Designing for the EV-olution

Designing for the EV-olution

Electric vehicle (EV) adoption in the United States has greatly increased over the past decade, with this year’s Q2 EV sales passing 5 percent of the total market. This benchmark is significant as it marks the tipping point after which widespread adoption of a...
Shoring Up School Facilities

Shoring Up School Facilities

The post-pandemic focus on improved indoor air quality, and the availability of ESSER funds, has now made it possible for some school districts to make improvements and/or shift toward new construction. And with the extension of the ESSER fund application deadline...
National Guard Project Earns LEED Silver

National Guard Project Earns LEED Silver

The new $16 million South Dakota National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility Readiness Center recently earned a LEED Silver certification for design and construction. The project earned all but one of the attempted credits, a testament to the building and system...
Matt Stroh, P.E. Welcomed as WPE Office Manager

Matt Stroh, P.E. Welcomed as WPE Office Manager

West Plains Engineering (WPE) is pleased to announce Matt Stroh, P.E., a Mechanical Engineer and Project Manager most recently from Wisconsin, has joined the firm as Office Manager in the Casper, Wyo. location. Stroh was previously a Senior Engineer for Multistack in...
Solving Today’s Design Delivery Puzzle

Solving Today’s Design Delivery Puzzle

For a long time, projects were scarce, and backlogs suffered. Now that the work is lining back up to be done, labor shortages, material costs and delivery times don’t line up with it. It’s all hands on deck to shift, pivot, twist and turn our typically linear...