Jim Scoles

Jim Scoles receives new promotion at Morrison-Maierle Morrison-Maierle is pleased to announce the promotion of Jim Scoles as its new Transportation Market Group Leader. In his new role, Jim will be responsible for all transportation projects that includes design of interstates, roads, bridges, and all other modes of transportation infrastructure. As Morrison-Maierle’s leader of the bridge discipline in the Transportation Market Group, Jim has been with the company since 2001. He and his team recently received the 2019 Montana American Council of Engineering Company’s Engineering Excellence Award for their Cabinet Gorge Bridge project in northwestern Montana. Some of Morrison-Maierle’s other Transportation Market Group projects includeRead More →

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Cabinet Gorge Bridge The bridge over Cabinet Gorge Reservoir—where the reservoir runs deep and the shores are steep—is 4.5 river miles above the Cabinet Gorge hydroelectric dam on the Clark Fork River and provides a vital transportation link for residents needing to access emergency services, schools, and mail delivery. The former load-limited truss bridge was originally built in 1920 in Washington and was moved to Heron in 1952. Already 32-years old, the bridge was a single-lane structure so highly cambered it was impossible to see from one end to the other. Sanders County and the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) knew it was time forRead More →

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This week the USDA Northern Region Forest Service and Morrison-Maierle, Inc. received the Association of Conservation Engineers (ACE) Carl V. Anderson Conservation Project Award of Merit for the St. Paul Trail Bridge project during the 2012 ACE Conference in Chesterton, Indiana. Working closely with the Forest Service, Morrison-Maierle developed a modified design that incorporates a post-tensioning system into the glue-laminated stringers. The post-tensioning system allows the stringers to withstand the significant snow loadings and provides a long-term solution to remote trail bridge construction restrictions. The public may now safely enjoy the benefits of the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness trail system and can most certainly look forwardRead More →

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Custer Avenue Interchange Award: 2013 Engineering Excellence Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Montana, Transportation Category On June 1, 2012, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer, United States Senator Max Baucus, and several other local officials dedicated the new Custer Interchange in Helena, Montana.  After eight years of environmental processing, planning, design and construction, this $52 million project is now a reality.  Well-received by local businesses and the general public, the Custer Interchange improvements have solved long-standing drainage issues, redefined the area’s traffic mobility and improved one of the city of Helena’s fastest growing commercial areas. Morrison-Maierle and the Montana Department of Transportation beganRead More →

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