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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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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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