The City of New Holstein’s Elevated Storage Tanks required recoating to ensure they remained in peak operational condition. REL was tasked with providing engineering oversight for the project. REL assisted the City with the following:

• Provided plans and specifications to identify the ideal coating system and obtained DNR approval prior to project bidding
• Accepted bids and provided recommendations
• Provided construction administration assistance
• Worked with City to provide assistance with construction observation

The Village of HIlbert’s Elevated Storage Tanks required recoating to ensure they remained in peak operational condition. After the EST had sustained significant damage from multiple lightning strikes, REL was tasked with providing design, permitting, telecommunication coordination, bidding, and construction services for the project.

• Provided plans and specifications with the ideal coating system
• Obtained DNR approved prior to project bidding
• Accepted bids and provided recommendations
• Provided construction administration and observation

The City of Green Bay received a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant from the EPA to install permeable pavement and bio-retention ponds to provide treatment of storm water prior to discharging to the Bay of Green Bay. Robert E. Lee & Associates worked with the City to design a parking lot for Bay Beach Amusement Park that utilized “green” storm water features. The final project consisted of a 5-acre parking lot that was treated by permeable pavement, with a walking trail connecting the parking lot to the park, which is treated by a series of bio-retention ponds to provide storm water storage and pollutant removal. For the permeable pavement, the final design utilized permeable asphalt pavement, which was found at the time to be the most cost-effective option compared to permeable concrete and permeable pavers.

Advantages of using permeable pavement in this situation included that no additional area outside of the footprint of the parking lot was needed for storm water management. This saved the City roughly 0.25 acres of space that did not need to be allocated to a more traditional storm water management Best Management Practice (BMP) such as a wet detention pond. The perceived safety hazards associated with wet detention ponds near a park and small children were also completely avoided. Permeable pavement was the perfect storm water solution to be used at the amusement park, balancing cost with safety considerations.

The City of De Pere retained Robert E. Lee & Associates to prepare plans and specifications for the reconditioning of the 9th street 250,000-gallon, multi-legged elevated storage tank. The project consisted of blasting with full containment and repainting the interior and exterior of the elevated storage tank. A new PAX mixer system was installed for tank mixing and to prevent ice build-up during the cold winter months. The perimeter handrail around the exterior of the bowl was raised to meet code requirements. Miscellaneous hatches and vents were replaced and enlarged.

The City of De Pere retained Robert E. Lee & Associates to prepare plans and specifications for the well station improvements at two sites: Enterprise Drive and Merrill Street. For the Enterprise Drive well station, the column pipe was removed because the last 10-year inspection televising video showed degradation of the steel column pipe. When the well station was out of service, the pump and motor were inspected. The inspection findings proved a new pump and motor were required. Since the well station is used as a backup source of water, piping modifications were conducted to install discharge valves allowing well pump exercising without pumping into the system.

For the Merrill Street well station, a pressure relief valve being shared between the two booster pumps was removed. The piping was modified to install an air release valve for each booster pump.

This project consisted of the construction of a 10,000 square-foot Cobblestone Hotel. A wet detention pond was constructed to provide storm water management for the development. Robert E. Lee & Associates worked with the developer to develop the site layout and provide detailed civil site plans and a detailed storm water management plan.

The Town of Oconto, located in Oconto County, retained Robert E. Lee & Associates (REL) to help them with the planning, development, and construction of a new town hall. The existing town hall was small, obsolete, in poor condition and needed to be replaced. REL helped the town with a needs study and helped them through the planning process. The new town hall was constructed at the corner of STH 22 and Cream City Road. The 2,430 square-foot structure included a large meeting room, offices for town officials, storage, and a catering room. REL completed the survey, site design, storm water and erosion control plan, building design, bidding, and construction oversight for the project.

The Village of Hilbert contracted with Robert E. Lee & Associates to perform a flood study on a stream along the east side of the Village that had a history of flooding. The project included determining the 100-year flood height of the stream and determining the adequacy of the downstream culverts and bridge structures. It was determined that the downstream culvert under Irish Road was under-sized and was in need of replacement. REL provided the design and construction oversight of a 20′-6″ x 7′-3″ aluminum box culvert, on behalf of the Town of Rantoul. The proposed improvements reduced the regulatory flooding heights, and now allow 100 percent of the 100-year storm event to pass through the structure, rather than overtopping the roadway.