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He Is the Very Model of a Modern Land Surveyor
A day in the life as told by Reid Middleton's Director of Survey Jerry Franklin I left the house this morning following the car’s GPS voice to find my way to the jobsite. I had already put in my ear bud,…
United States Congressman Rick Larsen Meets with Reid Middleton
Pictured from left: Simeon Alejo, Accounting Manager; Brian Moon, Principal; Congressman Rick Larsen; Bob Galteland, President. Yesterday, United States Congressman Rick Larsen stopped by the offices of Reid Middleton for a 45-minute discussion on current federal policy and its…
An Interview with Whatcom Middle School Replacement Client Project Manager
Reported by Diana Badowski, Marketing Manager (As a follow up from our September 13 blog) Ron Cowan, Assistant Superintendent for Bellingham Public Schools (BPS), sat down with me to talk about the Whatcom Middle School Replacement project. Ron is in…
An Exciting New Historic Whatcom Middle School Ready for 2011 Opening!
If you’re lucky, a project as uniquely innovative, socially significant, and technically challenging as Whatcom Middle School Replacement comes around once or twice a career. I was lucky. In fact, I was lucky enough to begin my consulting engineering career…
Visual communications: Giving life to complex engineering design
- As reported by the graphics gurus at Reid Middleton A picture is worth a thousand words This is particularly true in engineering, where the design is exacting, complex, and intricate. While engineering designs and drawings are absolutely necessary to…
Power Outage Emergency Response
Emergency Power Generator in Place During Outage “Did you get the phone call?” That was the first question to me from our receptionist when our building lost power over the weekend of June 25 and 26, 2011. On Monday morning,…
Auburn Airport, Grant Programs at Work
Early stages of parallel taxiway construction including sub-drain system Federal funding provided by the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program (AIP) at a 95% reimbursement rate plus another 2.5% from Washington State’s WSDOT Aviation for airfield upgrades offer a level of financial…
Building Information Modeling (BIM) at Whatcom Middle School
BIM rendering of Whatcom Middle School After a devastating fire that destroyed the iconic Whatcom Middle School Building in Bellingham, Washington, Reid Middleton worked closely with the school district, their insurer, the design team, and the contractor to develop an…
Routine dock inspection and maintenance
Older Deteriorated Wood Dock and Utilities Ask anyone who has built a new dock facility how the process from start to finish was and you will likely hear a range of responses from “It was quite a challenge” to “I’ll…