Trends Winter 2013

Perspectives The Federal Highway Administration’s National Highway Institute (NHI) has presented Instructors of Excellence awards to James Schall, Peter Lagasse, John Hunt, James Bakken, Paul Clopper, and William deRossett for fiscal year 2012, based on their superior expertise and learner-focused instruction in NHI transportation courses presented around the nation. Courses taught by these Ayres Associates experts cover critical topics including urban drainage design, culvert design, highway hydraulics, stream stability and scour at highway bridges, river engineering, hydraulic design for safe bridges, and HEC-RAS hydraulic computer modeling. The awards reflect consistently high evaluations from transportation professionals who take the courses and require nomination by NHI training program managers. The six winners work out of Ayres Associates’ Fort Collins, Colorado, and Eau Claire, Wisconsin, offices. Jim Owen, a force in the Wisconsin engineering consulting industry, has joined Ayres Associates, bringing more than three decades of service to municipal clients as he spearheads efforts to expand municipal services in Ayres Associates’ Madison, Wisconsin, office and oversees municipal operations in the firm’s Waukesha and Green Bay offices. Having played a key role in guiding another Wisconsin municipal engineering firm from a single office of 15 people to a full-service company of about 300, Owen brings key knowledge and insight to company efforts to serve even more municipal clients from our offices throughout the Midwest. Owen is known for innovations in wastewater and water system design and served the consulting industry as president of the American Council of Engineering Companies of Wisconsin in 2008-09. Keith Nikolay, supervisor of construction services in the Green Bay, Wisconsin, office, has received the College of Engineering, Math and Science Outstanding Alumni award from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. The award recognizes alumni of the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Science who have demonstrated excellence in professional and/or humanitarian endeavors. Sarah Nunn, a civil engineer in in the Green Bay, Wisconsin, office, received the Young Professionals Award from the Wisconsin Water Association (WWA). The award is given to members younger than 35 or with fewer than 10 years’ experience in the industry in recognition of service and achievements that are judged exceptional relative to actual years of experience. Nunn serves as chairwoman of the group’s Image and Public Relations Committee. AN EMPLOYEE-OWNED COMPANY 3433 Oakwood Hills Parkway Eau Claire, WI 54701 715.834.3161 www.AyresAssociates.com Editorial Staff: Eric Widholm, Wendy Kinderman, Jason Sweet, Tawny Quast, and Jennifer Schmidt Graphic Designer: Sarah Howe-Halvorson Manager – Marketing: Susan Leith ©2013 Ayres Associates Inc Phoenix, Arizona 602.275.2655 Denver, Colorado 303.938.8874 Fort Collins, Colorado 970.223.5556 Jacksonville, Florida 904.260.6288 Sarasota, Florida 941.343.0532 Tampa, Florida 813.978.8688 Atlanta, Georgia 404.658.9320 Duluth, Minnesota 218.722.7131 Green Bay, Wisconsin 920.498.1200 Madison, Wisconsin 608.443.1200 Waukesha, Wisconsin 262.523.4488 Cheyenne, Wyoming 307.634.9888 Photography Credits: Respecting the river Callie Mitchell Rapid rehabilitation T-BO Studios and Ayres Associates staff Home away from home Ayres Associates staff

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