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Seattle, WA – Parametrix, a 100-percent employee-owned engineering, planning, and environmental sciences firm headquartered in Seattle, has acquired Pacific Geomatic Services, a survey and mapping firm based in Mukilteo, WA. This acquisition will establish a Parametrix office in Snohomish County.Pacific Geomatic Services was established by Ron Hilliard, PLS in 2001. The acquisition increases the depth of Parametrix’s geomatics and survey practice and adds additional survey professionals to the firm’s Puget Sound survey team. Pacific Geomatic specializes in bathymetry, land, environmental, and surveys for public and private clients throughout the Pacific Northwest, including King County, Bureau of Reclamation, BP Pipelines, and Snohomish County Public Utility District.“Together with Pacific Geomatic Services, we continue to expand the depth of services we offer to the communities and clients we serve,” stated Parametrix CEO Jeff Peacock, PE. “We’re thrilled to combine Parametrix’s benefits of employee-ownership through our Employee Stock Ownership Plan and our reputation as a best place to work with Pacific Geomatic Services’ surveying expertise and new North Puget Sound location.”“All of us at Pacific Geomatic Services are excited to become a part of the Parametrix family. We feel that our specialized expertise in advanced technology mapping combined with the increased support and resources that Parametrix provides will allow us to serve our clients at an even higher level,” said Hilliard.About ParametrixCelebrating over 50 years in business, Parametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm providing engineering, planning, and environmental sciences to clients throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, New Mexico, and Nevada. Parametrix has been named one of the top 5 Best Companies to Work for in Washington by Seattle Business Magazine.Connect with Parametrix: find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram @parametrix_inc. Inspired People, Inspired Solutions, Making a Difference.

Portland, OR – Kelly Betteridge has joined Parametrix’s Portland office as a Senior Planner. She has over 20 years of public transportation and transit planning experience.Betteridge comes to Parametrix from TriMet, where she most recently served as Program Manager for the Southwest Corridor project. She has also served as the Manager of Capital Planning where she was the Project Manager for the Division Bus Rapid Transit Project from conceptual design through receipt of Federal Transit Administration Small Starts Funding and managed the Enhanced Transit Concept Program for the agency. She also served as Lead Transit Planner during the permitting and preliminary engineering phases of the Columbia River Crossing project.She holds a Master of Urban and Regional Planning and serves on the Rail~Volution National Steering Committee. Betteridge joins the Parametrix Transit group, working for clients such as the Washington State Department of Transportation, the Utah Transit Authority, Sound Transit, and others on transit and multimodal corridor projects.  About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We are comprised of 500 employee-owners serving our clients from locations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, New Mexico, and Nevada. 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 – Kelly Betteridge has joined Parametrix’s Portland office as a Senior Planner. She has over 20 years of public transportation and transit planning experience.Betteridge comes to Parametrix from TriMet, where she most recently served as Program Manager for the Southwest Corridor project. She has also served as the Manager of Capital Planning where she was the Project Manager for the Division Bus Rapid Transit Project from conceptual design through receipt of Federal Transit Administration Small Starts Funding and managed the Enhanced Transit Concept Program for the agency. She also served as Lead Transit Planner during the permitting and preliminary engineering phases of the Columbia River Crossing project.She holds a Master of Urban and Regional Planning and serves on the Rail~Volution National Steering Committee. Betteridge joins the Parametrix Transit group, working for clients such as the Washington State Department of Transportation, the Utah Transit Authority, Sound Transit, and others on transit and multimodal corridor projects.  About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We are comprised of 500 employee-owners serving our clients from locations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, New Mexico, and Nevada. 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 – Kelly Betteridge has joined Parametrix’s Portland office as a Senior Planner. She has over 20 years of public transportation and transit planning experience.Betteridge comes to Parametrix from TriMet, where she most recently served as Program Manager for the Southwest Corridor project. She has also served as the Manager of Capital Planning where she was the Project Manager for the Division Bus Rapid Transit Project from conceptual design through receipt of Federal Transit Administration Small Starts Funding and managed the Enhanced Transit Concept Program for the agency. She also served as Lead Transit Planner during the permitting and preliminary engineering phases of the Columbia River Crossing project.She holds a Master of Urban and Regional Planning and serves on the Rail~Volution National Steering Committee. Betteridge joins the Parametrix Transit group, working for clients such as the Washington State Department of Transportation, the Utah Transit Authority, Sound Transit, and others on transit and multimodal corridor projects.  