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Geomorphologist Promoted in Stream & Stormwater Group

October 10, 2022

Colin Barry, PG, CFM, has been promoted to a higher professional classification within Ayres’ Stream and Stormwater Group. While his title of geomorphologist is not changing, Barry’s promotion coincides with the growth in his influence within the company’s Western Division. He is based in Fort Collins, Colorado. Barry’s promotion is in recognition of the high… Read More »


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Ayres-Designed Eagle Tower Wins ASCE Wisconsin Award

October 7, 2022

The innovative, Ayres-designed Eagle Tower at Peninsula State Park in Door County was presented an Engineering Achievement Award today by the Wisconsin Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Presented to the best project with a construction cost between $2 million and $10 million, the award aims to recognize an engineering project that “demonstrates… Read More »


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Landscape Designer Elected to WI ASLA Board

Paige Bernhardt has been elected to the board of directors of the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Bernhardt is a landscape designer within Ayres’ Development Services Division. As part of our landscape architecture group, she assists on projects in the Midwest, West, and Southeast in collaboration with our economic development specialists… Read More »


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Ayres Helps Prentice Win $8.8 Million to Fund Wastewater Treatment Plant

October 6, 2022

Ayres is celebrating along with our client, the Village of Prentice, Wisconsin, as news has come in that applications we wrote for the Village have netted the community $6,422,000 in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grants and Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) and $2,337,000 in USDA loans to fund reconstruction of the Village’s aging wastewater… Read More »


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Oligmueller Named Mechanical Discipline Leader for MEP in Upper Midwest

September 30, 2022

Licia Oligmueller, PE, LEED AP BD+C, has been promoted to mechanical discipline leader in our Upper Midwest MEP operations. In her new role, Oligmueller supervises the work of our Minnesota mechanical engineering staff. She is responsible for quality assurance and managing and matching our staffing to our workload. Oligmueller has 18 years of experience, having… Read More »