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A.C.E. Building Service announced the retirement of former owners Bill Shimek and Stan Johnson. The announcement follows the fulfillment of a succession plan that was initiated in 2019 and included the transfer of ownership in 2021 to Chris Herzog, Stuart Johnson, Carolyn Hoffmann, and Max Maigatter.

A.C.E. Building Service, a Northeast Wisconsin-based provider of commercial and industrial construction services, announced today the acquisition of Manitowoc, Wisconsin-based SMI Civil & Structural Engineers. The acquisition of SMI allows for the expansion of in-house design/build capabilities to include surveying, structural engineering, and civil engineering. SMI’s Licensed Professional Engineer, Jeff Gordon, will join the A.C.E. Building Service team.

Two local A.C.E. Building Service projects have been recognized by ABC of Wisconsin as the most impressive and unique construction completed by a Wisconsin contractor in 2021.

Leadership changes represent the fulfillment of a succession plan initiated in 2019 and include the transfer of ownership from Stan Johnson and Bill Shimek to Chris Herzog, Stuart Johnson, Carolyn Hoffmann, and Max Maigatter.

Corner Point, LLC, a surveying and land development services firm, was recently acquired by A.C.E. Building Service, Inc. and is now Corner Point, a division of A.C.E. Building Service.

Stuart Johnson recently celebrated his 5-year employment anniversary with A.C.E. Building Service. Johnson, an Estimator/Project Manager with the commercial construction company, resides in Manitowoc with his wife and two children.

Mike Frozena of A.C.E. Building Service attended a Wisconsin Commercial Building Code Refresher seminar in Madison to stay current on building requirements as required by the state of Wisconsin. By attending this annual code update program, A.C.E. is able to remain up to date with building code requirements and how to best use the code for customer projects.

Stan Johnson and Chris Herzog recently attended the 2017 Butler® Builder Sales Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. The two joined more than 700 builders from across North America to learn in-depth information, innovations and updates on new building products. A.C.E. was recognized as a high performance builder by Butler Manufacturing for the 2016 calendar year.

Several employees from A.C.E. Building Service attended the 2017 Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC) of Wisconsin Convention. The program was broken up into specific areas of focus, including a Marketing and Tech Forum, Safety Conference, Management Conference and Supervisory Training.