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A roundabout project by SCJ at SR 3 and Log Yard Road, Belfair, Washington. The filmmaker Ava DuVernay said, “When you’re in your lane, there’s no traffic.” If only it worked that way on the interstate! Navigating heavy traffic is…
Oroville, Washington. Dave Allen (right) at a project site with SCJ Wenatchee Office Principal Dan Ireland In their combined 50 years of designing and constructing transportation projects, Dave Allen and Ken Duncan thought they’d seen just about everything. Then they…
Drone imagery of our Centralia College TransAlta Commons project Search and rescue missions. Window cleaning. Delivering life-saving medicine to remote areas. These are just some of the ways drones are being used today. Drones have come a long way since…
The outdoors has become a refuge for many as the pandemic wears on. From reducing cabin fever to treating Zoom fatigue, spacious parks and beaches provide options for socially distanced picnics, and campgrounds at reduced capacity are giving families space…
APWA & Washington Main Street honor City of Chelan with awards For more than a decade the City of Chelan was trying to figure out the best way to address Woodin Avenue Bridge safety issues, with its shifting and crumbling…
Salmon protection and habitat restoration are at the heart of an extensive fish passage barrier removal project initiated by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). Throughout Washington state, there are thousands of rivers and streams that flow under roads…
Engineers George Hilen (let) and Aaron Knight pose for an SCJ mugshot. Aaron Knight, PE, and George Hilen, PE, recently joined SCJ Alliance’s transportation design group. The two engineers have been teaming together on projects for years and have a…
Always surround yourself with people you can learn from. This was a guiding principle of Leopold Schmidt, founder of the Olympia Brewing Company in Tumwater, Wash. Leopold Schmidt, founder of the Olympia Brewing Company. Photo courtesy of Olympia Tumwater Foundation.…
“The exciting part of this project was to see the development of a real safety project so soon after a Design Report was completed," shared SCJ Senior Vice President Bob Jewell, PE. SCJ developed a Design Report for roadway improvements along…
Photo credit: Winthrop Chamber of Commerce It’s like stepping back in time – to the Wild West – as you drive along Riverside Drive into downtown Winthrop. Buildings with board and batten siding, old-fashioned signs, wooden boardwalks and tin roof…
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