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Subsurface Utility Engineering Leads to Increased Safety, Cost Savings

The built world is continually evolving. You don’t have to look far to see road improvements, new houses and buildings, increased public transit, revitalization efforts, and more. New infrastructure means a higher demand for utilities, from water to telecommunications. Yet these additional utilities place increased stress on America’s rights-of-way, where most of these lines are… Read More »

Tale of Two Centuries: How to Save a Historic Bridge

It was three years after the Model T became the first mass-produced automobile when a salesman from the Iowa Bridge Company met with the City of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, to extol the virtues of a new type of bridge from the Marsh Engineering Company. The attractive rainbow-arched bridge with glass globe lanterns at each of… Read More »

Bell Named Vice President of Colorado Operations

Rex Bell has joined Ayres Associates as vice president of Colorado operations. Bell has more than 35 years of experience providing project management, financial expertise, and operations leadership for engineering consulting work around the world. Throughout his career, Bell has demonstrated success with taking on complex issues. With his communication and team-building skills, Bell will… Read More »