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City of Olathe Improves Aging Neighborhood with Full Reconstruction

Posted on Wednesday, September 1st, 2021 by
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The City of Olathe, Kansas maintains the integrity of their infrastructure with an ongoing reconstruction program. They monitor pavement thickness to determine which roadways need to be paved and which should be reconstructed. When analyzing Cedar Street, between S. Parker and east of Walnut Street, they decided a full reconstruction was required and selected it […]

Supply Chain Company Improves Efficiency with Rail Improvements

Posted on Wednesday, August 25th, 2021 by
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An agribusiness supply chain company was upgrading their facilities in Western Nebraska. They plan to add a new facility for receiving and loading out grain products to both trucks and railcars. These changes would increase capacity for that facility and the company. To move a greater quantity of grain, they needed to make improvements to […]

Overland Park Reinvests in Residential Streets with Annual Improvements

Posted on Wednesday, August 11th, 2021 by
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Every year, the City of Overland Park, Kansas improves a group of residential streets as part of their Neighborhood Street Reconstruction Program (NSRP). For the 2020 NSRP project, they identified two locations that were ready for improvement. The first was an established neighborhood near commercial businesses at 95th and Antioch. The second was smaller in […]

Co-Worker News: 2 New Hires

Posted on Wednesday, August 4th, 2021 by
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Today, we’re excited to introduce you to two of our new co-workers. Jason Frericks, PE, PTOE is now a project engineer for our transportation team. Our former intern, Conner Jackson, recently came onboard full-time, joining our construction engineering group. You can learn more about each person by following these links: Jason and Conner. There, you’ll discover […]

4 Tested Strategies for Maintaining Lakes and Dams

Posted on Tuesday, July 20th, 2021 by
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Performing routine assessments is critical to maintaining the integrity of dams and lakes. Catching issues early increases safety for those in the area and often translates to a lower project cost. For more than three decades, we’ve conducted these checks and have developed a list of four key takeaways. You’ll find each one below. Conduct […]

3 Practical Engineering Solutions that Solved Complex Problems

Posted on Wednesday, July 14th, 2021 by
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Liberty Drive Improvements shown above. Finding the right solutions to solve simple or complicated design issues often requires out-of-the-box thinking. Today, we’re excited to share three practical solutions that solved complex problems. Upper Cedar Creek The City of Olathe, Kansas needed to upgrade their stormwater infrastructure in a busy industrial area to address ongoing flooding […]

Co-Worker News: New Hire

Posted on Wednesday, June 30th, 2021 by
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Today, we’re excited to introduce you to a new co-worker. Jacob Wilson has joined our roadway group as a project engineer. You can learn more about him by following this link: Jacob.

Tested Strategies for Improving Utility Coordination

Posted on Wednesday, June 9th, 2021 by
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Utility coordination is an important component of many of our projects. In today’s post, we interviewed Survey Technician Brandon Gann, Project Engineer Maeve VanLandingham, and Project Engineer Jacob Wilson about their favorite strategies. Find out what works well for them and how their strategies change based on the utility and phase below. What are a […]

Affinis Construction Engineering Project Update

Posted on Wednesday, May 26th, 2021 by
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The Affinis construction engineering group has been on site overseeing a variety of projects in the metro area. Throughout the year, we work with municipalities and states to produce completed projects that meet their goals. Below, you’ll find brief descriptions of our current work, along with progress photos. 167th Street We are currently overseeing the […]

Thornton Street Reconstruction Boosts Infrastructure and Water Quality for Leavenworth

Posted on Thursday, May 13th, 2021 by
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Every 3 years, the City of Leavenworth, Kansas conducts a city-wide pavement analysis, allowing them to rate each street and identify which improvements are most pressing. The results revealed the Thornton Street pavement was in poor condition. The repairs needed went beyond simple maintenance, so the city decided to perform a full reconstruction on the […]