Pierce Engineers Inc

The Daily Reporter has announced the Top Projects of 2024! 40 outstanding projects were chosen this year and we are proud to be a partner on 5 projects:

Uline WQ Warehouse and Distribution Center

The Saddlery Madison

Moxy Hotels Madison Downtown

Marriott Center at Poplar Creek Town Center

Johnson Controls Innovation Center - Warren Johnson Engineering Lab

Congratulations to all project partners for these dynamic projects! We look forward to celebrating these projects in May!

The Milwaukee Business Journal has announced the 2025 Real Estate Award finalists - celebrating excellence in real estate! We are proud to have been a partner on 10 project finalists:

Children's Wisconsin Center for Child Development
Cedar Community – Cedar Lake Campus
ThriveOn King
Chase Tower Renovation
Village of Pleasant Prairie Police Station
Bayside Middle School
Uline WQ Warehouse and Distribution Center
Olympia Fields and Olde Highlander Development
Johnson Controls Innovation Center - Warren Johnson Engineering Lab
Fiserv Global Headquarters

Congratulations to all project partners for these dynamic projects! We look forward to hearing the winners announced next month!

Lucas Marshall, PE, SE, and Ahraaz Qureishi, PE were on site recently to celebrate "Bottoming Out", reaching the lowest point of excavation, for UW Health's new addition at University Hospital.

The "Bottoming Out" celebration highlights the seemingly endless hours of effort that the entire design and construction team invested to plan for and execute the extremely complex excavation process successfully. The new addition's basement required excavations as deep as 48'-0" done close to operational hospital facilities and driveways. The excavation was carefully completed utilizing a tied-back soldier pile and lagging wall, with some elements of the adjacent building being underpinned with a combination of micro piles and a shotcrete and soil nail wall.

This seven-story addition will expand the emergency department, add 4 floors of patient rooms, and is expected to be completed in 2026.

PE is proud to be a partner with EUA, UW Health, JP Cullen, and the entire team on this complex project and we look forward to seeing it come to life!

Last week, our young professional's group, Pierce Engineers Emerging Professionals (PEEPs) gathered in Milwaukee to discuss potential career paths. Through a moderated panel of experienced managers, the PEEPs garnered a more nuanced view of the day-to-day job requirements and interactions between each role.

The highlighted takeaway for ALL roles was the importance of developing communication skills. Our panelists also encouraged each member to take agency in their career and find fulfillment in their choices.

The PEEPs ended the day with a fun boat outing on Lake Michigan!

Project Highlight: Wisconsin Dells High School - Wisconsin Dells, WI

This new high school building features an expansive student commons with a second-floor mezzanine, a raised roof, and clerestories, providing significant daylight and an inspiring entry. Other features of the new school include monumental learning stairs, tech ed space, and a gymnasium with a running track. In 2023, a new theater was added to the school.

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Project Highlight: Ovation 309 - Madison, WI

A 472,000 square-foot, 14-story mixed-use building with two parking levels below grade. The building consists of residential, office, and amenity spaces, and features two roof top terraces and a rooftop club space. All 16 levels were constructed of post-tensioned concrete framing.

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Project Highlight: The Spark - Madison, WI

Home to American Family Insurance and other Madison companies, this FORTIFIED Commercial Gold building has 8 levels of post-tensioned concrete framing along with extensive rooftop terrace and balcony features, allowing fabulous views of the State Capitol building up East Washington Avenue.

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We are excited to announce that PE received the Zweig Group 2024 Best Firms To Work For Award, which honors outstanding workplaces at architecture, engineering, environmental, planning, and construction firms.

This award celebrates top AEC firms based on workplace practices, benefits, retention rates, and more. We are so proud of this recognition.

✨ Many thanks to our entire team for making this possible! ✨

We are excited to share that Amanda Huebner has been selected as an honoree for The Daily Reporter 's Women in Construction Award in the Innovator of the Year category!

Women in Construction is the region’s preeminent recognition and
educational program that supports the women who are shaping the built environment with their technical skill, leadership, mentoring, community involvement and the creation of opportunities for the future generation of women in the industries.

Amanda began her career with Pierce Engineers as a Technician Intern in 2010. Over the last 14 years, she has worked her way up to head of her department in 2018 and was promoted to shareholder in 2023. In her current role as BIM Manager, Amanda oversees a team of 6 technicians and is responsible for sharing BIM knowledge across the company, both in training new individuals and leading educational sessions for all PE employees.

Amanda's dedication and commitment to exceptional work has made her an integral part of the team. In her time at PE, Amanda has made significant contributions to over 185 projects across the country.

Thank you, Amanda, for all that you do at PE!

Summerfest Week 2!

Some of our Milwaukee staff enjoyed lunch at Summerfest today. PE worked with EUA on the Miller Lite Oasis and Summerfest Store in 2016!

We hope you find time to enjoy The Big Gig this weekend! 🎵

Happy first day of Summerfest!!

Over the years, Pierce Engineers has partnered with EUA and Milwaukee World Festival to design several stages and structures throughout the grounds. We are incredibly proud to contribute to the character of Milwaukee with this engaging, meaningful community space for all to enjoy.

Pierce Engineers is committed to the future!

To kick off 2024, we are thrilled to announce that we have signed on to the SE2050 Commitment – the structural engineering community’s pledge to eliminate embodied carbon in our projects by 2050.

We are eager to collaborate with design partners and industry peers to progress this vital cause. Please reach out to learn more about our embodied carbon reduction strategies!