Morrison-Maierle Honored with 2022 Client Experience Award One of the most important strategic objectives at Morrison-Maierle is to provide exceptional client experience as a trusted advisor to our clients and partners. We are honored to be recognized for this effort with a bronze-level Client Experience Award from Client Savvy and the Zweig Group. The Client Experience Award is earned based on actual, objective client feedback. Client Savvy has collected input from millions of professional service buyers since 2004 and identified what makes excellent firms. Their 2022 list of award honorees recognizes professional services firms who consistently excel at meeting expectations while delivering experiences buyers wouldRead More →

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Morrison-Maierle Recognized as ENR 2022 Intermountain Firm of Year Morrison-Maierle has been named the 2022 Intermountain Design Firm of the Year by Engineering News-Record (ENR). The Intermountain Design Firm of the Year is awarded annually to an architectural or engineering firm headquartered in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, or Wyoming. Scott Murphy, President and CEO of Morrison-Maierle, said “We are honored to receive this recognition from ENR. The employee-owners of Morrison-Maierle are as committed as ever to providing excellence in project delivery and client service.” Firms are selected based on their participation in ENRs “Top Design Firms Ranking” program. This program ranks theRead More →

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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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Staying Safe: Design Solutions for Sewage Lagoons By Rika Lashley, PE – One of the first things that comes to mind when designing a new or rehabilitated lagoon is treatment capacity. As engineers we often focus on functionality first. However, equally important is the ability to safely construct, operate, and maintain the facility. Addressing lagoon safety measures early during design can also help during construction and installation of the lagoon liner and equipment. There are several elements that can be incorporated into the design of a new lagoon (or installed during the upgrade of an existing lagoon) to facilitate safe access where needed and assistanceRead More →

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Billings Interceptor The City of Billings, particularly its West End, is one the state’s fastest growing communities in Montana. Keeping future expansions and its current infrastructure in mind, the city determined that it was time to upgrade its 1980s-era wastewater system. Based on their 2018 study, Morrison-Maierle designed a 4,735 linear-foot trenchless rehabilitation solution for this busy area’s 60-inch sanitary sewer interceptor main. Instead of tearing up streets, railroads, and pedestrian walkwaysto replace the whole pipe, they used the cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) method to avoid open cut excavation as the project went through downtown, the railroad right-of-way, Highway 87, and a state superfund site. TheRead More →

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Seven Benefits of Converting Canals to Pipelines By Gary Vert, PE, CFM – Completing canal to pipeline conversion projects can be challenging for irrigation districts throughout the western United States. Many districts are looking for ways to conserve water, improve efficiency, and modernize their water delivery system. While irrigation districts may be able to address these needs by lining their canals, it may be more beneficial to convert your canal into a pipeline instead. From our experience, there are seven major advantages to this solution. The truth is that many irrigation systems are old, with deteriorating infrastructure that needs to be repaired or more often, replaced. BecauseRead More →

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Why Trenchless Utility Installations Might Be Your Project’s Best Solution By Mike Kynett, PE – Crossing existing roads, utilities, waterways, or other infrastructure with new utility installations can be challenging to permit. And in many cases, open-cut trenching may not be an option when crossing busy roadways. However, once that process is complete, selecting the most cost-effective way to install the crossings—and one that also complies with your project’s permit—is another challenge that municipalities face. A project’s schedule also may not fall into the timeframe required by the permit to perform an open-cut excavation across a waterway. Right-of-way or utility owners also may not allowRead More →

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Moonlight Basin Wastewater Treatment Plant #2 Moonlight Basin is approximately 8 miles from the intersection of US Highway 191 and Highway 64 (Big Sky spur road) in Madison County. It has skiing, golfing, and other outdoor activities as well as lodging, food and beverage, fitness/spa, and retail amenities. Moonlight Basin has an established water and sewer utility, but as a growing area, the owner needed additional wastewater treatment infrastructure. Moonlight Basin’s focus is to grow and develop in a sustainable way. With more expansion on the horizon and knowing that water-use options and resources are not plentiful in the area, they used information and recommendationsRead More →

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New transportation leadership at Morrison-Maierle Morrison-Maierle is pleased to announce the promotion of Charlie Brisko and the hiring of Scott Fanning as Transportation Market Group Office Leaders in its Helena location. A longtime Morrison-Maierle employee-owner, Charlie Brisko has stepped into the role as Helena Bridge Market Group Office Leader and Scott Fanning, who has joined the firm as the Helena Roadway MarketGroup Office Leader. Charlie has been with Morrison-Maierle since 2003. He received both his B.S. and M.S. in civil engineering with a structural emphasis from the University of Wyoming in 2001 and 2002. In his new role, he will be responsible for management ofRead More →

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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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Deer Lodge Wastewater Treatment Plant Like many small communities, Deer Lodge was faced with expensive improvements to their wastewater treatment facilities in order to come into compliance with stringent nutrient limits. Typically, this would involve upgrading their existing facility. However, unlike similar projects, numerous unusual challenges had to be overcome first including excessive infiltration into their collection system that was exceeding 2.5 million gallons per day. This was over five times the flow expected for the population. Requirement aside, working in the area itself proved to be the biggest challenge of all. The project engineers had to obtain a formal land exchange and a SpecialRead More →

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Chinook Water Treatment Plant Improvements Project Morrison-Maierle was hired by the City of Chinook in 2011 to prepare a Preliminary Engineering Report to identify the demands on the Chinook Water Treatment Plant for the next 20 years. The primary objectives of the project included replacing aging equipment, improving the overall reliability of the treatment system, and addressing the challenging raw water quality conditions of the Milk River by providing operational flexibility. Design of the water treatment plant improvements began in 2013 after a successful funding application was completed. The design objectives of the project were met through the incorporation of a raw water pump station,Read More →

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