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 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 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 ...

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 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 ...