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January 10, 2023

Fishbeck boosts environmental practice in deal for SW Michigan-based Envirologic

CASCADE TWP. — Architecture and engineering firm Fishbeck is growing its environmental practice with the acquisition of Southwest Michigan’s Envirologic Technologies Inc.

The deal for Envirologic, which was founded in 1989 in the Kalamazoo area and specializes in brownfield redevelopment, environmental investigation and due diligence and ecological services across Michigan and surrounding states, will add 25 employees to Fishbeck. 

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition took effect Jan. 1. 

October 7, 2022

Welcome Amy Lipset and Ruth Hepfer!

Fishbeck announces new transportation planning services with the addition of Amy Lipset and Ruth Hepfer to our growing transportation division. Together they provide additional expertise in Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL), NEPA and environmental requirements, ROW program management, USDOT regulations, multimodal planning, and community and stakeholder engagement. These additional services expand Fishbeck’s ability to provide an all-in-one approach for communities and private clients.

September 28, 2022

Five Key Design Drivers in a Post-COVID Workplace

How do we design a workplace, now that non-traditional office space, retention strategies, and remote work need to be taken into consideration? How we view workplaces and the needs of current and future staff has shifted. The perspective toward remote work has pivoted to a more accommodating mindset as employees have increased productivity and work-life balance has tilted toward the positive. With restrictions lifted, market forces have pushed for maintaining at least some form of hybrid schedule as a talent attraction and retention strategy.

May 11, 2022

ENR 2022 Top 500 Design Firms

“The Top 500 Design Firms list, published annually in April, ranks the 500 largest U.S.-based designs firms, both publicly and privately held, based on design-specific revenue.”

Fishbeck ranked #190, moving up 27 spots from 2021 at #207.

March 30, 2022

News from our Cincinnati office

March 24, 2022

M&A Awards: Battle Creek Unlimited wears developer hat for McCamly Plaza Hotel revamp

Fishbeck had the opportunity to serve as the design team for this outstanding new project in downtown Battle Creek!

March 9, 2022

What will the future hold for the old Cooley School building?

CADILLAC — By April, it is expected the future of an old and historic school building in Cadillac will be known.

In January, the Cadillac Area Public Schools Board of Education discussed and approved the request for proposals and developer qualifications for Cooley School and its annex. The district has worked with Traverse City civil engineering company Fishbeck and the City of Cadillac to revise the Request for Proposals and Qualifications for the property. The revisions include…

March 7, 2022

Waste-to-energy, reuse facility for Kent County gets Board OK

Fishbeck is the Engineer of Record for the Infrastructure Development of the new Sustainable Business Park in Kent County. Our Civil, Geospatial, and Environmental departments have been involved in planning and design to make the property site ready for future tenants in the park. We are excited to be part of such an amazing new project for the community!

February 27, 2022

M&A Awards: New Special Olympics Michigan campus provides inclusive, cost effective wrap-around services

Fishbeck is providing design and engineering services for this 17-acre campus, making it the largest Special Olympics facility in the world!

December 7, 2021

Welcome to Fishbeck, Mark!

Mark joined Fishbeck as a Senior Landscape Architect working in the Grand Rapids office. He has received numerous professional honors throughout his career, including...