LOTT Clean Water Alliance provides wastewater treatment and water reclamation services for nearly 120,000 residents in Lacey, Olympia, Tumwater, and Thurston County, WA. The non-profit, formed by four government partners, is recognized locally, regionally, and nationally as an industry leader in progressive treatment approaches that meet some of the most stringent discharge limits in the […]

Earlier this month the Leafline Trails Coalition shared their vision to connect Central Puget Sound through over 900 miles of trails. Parametrix employee-owner Hailey Brey has volunteered her time and technical skills over the last year and a half to create a WebMap of the trails. The Leafline Trails Coalition is made up of more

During Pride Month, we are sharing the stories of LGBTQ+ employee-owners at Parametrix. Meet Kyle Chiodo, a Designer based in Central Oregon who is part of our Portland Transportation team. He has worked at Parametrix for 4 years. Tell us about your career. What do you do? Tell us about a project you’re working on

Griffin is a surveyor with Parametrix’s Puget Sound Survey team based in Seattle, WA. He has been with Parametrix for 5 years and has a total of 11 years of industry experience. He recently earned his Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) license. Tell us about your career path. Like most people in land surveying, I actually

By Asa Reyes-Chavez, EIT A group of students and staff with the University of Washington Foundation for International Understanding Through Students (FIUTS) visited Parametrix’s Seattle office on Friday, May 6. The group included international students from China and India majoring in Communications, Civil Engineering, and Computer Science. FIUTS is a nonprofit organization that was founded

By Palmer Sandeno Palmer is currently a Junior in the Landscape Architecture program at Washington State University. He has been interning with the Puget Sound Community Building and Landscape Architecture group at Parametrix for the last year. 3D modeling and photo-realistic visualizations can take a project from concept to reality. Showing stakeholders what a project

Volunteers plant trees and shrubs at East Lake Sammamish Trail on Earth Day in 2015. Trails and non-motorized paths weave our communities together, improve livability, and promote healthy lifestyles. Parametrix employee-owners are passionate about designing safe spaces for people that offer a seamless connection to places where they live, work, and play. This Earth Day,

Josh Wozniak, an Environmental Scientist at Parametrix, was recently featured in Douglasia, Journal of the Washington Native Plant Society. He discussed the rare plants occupying an equally rare geological niche of Lake Chelan. Click here to read the full article (pages 10-12). Josh volunteers with the University of Washington’s Rare Care Program. The program “builds

By Jason Ceralde, PLA Each year, April is declared as World Landscape Architecture Month with many states, including Washington, making official proclamations. The landscape architects of Parametrix would like to thank everyone who is taking the time to observe and honor the history and the role of our profession. No matter if we are engineers,

By Irina Lapina, PWS Southwest Butner Road is now better for fish and the community alike, thanks to a new culvert. Washington County Department of Land Use and Transportation completed improvements on a section of the Southwest Butner Road crossing at Johnson Creek in Beaverton, Oregon. The failing culvert was replaced with a new fish-passable