THE BERNARDIN • LOCHMUELLER
UPDATE
“One Source for a World of Solutions”
Mike Hinton
Joins BLA as President
& Chief Operating Officer
Bernardin, Lochmueller and Associates, Inc. welcomes the addition of
Mike Hinton to its senior management team. Mr. Hinton,
former Chairman, President
and CEO of Old National
Bank and Senior Executive Vice President and
ChiefOperatingOfficer
of Old National Bancorp,joinedthefirmon
Monday, September 11,
2006.
Mr. Hinton will serve as
President and Chief Operating Officer of Bernardin,
Lochmueller and Associates,
Inc.Hewillalsoserveonthefirm’s
Board of Directors. As part of his duties,
Mr. Hinton will aggressively move the
firmtowardsthegoalofbecoming
one of the top 500 engineering
firmsby2009.
Mr.Hinton’sexpertisein
business and management will serve to enhance and support the
long-proven success of
the current leadership.
With the expansion of
the management team,
KeithLochmueller’sduties will remain the same,
as well as his role as Chairman of the Board and Chief
ExecutiveOfficer.Changesto
the management team will also
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BLA Opens Office in
Maryville, Illinois
We are proud to announce the opening of
thenewMaryville,Illinoisoffice.
BLA’sMaryvilleBranch
Office Manager is Jason
Watters, PE. He has over
15 years of experience in
the transportation industry,
including over eight years
with the Illinois Department of Transportation.TheMaryvilleofficestaff
includes five registered professional
engineers, and six highly experienced
technicians. Current projects include:
• Route 310 – The project is approximately three miles in length and extends from Wolf Road to a point west
of Seminary Road. The proposed
roadway is to be a four-lane, fully
access controlled divided highway
facility designed to interstate standards with one interchange. Design
services include topographic survey,
land surveying, right-of-way plats
and legal descriptions, type size &
locationsplans,finalstructureplans,
roadway/interchange plans, detour
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October, 2006
Fulda
Regional
Sewer
District
One Year Later
On October 24, 2004, Fulda Regional
Sewer District (Spencer County, Indiana) broke ground on their revolutionary
wastewater treatment facility. In September 2005 Spencer County received
theAssociationofIndianaCounties’
Community Achievement Award for innovation and vision to use an alternative
wastewater treatment (Eco-Treatment
SystemTM) process for the Fulda community. And now one year later, in
October2006thefi rstofitskindtobe
permitted by the Indiana Department of
Environmental Management the Fulda
Regional Sewer District is showing
other communities that they were correct in pushing the state to look outside
the box to assist small communities that
cannot afford the rates of traditional
wastewater systems.
“Eco-Treatment Systems provided the
Fulda community with the most affordable and appropriate treatment system.
The cost reduction between the EcoTreatment Systems and the next lowest
option was more than a $60 difference
in monthly user rates. It was clear to
me and the Fulda community that EcoTreatment Systems were the right choice.”
Francis Lueken, Attorney, Fulda
Regional Sewer District
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BERNARDIN • LOCHMUELLER & ASSOCIATES, INC.
THE BERNARDIN • LOCHMUELLER
UPDATE
Update is published quarterly for the clients
and friends of Bernardin, Lochmueller
& Associates, Inc. We appreciate your
comments and address corrections.
Principals
Keith Lochmueller
Mike Hinton
Vincent Bernardin, A.I.C.P.
Dean Boerste
Jim Gulick, P.E., S.E.
Matt Wannemuehler, P.L.S.
Tom Cervone, Ph.D.
Brian Litherland, P.E.
Matt Rueff, M.P.A, C.D.E.F.
Editor
Ginny Wortz
Layout
Harmony Gratzer
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Indiana Governor’s Award
Given to Rose Acre Farm
Rose Acre Farm of Seymour, Indiana
was awarded a 2006 Indiana Governor’s
Award for environmental excellence.
The Indiana Gover nor’s Award is
awarded to businesses, organizations
and citizens that have brought innovative
environmental strategies into their operations and decision-making processes
that contribute to protecting Indiana’s
environment.
Rose Acres Farms, one of the world’s
largest egg producers, implemented two
large constructed wetland systems to treat
stormwater runoff and augment their existing wastewater treatment system for
their soy bean processing facilities.
The two systems were designed by Mark
Harrison, P.E. through Natural Concepts
Engineering, Inc. which is now Natural
Concepts Water Quality Engineering,
LLC, a subsidiary of Bernardin, Lochmueller and Associates, Inc. This project
was featured in the January 2006 issue
of Land and Water Magazine.
