Awards and Accomplishments

BRAVO, KIM LOBDELL! The American Council of Engineering Companies of Wisconsin (ACEC WI) recognized Kim Lobdell, KL Engineering’s founder and CEO, with a 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award on April 28, 2023. This prestigious award honors members who have had a profound impact on ACEC WI and the engineering profession over the course of their careers. […]

We celebrate the people that helped make this award-winning project a reality. The KL team (top photo) transformed the I-39 / STH 26 intersection from a rural cloverleaf to Wisconsin’s 3rd Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI). They coordinated with WisDOT and the City of Janesville among other stakeholders, teamed with Westbrook Associated Engineers and RA Smith

KL’s Kim Lobdell was presented with a “Susan Cronin Vanguard Award” at WisDOT’s 37th Annual Secretary’s Golden Shovel Awards ceremony. The award recognizes Kim’s remarkable efforts as a woman pioneer who built a successful DBE business and her endeavors to promote women in the engineering field. KL’s Scott Cramer was in attendance and accepted the

KL Engineering is honored to be a 2023 WisDOT Excellence in Highway Design Award Winner in the Urban Design category. The award was presented at the 2023 Transportation Improvement Conference for the STH 26 Interchange in the City of Janesville. This important reconstruction project added Wisconsin’s third Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI) on STH 26 and

What a great way to kick off Engineers Week 2023 with the announcement of the ACEC Wisconsin Engineering Excellence Awards!  KL is honored to have received a Best in State Award for the North Fish Hatchery Road Reconstruction project in Fitchburg, WI. We also received a State Finalist Award for the Garver Path project in Madison, WI. Congratulations to all of the award winners and everyone at KL who

WIS 64 / WIS 40 is an important community route, supporting traffic to City of Bloomer’s schools, industrial park, and agricultural areas. It also serves as a tourism gateway for the Chippewa Moraine State Recreation Area, Town Line Lake & Woods State Natural Area, Chippewa County Forest, and numerous lakes and resorts. The old pavement

With creative financing, the $28 million North Fish Hatchery Road (NFHR) project was built without raising levy limits. The City of Fitchburg accessed a Tax Incremental District (TID) to partially fund the project. The project created two new streets and intersections at Traceway Drive (top photo) and Ochalla Drive. Four new developments came to the

This 1.5-mile gateway corridor to the City of Fitchburg required the replacement of 2,000 feet of deteriorating retaining walls. Architectural details and decorative safety rails were incorporated to improve grades, drainage, safety, and provided aesthetic continuity throughout the corridor. Today, the pedestrian and bicycle bridge over Nine Springs Creek allows for safe passage for the

This compact roundabout was constructed to help move traffic safely through the restricted intersection footprint and maintain efficient access for semi-trucks servicing adjacent businesses. KL’s design extended the Greenway Cross median between North Fish Hatchery Road and Bryant Road, where the roundabout allows drivers to make a U-turn movement from the frontage road – a

This City of Fitchburg project was designed to increase safety for pedestrians, bicyclists, and vehicles turning into numerous access points throughout this busy commercial area. Safer crosswalks with new pedestrian signals, audible push buttons, and improved lighting are just a few of the new technologies used in this project to improve access for the community.

KL’s Scott Cramer and Bill Biesmann (pictured far right) were honored to receive a Bicycle Friendly Business plaque last night at the City of Fitchburg Common Council meeting. KL Engineering is 1 of 9 Fitchburg businesses to receive an award from the League of American Bicyclists. We are proud to support bicyclists in both the

KL Engineering was honored with a 2022 ASCE Wisconsin Engineering Achievement Award for Construction Projects over $20M. The North Fish Hatchery Road reconstruction project in the City of Fitchburg was completed in November 2021. Members of the project team recently toured the project to experience their design and construction work in action. In celebration of this honor, we’ll be sharing a series