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Lawful Remediation: Enlisting U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Assistance

All environmentally contaminated sites are not created equal. Don’t misunderstand; they’re all complicated in their own way, but some can prove particularly challenging when it comes to environmental cleanup. Certain scenarios are so potentially toxic that they warrant involvement by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the federal entity tasked with abating and controlling pollution… Read More »

On the Move: How Will COVID Housing Trends Affect Residential Planning?

By Amanda Arnold Will the hypothetical COVID-19-induced exodus from urban areas produce a wave of infrastructure-busting development along the outer edge of America’s suburbs? Or could the pendulum just as well swing the other way? About the Expert: Contact Amanda Arnold, urban planner, to get help with strategic and comprehensive plans, whether your community is… Read More »

Transformation of Glendale Landfill to Athletic Complex Wins Award

The Environmental Business Journal presented a 2020 Project Merit award to Ayres as part of its annual EBJ Business Achievement Awards. The award recognizes the environmental engineering expertise Ayres provided to the City of Glendale, Wisconsin’s Municipal Landfill Redevelopment project. The five-year redevelopment effort turned the City’s former Bender Road Landfill site into a vibrant… Read More »