Author: ayres

Controller and HR Director Named

Lisa Pronschinske, CPA, has been named controller for Ayres Associates. She is responsible for accounting staff oversight; monthly financial statements; revenue review; annual budget, cash flow, and business plans; internal control reviews; financial reporting; outside audit management; and overhead cost analysis. Pronschinske also oversees various accounting functions such as project costing, billing, budgeting, fixed assets,… Read More »

Is Planning Easier with a Charrette? You Bet

Pronounced [shuh-ret] and spelled with either one or two r’s, a charrette is defined as “a public meeting or workshop devoted to a concerted effort to solve a problem or plan the design of something. A period of intense work, typically undertaken in order to meet a deadline.” A charrette is a short, intensive design… Read More »

Common Sense Keeps Dam Break Models in Line

By Ellen Faulkner, PE Dam safety studies often involve the use of numerical models to assess the flooding that could occur from a theoretical failure of the dam. These models provide useful information, but also abundant opportunity for frustration, excessive analysis costs, and misleading results. In my 30 years of working with the HEC-RAS model… Read More »