Midwest City Scoop: Construction Starts in Milwaukee

Total construction spending expected to increase by nearly 18% this year

The non-residential sector is showing particular strength, with manufacturing construction leading the way.

City Grill

Shannon Metoxen
Milwaukee Office Leader
JP Cullen & Sons

“We have a health care division based out of Madison, and that all started from the amount of health care work that we did in Milwaukee,” Metoxen says. “That upped our internal expertise and really allowed us to fan out into the Madison market where Jeannie Cullen-Schultz, who started our health care focus, is leading our health care group.

“Not only are all the general contractors busy here, but we’re starting to see the impact on subcontractors. A year ago we would get five and six bids in a category. Now we’re getting two,” he adds.

Firm in Focus

JP Cullen & Sons
330 E. Delevan Dr., Janesville, Wis.
CEO: David Cullen
Employees: 800
Founded: 1892
Recent Project: JP Cullen recently delivered the UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Women & Infants Center, a 30,000-sq-ft addition to the existing hospital’s mother-baby care space.