By Mark Mazzola The federal Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) recently finalized new rules for the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which became effective on September 14, 2020. This was the first major revision to NEPA in over 40 years. The impetus for the updated rules is to streamline the NEPA process, which is often […]

Clara Olson is a water engineer based out of our Portland, OR office who recently earned her Professional Engineer license. Learn more about Clara, the projects she’s worked on, and her advice for others taking the PE test. Tell us about yourself. I grew up in Portland and after four years of college in Spokane

On August 17, Civil FX became a division of Parametrix. This partnership combines Parametrix’s expertise in engineering with Civil FX’s industry-leading interactive visualization capabilities. Meet and learn more about the seven talented individuals who have joined us in Las Vegas as Civil FX, A Division of Parametrix. Wayne Sullivan Wayne has over 20 years of

7-23-2020 As a former Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE), Parametrix believes in the importance of creating meaningful partnerships with other DBE and Minority Business Enterprises (MBE). We’re introducing you to a few of the MBE/DBE firms we’ve had the pleasure of working with. Meet Michael Minor, President of Michael Minor & Associates, a noise, vibration, and

We’re pleased to have several interns joining us virtually this summer for our first-ever work from home internship experience. While this year looks a little different than others, we’re still committed providinge challenging, hands-on project experience to students entering our industry. Meet our summer 2020 interns: Sneha Raza | Puyallup, WA Education: I graduated with

As a former Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE), Parametrix believes in the importance of creating meaningful partnerships with DBE and Minority Business Enterprises (MBE). We’re introducing you to a few of the MBE/DBE firms we’ve had the pleasure of working with. Bright Engineering, Inc. was founded in 1997 by Ade Bright, PE, SE. The firm specializes

As part of our on-call contract with the City of Bothell, Parametrix is providing construction management services for the replacement of a pedestrian bridge across the Sammamish River at the Park at Bothell Landing. The Parametrix team includes Matt Kastberg (project manager), Jeff Sweet, and David Ulrich. The new structure is a timber-truss bridge with

We’re extending our celebration of Pride Month for one more employee-owner feature. Michael Baker is a transportation planner based out of our Salt Lake City office. He has been with Parametrix for nearly 10 years. What does Pride Month mean to you? To me, Pride Month is about embracing who you truly are. It’s exhausting

Over the last few weeks we’ve shared the stories of Parametrix employee-owners who identify as members of the LGBTQ+ community. Savanna Hasegawa was a catalyst in encouraging this series. Thank you, Savanna, for advocating for greater visibility and representation of the LGBTQ+ community at Parametrix. She says that as someone who came out at 14

June is Pride Month! To celebrate we’ll be featuring Parametrix employee-owners who identify as members of the LGBTQ+ community. Today, we would like to introduce you to Tresia Gonzalez. Tresia is a Senior Planner in the Seattle Transportation group. She has been with Parametrix for 18 years and specializes in major corridor studies and traffic