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The Designing a Better Wisconsin Blog features stories and projects from the ACEC WI membership highlighting the critical nature of engineering work, life/saftey impacts, and cost-effective, innovative solutions. 

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3 Ways to Find Common (under)Ground
Posted In: Blog,
Date posted Aug 20

Written by: Fred Groth and Bryant Stempski, GRAEF Society, scholars, and semi-trucks, how will they get along? For 90 years, UW-Madison’s...

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Communication key to designing lasting benefit to Madison Water Utility
Posted In: Blog,
Date posted Jul 18

Municipal building design projects are often fraught with numerous stakeholder groups. Sometimes these groups are at cross purposes and have...

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Verona Road Project an enriching, personal journey for design team
Posted In: Blog,
Date posted Jun 19

The Verona Project included many unique and complex aspects, including a Single Point Urban Interchange. Imagine, ten years of your engineering...

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How a Utility Is Tapping Innovation for 23x More Storage
Posted In: Blog,
Date posted May 23

At a site believed to be an inspiration for John Muir, a growing city replaces a 75-year-old water tower with a double-reservoir system to better...

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Hats Off to the Unsung Heroes – Engineers
Posted In: Blog,
Date posted Feb 13

(With National Engineers Week (February 18-24) coming up, I can’t help but think about the important roles engineers play in Wisconsin. It is...

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