Lots of Water over the Dam: Bakken Wraps up 41-Year Career
The year was 1973, and the U.S. unemployment rate was 4.9% and growing. Newly minted civil engineers like Jim Bakken were working wherever they could; for Jim, a fall 1972 graduate, that meant continuing the job he had his junior and senior years at the University of Minnesota – working as a janitor at 3M… Read More »
Tags: Barron County, Disa Wahlstrand, Federal Highway Administration, Flood Control, Grand Forks, Jim Bakken, National Highway Institute, Water Resources, Wissota Dam
Sleigh Bells Ring, Are You Tracking?
For the past 50 years, kids have been able to keep tabs on Santa during his delivery route thanks to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) team. While this is undoubtedly excellent and very useful information, we wondered how exactly Santa knows where to stop once he’s loaded up that sleigh and checked his… Read More »
Ayres Associates and SAA to Join Forces, Deliver 360 Degree Solutions
Ayres Associates and the SAA Design Group, a planning and design firm, have entered into a letter of intent for Ayres to acquire SAA. The Wisconsin-based firms have teamed on several projects – including Phoenix Park in Eau Claire. Both companies pursue the goal of providing clients with creative solutions to improve the everyday environment… Read More »
Tags: Acquisition, Madison, SAA Design Group, Wisconsin