Author: ayres

Rare Fire Safety Center is Hot Commodity

The popularity of Chippewa Valley Technical College’s new Fire Safety Center in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, is heating up. The building recently was the subject of a lengthy television news story by Eau Claire’s WEAU-TV. Ayres Associates architects (who recently joined the firm through the acquisition of Frisbie Architects) and site civil engineers provided design services… Read More »

This 85% Water Rate Increase Is a Good Thing

You wouldn’t necessarily look at an 85% water rate hike as a real day-brightener, but for the Village of Lena in northeastern Wisconsin, it’s relatively good news for its 250 water customers. Customers could have seen a 117% rate increase to help pay for a radium removal plant currently under construction, as pictured above. But… Read More »

Leader in Roundabout Design Joins Ayres

Kevin Kuhlow, PE, has joined Ayres Associates’ transportation engineering staff as a project manager and lead roundabout designer. Kevin has over 19 years of transportation design and project management experience, and for the past eight years he has focused entirely on roundabouts, including operational analysis, feasibility studies, design, review, construction observation assistance, and training. Kevin… Read More »