Lighting the Game Right

Lighting the Game Right

The New Rules of Sports Visibility We’ve all seen that frustrating highlight where a player loses a ball mid-air because it vanished into a blinding light. It’s practically a sports meme at this point—but for lighting designers and engineers, it’s a very real issue....
Sioux Park Tennis Court Improvements

Sioux Park Tennis Court Improvements

An Award-Winning Match Authored Collaboratively by WPE Staff The Sioux Park Tennis Courts reconstruction brought new life to one of Rapid City’s most-used recreational spaces. The project delivered fully repaired tennis and racquetball courts, eliminated cracking and...
Pete Lien Shooting Complex

Pete Lien Shooting Complex

A New Space for Sport Mike Sigman, Electrical Engineer and Office Manager South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks completed a major investment in outdoor education and shooting sports with the new Pete Lien Shooting Complex north of Rapid City. Located about 10 miles up...
Black Hills Basecamp

Black Hills Basecamp

Coordinating the Climb Michael Heinrich, P.E., Mechanical Engineer, Department Head  Black Hills Basecamp’s new 7,000‑square‑foot bouldering facility became a major year-round asset for the climbing community in Rapid City, transforming three bays of a pre‑engineered...
Scheel’s IcePlex Addition

Scheel’s IcePlex Addition

Growing the Game Dalton Buck, Mechanical Designer Anyone who’s spent time at the Scheels IcePlex knows how tight things have gotten over the years. When the building opened, it had just enough to get by. Now—with youth hockey doubling from around 400 players to more...