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The Joys of Editing
I get to play games for a living. Editing is an endless game of “Can You Find the {the} Mistake?”— and it’s as satisfying as finding Waldo in the overcrowded picture. Some mistakes make me sad for the writers, but…
Choreographing “Placemaking”
The City of Mill Creek's Master Plan for the East Gateway Urban Village. “Placemaking” is a current buzzword in planning circles and refers to efforts to create urban centers that are pedestrian friendly and create a sense of place…
Program Accelerates Postearthquake Evaluations, Civil Engineering Magazine
"In February 2001, when the Nisqually earthquake rattled the state of Washington, the scene at Naval Hospital Bremerton (NHB) was chaotic. Light fixtures fell from the ceiling, a sprinkler pipe ruptured, and water dispensers and bookcases toppled. The earthquake had…
Award Winning – Whatcom Middle School Replacement, Bellingham, WA
2012 Local Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award American Society of Civil Engineers – Seattle Section Reid Middleton, Dykeman Architects, Dawson Construction, & Hargis Engineers 2012 Concrete Community Award Washington Aggregates & Concrete Association (WACA) Ferndale Ready Mix, Dawson Construction, &…
Key Considerations in Writing a Design-Build RFP
I’ve participated on both sides of Design-Build Requests for Proposal (RFP) -- as an author and as a designer. A well-written RFP is not only the start of a project, but the foundation of its success. On the other hand,…
ITE Intermountain Meeting, Presentation: Young Professionals Course: Roundabout Basic
"The 52nd Annual Meeting of the ITE Intermountain Section will be May 10-12, 2012 at the Snow King Resort in Jackson, Wyoming. This meeting is a great opportunity to meet and exchange ideas with others in our profession" - Molly…
A $5.3 Billion Expansion Project: My April 2012 Trip to the Panama Canal
Shannon in front of the locks, where the slide gates will go. I attended the National Ports and Harbor Committee of the American Society of Civil Engineers - Coasts, Oceans, Port, and River Institute annual spring meeting in Panama City,…
Award Winning – P-305 Bachelor Enlisted Quarters, Bremerton, WA
2012 Merit Award for Sustainability & Engineering Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Absher Construction & Reid Middleton 2010 National Design-Build Excellence Award, Public Sector over $50 million Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) NAVFAC NW, Bremerton, WA 2012 Merit Award for…
Conducting a Survey at a Trade Show Using a QR Code
For other industries, this might be old school by now. But, for the Public Works industry, conducting a survey using a QR code (or Quick Response Code – a two-dimensional matrix barcode), is most definitely not. We learned this when…