Hutchison Engineering, Inc. is pleased to announce the newest addition to our team, Joe Wick. Joe comes to us with nearly 20 years of engineering experience and will be working out of our Shorewood office. Joe’s background includes nearly 19 years’ experience with IDOT working in the areas of construction, materials, design and most recently in the capacity of District 3 Project Implementation Engineer. As the Project Implementation Engineer, Joe was responsible for delivering $350M - $400M in open construction contracts through management of the Construction, Materials, Local Roads, Contract Support and Contract Compliance sections. Joe also provided statewide leadership training within IDOT, participated on the stringless paving statewide technical working group, and chaired the IDOT Technical Innovations Program. Joe’s background also includes private sector design experience and the completion of an Engineering Co-op with IDOT District 2. Joe’s expertise and background with IDOT will be a great asset to the HEI team and will allow us to better serve our clients.
 

Hutchison Engineering, Inc. is pleased to announce the hiring of Jason Wildrick, a Resident Technician, for our Peoria office. Jason comes to us with over 8 years of experience inspecting public and private construction projects. He has recently inspected IDOT projects of varying size, Illinois American Water projects, and will be in charge of local construction projects in the Peoria area for HEI. In addition, Jason is pursuing a Professional Land Surveying license to meet a personal and firm goal of providing local property surveying services to our Peoria area clients.
 

Hutchison Engineering, Inc. is pleased to announce the hiring of Trent Scheuermann as an entry level Construction Inspector in our Peoria office. He will be assigned to public and private construction projects; performing construction inspection, documentation and materials testing. Trent will become a versatile Phase III staff member for HEI clients throughout central Illinois.
 

Hutchison Engineering, Inc. is pleased to announce the hiring of Nicole L. Darling, P.E., as a Project Engineer in our Jacksonville office.  Nicole comes to us from Fulton County where she had over 14 years of service between the County Engineer and Assistant County Engineer positions.  Her career at the county included experience with project design, county and township MFT programs, structure inspections, construction and documentation, and serving on several IACE committees.   Nicole will be working with Phase I environmental studies and Phase II bridge design and bridge approach roadway design. 
 
 

We continue to grow our county client list. Within the last 5 years, we have completed and/or are working on projects in 49 of the 102 Illinois counties. We would like to say thank you to all of our county engineer clients. We appreciate the opportunities to help you improve your infrastructure.
 

Hutchison Engineering, Inc. is pleased to announce the hiring of Zhe Li. Zhe received his Ph. D. degree from Michigan State University in 2008. He comes to us with 11 years of structural engineering experience working with several firms, which include URS Corporation, SOM, etc. Zhe is a licensed structural engineer (SE) in Illinois, Utah and Nebraska, and is a licensed professional engineer (PE) in Missouri, Texas and California. He is also a LEED accredited professional (LEED AP).

Zhe officially started on June 26th and he will be working on structural engineering out of our Shorewood office.
 

Hutchison Engineering, Inc. is pleased to announce the hiring of Sadit Maharjan.
Sadit is a recent Civil Engineering graduate from the master’s program at Bradley University.

He will be working on both roadway and structural design out of our Peoria office. 
 

Hutchison Engineering, Inc. is pleased to announce the hiring of Ryan Kantor.
Ryan is a recent Civil Engineering graduate from the University of Illinois.
He is ready to take on our Phase II & Phase III needs.

Ryan will be working out of our Shorewood office location.
 

Construction continues through the winter on the $1.2 billion project to reconstruct I-74 through Moline and Bettendorf. Substructure construction on the new westbound I-74 bridge over the Mississippi River is the main focus with minor work continuing on both the Illinois and Iowa approaches.
 

Hutchison Engineering is excited to announce that we were recently selected through a Quality Based Selection process by the City of Monmouth to provide planning, design and construction services for the Monmouth Municipal Airport for the next 5 years. HEI has been providing aviation services to Illinois airports for over 70 years. We look forward to working with the City of Monmouth and assisting in growing their airport
 

Congratulations to the HEI design team for completing the design for a large expressway project.

 

Click the link below for drone flyover video:
IDOT news posting.

 

Pavement removal has begun on Old Galena Rd. in Peoria County, IL. HEI is on site to provide Construction Inspection.
 

Congratulations to the HEI construction inspection team for winning the American Public Works Association "Public Works Project of the Year" for the replacement of the Manito Road Bridge over the Mackinaw River.
 

Hutchison Engineering, Inc. is pleased to announce the newest addition to our team, Tom Winkelman.  Tom comes to us with nearly 20 years of engineering experience and will be working in our Jacksonville office.  Tom's background includes 15 years experience with IDOT working in the areas of research, materials and most recently in the Bureau of Local Roads & Streets.  As the Local Program Development Engineer, Tom worked closely with the federal and state funding programs available to the local public agencies.  Tom also oversaw the policy unit which was responsible to update the Local Roads & Streets Policy Manual with changes in federal and state law as well as department policy.  Tom's background also includes four years with Continental Cement Company in Hannibal, MO as their technical services engineer troubleshooting concrete construction problems and promoting concrete construction.

Tom’s expertise and background with IDOT will be a great asset to the HEI team and will allow us to better serve our clients.
 
 

Hutchison Engineering, Inc. is pleased to announce the hiring of Noah Livermore.  Noah comes to us with 12 years of construction engineering experience and will be working out of our Moline office.  Noah’s background includes 11 years’ experience working for consultants providing construction engineering services on complex projects throughout Illinois and Iowa.  He has experience on DOT and local agency projects.  In addition, Noah has recent experience as a construction superintendent working for a highway contractor on a complex Iowa DOT project.  Noah is well respected as a Construction Resident.

Noah’s expertise and construction background will be a great asset to the HEI team.

 
 

The Manito Rd Bridge reconstruction project is way ahead of schedule with the help of quality construction engineering provided by Hutchison Engineering, Inc.

 

Click the link below for more:
Pekin Times News Article

 

Hutchison Engineering, Inc. has expanded its operations to the Quad Cities by opening an office at 1518 5th Ave in Moline IL. The new office will allow Hutchison Engineering to better serve our existing clients throughout the Quad Cities area and allow for expansion into Iowa. Gary Hutchison, President and CEO, recently stated "I am excited about opening a new office in Moline and becoming a vested partner in the growth of the Quad Cities metropolitan area."