Making it Happen

Ayres provided civil engineering design from schematic design through construction administration for SSM Health Dean Medical Group’s Fish Hatchery Campus project involving the replacement of the clinic with an approximately 175,000-square-foot facility.

Ayres assisted from master planning through final design for rapid development of an interchange area into a 40-acre town center that has attracted extensive commercial development. The award-winning development used the "Power of 10" placemaking concept that states that people are more likely to spend time in a space that gives them at least 10 things to do.

Ayres helped the City make Erickson Park a facility where people with limited mobility can fish or launch a boat or kayak. By expanding the project beyond the initial accessible-fishing goal, the City received a $851,000 local stewardship grant. Ayres prepared several key portions of the grant application. At nearby Flag Hill, Ayres designed a restroom building, parking lot, accessible playground, and stairs to connect with adjacent park facilities.

The City has trusted Ayres with two segments of Main Street reconstruction. The first included work on adjacent Stanton Street, with both corridors receiving new durable concrete pavement, updated utilities, sidewalk improvements, and decorative lighting and banners. Ayres then designed another segment of Main Street pavement and utilities and adjacent streets. A raised pedestrian crossing and streetscaping improved downtown.

With Fincantieri Marinette Marine’s plans to expand, the City of Marinette sought to upgrade Ludington and Main Streets and their intersections with US 41 to sustain the high volume of contractor and employee traffic. With Ayres’ help, the City lined up $3.9 million in CARES Act EDA funding. With the Fincantieri expansion, an additional $900,000 WisDOT TEA grant was secured with Ayres' assistance for a second phase of construction.

Ayres performed a study to address high nitrate levels in Well 5. Of four options studied, the Village elected to build a new well station and nitrate removal equipment at the existing well. Ayres analyzed regulatory and funding options. Well 3 later exceeded nitrate limits, leaving the Village with one water source. The community decided to construct a 4,000-foot transmission main from Well 3 to Well 5 so that all water could be treated at Well 5.

Ayres provided design and construction oversight for a new lift station to serve a new storage facility and a future sanitary sewer extension. A new force main was required to connect the lift station to the nearest sanitary sewer. The project included lift station sizing calculations and design, site design, and utility coordination for the lift station and force main due to a nearby high-voltage transmission line.

Through hundreds of projects, Ayres has seamlessly provided a wide range of services on projects from simple to extremely complex. From athletic and event facilities to steam tunnels, streets, and plazas, Ayres has assembled talented teams to handle it all for the Universities of Wisconsin's campuses statewide.

Ayres provided survey, design, permitting, and construction observation for reconstruction of Wheeler Drive and parts of adjacent streets. The project included the design of a retention pond adjacent to the Menomonee River that improves runoff quality. The water main and storm sewer in connecting streets was replaced and a complete road reconstruction completed on Rozanne and Wheeler Drives and part of Menomonee River Parkway.

After a 100-year flood along the Big Thompson River destroyed a bridge abutment, concrete trail, and storm sewer outlet, Ayres designed permanent repairs between Wilson and Taft Avenues for the City of Loveland. The projects created more resilient infrastructure and improved the riparian ecosystem.

Ayres provided roadway design and construction administration for the reconstruction of approximately 1,750 feet of East Mason Street with concrete pavement and integral curb and gutter. The busy segment includes the major intersections of Lime Kiln Road (CTH “V”) and Main Street (USH 141). The project involved replacement and repair of City-owned underground utilities such as sanitary sewer, water main, and storm sewer.