About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We are comprised of 500 employee-owners serving our clients from locations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, New Mexico, and Nevada. 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 – Parametrix has added four new staff in their Salt Lake City office, expanding the firm’s southwest region structural and roadway engineering capabilities. This comes after the addition of four staff last month. Michael Oldroyd, PE joins as Utah Roadway and Structures Group Lead, Adam Birdsall, PE, joins as Utah Structures Lead, Stacey Oliveto joins as CADD Technical Lead, and Brittany Payan, PE will support the team as a Roadway Engineer.Oldroyd has 21 years of experience in highway and roadway design, railroad design, construction management, and inspection. He has worked with local, state, and federal governments on projects in Utah, Nevada, Idaho, California, Texas, and Montana. Recent project experience includes SR-39 Dual Lefts at Washington Boulevard in Roy, UT, I-15 Weber County Expressway, UT, and US-40; Gusher EB Passing Lane & Center Turn Lane  in Uintah County, UT. Birdsall has 14 years of experience as a structural design engineer working on a wide variety of projects in Utah, Idaho, Colorado, California, and Wyoming. He has worked in the private sector as a design consultant as well as the public sector as a project engineer. His experience includes a tunnel project under the Chesapeake Bay, a freeway widening through Weber and Davis counties in northern Utah, and a flood control project in California. Oliveto has over 20 years of experience in the drafting field. She is experienced in the civil and transportation disciplines, as well as landscaping, mining, structural, and mechanical fields. She has provided as-built packages for two of the largest rail projects in Utah.  Payan has 5 years of roadway design civil engineering experience.  She has experience drafting, designing, and modeling numerous roadway and roadside projects in Utah, Colorado, and Washington. Recent project experience includes I-15 widening in Northern Utah, highway widening from two to five lanes in Duchesne County, and barrier improvements along over 100 miles of I-15 in Southern Utah. Parametrix’s Utah location is now comprised of over 20 staff specializing in transportation and environmental planning, NEPA, urban design, and traffic engineering.About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We are comprised of over 500 employee-owners serving our clients from locations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, New Mexico, and Nevada. Connect with Parametrix: find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram @parametrix_inc. Inspired People, Inspired Solutions, Making a Difference.

Salt Lake City, UT – Parametrix has added four new staff in their Salt Lake City office, expanding the firm’s southwest region structural and roadway engineering capabilities. This comes after the addition of four staff last month. Michael Oldroyd, PE joins as Utah Roadway and Structures Group Lead, Adam Birdsall, PE, joins as Utah Structures Lead, Stacey Oliveto joins as CADD Technical Lead, and Brittany Payan, PE will support the team as a Roadway Engineer.Oldroyd has 21 years of experience in highway and roadway design, railroad design, construction management, and inspection. He has worked with local, state, and federal governments on projects in Utah, Nevada, Idaho, California, Texas, and Montana. Recent project experience includes SR-39 Dual Lefts at Washington Boulevard in Roy, UT, I-15 Weber County Expressway, UT, and US-40; Gusher EB Passing Lane & Center Turn Lane  in Uintah County, UT. Birdsall has 14 years of experience as a structural design engineer working on a wide variety of projects in Utah, Idaho, Colorado, California, and Wyoming. He has worked in the private sector as a design consultant as well as the public sector as a project engineer. His experience includes a tunnel project under the Chesapeake Bay, a freeway widening through Weber and Davis counties in northern Utah, and a flood control project in California. Oliveto has over 20 years of experience in the drafting field. She is experienced in the civil and transportation disciplines, as well as landscaping, mining, structural, and mechanical fields. She has provided as-built packages for two of the largest rail projects in Utah.  Payan has 5 years of roadway design civil engineering experience.  She has experience drafting, designing, and modeling numerous roadway and roadside projects in Utah, Colorado, and Washington. Recent project experience includes I-15 widening in Northern Utah, highway widening from two to five lanes in Duchesne County, and barrier improvements along over 100 miles of I-15 in Southern Utah. Parametrix’s Utah location is now comprised of over 20 staff specializing in transportation and environmental planning, NEPA, urban design, and traffic engineering.About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We are comprised of over 500 employee-owners serving our clients from locations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, New Mexico, and Nevada. Connect with Parametrix: find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram @parametrix_inc. Inspired People, Inspired Solutions, Making a Difference.

