Author: ayres

Park Projects Win Wisconsin Park and Recreation Association Awards

Ayres Associates was among those honored recently with two Wisconsin Park and Recreation Association (WPRA) design awards for recent Wisconsin projects – the revitalization of Calvin Moody Park in Milwaukee and the redevelopment of Bridge Road Park in Monona. Calvin Moody Park The goals of this project were to interject vitality and ownership back into… Read More »

Intelligent Transportation Systems Help Keep Drivers Safe in Work Zones

Work zones bring more than just heavy traffic and headaches – they also bring hazards. Drivers must pay close attention in work zones to successfully drive through the complex array of signs, barrels, and lane shifts. Distracted driving (taking hands off the wheel, eyes off the road, or mind off the road) has contributed to… Read More »

Transportation Designers Avoid Cemeteries – and Not Just on Halloween

By Troy Robillard, PE Our transportation engineers avoid cemeteries at all costs – not because they’re spooky (especially on Halloween) but because having a road run into a burial site causes all sorts of headaches for clients, contractors, and the design team. A current intersection reconstruction project on CTH CE and Railroad Street in the… Read More »