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The Designing a Better Wisconsin Blog features stories and projects from the ACEC WI membership highlighting the critical nature of engineering work, life/saftey impacts, and cost-effective, innovative solutions. 

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Data-Driven Approach to Targeted Bridge Foundation Repair and Rehabilitation
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Data-Driven Approach to Targeted Bridge Foundation Repair and Rehabilitation

Michael Baker created the Leo Frigo Software for Pile Deterioration to successfully equip WisDOT with a comprehensive data-driven understanding of the remaining service life of the bridge. Continue Reading

Postedby Linda Krueger
Date posted10/11/2022


Verona Road Reconstruction Improves Safety, Mobility, and Connectivity
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Verona Road Reconstruction Improves Safety, Mobility, and Connectivity

The reconstructed Verona Road improves mobility, provides greater local connectivity, and improves operations and safety for motorists and pedestrians. Continue Reading

Postedby Joe Bunker
Date posted09/13/2022


Beloit Powerhouse Riverwalk Connects the Community
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Beloit Powerhouse Riverwalk Connects the Community

Written by: Ellery Schaffer, PE; Jewell Associates Engineers The Beloit Powerhouse Riverwalk serves as an important connection providing access for students, faculty, and community members. Jewell Associates Engineers, Inc. and R.H. Batterman & Company, Inc. were contracted by the Wisconsin... Continue Reading

Postedby Ellery Schaffer
Date posted08/9/2022


Complex Bridge Project Meets Challenges, Preserves History
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Complex Bridge Project Meets Challenges, Preserves History

Written By: Amanda Inman, PE, Ayres Associates Removing and preserving a 120-foot-long steel bridge is no small matter. The complications that come along with that historical element of a bridge replacement project are just as large. Rock County and the towns of Turtle and La Prairie needed to... Continue Reading

Postedby Amanda Inman
Date posted08/9/2022


Inclusive Design – Engineering’s Civic Responsibility
Inclusive Design – Engineering’s Civic Responsibility

As engineering professionals, it is our civic responsibility and our privilege to design and construct community infrastructure that is inclusive to every inhabitant. Continue Reading

Postedby Brian Huibregtse
Date posted07/26/2022


WIS 20 Reconstruction Revitalizes Village of Waterford
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WIS 20 Reconstruction Revitalizes Village of Waterford

WIS 20 Reconstruction Revitalizes Village of Waterford Continue Reading

Postedby Caleb Manske
Date posted07/12/2022


Introducing the Resch Expo – Lambeau Field’s New Neighbor
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Introducing the Resch Expo – Lambeau Field’s New Neighbor

Introducing the Resch Expo – Lambeau Field’s New Neighbor Continue Reading

Postedby Pat Skalecki
Date posted07/12/2022


Water Quality Trading Flips the Script on Phosphorus Compliance
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Water Quality Trading Flips the Script on Phosphorus Compliance

Water Quality Trading in the City of Brodhead is exceeding expectations and inventively removing more than five times the amount of phosphorus than comparative and significantly more costly wastewater treatment plant upgrades. Continue Reading

Postedby Andrew Skog
Date posted06/14/2022


Forgotten Urban Land Presents Unique Opportunities for Stormwater Treatment
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Forgotten Urban Land Presents Unique Opportunities for Stormwater Treatment

This project exemplifies how innovative engineering techniques can be leveraged to provide a social, economic, and sustainable community asset from otherwise unutilized public land. Continue Reading

Postedby Anna Suderland
Date posted06/14/2022


Shared Street Design Dramatically Improves Safety and Function of Urban Milwaukee Corridor
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Shared Street Design Dramatically Improves Safety and Function of Urban Milwaukee Corridor

One of downtown Milwaukee’s hot spots is dramatically improved for both pedestrian and vehicular users alike, thanks to the engineering behind the N. 2nd Street rehabilitation project. Continue Reading

Postedby Brooke Beckner
Date posted05/10/2022


Incorporating Innovative Inspection Techniques to Ensure Bridge Safety
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Incorporating Innovative Inspection Techniques to Ensure Bridge Safety

Incorporating UAS into the field operations provided numerous benefits both in collecting the data and delivering documentation that can be used for future inspections. Continue Reading

Postedby Mark Mutziger
Date posted04/12/2022


Developer’s Vision Transforms Brownfield into Additional Tax Base
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Developer’s Vision Transforms Brownfield into Additional Tax Base

For decades, a former petroleum storage site stood vacant. This reimagined site turned a longtime unused property into a dynamic and beneficial development that will provide the City of Port Washington with an additional tax base for years to come. Continue Reading

Postedby Dave Brose
Date posted03/15/2022