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ACEC Illinois Recognizes TERRA Engineering with Two Awards at 2020 Annual Gala | Friday, March 6, 2020

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ACEC Illinois Recognizes TERRA Engineering with Two Awards at 2020 Annual Gala

Friday, March 6, 2020

CHICAGO – The American Council of Engineering Companies of Illinois (ACEC) hosted this year’s 2020 Engineering Excellence Award Garden Party Gala at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare on Thursday, February 20th. TERRA received ACEC’s inaugural Small Firm of the Year Award and the Special Projects Honor Award for the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority’s (MPEA) McCormick Square Campus Expansion project. The McCormick Square Campus Expansion project consisted of five sub-projects including the construction of the Marriott Marquis Chicago, a 39-story hotel with 1,205 guest rooms and the 10,387-seat Wintrust Arena. The project included the complete restoration of the American Book Company (ABC) building constructed in 1912, the half-acre Prairie District Park, and the reconstruction of S. Prairie Avenue from E. 21st Street to E. Cermak Road in both permeable and non-permeable clay brick pavers.

TERRA’s Dustin Erickson, P.E., CFM, who served as project manager for civil engineering on this mixed-use development, was joined by other TERRA staff and client partners from MPEA, Site Design, Goesttch Partners, and Clark Construction. “We are honored that ACEC Illinois recognized TERRA as its inaugural Small Firm of the Year,” Jamil Bou-Saab, TERRA’s executive vice president, stated. “This accomplishment reflects our staff’s passion for advancing the engineering industry by helping shape the community in which we live, work, and play.” If you would like to learn more about this project, click here.

TERRA Engineering, Ltd. is a full-service, woman-owned engineering firm serving clients since 1992. With offices in Chicago, Peoria, Oak Park, Grayslake, Milwaukee and St. Louis. TERRA provides high-quality services for client-specific solutions within scope, budget and schedule. For more information about TERRA, call 312.467.0123 or visit us online at www.terraengineering.com.

Pictured above (left to right): TERRA’s Executive Vice President Jamil Bou Saab, P.E., Senior Transportation Engineer David Albers, P.E., Landscape Architect Jennifer Draper, PLA, ALSA, LEED AP, Marketing Assistant Michaella Komzak, Vice President George Ghareeb, P.E., and Senior Project Engineer Dustin Erickson, P.E., CFM.

For More Information
Lynn Kessen
Director of Marketing & Strategic Planning
Phone: 312.467.0123
Email: lkessen@terraengineering.com

 



 

TERRA Engineering, Ltd. Helping to Make the Pritzker Military Museum and Library a Reality | Tuesday, September 10, 2019

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TERRA Engineering, Ltd. Helping to Make the Pritzker Military Museum and Library a Reality

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

CHICAGO – TERRA Engineering, Ltd. is pleased announce that it is providing civil /site engineering, landscape architecture, wetland delineation and permitting, drain tile survey and topographic and boundary survey services for the 280-acre Pritzker Military Museum and Library (PMML) development located in the Village of Somers, Wisconsin.

The PMML project consists of the development of land that is currently farmed for agricultural use. The project will consist of the construction of a military museum building and library for museum archival storage buildings, four commercial archival storage buildings, an indoor shooting range and clubhouse building, two outdoor sporting clays courses with shooting stations, four pedestrian and light vehicle bridges, permeable paver parking lots, interior roads, a low-pressure grinder pump lift station and force main, interior roads, walking paths, and a Cold War Memorial. We are also submitting a proposal for structural engineering the pedestrian and light vehicle bridges.

TERRA Engineering, Ltd. is a full-service, woman-owned engineering firm serving clients since 1992. With offices in Chicago, Peoria, Oak Park, Grayslake, Milwaukee and St. Louis. TERRA provides high-quality services for client-specific solutions within scope, budget and schedule. For more information about TERRA, call 312.467.0123 or visit us online at www.terraengineering.com.

Image provided by: The Kenosha News

For More Information
Lynn Kessen
Director of Marketing & Strategic Planning
Phone: 312.467.0123
Email: lkessen@terraengineering.com

 



 

TERRA Engineering, Ltd. Attends ASLA’s 2018 Annual Meeting and EXPO | October 26, 2018

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TERRA Engineering, Ltd. Attends ASLA’s 2018 Annual Meeting and EXPO

Friday, October 26, 2018

CHICAGO – The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) held its Annual Meeting and EXPO at Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania Convention Center from October 19th through the 26th. Senior Landscape Architect Keven Graham, FASLA, PLA, CLARB and Landscape Designer Maggie Aravena, ASLA, represented TERRA. They connected with landscape architecture professionals and students from around the world. Keven attended the Chapter President’s Council Meetings and spoke on the panel, “Amplifying the Landscape Architect’s Voice Within a Multidisciplinary Engineering Practice,” and Maggie attended the Board of Trustees meetings and spoke on a roundtable panel, “Women in Leadership.”

TERRA Engineering, Ltd. is a full-service, woman-owned engineering firm serving clients since 1992. With offices in Chicago, Peoria, Oak Park, Grayslake, Milwaukee and St. Louis. TERRA provides high-quality services for client-specific solutions within scope, budget and schedule. For more information about TERRA, call 312.467.0123 or visit us online at www.terraengineering.com.

Photos by: Event Photography of North America Corporation (EPNAC)

For More Information
Lynn Kessen
Director of Marketing & Strategic Planning
Phone: 312.467.0123
Email: lkessen@terraengineering.com

 



 

TERRA Engineering, Ltd. Presents at IAPD/IPRA Soaring to New Heights Conference | January 25, 2019

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TERRA Engineering, Ltd. Presents at IAPD/IPRA Soaring to New Heights Conference

Friday, January 25, 2019

CHICAGO – The Illinois Association of Park Districts (IAPD) and the Illinois Park and Recreation Association (IPRA) held its annual Soaring to New Heights Conference at Hyatt Regency Chicago from January 24th through the 26th. TERRA’s Project Manager Dave Landeweer, PE, ENV SP discussed the design and construction of the 26-mile Cal-Sag Trail on Friday, January 25. During the session, “Cal-Sag Trail Coalition: Building the Partnership to Build the Trail,” he demonstrated how the coalition was formed, mechanisms used to build the trail, the issues encountered working across multiple jurisdictions, and the fun that the coalition had along the way. Landeweer was joined by Steve Butchel, Friends of the Calumet-Sag Trail board member; Mike Leonard, Channahon Park District’s executive director; and Jeannette Huber, Alsip Park District’s director of parks and recreation.

TERRA Engineering, Ltd. is a full-service, woman-owned engineering firm serving clients since 1992. With offices in Chicago, Peoria, Oak Park, Grayslake, Milwaukee and St. Louis. TERRA provides high-quality services for client-specific solutions within scope, budget and schedule. For more information about TERRA, call 312.467.0123 or visit us online at www.terraengineering.com.

For More Information
Lynn Kessen
Director of Marketing & Strategic Planning
Phone: 312.467.0123
Email: lkessen@terraengineering.com