a:25:{s:9:"weblog_id";s:1:"4";s:8:"entry_id";s:0:"";s:6:"sticky";s:0:"";s:14:"allow_comments";s:1:"n";s:16:"allow_trackbacks";s:1:"n";s:10:"entry_date";s:19:"2010-03-17 05:13 AM";s:15:"expiration_date";s:0:"";s:23:"comment_expiration_date";s:0:"";s:8:"category";a:1:{i:0;s:1:"4";}s:9:"author_id";s:1:"4";s:6:"status";s:4:"open";s:14:"trackback_urls";s:0:"";s:18:"versioning_enabled";s:1:"y";s:5:"title";s:41:"Oates Associates wins ACEC Illinois Award";s:9:"url_title";s:41:"oates_associates_wins_acec_illinois_award";s:6:"submit";s:6:"Submit";s:11:"field_id_26";s:41:"Oates Associates wins ACEC Illinois Award";s:11:"field_ft_26";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_31";s:0:"";s:11:"field_id_44";s:180:"Oates Associates has received a Merit Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Illinois for the design of Governors\' Parkway in Madison County, Illinois.";s:11:"field_ft_44";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_28";s:15:"Oates, Illinois";s:11:"field_ft_28";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_29";s:1275:"<p>Oates Associates, a civil and structural engineering / architectural design firm, has received a Merit Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Illinois for the design of Governors\' Parkway in Madison County, Illinois. The ACEC competition recognized more than 50 Illinois-based engineering firms for outstanding projects at a recent luncheon attended by 250 engineers, clients and government officials.</p>
<p>In response to continued residential and commercial growth in the Edwardsville area, the Madison County Highway Department decided to design and construct a new east-west route from I-55 to the entrance to Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville along a route acquired by IDOT more than 35 years ago.  Madison County hired Oates Associates to design the third phase of Governors\' Parkway, a three-mile section consisting of three-lane pavement with a center two-way left turn lane, a bridge, several large culverts and three signalized intersections.  This new segment now connects a growing residential section of Edwardsville to I-55 on the east and the city\'s major retail section to the west.</p>
<p>Oates Associates is a multi-disciplined design firm with offices in Collinsville, Illinois, and St. Louis.</p>
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