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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