Hubbell, Roth & Clark, Inc.

Wishing you a safe, relaxing, and happy Labor Day!

This week's photo and one of HRC's August Through the Lens winners is of the City of Cheboygan’s Water System Improvement project. The project included replacement of the 400,000-gallon storage tank.

Photo taken by HRC’s Bryan Swenson, Sr Project Representative.

HRC Team Members will attend the ACEC Urban Design workshop. This 3-day course provides a detailed introduction to urban roadway drainage design. Design guidance for solving basic problems encountered in urban roadway drainage design is provided. The topics are hydrology including rational equation, soil conservation method, regression equations, and synthetic hydrographs; and highway drainage including gutter flow, roadway inlet interception, storm drain systems, energy and hydraulic grade lines, detention ponds, and stormwater management.

It’s Back to School time across the State of Michigan. Bus transportation safety is just one of the many areas in which our traffic engineers are knowledgeable. The Michigan Vehicle Code requires drivers to stop their cars 20 feet from a stopped school bus displaying its flashing red lights and remain stopped until the bus resumes motion with those lights off.

School buses are like traffic signals:
• When overhead lights are flashing yellow: Prepare to STOP
• When overhead lights are flashing red: STOP
• When hazard warning lights are flashing: Proceed with caution

Keep our kids safe!

HRC hanging out with friends from Shiawassee Drain Commission, Clark Hill and MLR Engineering at .

HRC is hanging out with MDARD, Livingston and Macomb Counties at the 124th Annual Summer MACDC.

HRC's Lia Michaels and Jordan Hankin participated in the CRA Roads + golf outing. Kiel McIntosh and Tom Carrier from Carrier and Gable rounded out their foursome. The event is a fundraiser for the . Roads + promotes better road policies in Michigan by contributing to those who advocate for improving road issues and policies.

HRC Team Members are attending the Michigan Association of Drain Commissioners (MACDC) conference. The event includes numerous sessions covering drain and stormwater-related topics, drain code updates, and presentations from experts in their related fields. The conference is also an excellent opportunity to network and build client relationships.

And the winners are.........
CONGRATULATIONS!
Thank you to everyone who submitted a project! They were all cool! 😁

HRC was a proud sponsor of the Roads+ Golf Outing. The event is a fundraiser for the . Roads + promotes better road policies in Michigan by contributing to those who advocate for improving road issues and policies.

HRC’s Andrea Pike and Nate Baxter teamed up with Road Commission for Oakland County’s Jennifer Henderson and Scott Sintkowski.

Every year a Back-to-School luncheon is held by Farmington Public Schools for their employees. HRC proudly sponsors this event to show our gratitude and support of the staff. HRC's Ashley Allen and Sarah George attended to give out some cool swag!

Today is National Tell a Joke Day. Laughter truly is the best medicine. The health benefits of a good laugh have been studied extensively and shown to improve humans mentally and physically! Laughter-Boosts immunity. Relieves pain. Increases oxygen. Burns calories. Reduces stress. Improves creativity. AND-it’s fun! What tickles your funny bone?

HRC's annual Cool Projects competition was a wonderful display of just a percentage of our COOL Projects.
Stay tuned. Voting is fierce! Results will be posted soon!

HRC’s Melissa Fickel will attend the APBP Conference! The Conference will be held at in downtown Detroit just minutes from the Detroit Riverwalk.

The conference will include excellent training with informative and exciting mobile sessions that will be in the field on foot, bike and transit. Participants get to explore Detroit while experiencing the fully realized designs presented in the classroom!

While the city is re-embracing its transportation roots, it’s also looking forward. Mobility innovation is a major focus in Detroit!

Friday Fun Fact:

The first 'zebra' painted crosswalk was implemented in October 1951 in Slough, England. After experimenting with several designs, the black and white stripes proved to be efficient: they could be easily seen by drivers and pedestrians alike from afar. High contrasting colors such as black and white also help pedestrians with low vision find the crosswalk and align to cross.

Countries all over the world have chosen the zebra crossing. They may have different variations though. But they all agree the black and white stripes ensure the safety of pedestrians.

