By Chris Moore Sean Nation thought he knew what he was going to do with the rest of his life, until he spent this summer at Hanson. “This internship has been enlightening, fulfilling and the best experience of my life,” said Sean, a Southern Illinois University Carbondale student who was an intern at Hanson’s Springfield, Illinois, headquarters. “This experience has…

A group of Hanson employees in Springfield, Illinois, has completed a welding course that was customized for Hanson’s engineers. Hanson approached Lincoln Land Community College (LLCC) in Springfield for welding training after several employees in the Springfield office expressed interest. Hanson and the college collaborated to create the curriculum: a 30-hour course held during 10 weeks that ranged “from theory…

Hanson’s Amber Petkevicius, P.E., a transportation engineer in Oak Brook, Illinois, joined Benesch representatives and Illinois and Iowa officials at a groundbreaking ceremony for a new bridge across the Mississippi River. A crowd that included Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds and Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner gathered in the afternoon June 26 for the event, which was held at Leach Park in…