!

Presented by Jason Gross, P.E., S.E., and Joseph Parker, P.E., S.E., GRAEF

  • Course will award 1.0 hours of continuing education for the live session only.
  • Each series registration is per person.
  • This will be available as a recording, with no PDH attached.

Please note: This webinar is part of the NCSEA Webinar Subscription; however, we ask that all individuals register to receive credit for the live event.

Thank you to our Sponsor!

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The Baird Center, a $456 million renovation to Milwaukee’s convention center, celebrated its Grand Opening on May 18, 2024. The state-of-the art facility features a new fourth-floor ballroom with a capacity for 2,000 seated guests and a large upper-level “patio” area known as the Baird Sky View Terrace, the expansion has 24 meeting rooms, a new exhibit hall, an executive kitchen, three stories of covered parking, and additional loading docks. All of these necessary amenities challenged the design team, and they resulted in a magnificent new convention draw in Milwaukee!

Presented by Jason Gross, P.E., S.E., and Joseph Parker, P.E., S.E., GRAEF

  • Course will award 1.0 hours of continuing education for the live session only.
  • Each series registration is per person.
  • This will be available as a recording, with no PDH attached.

Please note: This webinar is part of the NCSEA Webinar Subscription;
however, we ask that all individuals register to receive credit for the live event.

Thank you to our Sponsor!
Speakers:
Jason Gross, P.E., S.E., Lead Structural engineer for the concrete framing and foundations on the Baird Center Expansion project. Jason has been with GRAEF for 16 years and is licensed in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Illinois. Jason graduated from MSOE University with a BS and MS in structural engineering and is an adjunct professor at MSOE teaching structural building systems.

Joseph Parker, P.E., S.E., Lead Structural Engineer for the steel framing and lateral systems on the Baird Center Expansion project. Joe has been with GRAEF for 10 years and is licensed in Wisconsin and Illinois. Joe graduated from the University of Illinois with a BS and MS in civil engineering.

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