Engineer leading traffic engineering council John Davis, PE, PTOE, manager of traffic engineering services at Ayres Associates, has been appointed chairman of the Traffic Engineering Council for the Institute of Transportation Engineers( ITE). The oneyear appointment began January 1 and is renewable for up to three years. The Traffic Engineering Council delivers informational reports, recommended practices, newsletter articles, an online discussion forum, and seminars relating to the design, operation, and maintenance of roads, streets, highways, and their networks and terminals, as well as the relationship of these facilities with other modes of transportation. Davis has demonstrated his commitment to moving the traffic engineering profession forward as an ITE fellow since 1998 and as a member of ITE since 1981.

Ayres’ Project Manager now WLIA president-elect Adam Derringer, geospatial project manager in Ayres’ Madison, Wisconsin, office, was elected as the next president of the Wisconsin Land Information Association( WLIA). Derringer joined Ayres last year with 12 years of GIS experience. He has been active in the WLIA his entire career, serving on numerous committees and task

forces. The WLIA comprises more than 1,100 members who work to advance the development and integration of land information systems to benefit the residents of Wisconsin.

Courtney Campbell Trail Bridge Wins ACEC Award Ayres Associates earned a National Recognition Award for exemplary engineering achievement in the American Council of Engineering Companies’( ACEC) 48th annual Engineering Excellence Awards for the Courtney Campbell Multiuse Trail Bridge. The project, featured as this edition’ s cover story, is among 143 engineering projects throughout the nation and the world recognized by ACEC as pre-eminent engineering achievements for 2013. Judging for the Engineering Excellence Awards – known as the“ Academy Awards of the engineering industry” – took place in February. Ayres was recognized during the Engineering Excellence Awards Gala awards program April 29 in Washington, D. C.

Ayres earns ENR ranking Ayres Associates is ranked the 275th largest design consulting firm in the United States by Engineering News-Record( ENR) magazine. ENR rates architectural and engineering firms each year based on total company billings.

The Perspectives segment provides summaries of key new hires and staff and project achievements at Ayres Associates. Find more company news at www. AyresAssociates. com.

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