Cole Crawford has joined Ring & DuChateau’s electrical group as a senior project engineer. Crawford, a graduate of Milwaukee School of Engineering, has more than 11 years of electrical design experience. He worked at firms in Phoenix and Chicago before his return to Wisconsin this year. He brings to R&D experience in design for healthcare, educational, corporate and municipal facilities. Among the most challenging of his career so far has been the renovation of the Chicago Old Main Post Office with his previous firm.

“It was a building that sat vacant for 10 years,” Crawford explained about the project’s challenges. “It’s also next to the railroad tracks and has Metra running below it. Plus it’s 2.5 million square feet. It was pretty complex.”

Crawford is currently working on several R&D healthcare projects, putting his skill for complex design to good use.