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The Kankakee River Metropolitan Agency (KRMA) upgrades project (Good KRMA: Upgrading a Valuable Regional Asset) received a 2018 APWA Southwest Branch Award for Project of the Year and was recognized at the branch banquet last January. About the Project: KRMA operates a 25 MGD average design (100 MGD peak) flow WWTP that serves several communities, including 31 industrial users. Aging ...

The Kankakee River Metropolitan Agency (KRMA) upgrades project (Good KRMA: Upgrading a Valuable Regional Asset) won a 2018 ACEC Illinois Excellence Special Achievement Award. About the Project: Innovative designs integrated throughout all 4 phases of KRMA’s $58.8 million wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) upgrade project solved numerous facility and environmental issues. Substantial improvements to treatment, system automation, energy, and odor control, as well ...

Haw Creek Trail Connection in Columbus, IN, has been selected as the 2017 award recipient in the category of Outstanding Transportation Project from the Indiana Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), which oversees federal transportation funds in large metropolitan areas.  It provides a safe connection along the People Trail System in a scenic area away from traffic by relocating the trail under the ...

Wisconsin AWWA selected Madison Water Utility Well 7 Reconstruction for the 2017 Project of the Year Award. This award recognizes excellence in engineering, design, or construction in the Wisconsin drinking water industry, along with successful alliances between the owner, project team, and community. Madison Water Utility teamed with Strand Associates, Inc.® to reconstruct its 75 year-old Well 7. The new facility ...

The recent Morgantown Utility Board (MUB) water treatment plant improvement project economically increased the capacity, reliability, and most importantly, water quality for MUB’s customers. This was accomplished through numerous process improvements including microfiltration membranes. Click here for the full article written by the Associated Press. How is Strand involved? We have provided MUB with engineering services for dozens of successful projects for ...

Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of Dane County hosted the Dream BIG Gala, their biggest fundraiser of the year, to celebrate the positive impact the organization and volunteers have on the hundreds of kids participating in the mentorship program.  As a strong supporter of our communities we live, work, and play in, Strand volunteers were selected to share their experience in this short video. The ...

Verona Road (USH 18/151) Stage 1 Reconstruction in Madison, WI, won the 2017 Project of the Year through AWPA Wisconsin in the Transportation category for Projects of More than $75 million.  The reconstruction of the Verona Road and Beltline interchange provides economic benefits to the State of Wisconsin by significantly reducing traffic congestion in the corridor, increasing accessibility, and decreasing travel time for businesses, ...

The Verona Road (USH 18/151) corridor is an essential backbone route in the Madison, WI, metropolitan area that carries more than $13 billion of freight annually.  Stage 1 of the reconstruction project was recently chosen for the 2017 Best Urban Design by a Consultant through the Excellence in Highway Design Awards.  This award submittal specifically focused on the unique Single Point Urban Interchange (SPUI) design portion ...

Waukesha’s recently completed Clean Water Plant Improvements Project received a State Finalist Award through the American Council of Engineering Companies of Wisconsin. The unique, egg-shaped digester at the City’s wastewater treatment plant is an interesting, eye-catching design element, but it’s the functionality of the design that blends together innovation and performance. The digester is but one component of a $41.5 ...

Morgantown Utility Board (MUB), Morgantown, West Virginia, broke ground on February 2, 2017 for their wastewater treatment plant project that expands facility capacity from 12 to 20.8 million gallons per day.  The expansion, designed by Strand Associates, Inc.®, includes significant improvements to the headworks and sludge processing, and the addition of membrane bioreactors and ancillary unit processes.  The plant will serve ...

With the goal to provide a safe bicycle and pedestrian system, the Lexington Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, Nicholasville, and Jessamine County partnered with Strand to complete a multi-modal study of Wilmore Road/KY 39.  This heavily traveled 5.5-mile corridor is home to eight schools, yet only had four stop controlled intersections to slow vehicle progression and very limited sidewalk. The study recommended ...

John Lyons, of Strand Associates, Inc., was awarded the Water Management Association of Ohio’s (WMAO’s) R. Livingston Ireland award for his visionary leadership and outstanding accomplishments in the water-resources field.  For more than three decades, John has been instrumental in keeping the water resources industry moving forward with new innovative approaches to complex challenges, and he has served his clients ...

After a 2014 study confirmed Hope, IN was losing 45 percent of the water it purchased, the town elected to replace approximately 14,000 feet of aging 80-year-old water main. Since 90 percent of the water main needing to be replaced was beneath roads, several local roads were milled and resurfaced at the time of construction, reducing future construction costs by ...

Strand Associates, Inc.®  recently was ranked 15th in billings among U.S. design firms specializing in wastewater according to Engineering News Record (ENR). We work with a wide variety of wastewater clientele enabling us to provide a broad spectrum of expertise, real world project experience, and new ideas.  Click here to learn more about our services and here for a selection ...

Dr. Randall A. Wirtz, P.E., of Strand Associates, Inc.®, was selected as the recipient of the 2016 National WEF Schroepfer Innovative Facility Design award for his work on Dubuque, Iowa’s Water and Resource Recovery Center (W&RRC) project. Numerous innovative solutions were implemented into the W&RRC upgrade to provide cost savings, sustainability, long-term usability, reliability, capacity, and energy efficiency. Main improvements included ...

Wingra Creek Cleanup has become an annual event that gives attendees the opportunity to cleanup along the shoreline of Wingra Creek in Madison, WI by boat or by walking along the edge of the creek.  This year, 19 volunteers, including many Strand staff, gathered together for this effort.  The clean up is organized by Friend of Lake Wingra, whose mission is to promote a ...