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Susann out on our Delridge project site. What's it like to be a civil engineer? We sat down with #SCJSeattle's Susann Babaei, PE to gain some insight into her journey to become a transportation-focused engineer. As a project engineer with…
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…
Fieldstone Assisted and Independent Living Community in Olympia, Washington. When the Fieldstone Assisted and Independent Living Community project landed on Jeff Glander’s desk, he had no idea his father-in-law would one day be a resident at the center. As SCJ…
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…
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.…
Do you know a numerical whiz who likes to test the boundaries? A limit-pushing math master who’s always looking for ways to improve things? It’s National Engineers Week, and we asked some of our civil engineers why they chose their…
Construction orange pops against a backdrop of green grass, gray skies, and an historic, white capitol building. Cones, heavy equipment, and safety vests dot the picturesque campus with signs of progress. The Department of Enterprise Services (DES) is updating Washington…
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