Awards and Accomplishments

We are a bike friendly business in practice and design. We are thrilled to be 1 of 48 businesses nationwide officially recognized this year by the League of American Bicyclists as a Bicycle Friendly Business! As a proud member of the community, we appreciate the work the City of Fitchburg – Wisconsin has done to […]

Rick Eilertson representing the American Public Works Association (APWA) Wisconsin chapter presented a plaque to the City of Fitchburg for winning a 2022 APWA WI Project of the Year award. Mayor Aaron Richardson, Public Works Director/City Engineer Bill Balke, and Common Council members, along with City of Madison partners Christy Bachmann and Alder Sheri Carter

One of the cool things about the North Fish Hatchery Road project was the way materials were recycled. The existing concrete pavement was pulverized and reused as the base course for the new road, helping save the community of Fitchburg $700,000! All salvageable traffic equipment was saved to be repurposed on other projects. Standard signal

The North Fish Hatchery Road reconstruction project was quite impressive in many ways. Here are just a few: 115,000+ hours went into the design, coordination, and construction of the project 44+ miles of electrical wire was installed – enough to run the length of the Badger State Trail 32,000 square yards of concrete was used

The City of Fitchburg is such a great place to be! We are honored to have been a part of this project! “It’s rewarding to watch this area transform, right here in the community where many of us live and work. It is the culmination of small successes that together, made a huge impact, and

It takes a village to pull off large projects like North Fish Hatchery Road in City of Fitchburg, WI. This isn’t even a complete list, if you can believe that! No wonder it was selected as the Project of the Year by APWA Wisconsin. Many thanks to EVERYONE who contributed to the success of this

The Fish Hatchery and McKee Road intersection was notorious for being a tricky intersection to cross. Motor traffic would regularly disregard the protected right turn signage, creating safety conflicts with pedestrians and cyclists. KL’s redesign separated the southbound right turns and provided a pedestrian refuge island on which to safely wait before crossing the remaining

KL Engineering was honored to receive the APWA Wisconsin Project of the Year award last night! The North Fish Hatchery Road project is a generational corridor project that serves as the gateway to Fitchburg, WI. The project was designed and constructed within a four year window and involved extensive public engagement efforts. Congratulations to City

KL Engineering brought home the 2022 WisDOT Excellence in Highway Design Award for Best Urban Design. The USH 51 project improved Wisconsin & Dewitt Streets in the City of Portage, providing safety and better accommodations for traffic, business, pedestrians, bicycles, and even canoes! This complex project involved ADA connections to the Wisconsin River Levee Trail,

KL’s Jim Dzienkowski led construction oversight for the $60 million I-94 reconstruction project in Dunn and St. Croix Counties. This complex project overcame numerous challenges, including constructing lanes with a 3:1 traffic split through 4 stages on the Knapp Hill portion of the project. Over the course of several years, the concrete on this rural

KL’s Josh Vollmer led construction oversight for the Potosi Branch Bridge project, which replaced a deteriorating structure on Brewer Hollow Road in Potosi, Wisconsin. The bridge provides access to the Historic downtown area and to tourists traveling along Wisconsin’s Driftless Area. The project was a 2021 WisDOT Outstanding Highway Construction Award Finalist in the Small

Congratulations to John Mueller whose project won the 2021 WisDOT Outstanding Highway Construction Award in the Small Structure Category! John provided construction oversight on this highly environmentally sensitive project in Dunn County. The STH 85 bridge over Rock Creek needed to be replaced, however directly under the bridge was dam that also needed to be