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Portland, OR – Engineering News Record Northwest has published its 2019 list of the top design firms in Oregon, ranked by design-specific revenue. Parametrix ranked number twelve in Oregon with nearly $15 million in design revenue generated in the state.Parametrix has 55 licensed professional engineers in Oregon. The firm’s Oregon offices are located in Portland and Bend.About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm celebrating 50 years in business. We are comprised of 500 employee-owners providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We serve 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.

Puyallup, WA – Craig Moore has joined Parametrix as a senior construction manager, based out of the firm’s Puyallup office. He has 19 years of experience providing construction management for various projects including transportation, light rail, stream and habitat restoration, drinking water, wastewater, and aviation infrastructure. Moore comes to Parametrix from Jacobs. His project experience includes Sound Transit’s North Link and University Link extension, Seattle Public Utilities’ Combined Sewer Overflow Long-term Control Plan, and The Washington State Department of Transportation’s SR 520 Bridge Replacement project. At Parametrix, he joins the firm’s construction management group, providing services to various public clients throughout the Puget Sound region and Western Washington. About Parametrix Parametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm celebrating 50 years in business. We are comprised of 500 employee-owners providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We serve 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 – Engineering News Record Northwest has published its 2019 list of the top design firms in Washington state, ranked by design-specific revenue. Parametrix ranked number four in Washington with over $70 million in design revenue generated in the state. Parametrix has 110 licensed professional engineers in Washington state. The firm, headquartered in Seattle, also has Washington offices in Puyallup, Tacoma, Bremerton, Vancouver, Spokane, and Pullman.About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm celebrating 50 years in business. We are comprised of 500 employee-owners providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We serve 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 – Taya MacLean, PWS has joined Parametrix as a senior scientist, based out of the firm’s Portland office. She has twenty years of natural resource management experience. MacLean is a registered Professional Wetland Scientist, is certified by the Oregon Department of Transportation to prepare endangered species effects assessments, and holds a Master of Science in Biology degree from California State University. MacLean comes to Parametrix from AKS Engineering & Forestry, LLC where she served as a senior biologist, conducting wetland delineations, ordinary high water mark delineations, rare plant surveys, habitat assessments, and avian and wildlife monitoring. She is also experienced in preparing wetland delineation reports, natural resource assessments, critical area assessment reports, mitigation plans and monitoring, and Section 404/10 removal/fill permit applications. At Parametrix, MacLean will serve as the Oregon Natural Resources Group Lead, providing environmental services to both public and private clients in Oregon and Southwest Washington. About Parametrix Parametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm celebrating 50 years in business. We are comprised of 500 employee-owners providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We serve 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 – Engineering News Record Northwest’s 2019 list of the top design firms in the Northwest ranks firms by sector, including water supply, structural engineering, transportation, and civil engineering. Parametrix ranked among the top ten in each category – including number one in civil engineering. The Northwest region includes Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. The list ranks firms based on design-specific revenue generated in each category. The firm’s ranking as the top civil engineering firm in the Northwest comes from generating nearly $70 million in revenue in the category. Parametrix ranked number four in structural engineering, number five in transportation, and number seven in water supply.About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm celebrating 50 years in business. We are comprised of 500 employee-owners providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We serve 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. 

