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Ommen Takes Reins as Next Ayres President
January 3, 2019
Bruce Ommen, PE, has been named president of Ayres Associates, replacing Thomas Pulse, PE, who announced his retirement from the employee-owned engineering and architecture firm as of the close of 2018. Pulse will continue in his role as chairman of the board until the firm’s annual shareholders meeting in May 2019. Ommen began his engineering… Read More »
Kuhlow Named Traffic Services Manager
November 16, 2018
Kevin Kuhlow, PE, has been named manager of our traffic services group, supervising traffic staff who provide traffic analysis and engineering services around the nation from multiple offices. Kuhlow will employ his people skills as he manages a talented group of traffic engineers and analysts who have learned from some of the best in the… Read More »
Park Projects Win Wisconsin Park and Recreation Association Awards
November 8, 2018
Ayres Associates was among those honored recently with two Wisconsin Park and Recreation Association (WPRA) design awards for recent Wisconsin projects – the revitalization of Calvin Moody Park in Milwaukee and the redevelopment of Bridge Road Park in Monona. Calvin Moody Park The goals of this project were to interject vitality and ownership back into… Read More »
Bell Named Vice President of Colorado Operations
October 1, 2018
Rex Bell has joined Ayres Associates as vice president of Colorado operations. Bell has more than 35 years of experience providing project management, financial expertise, and operations leadership for engineering consulting work around the world. Throughout his career, Bell has demonstrated success with taking on complex issues. With his communication and team-building skills, Bell will… Read More »
Voigt Receives ITE’s Marsh Award
September 26, 2018
Ken Voigt, PE, senior traffic engineer, recently received the Burton W. Marsh Award for his sustained leadership and service in the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and the transportation/traffic engineering profession. He received the award at the Joint ITE International and Midwestern/Great Lakes Districts annual meeting and exhibit Aug. 20-23 in Minneapolis. Based in the… Read More »