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Seattle, WA – Sielen Namdar, PE has been appointed to the Parametrix Board of Directors as the eighth member. Namdar currently serves as Global Sustainability Lead for Industries and Global Diversity & Inclusion Lead at Cisco.Prior to joining Cisco in 2018, Sielen spent 20 years at Jacobs where she co-founded the Smart Cities Initiative serving as the Global Strategic Sales Director and led Global Strategic Sales for key programs in water, transportation, and energy markets.Namdar brings her experience across multiple industries implementing sustainable and innovative technologies to Parametrix.“We are excited to add Sielen’s expertise and perspective to the Parametrix Board of Directors,” said Parametrix CEO Jeff Peacock, PE.About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We are comprised of 600 employee-owners serving our clients from locations across the Western United States. Parametrix has been named one of Washington and Oregon’s 100 Best Companies to Work for.Connect with Parametrix: find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram @parametrix_inc. Inspired People, Inspired Solutions, Making a Difference.

Albuquerque, NM – Ken Murphy, PE has joined Parametrix as a Senior Transportation Engineer based in Albuquerque. He has 27 years of experience providing transportation engineering, project management, design, and construction management services to public agencies in New Mexico, primarily the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT). Murphy comes to Parametrix from another consulting firm where he served as a Senior Transportation Project Manager. Prior to that, he worked at NMDOT for 25 years. His recent project experience includes quality control and project management support for the City of Albuquerque’s Westside Boulevard, McMahon Boulevard, and West Central Improvements, and NMDOT’s US 84 Roadway Widening. At Parametrix he joins the firm’s Albuquerque transportation team providing engineering and design services to clients such as the New Mexico Department of Transportation, tribes and pueblos, federal agencies, cities, and counties. About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We are comprised of 600 employee-owners serving our clients from locations across the Western United States. Connect with Parametrix: find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram @parametrix_inc. Inspired People, Inspired Solutions, Making a Difference.

Local, state, and federal officials, including Gov. Jay Inslee (third from left) and FTA Administrator Nuria Fernandez (fourth from left), enthusiastically dig into a mound of dirt with golden shovels.Bremerton, WA – On Thursday, May 19, Kitsap Transit, stakeholders, and local lawmakers gathered to celebrate the start of construction on the new Silverdale Transit Center. The new multi-modal center will serve those traveling to and from Central Kitsap, the West Sound’s hub for healthcare, shopping, and other services. It will also allow for future transit network growth, supporting Kitsap Transit’s vision to create transportation corridors in the Silverdale Urban Growth Area.From left to right, Parametrix Employee-Owners Jenna Anderson, Joanna Johnson, Bryan Nicholson, and Anne Timmermans, and Project Architect from Schemata Workshop Mike Mariano stand before a mound of dirt with golden shovels. Parametrix has been involved with this multi-phase project since October 2015, from its early stages of site selection and planning, through full design development, and now construction management services for the final phase.Washington Governor Jay Inslee stands before a podium at the project site parking lot.The new transit center will include eight bus bays to accommodate seven 40‑foot‑long buses and one paratransit bus. For the everyday transit user, decorative paving paths and landscaping will guide riders to circulation paths, waiting areas, and areas of respite, including an edible landscape garden. A cantilevered canopy will provide continuous overhead protection for waiting riders. This project also includes a driver comfort station building, public restrooms, and two bus bays equipped with wireless charging for electric buses, the first Kitsap Transit bus facility with this feature.Presentation board graphic displayed at the event on a tripod. It depicts the electric bus wireless charging technology and a 3D rendering of the transit center. The text on the presentation board reads “Silverdale Transit Center: where electric buses recharge wirelessly. Silverdale will be the first transit center in Kitsap County to feature an inductive charging system. Coils in the pavement quickly and automatically recharge battery-electric busses while they are staged and waiting for passengers to board and get off the vehicle.”Other phases of the project include a roadway realignment, a direct access bus-only on ramp onto State Route 303, and water, sanitary sewer, illumination, and stormwater improvements.The new transit center is slated to open to the public in fall 2023.About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We are comprised of 600 employee-owners serving our clients from locations across the Western United States. Parametrix has been named one of Washington and Oregon’s 100 Best Companies to Work for.Connect with Parametrix: find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram @parametrix_inc.Inspired People, Inspired Solutions, Making a Difference.  

