Bolton & Menk - Case Study

Most floodplain studies are computed using a HEC-RAS steady state model. The steady state model is an accepted standard, but under certain circumstances can produce results that are far from realistic.

Bolton & Menk, a civil, environmental and transportation engineering firm based in Mankato, Minnesota, took on a project that required the firm to perform a floodplain analysis in a heavily developed area with a complex system of stream channels and wetlands.

In 1949, two earnest Midwesterners, John Bolton and Martin Menk, set the foundation for our firm’s mission to serve communities. Bolton and Menk knew people had dreams for a bright future, but a common challenge was old, crumbling infrastructure. Bolton and Menk decided to help people and communities do better by listening to their needs, providing the best solutions, and treating folks with respect. As a major civil engineering, planning and consulting firm, their legacy lives on.