Insight

By Bardia Nezhati, PE, PTOE Co-authored by Vern Keeslar, AICP and Jackie Kuechenmeister, AICP The I-15 Corridor is a major transcontinental north-south highway in the western United States that extends more than 1,470 miles through the states of California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, and Montana. It serves as the economic artery linking San Diego and […]

By Matt Steiner & Jen Murphy Part 1: AFT Arrow Many utility ratepayers are currently struggling with economic security. At the same time, energy costs are rising and the impact of uncertain material and equipment markets is driving project costs up and making capital planning less predictable. As such, it is important that as engineers

By Mark Mazzola The federal Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) recently finalized new rules for the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which became effective on September 14, 2020. This was the first major revision to NEPA in over 40 years. The impetus for the updated rules is to streamline the NEPA process, which is often

Clara Olson is a water engineer based out of our Portland, OR office who recently earned her Professional Engineer license. Learn more about Clara, the projects she’s worked on, and her advice for others taking the PE test. Tell us about yourself. I grew up in Portland and after four years of college in Spokane

On August 17, Civil FX became a division of Parametrix. This partnership combines Parametrix’s expertise in engineering with Civil FX’s industry-leading interactive visualization capabilities. Meet and learn more about the seven talented individuals who have joined us in Las Vegas as Civil FX, A Division of Parametrix. Wayne Sullivan Wayne has over 20 years of

7-23-2020 As a former Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE), Parametrix believes in the importance of creating meaningful partnerships with other DBE and Minority Business Enterprises (MBE). We’re introducing you to a few of the MBE/DBE firms we’ve had the pleasure of working with. Meet Michael Minor, President of Michael Minor & Associates, a noise, vibration, and

We’re pleased to have several interns joining us virtually this summer for our first-ever work from home internship experience. While this year looks a little different than others, we’re still committed providinge challenging, hands-on project experience to students entering our industry. Meet our summer 2020 interns: Sneha Raza | Puyallup, WA Education: I graduated with

As a former Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE), Parametrix believes in the importance of creating meaningful partnerships with DBE and Minority Business Enterprises (MBE). We’re introducing you to a few of the MBE/DBE firms we’ve had the pleasure of working with. Bright Engineering, Inc. was founded in 1997 by Ade Bright, PE, SE. The firm specializes

As part of our on-call contract with the City of Bothell, Parametrix is providing construction management services for the replacement of a pedestrian bridge across the Sammamish River at the Park at Bothell Landing. The Parametrix team includes Matt Kastberg (project manager), Jeff Sweet, and David Ulrich. The new structure is a timber-truss bridge with

We’re extending our celebration of Pride Month for one more employee-owner feature. Michael Baker is a transportation planner based out of our Salt Lake City office. He has been with Parametrix for nearly 10 years. What does Pride Month mean to you? To me, Pride Month is about embracing who you truly are. It’s exhausting