Anchorage Water & Wastewater Utility’s (AWWU) newest water treatment facility heat exchange system won a 2017 Best Projects Merit Award in the Green Projects Category from the publication Engineering News Record (ENR) – ENR Northwest Region. The Utility’s Ship Creek Water Treatment Facility Heat Exchanger project, a one-of-a kind system, created innovative energy and water […]
Ben Holmstrom, PLS is now a professional land surveyor (PLS) in the state of Alaska. He successfully passed the required exams for licensure, including the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) Professional Surveying Examination and Alaska Land Surveying (AKLS) Examination. “This January will mark 10 years since I enrolled in my first […]
“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 […]
The City of Houston Comprehensive Plan won the 2017 American Planning Association (APA) Alaska Chapter Comprehensive Plan Award. City of Houston Mayor Virgie Thompson accepted the award on November 14 during the APA Alaska Chapter Annual Convention at the Anchorage Downtown Marriot Hotel. “Having an updated comprehensive plan is critical to Houston’s future success. On […]
At the firm’s annual shareholders meeting, R&M appointed three new members to its board of directors: Kim Nielsen, PE, Bill Preston, PLS, GISP and Tim Grier, PE. These board members were elected by the firm’s shareholders. Beyond the board’s duty of fiduciary responsibility, they are responsible for steering the organization towards a sustainable future and […]
An unprecedented flooding event in northern Alaska occurred in spring 2015, shutting down the Dalton Highway and causing major supply issues to the North Slope. R&M Staff Engineer Jai Chang, EIT participated in a panel presentation on October 27, along with three other speakers from organizations involved, in the emergency efforts to repair the highway […]
Meet Lenny Peirce! A member of the R&M team since 1990, Lenny is an experienced Special Inspector and Materials Technician with more than 35 years of laboratory and large commercial project experience. He has experience inspecting structural construction operations for many major contractors and engineers on a variety of projects, including schools, universities, dormitories, high-rise […]
Every fall, the Anchorage Sports Association (ASA) organizes a slowpitch co-ed softball league to finish out the summer-long season. The Fall Ball league condenses 12 games into a five-week period, ending the third week of September. The teams are made up of players with varying skill levels and occupations. R&M CONSULTANTS, INC. (R&M) has had […]
R&M spent the afternoon of October 6 at the Dimond Center Mall building an out-of-this-world starship made entirely of canned foods for the 2017 CANstruction competition, an annual fundraiser for the Food Bank of Alaska. This is the first year the competition was held at the Dimond Center. During CANstruction, architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) […]
The second open house for the Big Lake Pedestrian Improvements Study will take place Thursday, October 12 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm at the Big Lake Community Recreation Center. During the open house, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) and R&M will present the draft recommendations for improving pedestrian safety in Big […]
R&M CONSULTANTS, INC. (R&M) was ranked #29 nationally in Zweig Group’s 2017 Best Civil Engineering Firms to Work For list. This represents R&M’s seventh year on the list. “I take great pride in all of our employees that make R&M a great place to work. It goes without saying that no company can be successful […]
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 […]
