Barrels of fun
Ayres’ crews help keep projects on track across the country
By Tom Paquin
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s the U.S. economy continues to slowly pull out of
the Great Recession, statistics show the
construction industry is starting to jump on the
recovery bandwagon.
The construction jobless rate fell throughout the
spring and summer, according to the federal Bureau of
Labor Statistics. One of the strongest segments in the
industry has been heavy-civil engineering construction,
a bit of good news for companies that oversee
transportation and municipal construction projects.
When local governments, state and federal
agencies, and private clients want to make sure their
construction projects run smoothly, they hire qualified
consultants to handle duties such as preconstruction
meetings, project layout, public relations, materials
testing, construction inspection, review of contractor
pay requests, and final project approval.
Each job has different challenges – the safety of
pedestrians, a difficult work environment, high-
speed traffic, worker safety – to name a few. And
weather conditions undoubtedly play a role in how
construction jobs come together.
From the Midwest (with construction projects
in the Cities of Green Bay, Madison, Marinette,
and Reedsburg and Door, Eau Claire, Lincoln, and
Waukesha counties in Wisconsin) to the West
(with projects in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Weld
County, Colorado), crews from Ayres Associates have
construction on the mind. Here are some cases in
point:
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