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Did you know that at least 20% of trash in our landfills is food waste? Food waste and other organic materials decompose in landfills and create methane gas, which is 27 times more harmful than carbon dioxide in impacting the earth’s atmosphere. KL is a proud subscriber to the Green Box composting service. We place […]

KL was designated as a Bike Friendly Business by The League of American Bicyclists in 2022. We encourage employees to bike to work, and take time for team building through biking initiatives in our office. Many of our employees are avid bicyclists. We also have the pleasure of working on many parks, trails, and recreation

KL Engineering participated in the Bikes for Kids volunteering opportunity last week. After volunteering for the event in years past, we were happy to continue this tradition! Thanks to Scott Cramer, Karen Richardson, Bill Biesmann, Shelby Haag, and Jesse Schreiner for taking the time to help out for a great cause. Bikes for Kids works

KL Engineering is proud to support Art House 360 in Verona, WI. We recently did some site work for them and were so impressed with what they were doing that KL’s Scott Cramer joined their Board of Directors. Learn more about what this great organization offers by visiting their website: https://www.arthouse360.com/

The holidays remind all of us that giving brings just as much joy as receiving. We were happy to give the gift of reading to children in Madison through the Madison Reading Project this season! Many thanks to folks who donated their books during our in-office book drive this month.

KL Engineering team members volunteered for the second time this year to assist with the Habitat for Humanity of Dane County build on 12/6. They bundled up to level scaffolding, protect water pipes, and put up temporary railings for construction of a second floor. Brian St. Vincent appreciated the opportunity to see more of the

Giving Tuesday is a global event supporting nonprofit organizations. We urge you select a charity you’d like to support and donate. Employees at KL love that KL matches donations to a charity of their choice up to a certain amount each year. Besides matching charitable donations from our employees, we are also collecting books for

KL Team Members Brad Halvensleben, Graham Kothbauer, Samantha Herheim, and Katie Kirkendall attended the Dane County School Consortium’s Future Quest at the Exhibition Hall at Alliant Energy Center last week. They showed a microsimulation of traffic flow to the middle school students who attended the event. We are always happy to chat with future engineers!

America Recycles Day (ARD) was started in November in 1997, but the torch to keep it alive was passed to the Keep America Beautiful organization in 2010. This nationally recognized initiative has long been dedicated to encouraging folks to reduce, reuse, and specifically recycle where possible. KL Engineering has long participated in this effort through

It’s not every day that you get to paddle around Lake Monona on the clock…but earlier this month, KL surveyors Matt Lee, Justin Staudt, and Charlie Denu did just that while surveying on John Nolen Drive. We needed to capture lake bottom elevations under some of the bridges, so we rented a paddle boat to

The third public involvement meeting for the John Nolen Drive project will be on Wednesday, October 23rd at 6:30 pm, held virtually over Zoom. The presentation will review the preferred alternative for Phase 1 of the proposed project along with the expected remaining schedule. Phase 1 of the proposed project will begin north of the

JOIN US on October 2nd at noon to celebrate the expansion of our Madison headquarters! The Fitchburg Chamber will be holding a ribbon cutting ceremony to help us commemorate being a Fitchburg business for over 25 years. We have a staff of 100 and continue to grow! Please click this link to register for the