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  Featured Project: Harbor Beach, Michigan
ISSUE NO. 5  

The Harbor Beach Project was initiated to improve the status of the M-25 (street) and the overall appearance of downtown Harbor Beach, Michigan.

The project scope included the complete reconstruction of the M-25 from the south city limit to the north city limit. The Harbor Beach streetscape also received a face-lift with new pedestrian benches and trash receptacles manufactured by Maglin Site Furniture. Maglin modified the design of the MLB590M bench and the MLWR200-20 trash container to allow for the installation of custom plaques. The addition of Maglin's dome top lid with self-closing door to the MLWR200-20 enhances the features of the trash container and limits the amount of rain water within.
Kalin Construction Co., Inc., the prime contractor on the project was responsible for the coordination of subcontractors and overall project management.

Wade-Trim Engineering (Bay City) is the city engineer for Harbor Beach. Their role in the project was to prepare the plans and specifications for the M-25 reconstruction project that included streetscape enhancements. Wade-Trim worked with the City to secure the enhancement grant, prepare the plans and make recommendations on the materials.

Kalin Construction Co.
Gerald T. Kalin, founder of Kalin Construction first opened its doors in 1976. With only 3 employees at the time, Kalin has now grown to encompass 80 to 100 workers. Located in Sodus, Michigan, Kalin focuses on heavy highway or site construction. "We basically do everything except concrete and asphalt" says J.W. Kalin, grandson of Gerald Kalin. "We also have 2 plants that produce aggregate and we operate a fleet of trucks". The majority of projects Kalin works on are based within Southwest Michigan, but will go state-wide as required.
 
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Harbor Beach, Michigan
Wade-Trim Engineering

Wade-Trim's roots trace back to 1926 when a small firm was created in Dearborn, Michigan, not far from Henry Ford's estate, to provide professional engineering services to nearby municipalities. IN 1951, a teenage boy named Robert Wade was hired as a part-time drafter and survey assistant. A young engineer named Don Trim was hired in 1964. Growing through hard work and the buyouts of two small firms, Wade-Trim emerged. Today, Wade-Trim employs over 400 people with eleven offices in four states.

Wade-Trim provides a full range of professional engineering, planning, surveying and landscape architecture services to meet the infrastructure needs of government and industry. A subsidiary firm, Wade-Trim Operations Services, provides wastewater and water operation, maintenance and management services as well as turnkey electrical services for water resource projects.

For more information on Wade-Trim, contact their Detroit corporate office at 313.961.3650 or visit www.wadetrim.com.