Cascade Engineering, Inc.
The only firm headquartered and manufacturing inside a Great Lakes metro with a named Great Lakes customer: the City of Grand Rapids bought 300 modules, roughly a thousand feet of protection, after field-testing the system. Four independent Michigan outlets covered the operation.
Who runs it
- Christina Keller ✓ CEO and Chair
Credentials & verification
Services
Service area
Grand Rapids MI · West Michigan · North America
Our verification notes
Wording matters here: this firm manufactures and supplies barriers, it does not install them. The Boxwall is deployed by the end user, and there are no flood doors, no watertight envelope work and no installation crew - so it is a deployable barrier supplier rather than a dry floodproofing contractor, and the documented customer is a municipality protecting streets rather than a building owner. To its credit it makes no FM Approved, ANSI/FM 2510 or FEMA approved claim anywhere. Two claims that look like certifications are not: 'Build America Buy America compliant' is a procurement-eligibility statement, and its A2LA accreditation is a laboratory accreditation, not validation of flood performance. Google rating suppressed because two queries on the same address returned conflicting values. The flood line launched in 2025.
Sources checked
- https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2026/05/these-michigan-made-flood-barriers-grow-stronger-the-wetter-they-get.html
- https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/manufacturing/cascade-engineering-partners-with-swedish-firm-to-build-flood-protection-products-in-grand-rapids/
- https://www.wgvunews.org/news/2025-10-16/cascade-engineering-partners-with-sweden-based-noaq-on-flood-barrier-production
Last verified 2026-08-13. This is an independent listing, not an endorsement, and we are not affiliated with Cascade Engineering, Inc.. Confirm the current license, insurance and references directly before signing any contract.
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