Fire protection work coming up in Michigan outside Detroit
296 projects in Michigan outside Detroit fit sprinkler and fire alarm suppliers and fire protection contractors in the last 30 days. Each has a building permit, a construction start or a site plan on the public record, at $1M and up, houses left out, in the phases where fire protection gets bought.
Projects that fit, from the last 30 days
A few of the 296, biggest first. Each opens its project file. Pro names the people on each one.
- Hudson's DetroitNew hotelStarted · Under construction
- Henry Ford Health & MSU Health Sciences Research CenterNew healthcare buildingStarted · Under construction
- MDHHS New Psychiatric HospitalNew healthcare buildingStarted · Under construction
- University of Michigan Center for InnovationNew school or civic buildingStarted · Under construction
- Macomb County CIACNew school or civic buildingStarted · Under construction
- General Motors VVA FacilityNew manufacturing buildingStarted · Under construction
- The Metropolitan on South UNew mixed-use buildingPermit · Approved
- UMH-Sparrow Behavioral Health HospitalNew healthcare buildingProposed
When fire protection gets bought
Sprinkler and alarm design starts early, and the rough-in follows the structure floor by floor.
On 133 Miami jobs we measured, the fire protection permit landed a median 103 days after the first building permit, and three in four had it by day 490.
New building permits and construction starts for anything big enough to need sprinklers.
In ChatGPT or Claude
With Pro, ask your AI assistant for fire protection jobs in Michigan outside Detroit and it reads Groundbreak for you, names included. It works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and any app that takes an MCP server.
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- How do sprinkler and fire alarm suppliers and fire protection contractors find new projects in Michigan outside Detroit?
- Watch the public record, not the bid boards. New building permits and construction starts for anything big enough to need sprinklers. 296 projects in Michigan outside Detroit fit sprinkler and fire alarm suppliers and fire protection contractors in the last 30 days. Each has a building permit, a construction start or a site plan on the public record, at $1M and up, houses left out, in the phases where fire protection gets bought. Radar sends the next one the day it files.
- When does a GC buy fire protection on a job?
- Sprinkler and alarm design starts early, and the rough-in follows the structure floor by floor. On 133 Miami jobs we measured, the fire protection permit landed a median 103 days after the first building permit, and three in four had it by day 490.
- How do I find out which sub won the job in Michigan outside Detroit?
- Michigan outside Detroit does not publish trade permits, so the sub is not on the public record. The building permit and the construction start name the contractor where the record does, and Pro shows that name the day it files. Call the GC and ask who has the fire protection.
- Where does this count come from?
- Groundbreak reads FAA height filings, SEMCOG development tracker and university capital projects in Michigan outside Detroit every day and groups them into projects. This page counts the projects at the stages a supplier watches, the same count sign-up shows for the same picks. It was computed Nov 11, 2026, 3:39 AM Eastern and updates daily.
- What does Groundbreak cost?
- Creating an account is free: tell Radar what you work on and it shows your matches. The names, phones and figures on every record are Pro. There is no free trial. Pro is $27 a month, every market. Cancel anytime.
- Can I ask ChatGPT or Claude for this?
- Yes, with Pro. Groundbreak runs an MCP server, so Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other AI assistants can search Michigan outside Detroit's permits, projects and companies and say who is on them. Setup takes a minute: https://docs.groundbreak.city/mcp.