MEAD AND HUNT: THE HEADQUARTERS THAT UW-PLATTEVILLE GRADUATES BUILT.
MEAD AND HUNT: THE HEADQUARTERS THAT UW-PLATTEVILLE GRADUATES BUILT.
Mead & Hunt, a national consulting firm headquartered in Middleton, Wisconsin, is this issue’ s featured College of EMS Alumni Board supporting member. After 166 years of business, Mead & Hunt employs about 550 across more than 30 offices nationwide, providing consulting services in architecture, engineering, planning, environmental and historical preservation to a broad client base, with a special emphasis in aviation, transportation, water resources and building. But Mead and Hunt enjoys a special relationship to UW-Platteville— about 25 UW-Platteville alumni currently work for the company. In fact, many UW-Platteville alumni planned and helped construct the physical headquarters of the company in Middleton, WI: among them were Josh Isley( Mechanical Engineering) who helped with the LEED design and HVAC system, and Anne Anderson( Civil Engineer), who worked on the parking lot and storm water treatment designs.
Here’ s a sampling of current Mead & Hunt projects where other UW-Platteville alumni are finding their chance to shine:
In water resources projects, Ryan Grief( Civil Engineering) is working on an erosion control project for the Colorado River Aqueduct, one of the primary sources of drinking water for Southern California, while Jeff Anderson, a project engineer, served as project manager and lead structural engineer for a gatereinforcement project on the Columbia River in Washington state.
In aviation, Marcus Kuhn( Civil Engineering) has been the lead construction engineer on runways in La Crosse and Waukesha, while Kevin Sielaff( Civil Engineering) has managed several projects at the Green Bay airport, where game-day traffic presents a significant challenge. Meanwhile, Joakim Osthus( Civil Engineering) has traveled particularly far: he’ s replacing passenger boarding bridges in the Saipan International Airport, located in the Northern Mariana Islands of the Western Pacific Ocean.
In transportation, Troy Pankratz, a transportation engineer, recently managed the lacy road reconstruction design for Fitchburg, WI, while John Rathke, also in transportation engineering, began work on the ongoing $ 18 million urban reconstruction of the roadway connecting Green Bay and De Pere.
When asked why Mead and Hunt has cultivated such a strong bond with UW-Platteville over the years, Amie Hunt responded:“ Mead and Hunt values all of our employees and their backgrounds. We do the right thing and we do what makes sense. We feel that individuals from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville embody these values and are prepared for the workforce through their education.” UW-Platteville looks forward to many more years of a strong and productive partnership!