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Monroe County Landfill UAS

Ayres conducted an unmanned aerial systems (UAS) mission at the Monroe County Solid Waste Department’s landfill near Tomah. Ayres has been providing professional consulting services at this site since 1976. Ayres employed drone technology to create 3D surface models of this active landfill site to support volumetric calculations and change detection analysis. The topographic mapping… Read More »

Whispering Willow Wind Farm

Ayres teamed with HDR to provide Alliant Energy with civil design, land survey, aerial photogrammetrics, and lidar (light detection and ranging) data for the Whispering Willow Central Wind Farm project in Franklin County, Iowa. The project consisted of 60 turbines spread over a 50-square-mile area. Civil design tasks included the design of access roads, crane… Read More »

Adams County Landfill UAS

Ayres has conducted multiple unmanned aerial systems (UAS) missions at the Adams County Landfill since 2015 to provide detailed topographic mapping information about the active site and surrounding terrain. Ayres has served as the County’s engineer of record for the past 18 years, providing a full suite of solid waste engineering services, including operations assistance,… Read More »