Category: Water Resources

Dam Safety Starts with Careful Inspections

It’s Dam Safety Awareness Week in Wisconsin, and state residents and visitors are being reminded to be careful around dams by staying alert to changing conditions and obeying all warning signs. And while those are crucial safety tips, there’s another element to ensuring dam safety: The dams themselves need to be safe. The Wisconsin Department… Read More »

Take a Close Look: Can You Identify These Photos?

Ayres Associated provided design and construction plans for a new park on 19.7 acres on the north shore of the Nassau River in Nassau County, Florida. This project included designing a fishing pier, boat ramp with floating dock and accessible gangway, nature trails, covered picnic areas, playground, and restroom/vendor facilities. Take a look at the… Read More »

From Paper Bridges to Concrete Canoes, Scouts Wowed by Ayres Engineers

A group of Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts made paper bridges and learned about concrete canoes among other things when they sat down with members of the Young Professionals group at our Eau Claire, Wisconsin, headquarters a couple of weeks ahead of Engineers Week. Chris Marcum, a structural designer, told attendees from Cub Scout Pack 127… Read More »