Category: Community
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Becoming a Certified Floodplain Manager: A Flood of Opportunity
Floodplain management is like solving a big puzzle where the end goal is to keep people and their homes safe during a flood event. But figuring out this puzzle requires specialized knowledge, skills, and experience. We sat down with Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM) Michelle Barkley to discuss how one gains this experience and the importance…
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Colliers Engineering & Design Celebrates National Mentorship Month
Happy New Year, and happy National Mentoring Month! Many of us start the new year off by setting personal and professional goals. With the excitement of 365 new days ahead and the upcoming mentorship holidays, such as Thank Your Mentor Day (January 21) and International Mentorship Day (January 17), what better way to ring in…
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It’s National 811 Call Before You Dig Day!
It’s August 11, or 8/11, and you know what that means… It’s National 811 Call Before You Dig Day! As a reminder to residents and excavators alike, calling 811 to locate your utilities before you dig underground is for your own safety! Having your utilities marked-out is a nationally free service and it is also…
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CED Ranked on Top Engineering Lists!
For the first time, Colliers Engineering & Design (CED) has ranked in the top 100 of Engineering News Record’s Top 500 Design Firms, coming in at number 85! This annual list ranks companies according to design services revenue for the previous calendar year. CED’s position in the top 100 is a direct result of the…
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Oakwood Park Becomes Hybrid Turf Field
The Transformation to a Hybrid Turf Field So, picture this. It’s the early spring of 2016 in New Providence, NJ. You’re a kid rushing home from school to play soccer with your friends at the local park. But when you get there, you’re bummed to find the park is closed! It rained a few days ago,…
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Fourth of July 2018
July 4th, 1776: After suffering through the heat of Philadelphia in the summer, 56 men from different worlds, with different beliefs, came together and signed a document that would change the world forever. Every year, Americans from every walk of life take some time to do what our founding fathers hoped we’d be able to:…
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Municipalities Unite at the 2015 NJSLOM Conference & NJSME Awards
In New Jersey, the largest municipal event by far is heralded in by the NJ State League of Municipalities’ (NJSLOM) Annual Conference held within the casinos of Atlantic City, NJ. This 3-day long event is filled with handshaking, info-booths, making friends, enjoying the festivities, developing business contacts and a chance to compare notes with any one of the 565 municipalities…