Hanson has extensive experience working with government and military agencies to meet their specific needs and to supply them with cost-effective quality services.  Our numerous government and military clients include the Department of Defense, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of Energy and its Office of Nuclear Energy, Science & Technology, the U.S. Coast Guard, the General Services Administration, the International Broadcasting Bureau, and the Environmental Protection Agency.

We have built a national reputation for thorough work, with focused attention to delivering on time and within budget.  Our size and practical problem-solving philosophy allow us to provide responsive and effective solutions for our federal clients' specific project needs.

Hanson provides a variety of services to federal clients:

• Architecture and structural, civil and geotechnical engineering
• Bridge planning and design
• Environmental services and waste management
• Hydrology/hydraulics (flood control)
• Planning
• Railroad planning and design
• Telecommunications

Additionally, Hanson now offers hydrographic surveying, which employs fully automated, state-of-the-art techniques for conducting:

• side-scan sonar surveys of locks, dams and other underwater structures to determine their condition;
• sedimentation surveys; and
• construction-related side-scan sonar surveys to determine depths under obstructions. 

Below are a few of the many projects we have successfully completed for government clients.  Click on a picture or project to see more.

Architecture and engineering

Greater Peoria Airport, Engineering Design
Client:  Illinois Air National Guard, 182nd Air Support Operations Center 
Location:  Peoria, Ill.

Capital Airport, Engineering Design
Client:  Illinois Air National Guard, 183rd Tactical Fighter Squadron
Location:  Springfield, Ill.

McAlester Ammunition Plant Design
Client:  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Location:  McAlester, Okla.

Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Client:  United States Navy
Location:  Great Lakes area, Ill.

Bridge planning and design

P&L Railway Bridge
Client:  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Location:  Grand Rivers, Ky.

Environmental services/waste management

Installation Restoration Program/Hazardous Waste Remedial Action Program
Client:  U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center
Location:  Various locations

Flood control

Walnut Creek/Raccoon River flood wall design
Mississippi River observation well inspection
Client:  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Location:  West Des Moines, Iowa

Planning

Chanute Air Force Base Reuse Plan
Location:  Rantoul, Ill.

Railroad planning and design

Worldwide Railroad Contract
Client:  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Location:  Various locations

Telecommunications and
mission critical facilities

LORAN-C Power Transmitter Stations
Client:  U.S. Coast Guard
Location:  Alaska and Saudi Arabia

São Tomé Radio Relay Station
Client:  International Broadcasting Bureau (Voice of America)
Location:  Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Principe (West Africa)

Medium-Wave Broadcast Stations
Client:  International Broadcasting Bureau (Voice of America)
Location:  Thailand, Philippines and Greece

Tinian Island Radio Relay Station
Client:  International Broadcasting Bureau (Voice of America)
Location:  Tinian Island, Northern Mariana Island chain

Hydrographic surveying

Indefinite delivery contract for Chicago District
Client:  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District
Location:  Throughout Chicagoland area

Indefinite delivery contract for St. Louis District
Client:  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District
Location:  Various locations