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Eau Claire Fleet Farm

Ayres provided structural and civil design for a new 218,000-square-foot Mills Fleet Farm store, including a separate gas station/car wash facility and approximately 600 parking stalls. Ayres was retained to convert previously prepared prototype building plans into a set of construction documents for use on the steeply sloped site for the new store in Eau… Read More »

UW-Eau Claire Student Center Site

Ayres assisted with site selection for the construction of a new student center at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Working as a subconsultant to the project architect, our team focused on summarizing floodplain limitations and evaluating sanitary sewer lift station options. The new WR Davies Student Center ultimately was located south of its previous location,… Read More »

Bent Tree Wind Farm

Alliant Energy’s Bent Tree Wind Farm includes 122 wind turbines across 80 square miles of southeastern Minnesota. Ayres was selected for the civil-site design and successfully met the challenges posed by an extremely short schedule. In less than 45 days, Ayres designed 26.5 miles of access roadway, 38 public road improvements, and 122 turbine assembly… Read More »