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Ayres Wins WisDOT Award for USH 53/USH 63 Interchange at Trego

March 9, 2023

Ayres on Wednesday was presented a Consultant Rural Design Award from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s 2023 Excellence in Highway Design program. The award was for the USH 53/USH 63 Interchange project at Trego in WisDOT’s Northwest Region, which replaced two dangerous at-grade intersections. The project, which was substantially complete by November 18, 2022, required… Read More »


Ayres Wins Three 2023 ACEC WI Engineering Excellence Awards

February 20, 2023

Ayres has been honored with three 2023 Engineering Excellence Awards from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Wisconsin. Eagle Tower Project Resurrects Icon in Feat of Accessibility In 2016 when the former Eagle Tower was removed, many mourned its loss and wondered if a new one could be built. The Wisconsin Department of Natural… Read More »


Land Surveyor Stolinas Promoted to Project Management Role

February 2, 2023

Chris Stolinas, PLS, was promoted recently to a project management role. He joined Ayres in 2014, bringing experience in construction layout and data collection for the development of record drawings. Stolinas achieved his licensure as a professional land surveyor in Wisconsin in 2021. Stolinas’ primary role is serving as a project surveyor on large-scale control… Read More »


STH 29/CTH “VV” Interchange In Brown County, WI.
STH 29/CTH “VV” Interchange Wins WisDOT Construction Award

January 20, 2023

The STH 29/CTH “VV” Interchange project in Brown County this week was awarded the 2022 Outstanding Highway Construction Award from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation in the category of grading for contracts of $25 million and under. Hoffman Construction Company, Inc., was the prime contractor on the WisDOT Northeast Region project, and Ayres was the… Read More »


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Shambeau Promoted to Manager of Municipal Services

January 16, 2023

Gareth Shambeau, PE, has been promoted to manager of the Municipal Services Group based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, effective today. Shambeau, who joined Ayres 11 years ago, takes on leadership of Ayres’ municipal services staff based in River Falls, Wisconsin, and St. Paul, Minnesota, as well as those based in our Eau Claire headquarters. His… Read More »