National Guard Project Earns LEED Silver

National Guard Project Earns LEED Silver

The new $16 million South Dakota National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility Readiness Center recently earned a LEED Silver certification for design and construction. The project earned all but one of the attempted credits, a testament to the building and system...
Matt Stroh, P.E. Welcomed as WPE Office Manager

Matt Stroh, P.E. Welcomed as WPE Office Manager

West Plains Engineering (WPE) is pleased to announce Matt Stroh, P.E., a Mechanical Engineer and Project Manager most recently from Wisconsin, has joined the firm as Office Manager in the Casper, Wyo. location. Stroh was previously a Senior Engineer for Multistack in...
Solving Today’s Design Delivery Puzzle

Solving Today’s Design Delivery Puzzle

For a long time, projects were scarce, and backlogs suffered. Now that the work is lining back up to be done, labor shortages, material costs and delivery times don’t line up with it. It’s all hands on deck to shift, pivot, twist and turn our typically linear...
Managing Open-Ended Delivery Contracts

Managing Open-Ended Delivery Contracts

On-call. As-needed. Indefinite scope. Indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ). Whatever it’s called, open-ended delivery contracts are an important tool in the A/E/C industry. While traditional design contracts align the right team to tackle a specific...