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American Indian Hall Morrison-Maierle worked with ThinkOne, a local Bozeman architect, to perform the structural design and site civil design for this unique building located on the Malone Centennial Mall at MSU. This $20M, 31,000 sq. ft. building was funded through donor gifts. It is the first in Montana to obtain LEED Platinum v4 status (video below), earning all three points in the structural materials category plus one additional point for exemplary structural performance. The building system is a combination of wood and steel, and there were several unique architectural features including a curved monumental staircase, curved canopies, a drum room, and a 140 ft.Read More →

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American Indian Hall Opens on MSU Campus A grand opening for the American Indian Hall at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana, was held on October 16, 2021. Nearly 1,200 were on hand to celebrate this achievement, including Morrison-Maierle’s structural design team of Nate Menuez, Rebecca Scheetz, Austin Batson, and MaKayla Beckman, and the site civil designers Mike Hickman and Cody Farley. The ceremony had a full agenda that included traditional songs, prayers, dances, and drumming. Speakers included MSU President Waded Cruzado, MSU President Emeritus Geoffrey Gamble, head of the MSU Department of Native American Studies Walter Fleming, U.S. Senator Jon Tester, and the U.S.Read More →

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Looking at Job Sites from Different Angles with 360° Cameras By Chad Houska – As an architect or engineer, how many times have you returned from a job site to review your pictures only to find that you missed that one important corner of the room? Not only is this aggravating, but it potentially means that someone will need to return to the site to capture the missed building information. Add this frustration to the fact that getting back to job sites might not be as easy these days with social distancing in place due to Covid-19. In this age of technology, nearly everyone hasRead More →

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If your reasons for wanting to add a carbon-in-column plant are for primary gold recovery or as a scavenger circuit to pull ounces from re-circulation, your next question might be, “Would a vertical design make more sense?” Debbie Johnston takes you through the process.Read More →

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Jay Fischer named new Bozeman Buildings Group Leader Morrison-Maierle is pleased to announce that Jay Fischer has been named as its new Bozeman Buildings Group Leader. Jay is a PE and structural engineer with nearly 20 years of experience with Morrison-Maierle. Jay received his B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Idaho and followed up with a master’s in structural engineering from Montana State University in 2003. Along with being a member of our ESOP Committee, Jay’s recent project work includes the parking garage at Bozeman’s airport. He is now also involved in the design phase for their four-gate expansion project. Other projects includeRead More →

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Special Inspection and Material Testing Services Our Bozeman office offers our Buildings clients a full range of special inspection and material testing services. These are geared specifically toward Building projects and also include inspection and testing of site/civil components of the project. We have qualified individuals experienced in all types of Building materials and systems, an in-house testing lab, and a mobile lab to provide efficient solutions to meet code requirements for Special Inspection and Material Testing on your next project. Contact us here for more informationRead More →

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Brian Aschim named as new Market Group CAD Leader As a 15-year employee-owner, Brian Aschim has recently been promoted as Morrsion-Maierle’s new Market Group CAD Leader. He has been with Morrison-Maierle since he graduated from Montana State in civil engineering in 2003. He then earned his M.S. in structural engineering in 2005 and is a member of the Bozeman office. As a senior structural engineer, he specializes in the development of building information modes (BIM) and the generation of complex finite element analysis models. Some of his recent projects include the MSU Miller Dining Hall Renovations, Carroll College Student Housing, and Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Church.Read More →

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Travis Eickman to oversee Morrison-Maierle Bozeman operations Morrison-Maierle is pleased to announce the promotion of Travis Eickman, PE, as its new Bozeman Operations Manager. He replaces Jack Schunke, PE, who will continue working on a wide variety of projects in the company’s Development Market Group as well as serving as the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Travis is a project manager in Morrison-Maierle’s Airports Market Group and has been with the company since 1997.  Prior to Morrison-Maierle, he served in the Montana Army National Guard as a captain in the Fire Fighting Platoon and Chemical Company from 1997-2006. He has 20 years of airport planningRead More →

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Bozeman-Yellowstone International Airport Runway Projects Since 2010, the Bozeman, Montana, area has steadily grown by 16.75%, while the number of airport passengers at Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (BZN) has increased by 40%, exceeding the 1.1-million mark. To accommodate growth and increased aircraft traffic, Morrison-Maierle assisted the Gallatin Airport Authority on the planning, funding, and construction of a much-needed capacity improvements that resulted in a new runway, 11-29, followed immediately by the resurfacing of the main runway, 12-30. Runway projects are complex enough by themselves, but these projects also included a major onsite testing issue that not only saved the client $2.5 million, but now sitsRead More →

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Carroll College Hunthausen Activity Center Caroll College’s Hunthausen Activity Center (HAC) is a campus-based PE center for non-varsity athletic use in Helena, Montana. The HAC is a Morrison-Maierle  “design-build” project that contains of a 24,427-square-foot facility containing a gym, racquetball court, cardio and weights areas, two multipurpose rooms, grand hall, lounge areas, office area, climbing tower, and bouldering wall. This building replaces a facility that was built in 1969. At that time, the college had 183 varsity athletes. Today Carroll has 380 varsity athletes so there was no room for students to exercise. This new facility helps the college meets the needs of their ever-growingRead More →

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East Belgrade I-90 Interchange Belgrade, Montana Award: Grand Prize – 2016 ACEC Montana Engineering Excellence Award Throughout the last several decades, the City of Belgrade, Montana, and Gallatin County have experienced significant population growth. This influx caused traffic congestion in the heart of Belgrade at the four-way stop intersection and the westbound off-ramp was reaching the saturation point. Emergency service providers were frequently blocked by trains as there were no grade-separated crossings in Belgrade. Increased traffic was not the only issue facing local leaders; there had been strong growth at Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (BYIA) since the mid-1970s. BYIA enplaned 500,011 passengers in 2015 andRead More →

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Miller Dining Commons – Montana State University Awards:  2016 ACEC Montana Engineering Excellence Award; 2015 Montana Contractors Award for Construction Craftsmanship As the flagship dining facility for on-campus students at Montana State University’s campus in Bozeman, the 1970s-era Miller Dining Commons required a makeover after nearly 50 years of faithful service. Miller Dining Commons is one of several round buildings on the MSU campus. Maintaining these facilities poses several structural design considerations due to their shape. Extensive renovation of the existing 45,000 square-foot facility was needed to add more seating capacity, improve the overall dining experience, and provide ADA access. As a result, approximately 10,500 square-feetRead 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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