Dubuque, Iowa, is no stranger to commercial growth. This quaint, growing city located along the Mississippi River is home to nearly 60,000 people. Retail and tourism is a big driver of the local economy. Wacker Plaza sits on Wacker Drive, just north of Route 20. The plaza was given a "facelift" to match the look and feel of the adjacent Kenne...
The Rockford Chamber of Commerce named Mick Gronewold, Fehr Graham's Board Chairman and one of the firm's owners, one of its 2018 People You Should Know. He was one of 20 recognized during a special reception Nov. 1 at the Tebala Event Center in Rockford. Rockford City Administrator Todd Cagnoni nominated Gronewold for the honor. People You Sh...
We are helping Community Savings Bank with its new Manchester, Iowa, building. The building is going up across the street from the historic Delaware County Courthouse and designed by Bruggeman Associates to complement the look of its new neighbor. The foundation is poured, walls are up, storm sewer installed and the curb a...
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is pleased to announce the hiring of Casey Murray as a Survey Technician. Murray joins the team in Fehr Graham’s Cedar Rapids office. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Studio Art with a focus on Design from the University of Iowa. Before joining Fehr Graham, he was a survey technic...
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is pleased to announce it has hired Angie Riggle as a Project Administrator. Riggle, who works in Fehr Graham’s Rockford office, oversees firm databases, manages special projects and supports the firm’s leadership team. Prior to joining Fehr Graham, Riggle worked as a claims supervi...
Fehr Graham’s Ryan Wicks accepted the Inspiring Iowan Award at the inaugural IA Magazine launch party on Oct. 2. Award nominees must have a creative impact, give back and contribute to economic health. Wicks was nominated for leading Manchester’s Good to Great Program, which operates on the premise that “good” is not enough for the 21st Centur...
It was a gorgeous day to clean up River Park in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin. About 50 volunteers showed up April 28 to replace the landscape borders around the playground, mulch the many trees in the park, and pick up trash and litter at the River Park Earth Day Cleanup event sponsored by Fehr Graham. It wasn’t just a day to wor...
"Passing by projects every day" is the best part of being an engineer, said Fehr Graham's Mick Gronewold, owner and professional engineer. Gronewold was interviewed by 23 WIFR during National Engineers Week 2018 at the Mercyhealth Rockford campus.
Well 45, at the intersection of Stanley and Cedar streets, is getting an addition that will house a new radium filtration system. This will help the City of Rockford maintain the highest quality water standards in compliance with Environmental Protection Agency standards. The well pumps and treats water that is distributed throughout Roc...
The cold didn’t keep 19 Fehr Graham employees and their family members from removing more than five cubic yards of trash from the Urbana/St. Joe drainage ditch on Boneyard Creek Community Day on April 7. “Our team really cares about the community in which they live and work,” said Michelle Brown, Boneyard Creek Community Day Marketing Chairwoman an...
Professional Structural Engineer Mary Coombe Bloxdorf was given the Illinois Award today for her contribution to the professional engineering industry during her career. Coombe Bloxdorf was honored at the Illinois Society of Professional Engineers’ annual convention at the Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in Normal. The Illinois Society...
Our surveyors do what it takes to work safely and complete projects. Brian Dunt and Jake Kaiser, who work in our West Union, Iowa, office, took a trip to Waukon in the early hours of the morning - 4 a.m. to be exact. The pair needed to place water flow monitoring equipment inside manholes in high-traffic areas, so they decided overnight would...
Construction on Villa Grove, Illinois, $4.6 million water treatment plant started in May 2018. All the underground piping has been relocated. Leander Construction has poured the foundation footings for the south, east and north sides of the building and the base of the backwash tank and are preparing to pour the walls for the backwash tank. In addi...
Aging water systems and the challenges that come with them are a reality for many communities in the United States. The Village of Ludlow in north-central Champaign County is no exception. One of the Village’s water supply wells is nearly 70 years old, the elevated tower is nearing 65, and most of the treatment plant is more than three decades old....
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is pleased to announce the hiring of Andrew Trocki as an Engineer. Trocki joins the team in Fehr Graham’s Rochelle office. He earned his bachelor of science degree in Engineering from Bradley University in May. Trocki will focus on municipal and private-sector clients. “We are very ...
"Passing by projects every day" is the best part of being an engineer, said Fehr Graham's Mick Gronewold, owner and professional engineer. Gronewold was interviewed by 23 WIFR during National Engineers Week 2018 at the Mercyhealth Rockford campus.
In the March 2018 edition of xyHt magazine, Fehr Graham Survey Manager Scott Immel describes how monitoring improved construction processes for the replacement of an 85-year-old bridge connecting Illinois and Iowa. The Savanna-Sabula truss bridge, named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999, opened to traffic in 1932. In the early 201...
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is pleased to announce the addition of Heather Pozarycki as a Project Assistant in its Cedar Rapids office. Pozarycki joined Fehr Graham in May and provides support to the team by handling incoming and outgoing communication, maintaining company data and serving as point person for ...
In the May 2018 edition of Road & Bridges magazine, Fehr Graham Survey Manager Scott Immel describes how monitoring improved construction processes for the replacement of an 85-year-old bridge connecting Illinois and Iowa allowed crews to work more accurately – in real-time, to be exact. The Savanna-Sabula truss bridge, named to the National Re...
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is pleased to announce the hiring of Scott Leiser as senior accounting clerk. Leiser’s duties include accounts payable and receivable, invoicing and payroll functions. He also provides accounting support for each of the firm’s 10 offices in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. Leiser works...
