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2012
- Fall
- Casper WPE: Community Health Center of Central Wyoming
- Rapid City WPE: Higher Education on the Reservation – Sinte Gleska University
- Sioux Falls WPE: Iowa State University – New Technology for Veterinary Medicine
- Summer
- Casper WPE: Casper Events Center Completes Energy Efficient Major Mechanical Upgrades
- Rapid City WPE: National American University, Rapid City, SD
- Sioux Falls WPE: Dell Rapids Elementary Quarriers – The Stone is Set
- Spring
- Sioux Falls WPE: One Fun Place
- Cedar Rapids WPE: AHU Replacements at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
- Rapid City WPE: 2012 Rube GoldbergMachine Competition
- Winter
- Casper WPE: Casper Fire-EMS Station #3 Ready To Respond And Serve
- Rapid City WPE: South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks
- Sioux FallsWPE: SDSU Data Center
- Cedar Rapids WPE: Kirkwood Community College
2011
- Fall
- Sioux Falls WPE: Girls, Inc. of Sioux City, IA
- 2011 Design Conference at Cedar Shore Resort, Chamberlain, SD
- Video Conferencing at West Plains Engineering
- Rapid City WPE: Historic Swander Building Receives LEED® Silver Certification
- Summer
- Cedar Rapids WPE: Linn Mar Transportation Terminal
- Rapid City WPE: Utility Distribution Sectionalizing Part II (continued from Spring issue)
- Casper WPE: Community Health Center of Central Wyoming
- Sioux Falls WPE: Animal Control
- Spring
- Cedar Rapids WPE: Echo Hill
- Rapid City WPE: South Dakota Housing Development Authority, Pierre SD Receives LEED®Certification
- Casper WPE: Pinedale Elementary School
- Rapid City WPE: Utility Distribution Sectionalizing, Part I
News
Arc Flash Analysis
WHAT is Arc Flash? Simply put, an arc flash is a phenomenon where a flashover of electric current leaves its intended path and travels through the air from one conductor to another, or to ground. The results are often violent and when a human is in close proximity to the arc flash, serious injury and [...] Click here for more
Community Health Center Online
The Community Health Center of Central Wyoming (CHCCW) is enjoying it’s new state of the art facility. CHCCW is a non-profit health care organization whose purpose is to put in place an affordable patient care program addressing community needs. It is a seven day walk-in clinic program that offers family medicine, behavioral health care, dental care, senior [...] Click here for more
Weber Earns CLEP Certification
WPE wishes to announce that Darlene Weber, of the Sioux Falls office, has completed the Certified Lighting Efficiency Professional (CLEP) certification. She is just the second person in South Dakota to achieve this certification and one of 363 recipients in the country. The Association of Energy Engineers is a membership of 16,000 professionals in 89 [...] Click here for more
University Music Building Design Complete
West Plains Engineering just completed electrical design services for the new Casper College Music Building in Casper, Wyoming. Construction will begin very soon, and the entire design team – including MOA Architecture from Denver and HMS Architects from New Orleans, as well as Theatre Consultants Collaborative from Chapel Hill, North Carolina – is excited to [...] Click here for more
WPE Completes High-Tech Animal Clinic
Work was recently completed on the small animal clinic at Iowa State University. The project was a lot of fun, and turned out great. West Plains Engineering specilizes in the design of Animal Health and Housing Facilities. The small animal clinic project was summarized in the Ames Tribune, see the article below. The Ames Tribune- [...] Click here for more