Hartland Dam/Gunnison River Enhancements Aid in the Recovery of Endangered Native Fish and Provide The McLaughlin Whitewater Design Group (MWDG – a division of Merrick and Company) is one of six firms to receive the 2013 Engineering Excellence Awards from the American Council of Engineering Companies, Colorado for the “Hartland Dam Fish & Boat Passage Facilities …
Uptown Columbus, the nonprofit organization that coordinates economic revitalization initiatives throughout the Central Business District, Riverfront and throughout Uptown has officially selected two whitewater rafting outfitters to offer commercial trips on the Lower Chattahoochee. Whitewater Express will run trips from the Alabama side of the river in Phenix City, and the Nantahala Outdoor Center will operate …
The Hartland Dam reconstruction project has stirred local enthusiasm for additional recreational accommodation along the Gunnison River. The project objective was to provide fish passage, but the project has also remedied what was an extreme safety hazard to boaters: the dam has been the site of several rafting fatalities. The reach now provides a low hazard …
According to a fan of the project who lives in Virginia but hails from Phenix City, this project includes a marina and a river takeout for rafters. MWDG is not sure if it will be a permitted access point. According to this source, a takeout is also being considered at two other locations upstream …
Aurora, Colo., June 19, 2012—Merrick & Company (www.merrick.com) an international engineering, architecture, design-build, surveying, and geospatial solutions firm, has acquired the water-engineering firm of McLaughlin Water Engineers of Denver and Aspen, CO; announced by Christopher Sherry, Senior Vice President at Merrick. McLaughlin has served the water systems, wastewater, water resources, drainage and flood control, utility economics, and …