Fehr Graham hires Margaret Trowbridge as an Engineer
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is proud to announce the hiring of Margaret Trowbridge as an Engineer. Fehr Graham hired the Rockford native after she completed her internship in summer 2022 and before she graduated with a bachelor's degree in Engineering from the University of Iowa in December 2022. Trowbridge wo...
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Fehr Graham hires Sam Erickson as Engineering Technician
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is proud to announce the hiring of Sam Erickson as an Engineering Technician. Erickson is responsible for civil engineering services, including transportation, water distribution and treatment, and sanitary sewer collection and treatment. He shares project information with clients, ...
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Fehr Graham hires Levi Kopmann as Project Engineer
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is proud to announce the hiring of Levi Kopmann, PE, as a Project Engineer. Kopmann, who works in the Champaign office, manages projects for municipal clients focusing on Motor Fuel Tax-, Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program- and state-funded transportation projects. Kopmann ...
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J’Sondra Veracini promoted to Associate Engineering Technician
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, announced the promotion of J'Sondra Veracini to Associate Engineering Technician. Veracini, who was an intern at Fehr Graham before joining the firm full time in 2019, creates plans using Civil 3D drafting plans for road, bike path, storm and sanitary sewer, water main and developme...
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Emily Massingill promoted to Senior Marketing Coordinator
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, announced the promotion of Emily Massingill to Senior Marketing Coordinator. Massingill helps meet the firm's strategic marketing goals, which include supporting client relationship management and helping Human Resources with recruitment and retention efforts. She will continue to l...
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Fehr Graham helps Du Quoin secure EPA funding for lead service line inventory
Fehr Graham helped Du Quoin, Illinois, secure $40,000 to help the City create a lead service line inventory. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Director John J. Kim announced the grants to the 48 communities that will help meet requirements outlined in the Lead Service Line Replacement and Notification Act (LSLRNA). The grants range fro...
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Warren prioritizes water, wastewater projects
The Village of Warren, Illinois, is working to prioritize infrastructure projects with Fehr Graham. The Village will hold an informational meeting at 7 p.m. Feb. 2 at the ambulance station.  Read more in The Flash article below. 
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Bridget Smith promoted to Accounting Supervisor
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, announced the promotion of Bridget Smith to Accounting Supervisor. Smith oversees and supervises several key accounting functions, and manages accounting and client relationship management systems for the firm. She joined the firm in 2002 as an Accounting Clerk and was promoted in 2...
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Naren Patel promoted to Project Manager
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, announced the promotion of Naren Patel, PE, PMP, to Project Manager. Patel, who works in the firm's Champaign, Illinois, office, manages civil, environmental, water and wastewater engineering projects for municipal clients in central and northern Illinois. He also specializes in sew...
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Barber-Colman project one step closer to redevelopment
After deteriorating for more than 20 years, what was once home to thousands of employees and served as one of Rockford's largest employers is on the cusp of being brought back to life. The Rock River Current details the process of the historic blighted property. The Barber-Colman industrial complex rests on 22 acres along Rock and South Main s...
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Fehr Graham helps Sycamore secure $4 million to replace lead service lines
Fehr Graham helped the City of Sycamore take advantage of a federal program that will pay to replace lead water pipes. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Director John J. Kim announced more than $4 million in funding for the project. Fehr Graham has helped clients secure more than $25 million in lead service line replacement funding and...
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Matt Drabik promoted to Senior Biologist
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, announced the promotion of Matt Drabik to Senior Biologist. Drabik coordinates and leads freshwater mussel and macroinvertebrate surveys. He also helps with lake management surveys and conducts wetland delineations in the field. He completes biological monitoring for fish population...
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McKennon Escatel promoted to Associate Engineering Technician
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, announced the promotion of McKennon Escatel to Associate Engineering Technician. Escatel, who works in the firm's Rochelle office, uses AutoCAD, Geographic Information Systems and other programs to complete engineering designs and plans. As he grows professionally, he will use Micro...
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Chrysta Steinlage hired as Project Assistant
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is pleased to announce the hiring of Chrysta Steinlage as a Project Assistant. As a Project Assistant at the firm's West Union, Iowa, office, Steinlage handles clerical and administrative work. She helps maintain company data, supports her colleagues on project needs and manages the...
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Fehr Graham helps clients secure $3.5M in grants to improve communities
The U.S. Senate passed the Omnibus Appropriations Act, awarding millions of dollars to help fund Illinois projects. Fehr Graham helped clients secure $3.5 million in grants, which will be used to improve communities. U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) a...
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Michael Hansen promoted to Branch Manager
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, announced the promotion of Michael Hansen to Branch Manager. Hansen was promoted from Senior Project Manager to oversee the day-to-day operations of the firm's Champaign office. He will continue to serve Fehr Graham clients throughout central and southern Illinois while leading busi...
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Paige Pierce becomes Professional Engineer
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, announced today that Paige Pierce earned her Professional Engineer (PE) license in Iowa. She works in the firm's West Union office. Becoming a Professional Engineer has always been one of Pierce's personal and professional goals. The PE license goes beyond testing academic knowledge...
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Joe Stricker promoted to Resident Engineer
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, announced the promotion of Joe Stricker to Resident Engineer. Stricker, who joined Fehr Graham in 2003, is a member of Fehr Graham's construction management team and ensures each project is built according to plans, specifications and detailed drawings. He reviews materials and over...
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Doug Fabian becomes Certified Safety Professional
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, announced today that Doug Fabian earned the designation of Certified Safety Professional (CSP), endorsed by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals. Fabian, who joined the firm in 2018, is a Senior Project Environmental Health and Safety Scientist. He creates effective training ...
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Fehr Graham hires Jarrett Dahl as Engineering Technician
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is proud to announce the hiring of Jarrett Dahl as an Engineering Technician. Dahl, who works in the Rochelle, Illinois, office, performs topographic surveys and preliminary drafting for projects. He operates and uses drone footage to determine product volume and create map outlines...
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