OHM Community Involvement

Using the State Revolving Fund for Non-Point Source Projects and Stormwater Management Vicki Putula, Environmental and Water Resources Group talks on using the State Revolving Fund for Non-Point Source Projects and Stormwater Management Learn More

Pipeline

Canal Drive Water Main Improvements Canal Drive Water Main Improvements was recognized as 2009 Project of the Year - Environment Less than $5 Million. Canal Drive is located in the southeast corner of the Charter Township of Brownstown in Wayen County, Michigan. Nestled on a manmade peninsula that extends into Lake Erie, the single-family home neighborhood includes three narrow streets. The project team developed unique and cost-effective solutions to a series of complex design challenges. Learn More

Great Lakes Reporter

The Six Myths of Asset Management Perhaps hard economic times and deteriorating infrastructure haven’t reached the hallowed streets and drainage systems of Jupiter Island, Florida (the most expensive zip code in America), but the rest of us across the U.S. of A. are trying to do more with less. Asset management does mean different things to different people, but the fundamental element is prolonging the useful life of our infrastructure, as cost effectively as possible. Learn More

Asset Management

Southfield Goes Green Economic, innovative and green in a municipal parking lot: the city of Southfield’s porous pavement, bioswales and redesigned traffic flow improve quality of life at “The Center of it All.” Learn More

Economic, Innovative & Green

WIN: Asset Management Principles at Work Murat Ulasir, Technical Specialist at OHM and Gary Mekjian, Director for Public Works for the City of Southfield, teamed to talk about their systematic and cost-effective approach to prioritizing water infrastructure management... Learn More

great lakes REPORTER

Future Cities OHM's Christine Cale, project engineer, mentored Farmington Hills' Power Middle School team to 3rd place in the Future Cities competition. The Future City Competition challenges students to design a city of the future - and have fun doing it. This program was designed to promote technical understanding and engineering to seventh and eighth grade students. Future Cities fosters an interest in math, science and engineering through hands-on, real world applications and helps students better understand the practical applications of mathematical and scientific principles. The competition is a team-based program consisting of students, a teacher, and an engineer mentor.

Future Cities

OHM saved Wayne County’s constituents $175 Million The $175 Million Question Michigan’s Wayne County North Huron Valley/Rouge Valley sanitary sewer system, serving 300,000 people in southeast Michigan, was under the gun to comply with a Department of Environmental Quality consent order to prevent future Sanitary Sewer Overflows to the Rouge River. Using a new method called i3D Antecedent Moisture Model to model the sewer system and predict future flows, OHM, engineering advisors, assessed the current system and sized the necessary improvements – at a $175 million savings over the previous engineering recommendations. Contact OHM Project Manager and i3D developer Robert Czachorski, PE, at 734-522-6711 Learn More

OHM, the Wet Weather Experts

Southfield Engineering Academy Makes a Field Trip to OHM OHM hosted members of the Southfield Engineering Academy, a magnet program within the Southfield School system, designed to expose students to facets of engineering via workplace experiences. During the visit to OHM’s office in Livonia, students learned about careers in civil engineering through discussion, interactive forums and games.

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