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We have been working with the Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District on improvements to the Hite Creek Water Quality Treatment Center since 2012. Our work began with a Regional Wastewater Facility Plan that set the stage for two major capital projects.

The Lick Run Greenway and Valley Conveyance System project was awarded second place in the National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies (NAFSMA)’s 2022 Innovative Projects Awards.

The Ravinia Avenue Roundabout project in the village of Orland Park, Illinois, was featured in the August 2022 edition of American Public Works Association’s Reporter magazine.

Since 1995, the Federal Highway Administration’s Environmental Excellence Awards have recognized leaders across the country who make outstanding contributions to environmental stewardship and partnerships above and beyond traditional transportation project outcomes.

The Lick Run Valley Conveyance System and Greenway project continues to shine as an exemplary example of successful sustainable solutions.

AprilAire, the nationwide leader in professional-grade Healthy Air solutions for the home, has completed a major renovation at its Poynette campus, transforming the original building which opened in 1962 from a storage facility into a state-of-the-art office building.

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) selected the Illinois Route 47 Environmental Assessment and Combined Design Report for the 2022 Award for Exceptional Consulting Engineering Service in the Urban category.

The $103 million, Lick Run Valley Conveyance System and Greenway project, which is one of the largest green infrastructure projects for reducing combined sewer overflows (CSO) in the country, has been awarded an American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) National Engineering Excellence Grand Award.

The Curtis Pond Restoration in the University of Wisconsin (UW)-Madison Arboretum was the final phase in a 20-year ecological restoration journey to rehabilitate seven wet detention basins constructed between 1969 and 1985.

The City of Janesville has embarked on a multi-year, multi-phased strategy to revitalize its downtown and ancillary corridors to improve the quality of life for its residents and attract and promote activity in the downtown area.

After earning a 2022 American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Wisconsin Engineering Excellence Best of State Award, the USH 18/121 (Verona Road) Reconstruction Stage 2 project went on to receive a 2022 ACEC Engineering Excellence National Recognition Award.

The Marquette Green Infrastructure Project, which earned a 2022 American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Wisconsin Engineering Excellence State Finalist Award, transformed underutilized land into a sustainable stormwater treatment solution that also serves as an amenity for the community.

Channahon’s Wastewater Treatment Plant was awarded a 2022 American Public Works Association (APWA) Chicago Metro-Southwest Branch Public Works Project of the Year Award in the Environment, $5 million but less than $25 million, category.

Janesville’s Town Square enhanced its downtown, providing a gathering space for the community and kick-starting revitalization efforts throughout the city.

The American Public Works Association Chicago Metro Chapter-Suburban Branch awarded the DuPage County Division of Transportation’s Gary Avenue Multi-Use Trail a 2022 Public Works Project of the Year Award in the Transportation, less than $5 million, category.

The City of Joliet, Illinois’ CSO Tunnel and Wet-Weather Treatment Facility was selected as one of ten Top Projects of 2021 by Water and Wastes Digest (WWD).

The Town Square project in Hope, Indiana, was awarded the Qualifications-Based Selection (QBS) Award by the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Indiana.

Effective January 1, 2022, FOX Engineering Associates, Inc. joined Strand. The Ames, Iowa, office of Strand will be known as FOX Strand.

We are excited to announce the opening of our new office in Nashville, Tennessee. This is Strand’s twelfth office across the nation and its third in the Kentucky-Tennessee region.

The Naperville Streambank Restoration project was featured in the Fall 2021 edition of Central States Water magazine.