Contributing Writers
Kent Ahrenholtz, P.E.
Carl Camacho, P.E.
Harmony Gratzer
Mark Harrison, P.E.
Judy Thomann
Matt Rueff, M.P.A., C.D.E.F.
Jason Watters, PE
Patricia Yount
Corporate Headquarters
6200 Vogel Road
Evansville, Indiana 47715-4006
Phone
812.479.6200
Toll Free 800.423.7411
Fax
812.479.6262
Email
[email protected]
Offices
7830 Rockville Road
Indianapolis, Indiana 46214-3105
PHONE: 317.209.1130
TOLL FREE:
888.830.6977
FAX:
317.209.1131
1 Acre, Three-Celled Wastewater Treatment Wetland 1220 Potter Drive, Suite 109
West Lafayette, Indiana 47906-2821
PHONE:
TOLL FREE:
FAX:
765.463.0502
800.790.0286
765.463.5602
3 Oak Drive
Maryville, Illinois, 62062-5683
PHONE:
618.488.4665
TOLL FREE:
800.921.3897
FAX:
618.288.4666
75 Midland Avenue
Maryland Heights, Missouri 63043
PHONE: 314.739.9600
TOLL FREE:
800.921.3897
FAX:
314.739.9604
Back Issues of UPDATE are
available at BLAINC.COM
0.6 Acre, Single Cell Stormwater Treatment Wetland
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US 31 – Plymouth to
South Bend Project
Leading the Way for INDOT Major Moves Projects
The Indiana Department of Transporta- Daniels’MajorMovesfullyfundsmore
tion (INDOT) Commissioner Thomas than 200 new construction and 200
Sharp announced that upgrading the U.S. major highway preservation projects
31 corridor through St. Joseph and Mar- across Indiana over the next 10 years.
shallCountiestoafree-flowhighway Upgrading US 31 between Indianapolis
is on the fast track now that the Federal andSouthBendisoneofthefivemega
Highway Administration (FHWA) has projects in the Major Moves highway
approved the Final Environmental Im- program. In a press release, Governor
pact Statement (FEIS). This announce- Daniels stated “U.S. 31, between Plymment was made at a press conference
outh and South Bend, is a top priheld in Lakeville, Indiana,
ority and is moving forward
on Wednesday, April 12,
atwar pspeed.It’sthe
“US 31, b e t we e n
2006, before an audience
firstprojectinIndianato
Plymouth and South Bend,
of approximately 30
reach the FEIS plateau
people, including state is a top priority and is moving since the General Asrepresentatives and forward at warp speed. It’s the sembly passed Major
other local officials. first project in Indiana to reach Moves.”
Commissioner Sharp the FEIS plateau since the GenThis much anticipated
characterized the an- eral Assembly passed Major
announcement
made by
nou ncement as “… a
Moves.” Gov. Daniels
Commissioner
Sharp
of
wonderful day in terms of
the
availability
of
the
FEIS
the transportation planning
is a major project milestone.
thatgetsusfinallyputtingpaveThis
was
evident in comments by State
ment on the ground.”
Representative Jackie Walorski. “This
In March 2006, the Indiana General isasignificantmilestoneinaccelerating
Assembly passed landmark funding the U.S. 31 project”. “Design and land
legislation to significantly upgrade acquisition are expected to begin this
thestate’shighways.Thisfunding summer – three years earlier than the
legislation, known as Major Moves, mostoptimisticprojection.”“We’reseeinvolved the leasing of the Indiana Toll ingrealprogressandINDOT’sontarget
Road as a source of funding. Governor for a 2008 groundbreaking”.
(from left): State Representative Bill Friend, State Representative Jackie
Walorski, INDOT Commissioner Tom Sharp; State Representative Steve Heim
and US 31 Coalition Executive Director Dennis Faulkenberg.
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Continued from Page 1
Mike Hinton
Joins BLA
as President
& Chief
Operating
Officer
allow Vince Bernardin to shift his focus
from administrative duties to a technical
advisory and client-focused role in the
Transportation Planning Department.
A native of Evansville, Hinton has a lifelong record of service to the local community. He is a graduate of the University
of Evansville, receiving a Bachelor of
ScienceDegreein1975andaMasterof
BusinessAdministrationin1982.Prior
tohisbankingcareer,Hintonspentfive
years working at the Evansville Urban
Transportation Study under the direction
of Keith Lochmueller and Vince Bernardin, who later founded Bernardin,
Lochmueller and Associates, Inc. Vince
Bernardin notes that he and Mr. Lochmueller originally approached Mike about
helpingthemstartthecompany.“I’llbet
youdidn’tknowourfirmwasalmost
named Bernardin, Hinton, Lochmueller
and Associates,” said Vince.
