Rockford highlighted for lead service line replacement projects
Fehr Graham has helped the City of Rockford with lead service line replacements for years and is proud to be part of this important project. Our team is committed to providing safe and reliable drinking water for Midwest communities. We have communities replace more than 2,000 lead service lines and have helped secure over $30 million for municipal...
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Fehr Graham hires Linnel Marie Ballesteros as an Engineer
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is proud to announce the hiring of Linnel Marie Ballesteros as an Engineer. Ballesteros ensures project design specifications and construction quality expectations are met. They work with municipal and industrial clients, overseeing construction improvements on wastewater treatment ...
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Fehr Graham hires Colton Johnson as an Engineer
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is proud to announce the hiring of Colton Johnson as an Engineer. Fehr Graham hired Johnson, a former intern, before he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville where he earned a degree in Civil Engineering with a structural emph...
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Fehr Graham helps Flora replace Wastewater Treatment Plant
Fehr Graham will help the City of Flora replace its aging Wastewater Treatment Plant with a modern facility. Fehr Graham Principal Matthew Johnson toured plants with City officials, so they understood what they needed before approving Flora's project. The City will use a $5.2 million United States Department of Agriculture grant to help pay for the...
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Fehr Graham client Moving Pillsbury Forward makes national news
Fehr Graham is helping clean up one of the largest brownfield sites in central Illinois. The project recently made national news when an early image of the Pillsbury Doughboy was discovered on a control panel at the abandoned Springfield, Illinois, plant. Check out this State-Journal Register story in USA Today, where Chris Richmond, Moving Pillsbu...
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Fehr Graham hears input on Garfield Park amenities
Fehr Graham and the Decatur Park District invited residents and stakeholders to a public meeting March 23 to discuss and provide input on new amenities at Garfield Park. Fehr Graham Landscape Architect Mark Decker will take the feedback and incorporate it into his designs for Garfield Park. This was the first of many meetings about Garfield Park, w...
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Jeffrey Jacobson promoted to Project Manager
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, announced the promotion of Jeffrey Jacobson to Project Manager. Jacobson, who works in the firm's Rockford, Illinois, office, works closely with municipal and private clients to coordinate design and construction of projects, including street reconstruction, water supply and distrib...
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George Weber promoted to Senior Engineering Technician
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, announced the promotion of George Weber to Senior Engineering Technician. Weber, who works in the firm's Rockford office, is experienced in construction management. He ensures design specifications are met during construction and works on projects for municipal clients and private d...
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Building Buckley: Small town secures funding to overcome unsewered status
Sewage overflow in Buckley, Illinois, residents' yards will soon be a thing of the past. Fehr Graham helped the 600-person community 38 miles north of Champaign secure a $5 million grant from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to end its unsewered status and build a sanitary sewer system. Grant funding of more than $21 million will ...
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Plans to revive Millennium Fountain underway
Millennium Fountain on Water Street in Rockford, Illinois, wasn't designed to be a play space. Soon, it will be transformed into one. Fehr Graham helped reimagine the fountain with designs that will make it safer and take it from a decorative feature to an interactive, inviting community gem. Read more about the project, courtesy of the Rock River ...
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Marty Hillman promoted to Senior Engineering Technician
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, announced the promotion of Marty Hillman to Senior Engineering Technician. Hillman, who works in the firm's West Union office, specializes in field survey, shop drawing review, construction observation, testing, documentation and staking. He works on municipal and private developmen...
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Fehr Graham hires Andrew Bryant as Associate Engineering Technician
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is proud to announce the hiring of Andrew Bryant as an Associate Engineering Technician. Bryant brings nearly 10 years of experience as a field surveyor with drafting and AutoCAD. Bryant earned a bachelor's degree in Technical Resource Management from Southern Illinois University at...
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Second round of lead service line funding announced
Communities working to identify lead service lines and develop an inventory have a second opportunity to secure funding. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Director John J. Kim announced additional funding to help meet requirements outlined in the Lead Service Line Replacement and Notification Act (LSLRN) is available. The Lead Service ...
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Engineering is everywhere
Fehr Graham helps redevelop former manufacturing plants, improve traffic flow at busy intersections and ensure the community's water supply is available and safe. In a column published in the Rockford (Illinois) Chamber of Commerce's The Voice, Fehr Graham Principal Mick Gronewold explains the dynamic changes engineering has brought to the Rockford...
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Zach Sims promoted to Staff Engineer
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, announced the promotion of Zach Sims to Staff Engineer. Sims, who works in the firm's Rockford office, works on commercial, residential and municipal engineering projects. He completes design for water treatment plants, civil sites and utilities and manages construction for municipa...
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Jean Pijan McKeever promoted to Senior Engineering Technician
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, announced the promotion of Jean Pijan McKeever to Senior Engineering Technician. Pijan McKeever, who works in the firm's Rockford office, creates survey and civil design projects, including water main replacement and transportation projects using AutoCAD, Civil 3D and Geographic Inf...
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Fehr Graham opens office in Marion
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, announced the opening of its Marion, Illinois, office at 103 Airway Drive, Suite 3, where Illinois Routes 148 and 13 meet. The office signifies a commitment to and investment in Marion and its surrounding communities. This is Fehr Graham's 12th office location and is part of a strat...
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Jake Kaiser promoted to Associate Engineering Technician
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, announced the promotion of Jake Kaiser to Associate Engineering Technician. Kaiser, who works in the firm's Manchester office, creates plan documents and maps data with Geographic Information Systems. He works on construction and conceptual projects for the Iowa Department of Transp...
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Fehr Graham helps clients secure funding for parks and recreation projects
Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced nearly $60 million in state grants awarded to 118 park projects throughout Illinois. Funding will help communities acquire land and develop park amenities. Fehr Graham helped Fox Valley Park District in Aurora and Community Park in Davis Junction secure $600,000 each ...
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Buckley secures $5 million grant to build a sanitary sewer system
The Village of Buckley secured a $5 million state grant to help pay for a new sanitary sewer system. Gov. JB Pritzker and Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Director John J. Kim announced more than $21 million in grants to six communities across the state through the Illinois EPA's Unsewered Communities Construction Grant Program (UCCGP...
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