Andy J. Egan Co. history

1929: Andy J. Egan Co., Inc. is officially established as a corporation with Harold as Vice President.

1960: Egan moves its longtime office from Bond Avenue to Winter Street and adds plumbing to its services.

1968: Grand Rapids Public Schools builds Union High School, the first in decades, and Egan provides mechanical services.

1982: Egan is the mechanical contractor on an iconic downtown project, the Amway Tower.

1985: Egan’s service division takes off, and the company begins expanding its services.

1997: Egan’s engineering department is established and begins offering Design-Build and Design-Assist services for projects such as the JW Marriott.

Egan moves its office to Waldorf Court, but by 1998 has grown large enough to construct a new building on nearby Waldorf Street.

1999: Egan opens a fabrication shop in its current building, expanding twice to support new work.

2001: Having provided services to most of the buildings that shape the Grand Rapids skyline, Egan is the mechanical contractor on another iconic downtown project, the DeVos Convention Center.

2004: An acquisition adds a service and controls division, which includes an office in Kalamazoo.

2008: Work begins on Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Egan’s largest project ever.

2009: The company completes its largest BIM project to date, the Van Andel Institute Phase II.

2010: Egan Food Technologies is founded as a sister company that offers food processing equipment.

2015: Having each worked in the family business in various roles, the fourth generation of Jaspers assumes executive positions.