Photo: Fennel Creek in Bonney Lake, WA. Seattle, WA – The City of Bonney Lake has received a Washington State Department of Commerce 2019 Governor’s Smart Communities Award. The program, now in its 14th year, recognizes projects that promote smart growth planning and “contribute to thriving communities, a prosperous economy, and sustainable infrastructure in Washington.” The City received the Judge’s Merit Award, which is given to a project that is a “shining example of the best work in a particular topic,” for their 2017 Watershed Protection and Lane Use Plan. Parametrix partnered with the City to prepare the plan, which provides an integrated systems approach to watershed protection and land use planning. “The City is committed to balancing the needs of economic development and environmental protection. This plan is an integrated approach to facilitating development in Bonney Lake while meeting the requirements of the regional growth strategy and protecting our natural environment,” stated City of Bonney Lake Mayor, Neil Johnson. The City of Bonney Lake, located in a rapidly growing part of Pierce County in the Puyallup River basin, has unique geologic conditions not typically found in many western Washington communities, including a drift plain with low hills of outwash materials and numerous closed depressions. Fennel Creek, the main stream in the City, is a former glacial meltwater channel, much of which was later filled with a mudflow from Mount Rainier. This combination of high and low infiltration on a relatively geologically young landscape required site-specific stormwater solutions. “Their approach to storm water planning is impressive,” stated one competition judge. The project “represents a holistic approach to addressing multiple goals of the growth management act,” according to the Department of Commerce’s news release. About Parametrix Parametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm celebrating 50 years in business. We are comprised of 500 employee-owners providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We serve 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 – Ryan Farncomb has joined Parametrix as a project manager and senior transportation planner based out of the firm’s Portland office. He has over 10 years of experience in transit, bike, and pedestrian planning. His project experience includes the Oregon Public Transportation Plan, Northwest Oregon Transit Alliance’s Access to Transit Improvement project, and Spokane Transit Authority’s Central City Line. Prior to joining Parametrix, Farncomb served as a Project Manager and Transportation Planning Group Lead at Jacobs. His role included managing transportation planning and design projects, from long-range system planning to transit capital project development and implementation. He has written grant applications for public agencies, including two successful Federal Transit Administration Small Starts grant applications for Spokane Transit and Sound Transit. He is also experienced in developing public involvement strategies. In 2013, Farncomb earned a Master of Urban & Regional Planning from Portland State University. He now serves as an Adjunct Professor, teaching an introduction to urban transportation planning class. Farncomb serves as a steering committee member of RailVolution and is a member of the Multnomah County Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee. At Parametrix, he joins the firm’s transportation planning and design group. He will be working on projects such as the I-5 at Aurora Donald Interchange and the Oregon Coast Bike Route. About Parametrix Parametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm celebrating 50 years in business. We are comprised of 500 employee-owners providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We serve 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 – Engineering News Record Northwest has published its 2019 list of the top design firms in the Northwest, encompassing Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. The annual list “ranks the largest U.S.-based design firms, both publicly and privately held, on design-specific revenue.” Parametrix ranked number seven for overall design firms. The Seattle-based company, with 127 licensed professional engineers in the Northwest, grossed over $85 million in revenue generated within the region. The largest project to break ground in 2018 for Parametrix was the I-5 Mounts Road to Thorne Lane project in DuPont, WA.About ParametrixParametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm celebrating 50 years in business. We are comprised of 500 employee-owners providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We serve 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 – Seattle Business Magazine held their 30th Annual Best Companies to Work for Awards yesterday evening at the Washington State Convention Center. The event, hosted by King 5’s Chris Cashman, included a guest appearance by the Seattle Seahawks Blue Thunder Drumline. The top 100 firms were ranked based on the results of an employee survey that included questions on the topics of work environment, rewards and recognition, benefits, communications, responsibility and decision-making, and executive leadership. The competition included companies from across the state in various sectors. Engineering, planning, and environmental sciences firm Parametrix ranked on the list as the number three best large company to work for in Washington. “Parametrix has a clear sense of purpose and an uncompromising set of values that are always present in our workplace,” stated Parametrix CEO, Jeff Peacock, PE. “Our employee-owners believe in and support each other in our work to help our clients and partners create vibrant, sustainable communities and restore the health of the planet.” This is the second consecutive year that Parametrix has been ranked among the top three companies to work for in Washington. The firm, headquartered in Seattle, has offices throughout Washington state including locations in Puyallup, Tacoma, Bremerton, Vancouver, Spokane, and Pullman. As a 100% employee-owned firm, all employee-owners participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan. The firm places an emphasis on work/life balance, provides opportunities for growth, and gives employee-owners the opportunity to work on award-winning projects within their communities. About Parametrix Parametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm celebrating 50 years in business. We are comprised of 500 employee-owners providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We serve 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.

Photo courtesy of Port of SunnysideSunnyside, WA – The Port of Sunnyside has been awarded the Washington Public Ports Association’s Outstanding Job Creator of the Year award for their work with Ostrom’s Mushroom Farm, the only large-scale commercial mushroom grower in Washington State. The Washington Public Port Association gives the Outstanding Job Creator Award “to a project that creates jobs for a community, with an eye on the quality of the jobs and the relative impact of the jobs created.” The award was presented to the project team at the organization’s Spring Meeting. The project is estimated to bring approximately 200 new jobs to the Yakima Valley. The Port recently received a grant and low interest rate loan for the project from the Washington State Community Economic Revitalization Board and Yakima County Supporting Investments in Economic Development. Parametrix has assisted the Port with funding applications as well as concept development and design for the project, which will reuse biogas to create renewable energy, replacing natural gas for steam boilers used in the new Ostrom’s facility. Currently, the Port treats food industry wastewater through an anaerobic digester and releases biogas through a flare unit; enough to heat 300 homes. This project will conceptually harness that energy and use it to replace natural gas and electricity, saving up to approximately 4,100 tons of greenhouse gas emissions from being released into the air each year. The biogas will be purified in a new pretreatment system on Port property and then conveyed in an underground pipeline to the new Ostrom’s Mushroom facility currently under construction approximately one mile away. About Parametrix Parametrix is a 100-percent employee-owned firm celebrating 50 years in business. We are comprised of 500 employee-owners providing inspired solutions in engineering, planning, and environmental sciences. We serve 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.