Great Lakes Cooling Towers Inc.

07/21/2026

Over the past several months, Great Lakes Cooling Towers Inc. has continued to grow, and I couldn’t be more grateful to everyone who has supported us along the way.

Like many small business owners, I’m still wearing a lot of hats. I spend countless hours each week building GLCTI, meeting with clients, preparing proposals, and planning projects. At the same time, I’m still working full time as a union scaffolder to support my family while the company continues to grow. It’s a lot of work, but I believe in what we’re building and where we’re headed.

Most of our opportunities so far have come through my reputation and relationships built over more than 20 years in the cooling tower industry. While I’m incredibly thankful for that, I know there are many facilities and organizations that simply don’t know we exist yet.

That’s where I’m hoping my network can help.

If you know someone responsible for maintenance, engineering, facilities, or capital projects at an industrial plant, food processing facility, university, hospital, commercial building, or anywhere with cooling towers, I’d love an introduction.

Many people know me for large industrial cooling towers, but GLCTI also specializes in inspections, maintenance, repairs, and replacements of smaller package steel cooling towers commonly found at hospitals, universities, food processing plants, manufacturing facilities, and commercial buildings.

As a thank you, if you introduce us to a new client and that introduction results in awarded work, we’ll gladly pay a referral commission. It’s our way of showing appreciation for helping us grow.

If you know someone who might benefit from our services, send me a message. Even a simple introduction could lead to a great long term partnership.

Thank you again to everyone who’s supported GLCTI so far. Every recommendation, referral, and conversation has helped us get where we are today, and we’re just getting started.

Erik Prashaw
President
Great Lakes Cooling Towers Inc.

Professional cooling tower construction and maintenance services in Ontario. Contact Great Lakes Cooling Towers Inc. for inspections and expert advice.

03/01/2026

In industrial work, ex*****on in the field is everything.

Building or rebuilding a cooling tower is not a single-trade operation. Structural work, access challenges, confined areas, temporary shoring, engineered scaffold to reach unsafe elevations, these realities are part of major tower projects. Every experienced tower contractor reaches moments where the right supporting trades make the difference between risk and control.

Great Lakes Cooling Towers Inc. has established a working collaboration with Breck Construction to support projects that require coordinated trades and scalable manpower.

GLCTI will continue operating independently, focused exclusively on cooling tower inspection, maintenance, repair, and rebuild work, where we bring specialized expertise and field-driven ex*****on.

When projects demand engineered access, scaffolding, civil support, mechanical, insulation, or related services, we now have a trusted team aligned to support complex conditions safely and efficiently.

When opportunities arise outside of GLCTI’s specialty scope, I will work to connect them with the Breck group.

Clear scope. Clear structure. Strong ex*****on.

Looking forward to building the right projects together.

01/18/2026

Carpenters Local 18 bowling event was a fun time to catch up with some of these CT experts sporting some GLCTI shirts.

12/27/2025

As this year comes to a close, I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to our friends, family, and former colleagues for the support you have provided. The circumstances that led to the formation of this company were challenging and, at times, deeply uncertain. However, with the encouragement and confidence of those around us, we moved forward and established Great Lakes Cooling Towers Inc.

As a small, family owned business, we are committed to operating with honesty, transparency, and integrity. While competing with larger, established industry organizations presents its challenges, we firmly believe that ethical conduct and respect for others remain the foundation of long term success.

On behalf of everyone at Great Lakes Cooling Towers Inc., we wish you a safe, prosperous, and Happy New Year.

12/01/2025

Today was the first time on a clients site under the GLCTI name. Thanks Jon for taking the pic.