Holland Engineering Spring 2021 Newsletter
Curious to see what we’ve been up to? Read our Spring newsletter to catch up. Thank you for your continued interest in Holland Engineering and our services!
Payton Peltomaa
2020 Survey Scholarship Awarded to FSU Student, Jedidiah Lewis
Holland Engineering offered it’s annual $2,500 scholarship to Survey students from Ferris State University, Michigan Technological University, and Northwestern Michigan College. HEI is excited to announce the 2020 Survey Scholarship winner, Jedidiah Lewis!
2020 Survey Scholarship Extended
If you’re a student that is excited about both the history and future of land surveying and are looking to make land surveying part of your future career, we strongly encourage you to review and complete the application.
2020 Scholarship Offered to Local Survey Students
This Student Scholarship Award for 2020 will select one survey student from Ferris State University, Michigan Technological University or Northwestern Michigan College to be awarded $2,500 to be used towards tuition or the purchase of student books.
Croton Dam
As part of the Croton Dam wall replacement project, our group assisted Consumers Energy with a freshwater mussel survey on the Muskegon River.
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Supporting the Adams Ridge Development Project from Start to Finish
Adams Ridge includes 18 four-unit townhouse-style apartment buildings on a 29.4-acre property in Holland Charter Township, Ottawa County, MI. This was a challenging site as portions of the property are encumbered by floodplain, wetland, and existing easements. Additionally, a county drain is located along the south and east sides of the property.
Surveying in the Upper Peninsula
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula can be treacherous during the winter, and the beginning of 2019 was no exception! Holland Engineering’s Pipeline Survey Group recently assisted SEMCO Energy with surveying and as-builts for its Marquette Connector project.
HEI Biologists Assist with Mussel Survey and Relocation Project
As part of a mussel survey and relocation project, biologists at Holland Engineering completed snorkel surveys of the Huron River in metro Detroit. Due to the new mussel protocol requirements and tight project deadlines, this project had to be completed quickly and efficiently.
Survey Scholarship Awarded to FSU Student, Travis Steenwyk
Each year Holland Engineering awards a $2,500 scholarship to local college students. We offered this year’s scholarship to Survey students from Ferris State University and Michigan Technological University. Holland Engineering is excited to announce the 2018 Survey Scholarship winner, Travis Steenwyk!
Michigan releases new mussel protocols for 2018. Are you up to date?
Freshwater mussels are filter feeders who burrow in the substrate of rivers, streams, and lakes throughout the world. The U.S. alone is home to some 300 species. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Nature Conservancy, approximately 70 percent of mussel species in North America are extinct or endangered. Michigan contains four federally listed species (six including two not found in the state since 1930) and twenty-six additional state-listed mussel species (all federally listed species are also listed in the state). Two of the state-listed species will be reviewed by the USFWS for possible federal listing before 2023.