Clapsaddle-Garber Associates, Inc. conducted a survey of agencies providing water and sanitary sewer services in surrounding Iowa counties. A questionnaire was mailed to 289 cities in 28 counties. We received 112 responses. Communities surveyed ranged in size from Vining, Iowa, with a population of 50 to Waterloo, Iowa, with a population of 68,406. The results…
Clapsaddle-Garber Associates, Inc. (CGA) would like to announce a new partnership with RAGBRAI XLVIII. RAGBRAI and CGA have partnered together to provide mapping and GIS services to thousands of cyclists that are expected to participate in the Register’s Annual Greatest Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) this summer. According to their website, RAGBRAI is considered an…
Clapsaddle-Garber Associates, Inc. (CGA) is pleased to announce the promotion of two of its team members. Justin Strom, PE, and Luke Wilson, PE, have both been promoted to Project Managers. Strom has been an engineer with CGA since 2013 and graduated from Iowa State in 2012 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil…
February 25th, 2021 was Introduce A Girl to Engineering Day. We wanted to inspire our youth to pursue engineering and related STEM fields, so we interviewed five females in the profession (including two from our own team!). The final product is a video that highlights why these incredible women chose the career path they did,…
Clapsaddle-Garber Associates, Inc. (CGA) reminds local municipalities and counties that the U.S. Census Bureau is now conducting the Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS). Do not miss your opportunity to participate in the BAS to ensure that the Census Bureau has current and accurate boundary, legal name, and status information for counties and local governments. This…
Clapsaddle-Garber Associates, Inc. is conducting a questionnaire of agencies providing water and sanitary sewer service in our surrounding counties. This will provide updated results from the study conducted in 2019. The questionnaire will be mailed to 289 cities in our surrounding 28 counties. If your city doesn’t receive one, but you’d still like to participate,…
Clapsaddle-Garber Associates, Inc. (CGA) is pleased to announce three team members have recently achieved professional certifications. Zeb Stanbrough and Luke Wilson have passed the Iowa exam to become Professional Engineers (PE), and Kasey Westley has passed the Iowa exam to become a Land Surveyor Intern (LSI), the first official step toward becoming a Professional Land…
Clapsaddle-Garber Associates, Inc. (CGA) is pleased to announce they have been selected to receive an Honor Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Iowa. CGA submitted an award application in October 2020 in the “Special Project” category which described their unique work with the City of Story City on repairs to the Historic…
CGA Recognizes How Geographic Information System Technology Makes an Impact Marshalltown, Iowa—November 17, 2020—CGA will celebrate GIS Day on Wednesday, November 18, 2020. While global circumstances require GIS Day to be largely virtual this year, CGA will celebrate innovative applications of geographic information system (GIS) technology in analysis, visualization, gaining insights into geospatial data, and…
Updated 12/04/20 The road is now open! Updated 10/30/20 We regret to inform everyone the Leversee Road closure scheduled for Monday, November 2nd has been postponed due to coordination with all contractors and the railroad personnel. The updated road closure is now scheduled for Wednesday, November 4, 2020. Updated 10/27/20 Due to the weather and…
Attention Hawkeye Community College and DMACC students that are enrolled in the CET program! It is time to apply for our annual scholarship! PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Purpose: CGA is committed to the development of the Civil and Construction Engineering Technology Industry. We understand the high cost of education and want to help defray this cost by…
Clapsaddle-Garber Associates, Inc. (CGA) is pleased to announce Stephen Troskey has become AICP certified. Troskey has been employed as a Planning Project Manager with CGA since 2015 and recently took the test to advance his planning career with the certification offered by the American Planning Association (APA). The AICP Certification is the only nationwide, independent verification…
1:30 pm 8-11-20 The Ames location now has power. 11 am 8-11-20 Email communication has been restored company-wide. ——————————– 7 am 8-11-20 Due to yesterday’s storms, our Ames and Marshalltown offices are currently without power. We are working diligently to get back up and running. For the fastest updates, stay tuned to our Facebook page…
