Company founded in October 1948 by Frank Converse Jr. & Art Cushing – established in a trailer under Detroit-Superior Bridge in the Cleveland Flats
Won a one-game playoff against the Boston Red Sox and go on to win their second World Series vs. the Boston Braves”
Responsible for initiating the Interstate Highway System
Great Lakes completes its first section of interstate highway – a portion of I-77 in Canton, OH
Rt. 11 Expressway is created to move products from Steubenville up to the Port of Ashtabula. Photo of East Liverpool, OH
Great Lakes wins its first major bid in the private sector – AEP Power Plant earthwork project in Brilliant, OH
Great Lakes completes the first section of – I-77 & I-480 Interchange in Independence, OH.
Loews Theatre premiers Mario Puzo’s “The Godfather”. Pictured: Great Lakes’ Godfather, Vince Strazzo
First “Alternate Delivery Method” project – Great Lakes financed the construction costs for AEP. Meigs County, OH
Great Lakes’ Michigan arm, Power Constructors, constructing power plant in Bridgman, MI
“Flip to Snyder, sideline left. Snyder on the dribble drive. To the hoop. Put it up — SCORES! HE SCORES! SNYDER SCORES WITH FOUR SECONDS TO GO… AND THE BULLETS TAKE TIME! CLEVELAND 87 AND BULLETS 85 WITH FOUR SECONDS TO GO!”
A new team of officers was established which included Joe Allen, Milt Kaplan, Mike Pierry, Vince Strazzo, and Andy Ungar.
Second leg of Jennings Freeway connecting I-480 to I-90. Pictured L to R: Vince Strazzo, Jim Hoessle, John Germosek, Bill Sisk.
The Great Lakes Construction Co. Vince Strazzo Scholarship Program established
Great Lakes purchased state-of-the-art hydraulic pile hammer, segmental barges, and tugboat. Mahoning County, OH
TGR JV formed to complete largest Design-Build Transportation project to date. Cleveland, OH.
Pictured: Permanent Cincinnati Office on Laidlaw (Established 2017)
(L-R): Jeff Tarnowski, Jason Tucker, Albert Leonard, George Palko, Mark Grdina, Jason Hebert, Jim Fox
