Located near the southern tip of the Kenai Peninsula, the villages of Nanwalek and Port Graham are mainly accessed by aircraft. Currently, the two Alaska Native villages have separate airports, both of which have several safety issues and do not meet FAA standards. This includes the existing runways not being adequate to accommodate the range […]
With the opening of a major new container terminal at Port Prince Rupert in British Columbia, Sitka has new opportunities as a regional freight sub-port to feed into the Prince Rupert facility. The Canadian port has become one of four major shipping gateways on the west coast and the shortest link between North America and […]
“Be the person you needed when you were younger” – ASD Gifted Mentorship Program A few months ago, the Anchorage School District (ASD) Gifted Mentorship Program contacted R&M. They were looking for a professional to mentor a tremendously motivated South High School junior, Elena Kamal, with a shared passion for making this world a better […]
After more than 13 years of working as a Civil Engineer in two states and a foreign country, I am still amazed by the diversity of this career field and it continues to humble me. Case in point – conceiving, planning and executing a truck trial in Alaska’s interior for an audience not necessarily as […]
The Port of Anchorage (POA) is Alaska’s premier import cargo hub and provides critical transportation infrastructure to Alaskans. More ships, tugs and barges come through the POA than any other deep-water port in the state, carrying 74 percent of all the waterborne freight and 95 percent of the refined petroleum products that enter Alaska. This […]
Last month, I attended the Association for Learning Environments Pacific Northwest Regional Conference in Banff, Alberta. The conference theme was Resilience: Creating Adaptable Learning Environments. What better place to discuss adaptable environments than in the middle of one of Canada’s most beautiful national parks, the 125-year-old Banff Springs Resort. Although it’s been around since the […]
Muldoon Town Square Park is a newly dedicated Community Use Park located in the heart of diverse East Anchorage at the southeast corner of the Muldoon and DeBarr Road intersection. The park encompasses 27 acres of natural and previously developed areas, including the South Fork of Chester Creek, outstanding views of the Chugach Mountains, upland […]
In October 2016, R&M survey crews performed a control and topography survey for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) on Wake Island under our USACE Survey Term Contract. The project included surveying Taxiway Bravo and the roads around the air field to be used for engineering design and upgrades to existing infrastructure. The survey […]
An unprecedented flooding event in northern Alaska occurred in spring 2015, shutting down the Dalton Highway and causing major supply issues to Alaska’s North Slope. R&M was one of several firm’s working to restore the highway. The firm was originally contracted by the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) to provide construction administration […]
by Taryn Oleson R&M is assisting the City of Houston in conducting a Community Impact Assessment (CIA) in conjunction to the update of the City’s Comprehensive Plan. The Matanuska-Susitna Borough wrote the city’s Comprehensive Plan in 1999, and its amendment in 2003, so this is the first CIA and Comprehensive Plan revision actually conducted by City. […]
Waterfront inspections are often used for asset management, to provide critical information for maintenance and repair, and can be used to identify facilities in need of replacement.
West 27th Avenue is getting a multimodal makeover via recommendations outlined in the 2010 Anchorage Bicycle Plan.
