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Yellowstone Airport Plaza Belgrade—home to Montana’s largest and busiest airport—is one of Montana’s fastest growing communities. Located next to several outdoor recreation areas, it also boasts many residential options and a vibrant business community. But, that’s not quite enough to meet their rapidly increasing demands. Charter Realty & Development capitalized on a rare opportunity to develop more than 50 acres of land near the Bozeman Yellowstone InternationalAirport (BYIA), next to the recently completed East Belgrade Interchange. That project redefined the potential use of nearby property. This brownfield site was developed into the Yellowstone Airport Plaza Subdivision and has been master planned for Belgrade’s commercial andRead More →

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Edward A. Whitney Academic Center Sheridan, Wyoming Morrison-Maierle was hired to provide civil services for the Northern Wyoming Community College District’s project to expand and update the Whitney Building on the northern end of Sheridan College Campus. Demolition and renovation of parts of the existing building contributed to the creation of the Edward A. Whitney Academic Center. The project required reconfiguration of traffic patterns in the vicinity of the structure, and redesign of the water and sanitary systems serving the building. The college’s two-story, 54,000-square-foot expansion coupled with a 16,000 square-foot renovation on the existing structure required reconfiguration of the access drive and parking areasRead More →

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Morrison-Maierle acquires Vista West Morrison-Maierle is pleased to announce that it has acquired Vista West Engineering of Sheridan and Casper, Wyoming. “We are very excited about the opportunity to become part of Morrison-Maierle,” says Vista West Engineering principal, Randy Bomar. “Having worked with them previously, we know they are a quality firm with outstanding people.” he added. “This will allow us the opportunity to provide additional services to our clients and expand our Wyoming capabilities.” Based in Sheridan, Vista West Engineering began in 2006 when it acquired the civil engineering portion of TSP. As the working environment in Wyoming changed and Vista West was readyRead More →

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There’s More to Infrastructure Than Meets the Eye By Rika Lashley, PE What do you think of when you hear “infrastructure?” Streets, bridges, railroads, electricity? All things we see every day – on the way to work, to school, when waiting at a railroad crossing. It is quite obvious when asphalt cracks and potholes develop and we want to call the city or county and ask them to fix it. However, there is more to infrastructure than what quite literally meets the eye. We tend to be rather oblivious to the infrastructure a few feet below the wheels of our cars: the water distribution andRead More →

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Bozeman Gateway Subdivision Morrison-Maierle provided site civil design services for the Bozeman Gateway Planned Unit Development (PUD) Commercial Subdivision in Bozeman, Montana. The Bozeman Gateway Subdivision is a 72-acre mixed use development on the west side of Bozeman. Our work included project entitlement through the City of Bozeman; road design (including Fowler Avenue, West Garfield Street, South 29th Avenue); water, sewer, and storm sewer design; site grading and drainage design; traffic engineering; project permitting; survey support; and construction management. We have worked on three major site plans located within the Bozeman Gateway Subdivision: Rosauers Supermarket, a 65,000 square foot building on 5.5 acres Kohl’s, a 55,000Read More →

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Bozeman Safeway As an example of their commitment to sustainability, Safeway has built a new store in Bozeman, Montana, to US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design LEED specifications.  Safeway incorporated sustainability measures into the Bozeman store, focusing on stormwater management, refrigeration techniques, using appropriate and sustainable landscaping, limiting water consumption in its store design standards and re-using and recycling building materials. Morrison-Maierle was part of the design team on the new $12 million, 59,870-square-foot Safeway grocery store and 2,933-square-foot retail shell. We were involved in the site entitlement process, site civil design, environmental permitting, site electrical design, and traffic engineering.  Site design includedRead More →

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Valley West Planned Unit Development Awards: 2007 Award of Excellence for Community Park Design from the Bozeman Beautification Board and Sonoran Institute Award “Building from the Best in the Northern Rockies” Centered primarily in Bozeman, Montana, design team members Morrison-Maierle, Intrinsik Architecture, Confluence Consulting, Vaughn Environmental, and Peaks to Plains Design live and work in the community where their projects are located, creating a special sense of pride in the work they do. The close-knit design team used smart growth ideals to lay out and design Valley West Planned Unit Development to be efficient and sustainable for this long term, neo-traditional neighborhood. Features include three lakes,Read More →

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Gallatin County RID Management Support Services Gallatin County, Montana, is an attractive area to live in and visit and has generated significant activity from residential, recreational, and commercial development interests. Numerous rural developments have been created over the years under the county’s jurisdiction. A Rural Improvement District (RID) is a legal taxing authority through which a subdivision can raise funds for on-going maintenance and improvements. The county is responsible for the planning, management, and maintenance of the RID infrastructure and administration of the RID’s funds. Morrison-Maierle has provided support to Gallatin County in its RID maintenance program since 1993 by developing a streamlined, systematic approachRead More →

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