Category: Industry News

Up for a Challenge? Design a 2-Ounce Tower that Supports 180 Pounds

It’s National Engineers Week, and that means a big annual event is kicking off for our Green Bay area office. All the eighth-graders at Parkview Middle School in Ashwaubenon will form teams to build towers out of balsa wood and glue, trying to get their designs to support as much weight as possible. Ayres engineers… Read More »

Take a Look Around You; Chances Are, an Engineer Had a Hand in That

We’re in the mood to celebrate at Ayres Associates this week. For starters, it’s National Engineers Week! Ayres Associates has been providing engineering services to public and private clients since our founding in 1959. Today we have 98 registered professional engineers on staff, and they love to solve problems and make stuff work. The image… Read More »

Clients Give New Life to Nutty Tradition

As Ayres Associates exhibits at various trade shows across the country, one of our trademark giveaways is cashews served from a Tonka truck, as pictured below. The addicting little salty treats have a history going back more than 30 years at our company. Back in the 1980s, one of our project managers, Fred Klingbeil, was… Read More »