Creating the Future is no small task, and yet every day our employee-owners do just that.
See highlights from Engineers Week below.
Monday
This year’s theme for Engineers Week is Creating the Future. Alliant’s ITS team has designed over 50 miles of fiber optic cable communications for cities, counties, and agencies across Minnesota. This work creates safer roads for users today, and into the future.
Tuesday
Wednesday
Joey Rezac is working on Highway 14 from New Ulm to Nicollet, in Minnesota. The project includes converting 12 miles of two-lane highway to a four-lane divided highway and adding two roundabout interchanges. Joey attended a tour of the project site with our MnDOT District 7 partners. See what he had to say about the tour below:
Thursday
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day | February 23rd
Sally Kristen Ride famously said, “If we want scientists and engineers in the future, we should be cultivating the girls as much as the boys”. At Alliant, we know this to be true. Our initiatives and partnerships strive to engage more girls in engineering and its many careers.
Hydraulic engineering designs work best when the public has no idea there’s a drainage system in place. Alliant’s Senior Professional Water Resource Engineers Stephanie Rathburn and Connor Fortune share why it is essential to design for flood prevention. This is especially important as the weather is more unpredictable than ever before. Read their article.