Conferences

Our Survey Crew is at the 75th Annual Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors’ Institute this week! They will engage in learning about many aspects of surveying, including the importance of the American Surveyor to the Revolutionary war, updates from the DOT, and more. Enjoy your time!

Kevin Wehner is having a meaningful experience at McDonald’s External Partner Training Summit in Phoenix, AZ. “It’s been a wonderful time for networking and learning more about how to better serve a great client. McDonald’s USA has very exciting plans to grow their US restaurant portfolio and we look forward to our continued partnership.”

The bulk of KL’s construction crew will be attending the WTBA/WisDOT Contractor-Engineer conference today. The event is held in the Wisconsin Dells, where they will learn about updates to DBE Programming, emerging technology in construction management, and environmental updates for the 2024 Season. Enjoy your time!

Jesse Schreiner, Kyle Thompson, Kristy Treichel, Josh Mercier, and Brian St. Vincent are attending the 2023 APWA Wisconsin Fall Conference. They join Samantha Herheim, who presented this morning about the Garver Path project – APWA WI’s 2023 Project of the Year Award-winner for Transportation in the less than $5M category. It will be a day

KL’s Kristy Treichel and Bill Biesmann will be attending the ACEC WI Annual Conference with the Department of Administration Division of Facilities Development tomorrow. They’ll be hearing from DFD leadership and getting updates regarding various initiatives, as well as representatives from the Bureau of Capital Budget and Construction. Conferences like these are a great opportunity

Samantha Herheim and City of Madison’s Chris Petykowski will be presenting at the 2023 APWA Fall Conference this Thursday. They will share their experience in the development of Garver Path on Madison’s east side.  This multi-use path project connected neighborhoods, residents, and businesses and was selected at the 2023 APWA WI Project of the Year

KL’s Bill Biesmann led a webinar for American Trails a few weeks ago that was a great success with over 450 people in attendance! He discussed the assessment and repair of the Elroy-Sparta State Trail after the catastrophic damage that occurred during heavy rains in 2018. Andrew Haffele from Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources co-presented. Want to see what

KL’s Matt Regnier and Kelly Trac attended the 29th Annual ITS Wisconsin Transportation Conference where they learned about the latest innovations in the transportation industry alongside their peers. Matt will serve as President of ITS WI for the next calendar year. During the event, he moderated a session of presentations and Kelly won a raffle

KL’s Arielle Lewien, Jared Baltes, and Brad Halvensleben (not pictured) golfed 18 holes at the UW Platteville 2023 ASCE Tom Nelson Benchmark Open last month. The event also included a dinner with other professionals, professors, and students from the ASCE Chapter. KL Engineering sponsored a hole for the event. “It was great to be back

KL’s Karen Richardson attended a sustainable transportation conference and expo last week, where top leaders in the industry shared the latest in transportation technologies. The event was led by Wisconsin Clean Cities and co-hosted by Alliant Energy, Madison Gas & Electric, and the City of Madison. Educational sessions discuss how sustainable transportation choices can reduce

KL’s Jesse Schreiner is headed to the Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association (WTBA) 2023 Fall Meeting tomorrow at Monona Terrace in Madison, WI. The agenda includes updates from Governor Evers, WisDOT officials, and legislative leadership… as well as plenty of networking opportunities along the way!

KL’s Chad Halverson, Kevin Wehner, Eric Andritsch, and Brad Domasky are heading to the Southeast Wisconsin Transportation Symposium on Friday, where they will network with other transportation professionals and discuss practical applications of transportation related academic research on UW-Milwaukee’s campus.