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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.

Puyallup, WA – Mitch Romero, AIA, LEED AP, CCM has joined Parametrix as a Senior Construction Manager based in Puyallup, WA. He has 30 years of experience in architecture, project management, and construction management.Romero comes to Parametrix from OAC Services where he was a Senior Director. His recent project experience includes serving as primary manager for a biotech manufacturing company in Wilsonville, OR and project manager for the Tokeland, WA Tsunami Tower. He is highly experienced in Washington State alternative delivery methods. His general contractor/construction manager (GCCM) projects include major renovation and infrastructure upgrades for the Spokane International Airport. He has also delivered 13 public school projects using GCCM. Previously, Romero served as Foreign Service Construction Engineer for the United States Department of State. He used traditional design build to deliver diplomatic facilities in Brazil, Afghanistan, NATO Brussels, Nigeria, and Djibouti. Prior to that he was an architect and program manager for Heery/CBRE working for Seattle Schools, Oak Harbor Schools, Lake Washington School District, and a series of projects for the United States Department of Homeland Security.At Parametrix, he joins the firm’s community building division, providing project and construction management services to public and private clients in the Puget Sound region.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 throughout 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.

Seattle, WA – The American Council of Engineering Companies of Washington hosted their annual Engineering Excellence Awards Gala on Friday, March 25, in Bellevue, WA. The City of Lakewood’s Veterans Drive Southwest Improvements Project project, submitted by Parametrix, received the Bronze Award in the Social, Economic, and Sustainable Design category. Veterans Drive Southwest is a 1.9-mile residential arterial that was rebuilt from Gravelly Lake Drive to the Veteran’s Administration American Lake Medical Center. The roadway was limited to two lanes with active transportation facilities added, including a shared-use path and sidewalk to provide safe connections to local businesses, direct access to American Lake Park, and connections to public transit and job centers beyond. Roundabouts replaced intersections along the corridor to improve safety and calm traffic as it enters the commercial core. The project beautifies the neighborhood and helps improve the quality of life for residents while spurring economic opportunities for local businesses.“This project has been truly transformative for the area,” said Paul Bucich, City of Lakewood Public Works Engineering Director.Parametrix served as the Prime Consultant and Design Engineer for the 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 throughout 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.

Seattle, WA – Michael Romero, LEED AP has joined Parametrix as a Senior Construction Manager based in Seattle, WA. He has over 25 years of industry experience in landscape architecture, project, and construction management. He has spent the last 15 years providing construction and project management services for K-12 schools and other public sector clients.Romero comes to Parametrix from the Shoreline School District where he served as a Construction Manager. He managed the budget, programming, schedule, consultants, design, permitting, and construction for a four-school $250 million bond program. His project experience also includes work for the Lake Washington School District, Seattle Public Schools, State of Washington, City of Bainbridge Island, Pierce Transit, and King County Metro. At Parametrix, he joins the firm’s community building division, providing project and construction management services to public and private clients in the Puget Sound region.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 in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, New Mexico, and Nevada. 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.

Seattle, WA – King County Metro Transit (Metro) has selected Parametrix to provide engineering and related services for the agency’s transit system electrification plan. Metro operates the seventh largest fleet in the United States, consisting of nearly 1,500 diesel-hybrid, battery electric, and trolley buses. The agency plans to have a zero-emission fleet no later than 2040. Metro will formalize their transit electrification plan to provide more inclusive and equitable transit access and ensure consensus within the organization and between agency partners throughout the entire service area.From 2016 to 2020, Parametrix worked with Metro to begin implementation of a battery electric bus program, which was a fundamental effort toward realizing the county’s zero-emission fleet goals. Project partners include Coffman Engineers, Concord Engineering, DKS Associates, Glumac, HDR, HWA GeoSciences, Integrated Design Engineers, Jarrett Walker + Associates, Microgrid Labs, Triunity Engineering & Management, and Yates Consulting.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.