Happy Professional Engineers Day to the creative minds dedicated to making our world a better place.

You are truly appreciated!

Long before it was fashionable and there were awards for such things, HRC has always taken pride in being a top place to work. We value our employees, support them in their goals and recognize individual talent. HRC’s dedication to our employees is evident in the longevity of so many. One such example is Nancy Faught. After graduation from Michigan State University in 1987 and a year spent with the Indiana Department of Transportation. Nancy started her career at HRC in 1988. Through her hard work, and dedication over the years, her responsibilities continued to grow. She is a mentor and is the epitome of a successful leader.

HRC strives to maintain our excellent client relations. We know the importance of collaboration and communication between our team members and clients to ensure the successful completion of solutions to complex infrastructure needs.

National CAD Day is a day to celebrate everything that computer aided design (CAD) has made possible.

At HRC, we know our CAD technicians are an integral part of what we do. Thank you!

Friday Fun Fact:

It wasn’t until 1956 that Michigan motorists were required by law to follow a set speed limit on highways. The speed limits went into effect and speed limit signs were posted; 65 miles per hour by day and 55 miles per hour by night. Prior to this, it was at the discretion of the driver to decide what was a ‘safe’ speed!

Lia Michaels is our August Employee Spotlight of the month. We’re so happy you’re part of our HRC family.

This week’s photo of the week and first place winner of HRC’s Through the Lens contest is of a bridge inspection conducted for the City of Pontiac which required a confined space entry. This bridge is a long cast in place concrete channel that allows storm water to flow beneath the City of Pontiac. Channels are routinely inspected to ensure the concrete channel is still structurally sound. The photo is of an HRC employee getting hoisted out of the manhole where access was needed to enter the channel.

Photo taken by HRC’s Mehdi Darwiche, EIT

As a premier sponsor, Hubbell, Roth & Clark, Inc. (HRC) has been a dedicated supporter of CRWC's events, programs, and initiatives that make a difference in our local waterways for many years. HRC has helped CRWC's efforts to identify, protect, and restore local natural resources within the Clinton River Watershed. Learn more about HRC at https://www.hrcengr.com/.

HRC’s Sarah Plumer is attending the Michigan Transportation Planning Association’s 2024 Annual Conference.

HRC Team Members, Devon Munsell and Mike Hansen attended the Annual User Conference.

The ESRI User Conference is a gathering of GIS professionals to learn and share different ways to apply GIS to all aspects of life, from civil engineering to environmental monitoring to search and rescue and everything in between. There were over 20,000 people from 143 different countries in addition to 700 unique presentations/demonstrations. More info here:

https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/events/uc/faqs/q-a #/66624be582112b8d772e3b67

Speakers/presenters showcased individual projects and new technologies that attendees can use in their respective career fields. One of the cooler pieces of tech was a new application that has been developed that uses your iPhone 12 Pro (or newer) camera to scan sidewalks with the iPhone’s integrated LiDAR scanner. This application then exports a point cloud in multiple formats to allows the user to review and perform condition assessments on stretches of sidewalks/ADA ramps.

The User Conference also had an extensive map gallery display that showcased a multitude of map exhibits with all sorts of artistic styles and layout options. There were more than 150 printed maps and almost 200 digital maps displayed at the map gallery!

Today is National Intern Day. Each year, HRC looks forward to having these young people to spend their summer working alongside us and ‘learning the ropes’.

Happy Birthday, Detroit!

I scream, you scream, we all scream for Ice Cream.

HRC's Employee Appreciation Committee hosted the annual ice cream social. It was a blast!

HRC Team Members, Mark Rozema, PS, Scott Roth, PS and Bill Wonnacott, PS paired with Karl Brandys, PS to play in the 2024 Annual MSPS SE Chapter Golf Outing.

Cole G. Villalobos is now certified as a Road Safety Professional Level 2 specializing in Infrastructure and Behavioral applications (RSP2IB). Cole is the first person in Michigan to be certified in both specialties (Infrastructure and Behavioral) and one of 23 total within the USA / Canada. There are only 4 RSP2IB in Canada and 19 RSP2IB in the USA.

Congratulations, Cole! We’re so proud of you!