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The $103 million Lick Run Valley Conveyance System and Greenway project is one of the largest green infrastructure projects in the country for reducing combined sewer overflows (CSO). This 1.5-mile corridor provides watershed management, flood control, stormwater conveyances, storage and reuse, and water quality treatment, all integrated into an open channel and civic park complementing the South Fairmont neighbor's historical ...

The Water System Expansion project in the Village of Lannon was the recipient of the APWA 2024 National Project of the Year Award for Small Cities/Rural Communities in the Historical Restoration/Preservation category. This project was initiated when the Village of Lannon was contacted by Lannon Elementary School which reported E. coli contamination in its private water supply well. To provide ...

The Downtown Plaza “The Naberhood” Project in Shawano, Wisconsin, has been awarded an APWA National Public Works Project of the Year Award for Small Cities/Rural Communities. In 2017, the City of Shawano began discussing the creation of a plaza-type space in the downtown area. At the time, the City was redeveloping Franklin Park, one block west of Main Street, into ...

The Bee Branch Creek Railroad Culvert and Pedestrian Tunnel Project in the City of Dubuque, Iowa, has been awarded an American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) 2024 National Engineering Excellence Recognition Award. The City of Dubuque has a history of localized storms that send stormwater rushing off steep bluffs to lowland areas where it then slows, eventually making its way ...

The West Jackson Street Reconstruction Project earned a 2024 American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Wisconsin Engineering Excellence State Finalist Award. The existing corridor was last constructed in the 1970s and needed upgrades. The City of Wisconsin Rapids hired Strand Associates, Inc.® to work with staff, WisDOT, and the public to design the project to address the replacement of ...

Strand’s Columbus, Ohio, office has moved locations! Still in the heart of downtown, our new office is at the corner of Neil Avenue and Vine Street, where we have doubled our office space to accommodate our growing staff. As we have expanded our engineering services to Ohio communities since 2002, we have likewise expanded our office space multiple times. Our ...

The $73 million Madison Beltline Flex Lane project was recently recognized by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) with a regional America’s Transportation Award for operations excellence. In its 16th year, the America’s Transportation Awards competition, which is sponsored by AASHTO, AAA, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, honors projects and programs that make our communities ...

The Madison Beltline Flex Lane project has been awarded the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Wisconsin Engineering Excellence Grand Award. In a partnership with HNTB, a dynamic part-time shoulder use facility – also referred to as the Flex Lane – was implemented on the Madison Beltline. The Flex Lane is open to users during peak travel times and during ...

The $103 million, Lick Run Valley Conveyance System and Greenway project, which is one of the largest green infrastructure projects for reducing combined sewer overflows (CSO) in the country, has been awarded an American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) National Innovation in Sustainable Engineering award. This is the third national award the Lick Run project has won. Components of this ...

The Star City Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) Improvements Project in the City of Morgantown, West Virginia, has been awarded an American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) National Engineering Excellence Recognition Award.  We identified and evaluated long-term combined sewer overflow (CSO) control options to meet the needs of the aging Star City WWTP, address wet-weather operational issues, and reduce sanitary sewer ...

The Hite Creek Water Quality Treatment Center Expansion Project has been awarded an American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) National Engineering Excellence Recognition Award.  The Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) had goals of expanding treatment capacity, accommodating future growth, and eliminating sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) by expanding its Hite Creek Water Quality Treatment Center (WQTC). Expansion of ...

The Second Street Corridor TIGER Grant Project in the City of Frankfort, Kentucky, has been awarded an American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) National Engineering Excellence Recognition Award.  US 60 (Second Street) passes through the heart of the City of Frankfort with infrastructure more than a century old. The railroad used to build the State Capitol originally ran along Second ...

The Washington Avenue (STH 20) Reconstruction Project in the City of Racine has been awarded an American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Wisconsin Engineering Excellence State Finalist Award.  The 1.3-mile      STH 20 corridor was last reconstructed 60 years ago, had a crash rate nearly twice the statewide average for similar roadways, did not provide for bicycle accommodations or ...

The reconstruction of West Jackson Street presented an opportunity to transform a key arterial roadway within the downtown area of Wisconsin Rapids. Enhancing pedestrian and bicycle modes of transportation was an important consideration, given the importance of the roadway as one of only two Wisconsin River crossings downtown. Design elements that enhanced both pedestrian and bicycle accommodations included reducing the ...

The Madison Beltline Flex Lane (Flex Lane) Project was awarded the Intelligent Transportation Society of Wisconsin’s 2022 Project of the Year Award, which recognizes quality projects or initiatives based in the State of Wisconsin that leverage technology to enhance transportation mobility, safety, and economic activity. This project involved significant Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) improvements between US 18/151/Verona Road and I-39/90. ...

The City of Marshalltown, Iowa, wanted to take advantage of a funding program through the State Revolving Fund that required a watershed assessment of a community’s water quality needs. When funding was approved, the City chose to move forward with the South 1st Street Parking Lot Improvements Project. The parking lot was transformed using more than 1,130 square yards of ...

The Kenosha Water Utility’s Water Production Plant installed its original 14 million gallons per day (MGD) membrane filtration plant in the early 2000s, one of the first and largest municipal membrane filtration systems of its type in the country. After more than 20 years since initial start-up, most of the existing membrane filtration equipment had reached the end of its ...

We have been working with the Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District on improvements to the Hite Creek Water Quality Treatment Center since 2012. Our work began with a Regional Wastewater Facility Plan that set the stage for two major capital projects. The first involved hydraulic improvements to expand treatment capacity from 6 MGD to 9 MGD average daily ...

The Lick Run Greenway and Valley Conveyance System project was awarded second place in the National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies (NAFSMA)’s 2022 Innovative Projects Awards. This award is new this year and highlights innovative community flood risk and stormwater and water quality management projects across the country. Click here to read more about the Lick Run Greenway ...

The Ravinia Avenue Roundabout project in the village of Orland Park, Illinois, was featured in the August 2022 edition of American Public Works Association’s Reporter magazine. The Village’s first roundabout replaced a four-way stop controlled intersection that served as the main entrance to its Village Hall Complex. The roundabout design met the Village’s goals of increased safety, capacity, and access. ...