Insight

Earning a professional engineer’s license is a major career milestone. Recently, four employee-owners at Parametrix passed the exam to earn theirs. Congratulations to Chris Johnson, Brandon Moss, Marcus Vassey, and Scott Weirich! I asked them a few questions about their careers and their advice for others. Read their responses below. Chris Johnson Chris joined the […]

While we faced many challenges in 2020, we’re proud of the work we were able to accomplish together with our clients and partners, while keeping health and safety a top priority. From a virtual talent show and masking up for safety, to remote meetings and social distancing, here are just a few of our highlights

The Mukilteo multimodal ferry terminal opened to passengers on the evening of December 29. This is Washington State Ferries’ first new terminal in 40 years. The facility includes a new terminal as well as new streets, roadways, sidewalks, a transit center, and improved links to the nearby Sound Transit Sounder commuter rail station. Parametrix has

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