According to CEO, Keith Lochmueller,
the addition of Mike Hinton provides important leadership necessary to support
thecompany’splansforgrowth.“Mike’s
business experience is very important to
us as we examine the multiple options
which are available for expanding our
business.He’sgotagreatbackgroundin
strategic planning and business analysis
which will provide an important fresh
perspective for us,” said Keith.
Hinton was drawn to the company by
its reputation as well as its opportunity.
“It’snosurprisethatthiscompanyhas
been successful because it started with
two of the brightest minds in the business,inKeithandVince,andthey’ve
surrounded themselves with professionals of equal caliber,” said Hinton.
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Continued from Page 1
Fulda Regional Sewer District
One Year Later
The innovative system, designed by
Natural Concepts Water Quality Engineering, LLC, a subsidiary of Bernardin,
Lochmueller and Associates, Inc. consists
of individual septic tanks at each home or
business that have a small pump within
them. The septic tanks settle out the solids, and the liquid effluent is pumped to
the Eco-Treatment SystemTM for further
treatment. The Eco-Treatment SystemTM
is a recirculating constructed wetland
planted with specific wetland species.
Constructed wetlands use gravel and
vegetation to remove pollutants from
water, filtering it and purifying it much
like water is purified by natural wetlands.
It is an attractive green space which appears much like a flower garden. It is not
wet and can be walked on.
2005
And now one year later, the first 10
months of data from monitoring and
testing prove that the constructed wetland concept will work for small communities. Constructed wetland systems
have been in use for years in private and
industrial applications.
“I knew the system would work and produce a high quality effluent, but the system is doing far better than I expected
at this point in time. Due to the role of
the plants, particularly the root systems,
it may take up to three years for a system to reach it’s peak performance. The
system at Fulda may produce drinking
water quality effluent on a year round
basis within a year and a half. I am
completely convinced that there is no
better system for small unsewered rural communities that need to install
collection and treatment systems.”
Mark Harrison, PE, BLA Eco-Treatment SystemTM Specialist
Eco-Treatment SystemTM is producing a
high quality of wastewater prior to discharge to the soil absorption system with
an average total nitrogen concentration
of less than 10 mg/1, which is EPA’s recommended limit for nitrate in drinking
2006
Fulda Eco-Treatment System one year later and proven a success.
water. The system is producing a discharge that rivals advanced mechanical
wastewater treatment systems with several of the other pollutant measurements,
such as biochemical oxygen demand
and suspended solids, at extremely low
and even non-detectable levels. This
achievement may prove crucial in allowing on-site systems to be used in soils
where conventional septic systems pose
a threat to drinking water aquifers or
where wastewater discharges to surface
waters could be detrimental.
are typically 1/4 to 1/3 of the costs for
conventional treatment systems. Over a
twenty year planning period, the system
is proving to cost approximately half the
cost of traditional wastewater system with
a goal to get costs even lower.
The Eco-Treatment SystemTM is proving
to be very cost effective, due to reduced
operation and maintenance costs, which
For information about Eco-Treatment Systems please contact Patti Yount 812-4596204 or Judy Thomann 812-459-3195.
“After a site visit by IDEM staff and a
review of the data, I fail to see any reason why these system types will not continue to be permitted through IDEM.”
Scott Nally, Assistant Commissioner
of External Affairs, IDEM
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BLA Designs Innovative
Upgrade to Evansville Westside
Wastewater Treatment Plant
The BLA Wastewater Team, in conjunction with Clark Dietz Inc. and the
Evansville Water and Sewer Utility, is
completing design on the Evansville
Westside Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements Project. The plant upgrades
will nearly double the wet weather treatment capacity of the plant, thus reducing
the number of combined sewer overflow
(CSO) events. Primarily, this will be
achieved by the addition of the first biofiltration process in Indiana. Graphic Courtesy of Kruger
The biofiltration process consists of a
submerged floating media, like polystyrene beads, where bacteria grows.
Wastewater and air are introduced
through the bottom of the media-filled
tanks. As the wastewater f lows up
through the media, the bacteria break
down the organic matter in the wastewater. This biological treatment is flexible,
easily expandable, cost-effective, and
has a small footprint. Biofiltration is
ideal for an urban wastewater treatment
plant with limited expansion space as it
requires no additional settling tanks and
no return sludge system. The backwash
water, generated after cleaning the media, is easily transported to the head of
the plant for treatment.
