Fishbeck Recognized for Environmental Excellence

Fishbeck demonstrated its commitment to environmental stewardship by achieving Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) Conservation Certification for its office headquarters in Grand Rapids, Michigan, joining only a few other corporate landholdings in West Michigan. Fishbeck implemented habitat improvements at its Grand Rapids headquarters, located on 14 acres, including forested wetlands. “The Grand Rapids, Michigan office headquarters is recognized as meeting the strict requirements of WHC Conservation Certification,” said Margaret O’Gormon, President, WHC. “Companies achieving WHC Conservation Certification, like Fishbeck, are environmental leaders, voluntarily managing their lands to support sustainable ecosystems and the communities that surround them.”

Special Olympics of Michigan Grand Rapids Unified Sport and Inclusion Center

Fishbeck is excited to share that Special Olympics Michigan Inc. is planning to start construction on the second phase of its Unified Sports and Inclusion Center, which will be the largest Special Olympics facility in the world. The outdoor athletic complex and fields groundbreaking is expected to take place in June, and the project is slated to be completed in March 2024. Fishbeck has been working on a collaborative team with Mathison and Mathison Architects and others to realize SOMI’s vision for a world-class practice and competition facility for the athletes.

Do the funds fit? 7 metrics to consider when evaluating funding

Funding has become a critical consideration in the implementation of major infrastructure improvements. The recent allocation of the American Rescue Plan Act Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds and the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law have further ignited these conversations at the local level as entities compete for limited resources.

These are 5 aspects of a successful project public engagement plan

It’s a big, bright room. Rows of chairs are placed in neat rows facing the podium. Colorful project renderings with design alternatives are carefully spaced around the room with eager, informed individuals stationed nearby to answer questions from the public. Will they come? All the mailers and newspaper notices were sent. Everyone is staring at the entrance, waiting for those few inquisitive individuals to slowly wander through the doors. Sometimes, often in the past, it was an onslaught of angry individuals, fired up and/or misinformed, rushing through the doors. Staff representatives moved into damage control mode. This, thankfully, is what public engagement used to look like.

Fishbeck and GVSU’s Mount Vernon Pedestrian Mall Receives ACEC Engineering Merit Award!

ACEC has presented Fishbeck with an Engineering Merit Award for our work for GVSU's Mount Vernon Pedestrian Mall! We is deeply honored and grateful to accept this award and would like to thank all of our talented staff for their continuous dedication to the project.

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.

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.

Five Key Design Drivers in a Post-COVID Workplace

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