Salt Lake City, UT – Parametrix has added four new staff in their Salt Lake City office, expanding the firm’s southwest region structural and roadway engineering capabilities. This comes after the addition of four staff last month. Michael Oldroyd, PE joins as Utah Roadway and Structures Group Lead, Adam Birdsall, PE, joins as Utah Structures Lead, Stacey Oliveto joins as CADD Technical Lead, and Brittany Payan, PE will support the team as a Roadway Engineer.Oldroyd has 21 years of experience in highway and roadway design, railroad design, construction management, and inspection. He has worked with local, state, and federal governments on projects in Utah, Nevada, Idaho, California, Texas, and Montana. Recent project experience includes SR-39 Dual Lefts at Washington Boulevard in Roy, UT, I-15 Weber County Expressway, UT, and US-40; Gusher EB Passing Lane & Center Turn Lane  in Uintah County, UT. Birdsall has 14 years of experience as a structural design engineer working on a wide variety of projects in Utah, Idaho, Colorado, California, and Wyoming. He has worked in the private sector as a design consultant as well as the public sector as a project engineer. His experience includes a tunnel project under the Chesapeake Bay, a freeway widening through Weber and Davis counties in northern Utah, and a flood control project in California. Oliveto has over 20 years of experience in the drafting field. She is experienced in the civil and transportation disciplines, as well as landscaping, mining, structural, and mechanical fields. She has provided as-built packages for two of the largest rail projects in Utah.  Payan has 5 years of roadway design civil engineering experience.  She has experience drafting, designing, and modeling numerous roadway and roadside projects in Utah, Colorado, and Washington. Recent project experience includes I-15 widening in Northern Utah, highway widening from two to five lanes in Duchesne County, and barrier improvements along over 100 miles of I-15 in Southern Utah. Parametrix’s Utah location is now comprised of over 20 staff specializing in transportation and environmental planning, NEPA, urban design, and traffic engineering.About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We are comprised of over 500 employee-owners serving our clients from locations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, New Mexico, and Nevada. 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 program virtually on Thursday, February 4, 2021. Fifteen projects were honored in this year’s program.King County Park’s Lake to Sound Trail Segment A project, submitted by Parametrix, received a Gold award in the Social, Economic, and Sustainable Design category.This segment of the trail opened to the public in February 2020. The completion of this 1.1-mile-long segment fills an essential missing link within the overall corridor. When complete, the non-motorized, multi-use recreational trail and alternative transportation corridor will be 16-miles long, spanning from the south end of Lake Washington in Renton, WA all the way to the shoreline of Puget Sound in Des Moines, WA. It will directly connect five cities in a traditionally underserved area of South King County and provide access throughout the region with safe connections to other major regional trails and transit facilitiesThe trail is designed to accommodate people of all ages and abilities with a 12-foot-wide asphalt surface, 2-foot soft surface shoulders and 1-foot clear zones on each side of the trail. Other design elements include retaining walls, bridges, intersections/traffic controls, improved drainage systems, culverts, bollards, native landscaping, art, and other trail amenities.Parametrix was initially hired by King County Parks to study the feasibility and select a route for the entire trail. For Segment A, Parametrix was the prime consultant responsible for project management, design of the trail, civil and structural engineering, landscape architecture, surveying, and construction management. HWA GeoSciences was the geotechnical engineer and Olson Brothers was the general contractor.About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We are comprised of 500 employee-owners serving our clients from locations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, New Mexico, and Nevada. 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 – The American Council of Engineering Companies of Washington hosted their annual Engineering Excellence Awards program virtually on Thursday, February 4, 2021. Fifteen projects were honored in this year’s program.King County Park’s Lake to Sound Trail Segment A project, submitted by Parametrix, received a Gold award in the Social, Economic, and Sustainable Design category.This segment of the trail opened to the public in February 2020. The completion of this 1.1-mile-long segment fills an essential missing link within the overall corridor. When complete, the non-motorized, multi-use recreational trail and alternative transportation corridor will be 16-miles long, spanning from the south end of Lake Washington in Renton, WA all the way to the shoreline of Puget Sound in Des Moines, WA. It will directly connect five cities in a traditionally underserved area of South King County and provide access throughout the region with safe connections to other major regional trails and transit facilitiesThe trail is designed to accommodate people of all ages and abilities with a 12-foot-wide asphalt surface, 2-foot soft surface shoulders and 1-foot clear zones on each side of the trail. Other design elements include retaining walls, bridges, intersections/traffic controls, improved drainage systems, culverts, bollards, native landscaping, art, and other trail amenities.Parametrix was initially hired by King County Parks to study the feasibility and select a route for the entire trail. For Segment A, Parametrix was the prime consultant responsible for project management, design of the trail, civil and structural engineering, landscape architecture, surveying, and construction management. HWA GeoSciences was the geotechnical engineer and Olson Brothers was the general contractor.About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We are comprised of 500 employee-owners serving our clients from locations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, New Mexico, and Nevada. 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.