Dam Safety Starts with Careful Inspections

It’s Dam Safety Awareness Week in Wisconsin, and state residents and visitors are being reminded to be careful around dams by staying alert to changing conditions and obeying all warning signs. And while those are crucial safety tips, there’s another element to ensuring dam safety: The dams themselves need to be safe. The Wisconsin Department… Read More »

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Awards Honor Urban Redevelopment Projects

The Wisconsin Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects recently honored two groundbreaking urban redevelopment projects prepared by the former SAA Design Group, a firm Ayres Associates recently acquired. The Rock Renaissance Area Redevelopment in Janesville (pictured above) received an Award of Merit in the category of Analysis and Planning. The Westlawn Gardens development… Read More »

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Former Brownfield Site Turns into a “Pearl” of a Project at Carroll University

A redevelopment project in Waukesha earned Ayres Associates and its client, Berg Management Company, a State Finalist Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Wisconsin (ACEC WI). A banquet celebrating the Carroll University Student Living and Business Center project and the rest of the 2015 Engineering Excellence Awards entries was held March 20… Read More »

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