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Oil has often been called the lifeblood of a healthy economy. It still is and will continue to be. Many questions are in play as companies anticipate and determine revised operation plans, reduced rig counts, and cancellations and delays in capital projects. As we look toward the future, it will be important to keep your projects and goals top of mind and react quickly to current industry dynamics.

KLJ was recently awarded the 2019 Outstanding Project Design Award by North Dakota Society of Professional Engineers (NDSPE) for work on the Sheyenne Street/I-94 Interchange Reconstruction project in West Fargo, ND. The award recognizes an engineering firm in the state of North Dakota and is based on engineering design content of a project completed or under construction in the current year.

The American Council of Engineering Companies of Minnesota (ACEC/MN) recently announced that they have appointed Jeff Ostrom to serve on their Board of Directors. Ostrom has been employed with KLJ since 2014 and serves as a market manager for the engineering firm’s transportation and municipal department.

South Dakota Department of Transportation announces the availability of 2021 Transportation Alternatives (TA) funds. This program includes Safe Routes to School, Scenic Byways, and Recreational Trails projects and activities that were previously eligible under the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP), encompassing a variety of smaller-scale transportation projects such as pedestrian and bicycle facilities, recreational trails, Safe Routes to Schools projects, community improvements such as historical preservation and vegetation management, and environmental mitigation related to stormwater and habitat connectivity.

United States Congress has implemented multiple phases of a stimulus package to alleviate the economic burden of the COVID-19 pandemic. Infrastructure funding is included in this package and must be used by the end of 2020. Currently, funding is available to cover state, federal, and Tribal government mass transit, airport, passenger rail, and municipal infrastructure as well as loans for states and municipalities.

Engineering New-Record (ENR) announced this week that KLJ has been named among the 2020 Top 500 Design Firms. The firm ranked 160, moving two numbers from the 2019 ranking. KLJ was evaluated based on revenue for design services performed in 2019.

The Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development (IEED), Office of the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs is soliciting proposals from Indian Tribes for grant funding to hire consultants to perform feasibility studies for deployment or expansion of high-speed internet (broadband) transmitted, variously, through digital subscriber line (DSL), cable modem, fiber, wireless, satellite, and broadband over power lines (BPL).

KLJ is proud to announce the addition of two team members.

Our Mission, to improve the lives of people and communities by engineering progressive infrastructure has never been more clear. We are committed to the safety and health of our employees, their families, our clients and communities.

The American Public Works Association (APWA) Rocky Mountain Chapter announced Friday that KLJ’s project, Front Street improvements, has been named the 2019 Project of the Year. The project in Helena, Montana, was a complex undertaking that was conceptualized in 2015, designed in 2017, and finished within the 2019 construction season.

As an industry and society, we all continue to plan and work to keep our employees, families, clients, and communities safe and healthy. With that priority in mind, we continue to monitor the progression of COVID-19 (coronavirus) across the globe, and more specifically, across the United States.

KLJ is proud to announce that two team members, Heath Wood and Scott Besmer, have earned their Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification from Project Management Institute (PMI).

South Dakota Department of Transportation is hosting their annual Airports Conference March 11-12 in Rapid City to bring airport managers, staff, and consultants together with state and federal officials to exchange information and identify opportunities for continued and enhanced airport operations.

We are proud to announce that Darcy Volk, in our Bismarck office, has been named to the list of Prairie Business Top 25 Women in Business for 2020.

The Department of Transportation has appropriated $1 billion to be awarded for surface transportation infrastructure projects that will have significant local or regional impact (formerly known as TIGER). Special consideration will be given to projects that emphasize improved access to reliable, safe, and affordable transportation for communities in rural areas, such as projects that improve infrastructure condition, address public health and safety, promote regional connectivity, or facilitate economic growth or competitiveness.