Author: ayres

Reimagining Resilience

Resilience is the capacity of a system, like a community, to absorb disturbance while preserving its basic function and structure. As our communities become more and more complex, so are the hurdles they face. While efforts to foster community resilience often focus on the ability to recover from adversity, hardy resilience demands more. We must… Read More »

Seeing the Future: Graphic Visualizations Help Showcase Project Potential

By Chris Silewski, PLA Bringing a client’s vision to life is part of an engineer, architect, or landscape architect’s job, but until construction begins, a 2D set of plan sheets may not be enough to help people visualize what the completed project could look like. How do consultants bridge this gap? Depending on the project,… Read More »

Environmental Engineer Brings Technical and People Skills to Business Development Role

Christina Hiegel, PE, has joined Ayres as a business development specialist in Cheyenne. Hiegel focuses on identifying opportunities where Ayres’ brownfield redevelopment strategists, urban planners, and landscape architects can put their mix of skills to use for clients who have environmental and planning challenges that need creative solutions. Hiegel brings 19 years of experience as… Read More »