Hanson wins national honor for work at recreation site

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Hanson Professional Services Inc. won the Award of Honor, the third highest award presented by the Association of Conservation Engineers (ACE) for work at the Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area. The tenth annual Carl Anderson Conservation Project Engineering Awards were designed to recognize those who best exhibit the goals and objectives of ACE.

Hanson, along with Cochran & Wilken Inc. and Evan Lloyd & Associates Inc., all in Springfield, teamed up with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to create the recreational site at the former Site M near Chandlerville. The project is notable for containing many features that are “first” in Illinois, including wetlands for sewage treatment and major shoreline bio-erosion control methods. These and many other “firsts” are now prototypes for facilities across the state.

The award will be presented at the national conference in Charleston, S. C., Nov. 16-19.

Hanson is a national employee-owned consulting firm providing architectural, engineering and management services to clients from its corporate headquarters in Springfield, Ill., and 14 offices nationwide.

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