American Structurepoint projects and people appeared in the news media 35 times in September. Here’s a recap.

• The approval of a revised combined sewer overflow long-term control plan saving the City of South Bend over $400 million, upon which we played a major role with partner firm Stantec, received much coverage in trade and conventional media outlets. Articles appeared in ASCE News, Construction Digest, Water Online, KURL TV, Smart Cities World, Water & Finance Management, Water World, H2O Global News, and ASCE news.
• Highlights about the Bass Road Corridor, SR 37 Stormwater Drainage Line, and the 16 Tech Gent Avenue Corridor projects appeared in Building Excellence in Construction and Design Magazine featuring ACEC Indiana Engineering Excellence Awards winners.
• The Indianapolis Business Journal published an extensive report on hypersonics projects underway or planned for Purdue University that we are designing. (Please see the President’s Column appearing in this newsletter for more details.)
• Automotive Fleet.com reported a significant drop in car crashes in teardrop-shaped roundabouts in Carmel, such as the ones we designed for the Keystone Parkway.
• Engineering services we are providing for the Bicentennial Trail in Columbus, Indianapolis gained approval from the Columbus Redevelopment Commission, according to the Columbus Republic.
• Two surveys we are conducting as part of the Berne Comprehensive Plan project made news in the Berne Witness.
• Our engineering work to design Hohman Avenue in downtown Hammond, Indiana as a complete streets-type avenue with public spaces warranted coverage in The Times of Northwest Indiana and Town News. Highland Project Manager Gina Sessions was quoted in the articles.
• News about a property condition assessment of the 28-story City-County Building in downtown Indianapolis housing multiple city departments, court rooms, and the Indianapolis Police Department appeared in the Indianapolis Business Journal, Inside Indiana Business, and WISH-TV.
• A new Bloomington, Indiana apartment complex, Overlook at 46, for which we provided civil engineering services, received coverage in the B Square Bulletin and Indiana Public Media.
• The Richmond Palladium-Item told its readers that the Wayne County Council approved $26,000 in architectural services for American Structurepoint to redesign restrooms located in the Wayne County Courthouse.
• A progress report on the Washington Avenue project in Frankfort, Indiana that we designed appeared in the Clinton County Daily News and on WIRE-RadioMom 91.1/91.5 FM.
• The Indianapolis Business Journal published an article outlining a bevy of new stormwater projects to occur in Indianapolis thanks to a $50 million bond sale and COVID relief funds. We manage the city’s stormwater program.
• Inside Indiana Business reported news of an expansion of the Hammond Sportsplex and Community Center we designed.
• A bridge replacement project we engineered in Richmond received coverage in the Richmond Palladium-Item.
• The Indianapolis Star and Current of Fishers reported on how the City of Fishers would pay for its share of the SR 37 Corridor project we designed.
• News that the City of Noblesville intends to break ground in 2022 on the Pleasant Street project we designed appeared in Current of Noblesville and the Hamilton County Reporter.
• The Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune reported on a property condition assessment our investigative staff conducted of a historic building in that city needing $1.3 million in repairs to make it safe for use.
• The Hamilton County Reporter invited the public to attend an October 1 ribbon cutting for the extension of East Street in Westfield for which we provided engineering services. (Please see the article appearing elsewhere in the newsletter.)
• The Columbus Republic reported that plans for the multi-family urban grocer project for which we provided architectural services will be considered at the October 13 Columbus Plan Commission meeting.
• Plans to widen Dan Jones Road in Avon, Indiana, made news on Fox59 News in Indianapolis. We are designing the project.