ISG news + Insights

What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Perennial Prairie: A Three-Year Growing Journey

ISG’s Plant Ecology team invites you to journey with us over a three-year period as we transform six sections of Sportsman’s Landing in La Crescent, Minnesota into thriving native plant demonstration sites. The area provides multiple landscape design opportunities to restore shoreline, enhance a stormwater basin, and elevate parking lot islands all while increasing habitat for pollinators.

Meet Transportation Business Unit Leader Will Kratt

Passionate about improving communities, Will works closely with partners to improve a wide range of transportation systems, from pedestrian access and multi-modal travelers to large-scale corridor planning. Will takes a holistic approach to planning, considering all aspects of community life to reach overall goals. Read on to find out more about Will, his passions, and his ever curious, futuristic mindset.

Meet ISG President David Doxtad

For over a decade, David has served as one of ISG’s empowering leaders. As President, he strives to find opportunities for his fellow employee owners, encouraging them to grow into leaders and elevate their experience and success at ISG. Read on to learn more about David’s journey into the industry, his favorite aspects of ISG, and a bit about life in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Meet Public Works Business Unit Leader Casey Patton

When he isn’t working on home-improvement projects or tending his hobby farm, Casey Patton leads ISG’s Public Works Business Unit, serving the communities of Iowa and beyond. Read more below to learn about public works at ISG and how the public works business unit leader spends his time outside work.

It’s a Balance: Protecting Crops and Water Downstream

Much of the upper Midwest, including Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota were formed by glaciers moving over the landscape, creating a region referred to as prairie potholes. Early agricultural practices were focused on draining the water from these potholes in order to farm the land.

Meet Graduate Engineer Chantal Nack

Inspired by her grandfather, Chantal Nack attended the University of Minnesota to study engineering and now helps provide structural engineering solutions at ISG. Read on to learn more about her impressive college athletic career and how she overcomes challenges in the engineering industry!