News

KLJ is proud to announce that John Glesne has earned his Professional Engineer (PE) license in Minnesota and North Dakota.

KLJ is proud to announce that the National Society of Professional Engineers, ND (NSPE-ND) Chapter 3 has named Nels Lund, PE, as its 2025 Outstanding Young Engineer of the Year

KLJ Engineering LLC (KLJ) announces the retirement of Allan Schafer, a GIS specialist following more than 25 years of professional experience.

Erik Fitzgerald Earns Professional Engineer Licensure in Minnesota

KLJ Engineering LLC (KLJ), announces the upcoming retirement of team member Craig Canfield, PE.

KLJ Engineering is proud to welcome Beth Schatz as a Senior Project Manager leading their new location in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

We proudly announce we have four awesome KLJers who recently earned their Professional Engineer Licenses.

KLJ Engineering LLC, is proud to welcome Keith Kaspari, C.M., MPA, a senior aviation advisor and planner based in Waterloo, Iowa.

KLJ Engineering LLC (KLJ) is excited to announce that Jake Braunagel, Aviation Group Leader recently earned his American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) Certified Member Program (C.M.) certification. 

Jake Braunagel, Aviation Group Leader, was recently recognized by Prairie Business Magazine (PBM) as a recipient of their 40 Under 40 of 2023.

August 19 is National Aviation Day. To commemorate this special occasion, we sat down with Amber Channel, aviation associate planner and certified remote pilot, based in our Rapid City, SD office, and Andrew Zielike, aviation planner and certified remote pilot, in our St. Paul, MN office, to highlight a little-known area of the KLJ team: our UAS team.

We are excited to announce that Curt Cady in our Bismarck office has accepted the position of Aviation’s Area Manager! He will oversee the growth and development of KLJ’s technical professionals in aviation.

Congratulations to Awesome KLJer Kent Penney on passing his American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) certification exam! This exam is the final step in becoming a certified planner through AICP after meeting specific education and experience requirements and submitting an essay.

We are excited to announce the recent promotion of both Travis Wieber and Shane Steiner, who will now serve as Delivery Directors for Transportation and Aviation, respectively. Additionally, we are pleased to welcome Chris Krafft, who recently joined KLJ as the Telecommunications Delivery Director.

KLJ is proud to be among the presenters for this year’s South Dakota Airports Conference taking place virtually this week. KLJ aviation planners Matt Nisbet and Andrew Zielike will lead a discussion on wind analysis for airport planning projects and why it is necessary. Additionally, KLJ aviation project manager, Jake Braunagel, will present information on precision approach path identifiers (PAPI) discussing everything from proper PAPI design to FAA flight inspection information.