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The 22nd Avenue Uptown Reconstruction project in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has been awarded an American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Wisconsin Engineering Excellence State Finalist Award. The 22nd Avenue Uptown Reconstruction project stands as a prime example of how innovative approaches, community-driven planning, and sustainable design principles can breathe life into underutilized urban spaces. The greatest challenges throughout the several ...

The West Main Street Corridor Improvements project in Troy, Ohio, has been awarded an American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Ohio Engineering Excellence Honor Award. This project shows how creative engineering and community collaboration can completely transform a city corridor by improving safety, increasing accessibility, and provide attractive space for everyone. The project team implemented several innovative applications of ...

The GAC Water Treatment Facility project was awarded a 2026 American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Wisconsin Engineering Excellence Best of State Award. In 2022, the City of West Bend sampled all its wells for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and found several that exceeded state health guidelines. PFAS, often called “forever chemicals,” have become an emerging health concern ...

The Bittersweet Water Reclamation Facility Improvements project received the 2026 American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Illinois Engineering Excellence Special Achievement Award. Located in the Village of Bartlett, Illinois, the wastewater treatment facility was constructed in 1971 and required significant upgrades to address aging infrastructure, complex processes, and maintenance issues. With an average capacity of 3.7 million gallons per ...

The Deaver Road Tank and Booster Station project, in Columbus, Indiana, was awarded a 2026 American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Indiana Engineering Excellence State Finalist Award. Since the mid-2000s, Columbus City Utilities (CCU) has operated its plants with high service pumps in a continuous run mode, maintaining a system hydraulic grade that rendered older water tanks unusable as ...

The Sequoit Creek Park in Antioch, Illinois, has been awarded the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Illinois Engineering Excellence Lincoln Grand Conceptor Award. Sequoit Creek Park occupies a once blighted, dilapidated property in the downtown area. The 4.5-acre site, formerly home to several businesses, had over time become vacant with failing conveyance infrastructure and was “blighted and an ...

Strand’s Ames, Iowa, office has officially moved to a new space in the Iowa State University Research Park, marking an exciting milestone in the firm’s continued growth in the region! This new office space reflects our long-term commitment to Iowa and the clients and communities we serve. Establishing our Ames office in the Iowa State University Research Park allows us ...

Keith L. Hobson, P.E., BCEE, from our Ames, Iowa, office, was recently named national president of the Water Environment Federation (WEF), a not-for-profit technical and educational organization of more than 30,000 individual members and 75 affiliated Member Associations representing water quality professionals around the world. Keith has more than 40 years of experience in environmental engineering as a consultant for ...

The West and Southwest Stormwater Management Program in Winnetka, Illinois, has been awarded an APWA National Small Cities/Rural Communities Public Works Project of the Year Award in the Environment category. The Village of Winnetka has a long, documented history of flooding, dating back to the early 1900s. With more than 85 percent of the community built without stormwater management, the ...

The Pleasant View Road Reconstruction Project received a 2025 American Public Works Association (APWA) Wisconsin Chapter Project of the Year Award in the Transportation – $25 to $75 million category. The 1.4-mile Pleasant View Road corridor, a key north-south commuter roadway on the west side of Madison and Middleton, Wisconsin, has been transformed to improve safety, connectivity, and sustainability. Serving ...

The Southeast Area Combined Sewer Improvements (SEACSI) project in Shorewood, Wisconsin, has been awarded an APWA National Project of the Year Award for the Cities/Rural Communities – Disaster or Emergency Construction/Repair.  The Village of Shorewood is currently served by both combined and separated sewer collection systems and is one of only three remaining communities in Wisconsin with combined sewers. Much ...

In April 2024, the Village of Plainfield discovered a hole in the 127th Street Bridge over the DuPage River, prompting an urgent closure and a rapid response to minimize community disruption and costs. Our team assisted in developing a Bridge Condition Report, estimating repairs at $1.59 million. The project was ultimately awarded $1.35 million, allowing the Village to incorporate additional ...

The Downtown Plaza “The Naberhood” Project in Shawano, Wisconsin, has been awarded an ACEC WI State Finalist Award. Faced with a declining historic downtown marked by vacant lots and struggling businesses, the City of Shawano launched a Downtown Master Plan to restore vibrancy and community engagement. A cornerstone of the plan was the creation of a downtown plaza, realized through ...

The West and Southwest Stormwater Management Program in Winnetka, Illinois, has been awarded the ACEC IL Special Achievement Award. The Village of Winnetka has a long, documented history of flooding, dating back to the early 1900s. With more than 85 percent of the community built without stormwater management, when the village was hit with historic rainfall events in 2008, 2011, ...

The Pleasant View Road Reconstruction Project earned a 2025 American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Wisconsin Engineering Excellence State Finalist Award. The 1.4-mile Pleasant View Road corridor, a key north-south route in Madison and Middleton, Wisconsin, has undergone a major transformation to enhance safety, connectivity, and sustainability. Serving roughly 13,000 vehicles daily, the corridor faced congestion, deteriorating pavement, and ...

The Bittersweet Water Reclamation Facility Improvements project received a Public Works Project of the Year Award in the Environmental category, $25 million to $75 million, from the American Public Works Association (APWA) Chicago Metro Chapter. The facility, located in the Village of Bartlett, Illinois, was built in 1971. It required significant upgrades to address aging infrastructure, convoluted processes, and maintenance ...

The Decatur County Highway Department project was awarded a 2025 Engineering Excellence Merit Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Indiana. Located in Greensburg, Indiana, the Decatur County Highway Department had outgrown its original 3.5-acre facility, which was built in 1949. Without modern facilities, the highway department struggled to upkeep its equipment fleet. The new highway department ...

Innovation Parkway in the City of Georgetown, Indiana, is a recipient of an American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) 2025 Engineering Excellence Merit Award! This project provides smooth access to the NovaParke Technology Center, a boom for the County’s development. The team created innovative solutions to address connectivity and provide utilities for future park expansion while working within exceedingly limited ...

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve officially broken ground on new office space in Ames, Iowa, in the Iowa State University Research Park. This exciting expansion is a significant milestone following our 2022 acquisition of FOX Engineering and reflects our continued commitment to providing excellence in engineering to clients in the region. The two-story facility will initially house 70 employees ...

This award recognizes the exemplary achievements of the City of Frankfort, Kentucky, and its partners. The City of Frankfort and its partners fully redesigned and reconstructed Second Street to improve its accessibility and usability for vulnerable road users. The design included enhanced accessible pedestrian areas, sidewalks and plazas, traffic signalization, and other key landscaped areas and streetscape elements, such as ...