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Puyallup, WA – Parametrix Senior Consultant Jennifer Murphy, PE, CSE, has been appointed to serve as chair of the Water Environment Federation (WEF) Municipal Resource Recovery Design Community. She will serve a three-year term, beginning as second vice chair and culminating as chair in 2027-2028. WEF is an international not-for-profit technical and educational water quality […]

Seattle, WA – Engineering News-Record has released its annual “Top 500 Design Firms” list, which ranks firms by revenue from design services performed in the previous year. This year, Parametrix was ranked No. 137, up one spot from 2025. Parametrix has been ranked in the top 500 design firms for over 25 years.   In 2025, Parametrix generated $228 million in design revenue, with the largest share in the transportation sector, followed by sewer/waste and water supply.  Some of the firm’s largest projects in the last

San Diego, CA – Nirupa Kannan, PE, PMP, has joined Parametrix as the firm’s California engineering manager. She has over 20 years of experience in transit, highway, roadway, and active transportation projects.   Kannan comes to Parametrix from HNTB Corporation, where she served as an associate vice president, managing the firm’s San Diego transportation engineering department. There, she led a team

Silverdale, WA – The American Public Works Association (APWA) Washington Chapter awarded Quincy Square on Fourth Street the 2026 Project of the Year award in the transportation, less than $5 million category. The award was presented to the City of Bremerton at the Project of the Year Awards Banquet in Vancouver, WA, on April 16.

Tacoma, WA – Jim Dugan has been promoted to division manager, overseeing the firm’s Tacoma owner’s representative office. Dugan has been with Parametrix for over 20 years and was a founding member of the firm’s Tacoma office.   His experience includes managing the planning, design, engineering, and construction of industrial, commercial, and institutional projects across the public and private sectors. He has managed the design and construction of multiple

Portland, OR – Parametrix has ranked the No. 11 best large company to work for in Oregon by Oregon Business. This is up six spots from 2025, when the firm ranked No. 17. Large companies are those that have 100 or more employees in Oregon. The ranking is based on employee survey responses, which include

Seattle, WA – Anne Timmermans, CCM, LEED AP BD+C has been promoted to division manager at Parametrix, overseeing program and construction management in Washington state. Timmermans joined Parametrix in 2017 and has over two decades of experience in program and construction management, including heavy civil infrastructure and mega projects. Timmermans is experienced in alternative delivery

Seattle, WA – Alex Atchison, PE, PTOE, and Mallory Wilde, PE, have been promoted to serve as division managers of the firm’s Washington State transportation division. The division, led by Cindy Clark, PE, will be broken into two segments, with one focused on planning and the other on design.  Atchison will serve as transportation planning division manager. She joined Parametrix in 2015 and has nearly three decades of industry experience. In

Seattle, WA – Jon Lebo, RA, Assoc. DBIA, LEED AP, has joined Parametrix as a senior consultant. He has nearly four decades of experience in design and construction management. Before joining Parametrix, Lebo served as deputy executive project director for Sound Transit’s East Link Extension project from Seattle to the Overlake Redmond area. There, he

Puyallup, WA – Parametrix Senior Engineer Chris Young, PE, has been elected to serve as chair of the Pacific Northwest Section of the American Water Works Association (PNWS-AWWA). Young has nearly 20 years of experience in the water infrastructure industry. He was selected for the role based on votes from organization members. The results will