Grunau Metals’ Ingenuity Enhances Quality of Northwestern Mutual Building project overview Northwestern Mutual is developing a campus in Franklin, Wis., to accommodate their expanding needs over the next 10-20 years. Work was completed in April 2004 on the two-year, $125 million first phase of the project, a half-million square foot low-rise office building. situation Grunau Metals helped Northwestern Mutual maintain the architectural quality of their building with its keen sense of style and attention to the smallest details. The metals team fabricated the building’s ornamental stainless steel railings, and when the general contractor requested a minimum amount of visible welds, they devised an innovative fastening system with unexposed fasteners. Details such as the distinct linear

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