Several successful biofilters are operating in the U.S. including Syracuse, NY
(84 MGD average and 126 MGD peak),
Northfield, MN (3.5 MGD average and
10.4 MGD peak), and Freeport, IL (7.1
MGD average and 18.2 MGD peak).
There are 65 successful facilities in Europe and 10 in Asia. BLA, Clark Dietz
Inc, and the Evansville Water and Sewer
Utility are very proud to utilize this “state
of the art” technology in Evansville, Indiana. For more information, contact Mark
Harrison, PE at [email protected],
or Amanda Fox, EIT at [email protected],
or call (317) 209.1130.
This design layout of the Evansville Westside Wastewater Treatment Plant
illustrates the small footprint of the biofiltration process.
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BLA Strengthens Position
in Tennessee with TDOT
On-Call Contract
BLA has continued to strengthen its
position in the State of Tennessee over
the past year, thus further establishing
itselfasoneofthetopplanningfirmsin
the central United States.
BLA was recently selected for a continuous planning contract with the TennesseeDepartmentofTransportation’s
Long-Range and Project Planning
Divisions. This assignment is a 2year on-call contract to perform
long-range and project planning
for TDOT on a task order basis.
Work could be as diverse as systemwide analysis, corridor econometric
modeling, travel demand modeling,
transportation planning reports, context sensitive solutions and roadway
safety analysis. This contract representsBLA’sfi rstcontractwithTDOT
and has the planning staff excited about
our opportunities in Tennessee.
This is notBLA’sfi rstforayintoTennessee, though. The following provides
a brief synopsis of the work that BLA
has completed for small and medium
metro areas in the state over the past
few years:
Northeast/St. Bethlehem
Transportation Study,
Clarksville, Tennessee
As a subconsultant to Gresham, Smith &
Partners (GS&P), BLA is participating in
a study of transportation improvements
in the northeast area of St. Bethlehem
in Clarksville and Montgomery County,
Tennessee. This area has experienced
significant,rapidgrowth,includingconstruction of 1,600 residential lots and
700 multi-family units, recent major
expansion of the industrial park and announcement of a new hospital adjacent to
I-24. BLA is responsible for reviewing
the existing and forecasted population,
employmentandlanduseandrefining
the metro area travel demand model to
address this growth. This study is currently ongoing and is anticipated to be
complete in early 2007.
Jackson, Tennessee
Long-Range
Transportation Plan
BLA is also currently completing a new
multimodal long-range transportation
plan and travel demand model for the
City of Jackson and Madison County. To
demonstratethefinancialfeasibilityof
the preferred long-range transportation
improvementplan,thefi nalPlanwill
include a long-range multi-modal capital
improvement program to the year 2035.
The team is working with the Jackson
Area MPO Project Team, as well as
with representatives of state and local
transportation operating and planning
agencies, to prepare the new model and
long-range plan. It is anticipated that
the new long-range plan will be adopted
by the Jackson Area MPO in the spring
of 2007.
SR 386 Access Study,
Nashville Metro Area
In June 2005, BLA, again as a subconsultant to GS&P, completed a transportation
plan for the SR 386 Corridor from I-65 to
the City of Gallatin in the metro Nashville
area under contract to the Nashville Area
MPO. SR 386 is a new four-lane limited
access freeway that travels east from I-65
into the suburbs surrounding Nashville
and Gallatin and is experiencing rapid
growth which is expected to continue
as SR 386 is completed in its vicinity.
BLA was responsible for reviewing existingandforecastedlanduse,refiningthe
Nashville MPO travel demand
model in the vicinity of SR 386
anddevelopingnewtrafficforecasts
for the area. This study has allowed the
MPO and TDOT to adjust priorities for
transportation improvements within the
project area to better address the growth
that’soccurring.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Travel Demand Model
In late 2004, BLA completed its work
on development of a new travel demand
model for the Knoxville, Tennessee
metropolitan area. The new TransCAD
model and associated analytical tools
werespecificallydesignedtomeetthe
Knoxvilleregion’supcomingplanning
needs and to address contemporary
transportation, land use, and air quality issues. This new model gives the
MPO the tools to more effectively and
accurately forecast the travel demands
of the citizens in their region.
Perhaps a new “Debate”…
We have long considered ourselves one
ofthetoptraveldemandmodelingfirms
among small and medium-sized metro
areas in the central U.S. Recent experience and contract selections have led us
to broaden that assertion to present a
new question: Who is the top planning
firmforsmallandmedium-sizedmetro
areas and DOTs in the central U.S.?
