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 ...