AR Tours Kalamazoo Water Reclamation Plant
On May 22, 2025 staff from AR Engineering joined the Southwest Michigan Branch of ASCE for an insightful tour of the City of Kalamazoo Water Reclamation Plant (KWRP). The KWRP serves Kalamazoo and over 20 neighboring communities, providing essential wastewater treatment services. During the tour, our team explored the plant’s collection and treatment processes, from the primary to tertiary states, and learned about recent upgrades aimed at boosting efficiency at the plant. Big thanks to ASCE for organizing this educational experience!
AR Garden
The AR garden is back up for 2025! This year we are growing tomatoes, sweet peppers, jalapenos, cucumbers, pumpkins, and squash. We even had some of our pumpkins from last year seed again. Thank you to all the hard work our team put into this by cleaning the beds, purchasing the new plants, donating some from their personal greenhouse, planting, laying down the straw, making sure everything is properly watered, and of course the never-ending weeding.
Ford Blue Oval Plant Tour
On May 22nd Jason Raleigh and Erik Dingemans had the opportunity to attend a tour of the new Ford Battery Plant in Marshall, Michigan. The tour was organized by the MSPE SW Branch. The Blue Oval Battery Park consists of several buildings totaling over 1.5 million square feet in size. While onsite for the tour, there were over 1,300 trades people working throughout the property. Construction started in 2023 and after all work is complete, the project will have a total cost of around $3 billion. The plant is planning to be up and running in early 2026.