Clapsaddle-Garber Associates, Inc. (CGA) is pleased to announce they received approval to begin providing GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Services to the City of Parkersburg. On Monday, July 6th, the City Council voted to move forward with the GIS proposal the CGA team provided that evening, which had been in the works for months. CGA recently…
Micah Cutler, GIS Director at Clapsaddle-Garber Associates, Inc. (CGA) has been named to the Board of the Iowa Geographic Information Council (IGIC) for a two-year term. The Council consists of representatives from federal, state, county, regional and local governments, colleges and universities, and the private sector, and the Board consists of 25 members that represent…
Clapsaddle-Garber Associates, Inc. (CGA) is pleased to announce Dan Matzinger has passed the Iowa exam to become a Land Surveyor Intern (LSI). Matzinger has been employed as a Survey Technician with CGA since 2009 and recently took the test to continue his career as a surveyor, with the ultimate goal of becoming a PLS (Professional…
Clapsaddle-Garber Associates, Inc. (CGA) is pleased to announce Travis Stewart, P.L.S. has been elected to their Board of Directors. Stewart is a Principal Owner of the Firm with almost 15 years of service with CGA and is a licensed Professional Land Surveyor. He graduated from the University of Northern Iowa with a B.A. in Mathematics…
As your trusted partner, CGA is committed to providing the service you have come to expect from us. You will still be able to reach your Project Manager as you have in the past, and at this time, each location is planning to keep their normal business hours as well as maintain key staff in…
Clapsaddle-Garber Associates, Inc. (CGA) is pleased to announce they are adding GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Services with the addition of Micah Cutler, GIS Director. CGA has been in the civil engineering and land surveying business since 1959 so they’re no stranger to offering professional services across Iowa, but GIS services will be new to them.…
CGA is pleased to be exhibiting at the Iowa State Association of Counties (ISAC) Spring Conference, being held March 12-13, 2020 at the Veterans Memorial Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center in Des Moines, Iowa. The Iowa State Association of Counties (ISAC) is a private, nonprofit corporation with membership comprised of elected and appointed county…
Clapsaddle-Garber Associates, Inc. (CGA) is pleased to be exhibiting at the Iowa League of Cities Conference September 25-27, 2019 at the Grand River Center, 500 Bell Street, Dubuque. Nearly 500 officials from large, medium and small cities around the state are expected this year at the largest event in Iowa geared toward municipalities. The League’s…
Clapsaddle-Garber Associates, Inc. (CGA) is celebrating its 60th anniversary as a civil engineering and land surveying firm throughout 2019. The company started in 1959 in Conrad, Iowa as Clapsaddle Engineering Company and has expanded to include five locations and 60+ employees today. With offices in Ackley, Ames, Cedar Falls, Marshalltown and Webster City, Iowa, the…
Clapsaddle-Garber Associates, Inc. (CGA) is pleased to announce they have been selected to receive an Engineering Achievement Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Iowa. CGA submitted an award application in October, 2018 in the “Special Project” category and described their unique engineering design of the Grand Crossing Condominiums’ parking lot in downtown…
Clapsaddle-Garber Associates, Inc. (CGA) would like to announce that their Marshalltown office within the City Centre is ready to be moved back into! Matt Garber, President and CEO announced today that it is “Time to move home!” Since the July 19th tornado that swept across central Iowa, most CGA Marshalltown employees were displaced due to…
Clapsaddle-Garber Associates, Inc. (CGA) is pleased to be exhibiting at the Iowa League of Cities Conference September 12-14 at the Mid-America Center, located on One Arena Way in Council Bluffs. PDF of full press release.
Clapsaddle-Garber Associates, Inc. (CGA) would like to update the general public, including customers, contractors and vendors on their current state of operations since the July 19th tornado. Click here to read the full press release. PDF of full press release.
Clapsaddle-Garber Associates, Inc. (CGA) would like to update the general public, including customers, contractors and vendors on their current state of operations since the July 19th tornado. Click here to read the full press release. PDF of full press release.
Clapsaddle-Garber Associates, Inc. (CGA) has been impacted by the tornado that swept across many Iowa communities late afternoon on July 19th. The Marshalltown location, which is also the company’s headquarters, is inaccessible at this time until the building has been secured. Employees are not allowed to enter the building. PDF of full press release.
