By utilizing the Work Orders and Saved Projects features/tools, the Village of Howard has stayed on top of municipal customer requests and more effectively managed their own tasks.
For the City of Shawano, municipal records were kept on paper. The GIS data that the City and Shawano Municipal Utilities (SMU) actively maintained was often in redundant files and scattered across departments. The City knew that their solution was not functional for the long-term, and sought a comprehensive GIS solution that would provide a cohesive system for all departments across the City.
A seemingly simple project can often have challenges that can make or break a budget. For Ocean Spray, a strict, two-week timeframe in which part of the project could be completed meant the difference between success and potentially costly back-ups in production. Ruekert & Mielke, Inc. (R/M) was the only firm to offer a schedule that fit within the timeframe and kept on budget.
Ruekert & Mielke, Inc. (R/M) has worked with a local utility company to ensure their storm water infrastructure not only keeps their business running and their customers happy, but also meets the compliance needs across the areas of service. For the various locations in which their facilities are built, R/M collaborated with the client to ensure green infrastructure met their requirements.
Ruekert & Mielke, Inc. (R/M) designed site engineering plans for a major addition to this existing school facility. The project included the design of two large rain gardens adjacent to a new idea laboratory section of the building. The rain gardens were programmed to receive storm water from the majority of the expansive school roof and to infiltrate the water naturally into the ground instead of directing it to another area of the site.
This education sector project, that consisted of two phases, started with an existing elementary school, with a typical asphalt play area and parking lot that drained directly into the city’s storm sewer system and land improvements to a wooded lot adjacent to the school grounds.
The paved surfacing at the Eisenhower Middle/High School campus had reached the end of its useful life and needed to be replaced. Like most school districts, New Berlin did not have the funds to replace the 10 plus acres of pavement at one time. The School District of New Berlin hired Ruekert & Mielke, Inc. (R/M) to develop a plan to replace all paved surfacing over an extended period of time.
Ruekert & Mielke, Inc. (R/M) was selected as the design firm for the Thermo-Fisher (Thermo) Site Improvements project located on the south side of Fitchburg, WI. The site redevelopment included two new parking lots (13,000 S.F. and 11,000 S.F.), a delivery truck staging area, a new 1,500 L.F. truck access drive, resurfacing of the existing facility loop road, and a modular block retaining wall within the 20–acre Thermo-Fisher campus. In addition, the project also included the design of bioretention areas to satisfy local drainage and water quality requirements.
The City of Greenfield struggled with storm events flooding Wildcat Creek to the point of frequent over-topping, structure flooding, and bank erosion. The community voiced concerns during public information meetings, driving the City to understand the extent of the flooding problems. Ruekert & Mielke, Inc. (R/M) were brought on board to assist with our professional engineering services to determine the flood risks and develop a more integrated storm water system.
The City of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, wanted to provide amenities to attract development to the City, while shielding current residents from the cost of new development. Ruekert & Mielke recommended impact fees to fund park facilities and prepared an impact fee study. Sheboygan implemented its first impact fees to fund $760,000 of capital costs for the park and recreation trail.
When constructed in 1974, the 250,000 gallon elevated tank for the City of Pewaukee was adequate for serving the small customer base. Planning for a larger tank began in 1999, but was delayed for a number of reasons, one of which was finding a suitable site. Finally in December 2015, the City of Pewaukee awarded the contract to construct a 750,000 gallon tank. By then the original tank, which had not been re-coated for years because of lead in the paint, was looking pretty shabby.
The Village of Somers has been recently experiencing rapid growth and expansion, and lies just north of the City of Kenosha, on the extended periphery of the Chicagoland area. New development has triggered the need for additional infrastructure as well as consideration of the adequacy of the existing infrastructure. The Village wanted to identify and account for their upcoming capital improvement needs, and brought in Ruekert & Mielke, Inc. (R/M) to facilitate this process.
Allen Road in the City of Oconomowoc was a rural cross section street in poor condition with drainage problems, encroaching wetlands, safety, and capacity issues.
Windrush was a significant residential development proposed for the northeast part of Hartland. A portion of the Windrush site is at a higher elevation, requiring boosting in order to provide the homes with satisfactory water pressure. Additional developable land adjacent to Windrush also required pressure boosting if served by Village utilities. A plan for the future service area was needed.
The major components of this upgrade included: a new clarifier with related RAS pumps, conversion of existing chlorination/dechlorination facilities to ultraviolet disinfection facilities, addition of phosphorus removal equipment, replacement of all aeration basin aerator equipment including drive units, shafts, and discs, and construction of a new headworks building, which included screening and washer/compactor equipment, grit removal, and new influent sewage pumps.
Ruekert & Mielke, Inc. (R/M) provided SCADA System PLC programming for both the wastewater and drinking water treatment facilities for the City of Waupun, WI. R/M developed the controls and operator interface for the systems. R/M also provided startup technical services for the SCADA system as well as the plant process equipment and instrumentation.
The upgrade to the SCADA system that controls these facilities changed the communication method from telephone lines to a spread spectrum radio system. Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC’s) were implemented at each site as the core of the SCADA monitoring system.
The Village of Dousman recently constructed a storm water biofiltration device as part of the Main Street Reconstruction Project. Due to the elevation differences between the gravity storm sewer and the proposed biofiltration treatment area, Ruekert & Mielke, Inc. (R/M) and the Village developed a unique design to intercept and treat smaller storm events.
Glendale Drive in the City of New Berlin was a rural cross section street with insufficient drainage that often flooded in a five to ten year storm. The design solution included upgrading the road from a rural to urban section, but also handling a large amount of storm water flow that entered the project site from three distinct points.
Ruekert & Mielke, Inc. (R/M) was selected as part of the design team for the new orthopedic hospital facility for the UW Hospital and Clinics located on the east side of Madison in The American Center.The project site is 41.50 acres in size and includes a 494,000 square foot building, central utility plant, loading dock, and parking ramp. The site also has approximately 1,100 parking stalls.