Seth Gronewold promoted to Project Manager
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, announced the promotion of Seth Gronewold from Project Engineer to Project Manager.   Gronewold, who works in the firm’s Rockford, Illinois, office, manages several municipal and private projects, including street reconstruction and water supply and treatment. He joined Fe...
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Environmental Protection Agency starts cleanup at former scrapyard in Dixon, Illinois
The United States Environmental Protection Agency is cleaning up the former Dixon Iron & Metal Co. in downtown Dixon. The former scrapyard, seen here in April 2018, has been leaching contaminants into the nearby Rock River. Cleanup of an old downtown scrapyard along the Rock River in Dixon, Illinois, began this week, thanks to help from the fed...
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Jason Stoll joins ownership group
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is proud to announce the addition of Jason Stoll as an owner. "Since he joined the firm in 2016, Jason has been a leader," said Mick Gronewold, a Professional Engineer and one of the firm's eight owners. "He builds our business by listening to our clients and applying his experience...
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Ross Grimes promoted to Branch Manager of Rockford, Illinois, office
  Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, announced today the appointment of Ross Grimes as Branch Manager of the firm's Rockford, Illinois, office. "We are especially excited that Ross stepped into this role," said Joel Zirkle, a Professional Geologist and one of the firm's eight owners. "Ross has an excellent balan...
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Mike Rowe returns the favor to Rockford
A celebrity brought the spotlight to Rochelle and to a woman whose mission is to help those in need. Mike Rowe, host of “Dirty Jobs,” heard about Carolyn Brown's community cafe, The Kitchen Table, and wanted to feature the pay-what-you-can restaurant and its champion on his new Facebook series, “Returning the Favor.” The episode aire...
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Environmental Protection Agency awards money to Rockford, Illinois, brownfield cleanup
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $400,000 in Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) money to help the City of Rockford continue to clean up and redevelop brownfield properties. Rockford is one of 24 communities in the RLF program to receive the funding. The City has participated in the program since the early 200...
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Lucas Elsbernd promoted to Senior Project Engineer
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, announced the promotion of Lucas Elsbernd to Senior Project Engineer.   He works in the firm’s Manchester, Iowa, office, where he coordinates projects and helps clients get high-grade outcomes. Elsbernd, who joined Fehr Graham in 2004, earned his bachelor’s degree in Civil...
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Rockford Sharefest cleans up community
        Along the Rock River in downtown Rockford, Illinois, is Davis Park. The park is in prime space. Just to the west, the largest downtown project - an $87.5 million Embassy Suites and Rockford Conference Center - is expected to open in spring 2020. That is one reasonRockford Sharefest chose Davis Park as one of its cle...
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Senior Accounting Clerk Jessey Taylor hired
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is pleased to announce the hiring of Jessey Taylor as a Senior Accounting Clerk. Taylor's duties include accounts payable and receivable and invoicing. She provides accounting support for each of the firm's 10 offices in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. Prior to joining Fehr Graham, Ta...
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Project Assistant Tina Dettman hired
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is pleased to announce the hiring of Tina Dettman a Project Assistant. Dettman joins the team with 12 years of experience in administrative and customer service support roles. Her organizational skills, ability to manage multiple projects and attention to detail help her manage task...
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Iowa Governor visits West Union
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds learned a lot about West Union's downtown streetscape project during a recent visit to the city of about 2,350 people. With funding from 15 grants, the city used a sustainable approach - a model for communities across the nation - to reconstruct six blocks of the downtown business district. Stormwater management...
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Marketing Coordinator Haley Green hired
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is pleased to announce the hiring of Haley Green as the Marketing Coordinator. She helps with marketing and brand development efforts for the firm, which has 170 employees and 10 offices in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. Green worked as a Marketing Assistant at GRAFF in Milwaukee bef...
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ACEC-Iowa recognizes Coggon, Fehr Graham for Wastewater Treatment Plant
The City of Coggon and Fehr Graham received an Engineering Excellence Award from the Iowa American Council of Engineers Companies for work on the Coggon Wastewater Treatment Plant. On Tuesday, Coggon Mayor Ray Archibald and Nate Kass, one of Fehr Graham’s seven owners, accepted the award at ACEC’s 63rd Annual Iowa Engineering Conference and Awards ...
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Cleaning up Boneyard Creek in Urbana, Illinois
      Cleaning up our communities is important to Fehr Graham staff. On April 13, several employees from Fehr Graham's Champaign office spent the morning cleaning up around the St. Joe drainage ditch in Urbana as part of the 14th annual Boneyard Creek Community Day.  Boneyard Creek Community Day brings groups together to cl...
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Construction to start on Wastewater Treatment Plant in Catlin, Illinois
There was more to celebrate in Catlin today than the announcement of a $10.3 million project to improve the Village’s aging Wastewater Treatment Plant. And that was how the project will be funded. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development office approved an $8 million loan and a $2.3 million grant to reduce the ...
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Matt Smith promoted to CAD Manager
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, announced today the promotion of Matt Smith to CAD Manager.   Smith was promoted from Associate Engineering Technician to CAD Manager. He works in Fehr Graham’s Freeport, Illinois, office.   Smith’s been with Fehr Graham for nine years. He works on a variety of environment...
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Bob Frey receives professional certification in computer-aided design
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, announced today that Bob Frey received a professional certification in computer-aided design. Frey took the Autodesk Professional Certification exam in August and received his certification in September. He works in Fehr Graham’s Rockford office.   “Completing this certificatio...
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Phoenix Consulting Engineers joins Fehr Graham
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm with an office in Champaign, has joined forces with Phoenix Consulting Engineers. Phoenix Consulting Engineers was formed in Mahomet in 2010 by Tom Overmyer, a professional engineer with more than 29 years of experience in municipal engineering and land surveying. Overmyer employed s...
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Matt Dahlem promoted to branch manager of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, office
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, announced today the promotion of Matt Dahlem as Branch Manager.   Dahlem was promoted from Project Manager to oversee the day-to-day operations of the firm’s downtown Sheboygan, Wisconsin, office. Dahlem will continue to serve Fehr Graham clients throughout Wisconsin while...
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Coggon Gets Updated Wastewater System
The City of Coggon, Iowa, was under an administrative consent order from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to make its trickling filter wastewater treatment plant compliant with the City’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit. The City’s treatment system exceeded biochemical oxygen demand, E. coli, and ammonia limits. ...
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