Category: Environmental

Planning a Project? Threatened Northern Long-Eared Bat May Require Special Measures

Engineers and scientists often need to take the environmental impacts of a project into consideration, especially as more species of animals and plants are added to the threatened species list. For the past nine years, for example, white-nose syndrome has been decimating bat populations along the East Coast and in the Midwest. The fast-moving fungal… Read More »

Former Brownfield Site Turns into a “Pearl” of a Project at Carroll University

A redevelopment project in Waukesha earned Ayres Associates and its client, Berg Management Company, a State Finalist Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Wisconsin (ACEC WI). A banquet celebrating the Carroll University Student Living and Business Center project and the rest of the 2015 Engineering Excellence Awards entries was held March 20… Read More »

Take a Look Around You; Chances Are, an Engineer Had a Hand in That

We’re in the mood to celebrate at Ayres Associates this week. For starters, it’s National Engineers Week! Ayres Associates has been providing engineering services to public and private clients since our founding in 1959. Today we have 98 registered professional engineers on staff, and they love to solve problems and make stuff work. The image… Read More »