Category: Municipal
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Elevating our Municipal Clients
City of Rahway Pavement Management System Led by GIS Department Manager Julia Wolanski, PSM, GISP, and GIS Discipline Leader Sue Zitzman, GISP, the Rahway Pavement Management System project won first place for Project/Construction Management of Infrastructure Project. The Rahway Pavement Management System (PMS), developed by our GIS professionals in collaboration with Advanced Infrastructure Design, Inc.…
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Expanding our Municipal Team in Bryan, TX
Colliers Engineering & Design’s presence across the Lone Star State has been expanding, and our municipal team in Bryan, TX is growing alongside it. Two full-time hires and one summer intern are growing our capabilities and services we offer to the Bryan-College Station area. Joining the office for the summer is Ryan Burtin, an intern…
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Grant Writing with Kelsey Howard
Read how Grant Writing Manager Kelsey Howard has secured over $194 million for projects, including a multimillion-dollar grant for flood mitigation in Highlands, NJ.
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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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Remembering Superstorm Sandy: 10 Years Later
During the late hours of Monday, October 29, 2012, Superstorm Sandy made landfall on the East Coast, bringing storm surges and flooding never seen before. Longstanding Jersey Shore landmarks were pulled into the raging waters with ease. Houses were ripped to shreds by the power the waves possessed. Airports and Subway stations were flooded with…
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Full-Service Asset Management System in Brick Township, NJ
We partnered with the Brick Township Municipal Utilities Authority (BTMUA) to enhance their existing asset management program.
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A Look at GIS: You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby!
Discover and learn how a GIS program can help organize the management of key infrastructure assets! [vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/cftVlMekXno”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Geographic Information Systems. Think about it. GIS locates assets in the field with Global Positioning System accuracy. GPS is a satellite-based system that, in the right conditions, can hone-in on an object from space within a few…
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ADA Ramp Compliance
Thanks to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), our country has come a long way in creating more inclusive spaces. One such way of doing so is with Title II. It provides regulations so that anyone can access and utilize state and local government services. So, we’re here to talk about one very important feature…
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Explore New Worlds at Carteret Park
If we think back to playtime when we were kids, there was no limit to our imagination. If you could believe it, you could become it. We swung from vine to vine on Jungle gyms, played cops and robbers on dome climbers, and reigned as kings and queens from the highest structure in the playground.…
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Lake Carasaljo: Keeping Stormwater Runoff at Bay
A coworker here at Maser once told me that we don’t just fix problems, we fix problems and then make it pretty. A recent project in New Jersey, the Brick Township MUA Lake Carasaljo Stormwater Improvements, is the perfect example of this.
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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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Hydro-Raking Demarest Pond
Sometimes, you come across a project shot that is just so pretty you have to share it! This is Demarest Pond in the Borough of Demarest, NJ, and it just received a Project of the Year Honor Award from the NJ Society of Municipal Engineers in the Municipal Management Project category. This hidden gem is…