Bremerton, WA – The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) Olympic Region has selected Parametrix for the removal of five fish passage barriers in the Gorst area south of Bremerton.This bundle of fish passage barrier removals is part of the 2013 injunction to remove 90 percent of fish barriers in Washington State by 2030. The bundle of crossings will be delivered through a pre-National Environmental Policy Act Design-Build process.Teaming partners include HDR, Art Anderson, HWA GeoSciences, Osborn Consulting, Ott-Sakai Associates, PRR, and Stell Environmental.Parametrix has been working with WSDOT on the removal of 24 fish passage barriers in the Olympic Region over the last two and a half years.About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We are comprised of 600 employee-owners serving our clients from locations across the Western United States. Parametrix has been named one of Washington and Oregon’s 100 Best Companies to Work for.Connect with Parametrix: find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram @parametrix_inc. Inspired People, Inspired Solutions, Making a Difference.

Seattle, WA – Brent Diemer has joined Parametrix as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He has over 25 years of experience in the architecture and engineering industry, specializing in financial management, business growth and expansion strategy, and organizational culture development. Diemer comes to Parametrix from KLJ Engineering. Prior to that, he spent 22 years with CH2M (now Jacobs). He has served in a variety of financial and business management leadership positions as well as project delivery and business development roles across the industry.   “Parametrix’s commitment to employee-ownership and collaboration provides the optimal setting to evolve innovative client solutions. I look forward to partnering with all our employee-owners on this journey,” said Diemer.“We’re thrilled to have Brent’s leadership at Parametrix,” said Parametrix CEO Jeff Peacock, PE.About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We are comprised of 600 employee-owners serving our clients from locations across the Western United States. Parametrix has been named one of Washington and Oregon’s 100 Best Companies to Work for.Connect with Parametrix: find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram @parametrix_inc. Inspired People, Inspired Solutions, Making a Difference.

Seattle, WA – Engineering News Record has released its annual Top Design Firms list, which ranks firms based on revenue for design services performed in the previous year. This year Parametrix was ranked number 140. Parametrix has been ranked in the top 500 design firms since 1998. For the sixth consecutive year, total revenue for the top 500 listed firms increased, rising 2.2% to $107.11 billion in 2021. Median firm revenue also rebounded after a dip last year, rising 3.8%, to $67.45 million.The transportation market continued to be Parametrix’s largest source of revenue. The firm also generated significant revenue in water, sewer and waste, and general building markets. Some of the firm’s largest projects in 2021 were Twenty-four Fish Passage Improvement Projects for the Olympic Region of Washington State Department of Transportation; the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program for the Washington State and Oregon Departments of Transportation; SH-16 Phase 2 and I-84 Franklin Interchange to Karcher Interchange for Idaho Transportation Department; MAX Red Line Final Design for TriMet; Interbay Steel Forcemain Replacement for King County, WA; Biological Process Improvements for LOTT Clean Water Alliance; and US 180 Alignment Study for the New Mexico Department of Transportation.“We’re honored to once again be ranked among the top design firms in the country,” stated Parametrix CEO Jeff Peacock.About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We are comprised of over 600 employee-owners serving our clients from locations across the Western United States. Parametrix has been named one of Washington and Oregon’s 100 Best Companies to Work for. Connect with Parametrix: find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram @parametrix_inc. Inspired People, Inspired Solutions, Making a Difference. 