Our evidence is substantial. You make
the call…
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Continued from Page 1
BLA Opens
Office in
Maryville, IL
The office is located at 3 Oak Drive
roads for overpass structures, drainage design, and a storm-water pollution prevention plan. Structure plans
are for two grade separation structures,
an interchange grade separation, and
a 5-span river crossing. This project
is near completion.
• IL Route 159 – Mr. Watters is the
project manager for the public involvement effort for the widening and
resurfacing of IL Route 159 through
Collinsville, Illinois. Due to the urban
constraints and challenging nature of
the project, the public involvement
efforts are based on IDOT’s Context
Sensitive Solutions (CSS) guidelines.
Public involvement efforts include an
outreach program, a project website,
stakeholder meetings, a Community
Advisory Group (CAG), newsletters,
and full scale public involvement
meetings. The community outreach
has been designed to include public
input on potential solutions to congestion and safety issues as well as input
on aesthetic design for mitigation of
impacts to the community.
• Consultant Management (On Call
Services) – Mr. Watters is the project manager for this IDOT contract
in District 8 in which IDOT is
utilizing a consultant manager for
ongoing consultant projects. BLA
is currently managing a consultant
in the preparation of an Alternatives
Analysis, Phase I report and Phase II
final plans for the First Street project
in Madison, Illinois.
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Lynch Road
Phase III is Open
to the Public
On June 6, 2006, Vanderburgh County,
Indiana Commissioners Cheryl Musgrave, Bill Nix and Tom Shelter, Jr.
along with Warrick County, Indiana
Commissioners Carl Conner, Don Williams, and Phillip Baxter announced the
completion of Phase III of the Lynch
Road Extension Project. The ribbon
cutting ceremony marked the end of
the ten year project.
This phase was the last of the Lynch
Road Extension project built in Warrick County. This project was initiated
in response to the increase in industrial,
commercial, and residential development
in the northeast portion of Evansville and
Vanderburgh County. Phase I extended
Lynch Road past Green River Road to
Burkhardt Road at Vanderburgh County’s
eastern border. Phase II extended from
Public officials from Vanderburgh and Burkhardt Road to Interstate 164 with
Warrick Counties cut the ribbon on
an interchange. Phase III now extends
the county line to open Lynch Road.
to connect with S.R. 62 at Telephone
/Epworth Road in Warrick County.
The now completed corridor connects
SR 62, I-164 and US 41. This new
corridor will change some local and
regional travel patterns by diverting
some travel off SR 62 and other parallel facilities, as well as open up new
economic possibilities.
“Regional economic development just
took another step forward. This new road
creates possibilities for business in the hottest retail market in southwest Indiana.”
Cheryl Musgrave, President Vanderburgh County Commissioners
Bernardin, Lochmueller and Associates,
Inc. was contracted to perform the road
Lynch Road now extends from
and bridge design, survey, right-of-way
Highway 41 in Vanderburgh County to and construction engineering services
SR 62 in Warrick County.
for all three phases of the project.
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BLA Welcomes Judy Thomann
as Project Coordinator
Environmental Management. For eight years, she
served as liaison to legislators, mayors, local elected
officials, industries and
environmental groups. Ms.
Thomann was responsible
for press and public relations,financial/budgetary,
administrative functions,
supervised seven environmental programs, served
Before joining the staff
on the Region 11 Advisory Council for
of BLA, Ms. Thomann held the posi- Economic Development, Rural Subcomtion of Director of Southwest Regional mittee; served on the multi-county air
OfficewiththeIndianaDepartmentof workgroup of ozone and PM2.5 non-atI n Ju ly of 20 06, Judy
Thomann joined the BLA
team as a project coordinator. She will be responsible
for a wide range of locally
and federally funded projects and will work closely
with clients to solve infrastructure problems and
secure funding for community projects.
tainment; and chaired the Streamlining
andEfficiencyTaskForceforCommissioner Thomas Easterly.
Previous to working for the Indiana
Department of Environmental Management, she was Director of Community
andLegislativeRelationsfortheOffice
of the Utility Consumer Counselor. She
wasresponsibleforfinancial/budgetary
needs, press and public relations, supervised the administrative staff, was the
liaisontostatelegislatorsandGovernor’s
Office,actedasHumanResourceDirector, and implemented and directed the
consumer education program.
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BLA Welcomes Judy Thomann
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Lynch Road Phase III Now Open
6
TDOT On-Call Contract
Evansville, Indiana Westside WWTP 5
3
US 31 FEIS Announced
2
Governor’s Award to Rose Acres
BLA Opens Maryville, Illinois Office 1
1
Fulda Sewer One Year Later
1
Mike Hinton Joins BLA
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