Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is pleased to announce the hiring of Jenna Williams as an Environmental Health and Safety Specialist. Williams, a Sheboygan native, joins the team with a bachelor’s degree in conservation and environmental sciences and a minor in biology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwau...
The Allamakee County Driftless Area Education and Visitors Center in Lansing, Iowa, was designed and built on land formed more than 12,500 years ago as a tribute to the unique land, water and history surrounding it. Fehr Graham handled all aspects of civil engineering and project coordination on the building, which opened to the public in 20...
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is pleased to announce the hiring of Gerald Reed as an Environmental Technician. Reed brings eight years of experience with health and safety and waste treatment projects. Reed is a licensed Class K wastewater operator, laser safety officer and trained dangerous goods officer....
Fehr Graham will improve the lives of the citizens of New Albin, Iowa, by improving their wastewater system. With a population of about 500, New Albin officials were not interested in funding the large capital and increased operational costs associated with the recommended facility. Fehr Graham researched alternatives and foun...
Fehr Graham, a leading Midwest engineering and environmental firm, is pleased to announce the hiring of Jeffrey Jacobson as a Designer. Jacobson joins the team with three years of experience in safety coordination and operations management. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Technical System Management with a focus in environmental energy and reliabi...
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 ...