Portland, OR – Samantha Erickson has joined Parametrix as a Senior Planner based in Portland, OR. She has 20 years of experience providing transportation planning services to public agencies across the United States.Erickson comes to Parametrix from NelsonNygaard Consulting Associates where she served as a Senior Planner. Her experience includes transit planning and service implementation projects that improve mobility for people. She has worked with clients such as San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, San Mateo County, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, LinkedIn, and Microsoft.At Parametrix, she joins the firm’s Portland transportation team, providing planning services to clients such as the Oregon Department of Transportation, TriMet, and others. About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We are comprised of 600 employee-owners serving our clients from locations across the Western United States. Parametrix has been named one of Oregon and Washington’s 100 Best Companies to Work for. Connect with Parametrix: find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram @parametrix_inc. Inspired People, Inspired Solutions, Making a Difference.

Seattle, WA – Greg Brink, PMP, PMI-RMP, PMI-PBA, CVS, CCEA, ENV SP has joined Parametrix as National Director of Strategic Advisory Services. He will lead the company’s growing Strategic Advisory Services practice.Brink has 20 years of experience in management and strategy consulting. His experience includes capital project, program, and portfolio planning and delivery using management consulting for engineering management, project controls, and capital program/project delivery.He comes to Parametrix from Value Management Strategies, Inc. where he served as Executive Vice President. He has worked with clients such as King County Wastewater Treatment Division, Seattle Public Utilities, Portland Bureau of Environmental Services, Sound Transit, Oregon Department of Transportation, U.S. Department of State – Bureau of Overseas Building Operations, among others, providing consulting and advisory services to support projects, programs, and business process improvements. He has served as Principal Consultant, Executive Program/Project Manager, and client engagement lead for multiple concurrent client efforts delivering in excess of $30 billion of capital portfolios, programs, and projects.At Parametrix, Brink will lead the firm’s Strategic Advisory Services team, providing management consulting, asset management, owner advisory services, business process improvement, and strategy consulting services for program and project planning, development, and delivery for public agencies across the Western United States.About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We are comprised of 600 employee-owners serving our clients from locations across the Western United States. Parametrix has been named one of Washington and Oregon’s 100 Best Companies to Work for.Connect with Parametrix: find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram @parametrix_inc. Inspired People, Inspired Solutions, Making a Difference.

Salt Lake City, UT – Adam Pocock, PE has joined Parametrix as a Senior Engineer based in Salt Lake City, UT. He has over 13 years of industry experience providing design and engineering services for transportation projects throughout Utah, Nevada, Colorado, Washington, and Oregon. Pocock comes to Parametrix from Jacobs. He has delivered projects of varying sizes, from pavement preservation projects to major highway reconstruction for the Utah Department of Transportation, Utah Transit Authority, and municipalities. Recently, he was a Roadway Lead on Utah Transportation Authority’s Ogden Express (OGX) Bus Rapid Transit team, as well as the Utah Department of Transportation’s Bear Lake Marina Access Improvements. At Parametrix, he joins the firm’s transportation team in Salt Lake City, which provides transportation and environmental planning, urban design, and traffic engineering services to the Utah Department of Transportation, Wasatch Front Regional Council, local cities and counties, and other clients.About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We are comprised of 600 employee-owners serving our clients from locations across the Western United States. Connect with Parametrix: find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram @parametrix_inc. Inspired People, Inspired Solutions, Making a Difference. 

Seattle, WA – Bryan Kardos has rejoined Parametrix as a Senior Construction Manager based in Seattle, WA. He has 29 years of industry experience in public works inspection, quality assurance, zoning administration, plan reviews and planning meetings, landscape design, and construction.Kardos comes to Parametrix most recently from O’Neill Service Group where he served as Lead Construction Inspector. He was previously with Parametrix in 2013. His project experience includes overseeing bridges, roundabouts, construction of community parks, community centers, subdivision infrastructure installations, roadways, streetscapes, and water treatment plants.At Parametrix, he will provide construction management services in support the Washington State Department of Transportation’s SR 520 project.About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We are comprised of 600 employee-owners serving our clients from locations across the Western United States. Parametrix has been named one of Washington’s and Oregon’s 100 Best Companies to Work for. Connect with Parametrix: find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram @parametrix_inc. Inspired People, Inspired Solutions, Making a Difference.