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July 26, 2017

July 19, 2017
Janna Kieffer presents strategies for adapting to climate change
Janna Kieffer, PE was the featured speaker at the Twin Ports Climate Coalition’s July monthly meeting in Duluth, more

July 12, 2017
B.J. Knapp, Andrea Collier, Jerry Gibbs, and David Koltz join Barr
Barr adds a senior electrical engineer in Minneapolis, a senior environmental engineer in Jefferson City, and a senior water resources consultant and senior environmental more

June 27, 2017
Barr names five new officers
Barr’s board of directors has named five new vice presidents, who are also principals of the firm. They are:

June 16, 2017
Barr sponsors ND Petroleum Council event
Recently, Barr sponsored the North Dakota Petroleum Council’s 2017 Social in Denver, Colorado. More than 250 NDPC members attended the event at the Brown Palace Hotel. Since 2008, more

June 13, 2017
Jeong-Yun Won presents at the Geo-Risk 2017 Conference in Denver
Senior geotechnical engineer Jeong-Yun Won gave a presentation about laterally loaded piles in soft clay at the Geo-Risk more

June 8, 2017
Barr staff helping create new group for environmental professionals
More than 45 people recently attended the first meeting of the Minnesota Association of Environmental Professionals at Bad Weather Brewing Company in Saint Paul. Barr more

May 31, 2017
taking the show underground
Recently, a public radio news crew accompanied Barr engineers as they inspected a stormwater tunnel under the city of Minneapolis. As part of a project for the Mississippi more

May 30, 2017
Barr joins water re-use advocacy organization

Barr is proud to have recently become a member of WateReuse, an international organization dedicated to providing education and driving more

May 12, 2017
Nels Nelson fellowship awarded
The 2017 Nels P. Nelson Fellowship Award was recently presented to Tyler Olsen, a civil more

May 12, 2017
taking a timeout for “Art Takeout”
Dozens of Barr employees recently took time out of their day to help assemble art project boxes for children with serious illnesses. The “Art Takeout” boxes were designed by more

April 26, 2017
Barr hosts MnDRIVE mini-symposium on advances in biological water treatment
In late April, Barr hosted a symposium for water-treatment industry representatives and University of Minnesota scientists and engineers from Minnesota’s Discovery, Research, more

April 17, 2017
Several Barr staff members presenting at SME Minnesota conference
Thirteen Barr staff members are scheduled to give presentations at the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Minnesota Conference April 17-19 at the Duluth more

April 6, 2017
city hopes to unearth Hidden Falls Creek
A plan developed by the city and Capitol Region Watershed District for low-impact stormwater management at the site of the former 135-acre Ford assembly plant in Saint Paul, more

December 19, 2016
regulatory update
In June 2016, President Obama signed into law the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act for the 21st Century, which amended the primary chemical-management law in the U.S.: more