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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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Morrison-Maierle receives five engineering excellence awards The Montana Chapter of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) awarded Morrison-Maierle with five 2021 Engineering Excellence Awards. This included awards for projects in the surveying and mapping technology; studies, research and consulting; environmental; building/technology; and water resources categories. Missoula Airport Terminal Expansion Remote Sensing Services The Missoula Airport Terminal Expansion Remote Sensing Services project received the Surveying and Mapping Technology Honor Award. This project provided the airport design and construction team with the data they needed to complete their phased terminal expansion project. The survey team provided information in a format that increased the efficiency of theRead More →

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Concrete Repair and Rehabilitation Using Shotcrete By Michael Brennan, PE – Benjamin Franklin once wrote that “In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.” In the world of structural engineering, it may be argued that concrete cracking and deterioration over time also fits into Franklin’s idiom. Fortunately, there are ways to repair, rehabilitate, and extend the functional life of this important building material using shotcrete. Shotcrete Repair and Rehabilitation In situations where large-scale repair of concrete is necessary and installation of formwork is either cost prohibitive or difficult, shotcrete offers an economical and effective solution. Shotcrete is comprised of cementitious products with aggregatesRead More →

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Doug Ardary

Doug Ardary recently joined the Morrison-Maierle as our first health and safety administrator. Although he will work out of the Helena office, he will work to improve processes throughout the company. In this role, he will be developing and administering company-wide health and safety processes, training programs, and record-keeping systems. He will also provide health and safety support to operations teams and market groups. Doug is a native of Lumber City, Pennsylvania (population 59!). He then went on to receive his B.S. in occupational safety and health at Montana Tech. He is also a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) and has a certificate in executive safetyRead More →

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Socially Distanced, But Not Socially Isolated: Managing a Remote Engineering Team By Arian Bloomfield, PE, and Eric Webber, PE – Almost overnight, many companies have moved from collaborative office spaces to home offices located in basements, kitchen tables, and guest bedrooms. For companies that traditionally collaborate face to face with their teams, this can be a big shift. One would think, as stereotypically introverted engineers, we would prefer a dark, windowless room with a great internet connection and our calculators. At Morrison-Maierle, we have produced quite the opposite culture with well-lit, open seating plans to encourage collaboration with team members. We are proud to sayRead More →

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Not Just Another Acronym: PFAS Gaining National Attention By Craig Nowak, PE You may recently have come across a new term in the news or water-related engineering periodicals. I admit that I hadn’t heard of this term until I read an article that further piqued my interest. If water plant operators, public works directors, city and county government officials and the general public (to name a few) haven’t heard about PFAS, you likely will soon. PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, have captured the attention of water industry regulators, municipalities and industry associations because of their potential adverse effects to health and environment. The AmericanRead More →

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Morrison-Maierle Celebrates 75th Anniversary Morrison-Maierle employee-owners will spend 2020 in celebration as January marks its year-long 75th anniversary. Founded in 1945 by John Morrison, Sr. and Joe Maierle, Morrison-Maierle has grown into a multi-discipline engineering firm focused on providing practical solutions and exceptional client service. When John and Joe first met in the Highway Department of the Montana Department of Transportation, Montana lacked interstates, bridges, and modern-day transportation systems. In many parts of the state, transportation was nothing more than single-lane, dirt roads. They wanted to help build a modern transportation infrastructure for the state. This original partnership blossomed into what Morrison-Maierle is today—a TopRead More →

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Morrison-Maierle hires Pete Weber and adds new service to its buildings design team Morrison-Maierle is pleased to announce the hiring of Pete Weber, an engineering designer who brings 25 years of experience in the low-voltage discipline to its Buildings Market Group consisting of structural, mechanical, and electrical engineers. He will be based in the company’s Missoula office. Pete has spent the last 19 years working in the Architecture/Engineering industry on communications infrastructure for buildings projects and will help Morrison-Maierle grow and develop its low-voltage discipline. “Pete has worked with several Morrison-Maierle employee-owners on a wide variety of projects over the past 10 years. We areRead More →

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Morrison-Maierle Honored in National Client-Satisfaction Award Program PSMJ Resources, Inc., national firm covering business services for architects, engineers and contractors, announced that Morrison-Maierle has received an honorable mention in the 2018 Premier Award for Client Satisfaction program. These awards honor architecture and engineering firms for delivering exceptional client service. Delivered in partnership with Client Savvy – a client-based survey service – this award is based on data collected from 280,000 surveys across 300 firms. It is the only designation in the architecture, engineering and construction industries that highlights firms’ commitment to client experience. Kurt Keith, Chief Client Service Officer, said, “Morrison-Maierle has always been knownRead More →

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Carl Anderson and Jill Cook promoted to new leadership positions Morrison-Maierle and its employee owners are pleased to announce two recent leadership promotions. Carl Anderson, PE, Morrison-Maierle’s longtime Billings Operations Manager has recently be named the company’s Chief Operations Officer. Anderson replaces Bob Morrison, PE, who is stepping down as interim COO and will continue as a project engineer in the Water-Wastewater Market Group. Jill Cook, PE, will take over Anderson’s responsibilities as Morrison-Maierle’s Billings Operations Manager. In his new role, Carl will oversee all Morrison-Maierle’s operations throughout its 12 offices. He will continue to be based in Billings. Carl began his Morrison-Maierle career inRead More →

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Four projects win 2018 ACEC Engineering Excellence Awards Morrison-Maierle received four 2018 ACEC Engineering Excellence Awards from the Montana Section on November 1, 2017, at the Joint Engineers Conference in Helena. The awards were given in the Environmental, Waste and Storm Water, Transportation, and Special Projects categories. The four projects (with links to more information) are listed below: Butte-Silver Bow WWTP Phase 2 MBR Upgrades – Project Engineer of Record: Jeremy Perlinski. Project Manager: Scott Murphy. Description: Morrison-Maierle developed a cost-effective, efficient wastewater treatment plant in Butte using advanced technologies. Built on a small footprint, the facility, the largest in the upper Rocky Mountain region, minimizedRead More →

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Billings-Logan International Airport Storm Drainage System Billings-Logan International Airport hired Morrison-Maierle to come up with a solution that included a multi-phased project to better control the large storm water events on the airfield, detain the large volume of water in a new pond structure, and drain the ponds through an underground pipe — at a predetermined rate — to a nearby creek drainage. Phase 1 of this project included two, 48-inch tunnel bores that were installed under the main air carrier runway to alleviate mid-field ponding and water flowing over the runway during large storms. This also required the team to find a way to directionallyRead More →

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Firm honored with three Montana ACEC Engineering Excellence Awards We are pleased to announce that three of our recent projects have won 2017 Engineering Excellence Awards from the Montana chapter of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC). The awards were presented November 2, 2016, at the Joint Engineering Conference (JEC) in Helena, Montana. Morrison-Maierle’s Flower Creek Dam Improvements project took the top honors in the Water Resources Category. After significant review and study, the City of Libby determined that the existing 1940-era Flower Creek Dam was beyond repair. Morrison-Maierle determined the best solution was to build a completely different structure, a mass-concrete gravity dam.Read More →

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