Best Practices for Setting Up COVID-19 Vaccination Facilities
Learn from Kimley-Horn’s traffic control operation specialists on how to prepare a drive-thru or mobile COVID-19 vaccination site.
October 22, 2020
COVID-19: Our Response
Our Commitment Remains the Same:
Expect More. Experience Better.
Even in unprecedented times, our commitment to exceptional client service has not changed. We remain wired for your success and focused on delivering creative solutions when you need them most.
Staying Committed. Staying Connected.
We’re serving you from more than 4,000 home offices, collaborating to move your projects forward. Because we believe we are stronger together, we’ve compiled our experts’ knowledge, relevant resources, and best practices to support our clients, industry partners, and teammates during this time. Thank you for your continued support of our firm and our people.
RECENT UPDATES & Client Resources
Closing an Interstate From the Comfort of Home
Is your traffic management center ready to go virtual? Kimley-Horn’s David Halloin, P.E., PTOE, and Tom Hartmann, P.E., PTOE, IMSA II, explain how they successfully coordinated a weekend-long interstate closure remotely for the City of Arlington.
September 29, 2020
Can PARK(ing) Day Play a Role in Combating COVID-19?
Kimley-Horn parking planners Brian Bartholomew, CAPP and Michael Connor share how retailers can effectively expand their operations outdoors using PARK(ing) Day processes.
August 5, 2020
Leading Through Turbulent Times: How the Tolling Industry is Tackling COVID-19
Chadi Chazbek, P.E. highlights how the pandemic has accelerated shifting trends in the tolling industry and describes what the road ahead may look like.
July 30, 2020
Back to School: How to Plan for Smaller Class Sizes and Portable Classrooms
As some schools prepare to reopen in the fall, Kimley-Horn offers some best practices on how to use portable classrooms to meet social distancing requirements.
July 29, 2020
Overcome Retail Restrictions with Outdoor Placemaking
Daniel Grove, PLA, AICP, LEED AP offers guidance to help reopening retailers responsibly expand operations outdoors while meeting safety and accessibility requirements.
June 24, 2020
Back to School: How to Plan for Safe and Efficient Drop-Off and Pick-Up
As some schools prepare to reopen in the fall, safe and efficient drop-off and pick-up are a priority. Read our tips on how to plan ahead for the return to school.
June 10, 2020
Tailoring Traffic Signal Operations to the “New Normal”
Cities that have adjusted traffic signals to new patterns stemming from stay-at-home orders will need to make changes as more cars are back on the road. Tom Hartmann, P.E., PTOE, IMSA TS II explores how to make data-based decisions to keep traffic flowing.
June 9, 2020
When Your Crystal Ball Gets Cloudy: Creating Reliable Forecasts in Uncertain Times
Jessica Rossi, AICP shares best practices for creating reliable forecasts during economic uncertainty, based on her experience with both public and private sector clients.
June 2, 2020
Traffic Studies During COVID-19: Keep Projects Moving Using Big Data
Learn how using big data can help you plan for future infrastructure developments during COVID-19.
May 28, 2020
Riding Out the “New Normal”: Reviving the Transit Industry Post-COVID-19
Ashley Lickliter shares how transit systems are delivering essential services today, and how funding and ridership may look for the industry as shelter-in-place orders expire.
May 19, 2020
Digital Public Engagement During COVID-19: Promoting Access in a Virtual World
Public engagement specialists Leila Bunge and Jessica Laabs share advice on how to ensure virtual public engagement efforts are accessible, inclusive, and meaningful when occurring online.
May 18, 2020
Solutions from the Next Generation
Kimley-Horn President and CEO Steve Lefton shares the solutions and best practices that are helping our clients and communities adapt and adjust to the “interim new normal.”
May 14, 2020
Mitigating Risk in Uncertain Times: Ways to Keep Your Transit Program on Track
Kimley-Horn’s Emily Grenzke, MIAM, a national leader in infrastructure asset management discusses how to best deal with risk during a time of rapid change.
May 8, 2020
Returning to Retail: How to Build Customer Trust While Maintaining Social Distance
When businesses can reopen and we no longer need to shelter in place, consumers will not immediately go back to their old ways. What will the new normal look like in a month, or in six months? How about in one year? These are the questions we must consider when we return to brick-and-mortar retail.
May 4, 2020
Three Ways to Move Development Projects Forward During a Pandemic
Some developers and municipalities have decided to hit pause, others are keeping on track, and a few are accelerating work where possible. Here are three simple steps that can help move projects forward.
May 4, 2020
Curbing COVID-19: How the Parking Industry is Responding and Adapting
Kimley-Horn parking and mobility consultants Jeffrey Elsey, Chuck Reedstrom, and David Taxman weigh in on how three industries that rely heavily on parking revenue—municipalities, universities, and airports—are working through the impacts of the pandemic now and in the future.
April 27, 2020
Transitioning to Digital Public Involvement: What You Need to Know
At a time when traditional, face-to-face public involvement meetings aren’t feasible, leveraging digital tools can help you carry out effective public engagement, while connecting with your community in new and innovative ways.
April 16, 2020
Best Practices for Setting Up COVID-19 Mobile Testing Facilities
If you are asked to assist with the setup and mobilization of mobile or drive-through testing facilities to help curb the spread of COVID-19, here are some best practices and tips for ensuring the efficiency, safety, and well-being of all.
April 6, 2020
Providing for Our People: COVID-19 Health and Safety Procedures
At Kimley-Horn, the health and safety of our staff and our clients is of the utmost importance. Our commitment to a safe workplace and exceptional client service includes caring for the well-being of all those we support and serve.
April 2, 2020
Responsibility in the Time of COVID-19
What does it mean to be a responsible leader? To me, the most important things are keeping your staff safe and your company operational. After all, a company unable to function is a company unable to support its most basic purpose: providing an environment for its people to flourish.
April 1, 2020
Staying Connected Through COVID-19
Though much has changed in the world over the last few weeks, Kimley-Horn’s commitment to exceptional client service has not. As we planned, many of us are working from home and are efficiently delivering on our commitments.
March 30, 2020
Though much has changed over the last few weeks, some things remain the same. For our clients, this means our commitment to you is stronger than ever. We’re up and running with our virtual work model, and are efficiently delivering on projects as anticipated.
For job candidates, our commitment to hiring the best of the best still holds true. We remain optimistic about our future and will continue to look for great additions to our team.
To our clients, future teammates, and partners—thank you for your continued support of our firm and our people.