Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, announced the promotion of Tony Guajardo to Staff Hydrogeologist. Guajardo, who works in the firm's Rockford, Illinois, office conducts field investigations for Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments, Leaking Underground Storage Tank sites, Preliminary Environmental Site Asse...
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is proud to announce being named to Zweig Group's Hot Firm List. Ranked No. 76 of 100 firms, Fehr Graham is recognized as one of the fastest growing firms in the United States and Canada. This is the firm's seventh time on Zweig Group's Hot Firm List. Being named to the list again a...
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is pleased to announce the hiring of Kathy Kummer as a Project Assistant. Kummer handles clerical and administrative work, maintaining company data, supporting colleagues on project needs and managing day-to-day office operations. She has more than 10 years of experience in administ...
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is proud to announce the hiring of Cameron Riffle as an Engineering Technician. Training as a surveyor, Riffle will complete topographic and boundary surveys and perform construction layout and more. The Byron High School graduate works in the firm's Rockford, Illinois, office. He i...
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is proud to announce the hiring of Seth McPeek as an Engineering Technician. McPeek inspects infrastructure designs, like Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant sidewalks, and water infrastructure, like storm sewer systems and lead service lines. McPeek, who works in the firm's R...
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, hired Michael Hansen as a Senior Project Manager. Hansen works on business development in central and southern Illinois where he specializes in managing water, wastewater, water resource, civil and transportation projects. He also has a strong focus on business development. His expe...
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, on May 19 celebrated the grand opening of its new downtown Manchester office two years after moving from a building 1.5 miles away. After a ribbon-cutting in Suite 301 in the Community Savings Bank building, 221 E. Main St., Branch Manager Ryan Wicks shared with guests that the occa...
The Illinois chapter of the American Public Works Association recently recognized the state's top projects, including one that Fehr Graham engineers helped design. The Kickapoo Rail Trail recreational project in Vermilion County took the honor of the top transportation project in the less than $5 million category. The Kickapoo Rail Trail project re...
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is proud to announce the hiring of Blake Lawson as an Engineering Technician. Lawson works in the Freeport, Illinois, office. He performs topographic surveys for projects and uses systems to collect data. He is a 2013 graduate of Forreston High School.
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is proud to announce the hiring of Dave Winnekins as an Engineering Technician. Winnekins inspects and observes construction projects like water infrastructure, Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant sidewalks, storm sewer systems and lead service lines. He graduated from Freepor...
The Biden Administration, through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), awarded $6.75 million in brownfield grants to five Illinois communities to address or clean up brownfields. Among them are two Fehr Graham clients, the cities of Ottawa and Rockford. The City of Ottawa will receive a $300,000 Brownfields Assessment Grant to conduct 15...
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is pleased to announce the hiring of Luke Ziegler as an Engineer. Ziegler assists with municipal projects, planning markups and cost analyses. He also uses software to generate pollutant runoff values for stormwater assessments. Ziegler graduated with a bachelor's degree in Environm...
Six months after merging with engineering and environmental firm Fehr Graham, Deuchler Engineering changed its name to Fehr Graham. Deuchler Engineering, an engineering and environmental firm based in Aurora, joined Fehr Graham on Nov. 1. Former Deuchler owners and Professional Engineers John Frerich and Mark Halm joined Fehr Graham because the fir...
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is pleased to announce the hiring of Beth Alvis as a Project Assistant. As a Project Assistant, Alvis handles clerical and administrative work. She helps maintain company data, supports her colleagues on project needs and manages the day-to-day operations of the office. Alvis has an...
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is proud to announce being named to the Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firms list. ENR's ranking is widely considered the industry benchmark for excellence. The comprehensive survey ranks engineering firms based on revenue for engineering design services provided the p...
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is proud to announce the hiring of Matthew Van Gyseghem as an Engineering Technician. Van Gyseghem, who works in the Aurora, Illinois, office, works on drafting plans for various Fehr Graham projects. He is also training in Civil 3D, LIDAR and Revit. Van Gyseghem earned an ass...
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is pleased to announce the promotion of Marc Smith to Surveyor. Smith, who joined the firm in 2008, works on land surveying, construction staking and transportation engineering projects. He coordinates with municipalities, governmental agencies, such as the Illinois Department of Tr...
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, announced the promotion of Cole Lewis to Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Scientist. Lewis provides cost-effective and efficient regulatory compliance consulting and property assessment and remediation and completes Phase I Environmental Site Assessments. He conducts noncontact...
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is proud to announce the hiring of Brady Carlisle as an Engineering Technician. Carlisle inspects infrastructure designs, like Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant sidewalks, and water infrastructure, like storm sewer systems and lead service lines. Carlisle, who works in the f...
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, announced the promotion of Doug Fabian, ASP, to Senior Project EHS Scientist. Fabian, who joined Fehr Graham in 2018, creates effective training programs and curriculums that adhere to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements while managing other programs an...