Our Jolly Old Elf
New employee Andrea Rose reports on discovering a Santa in our midst. On my first day at Reid Middleton, I was introduced to Allan Morgan with the question “who do you think this guy is?” A thick white beard, deep… Continue Reading
An Interview with Rice Fergus Miller on the Seattle Fire Station No. 35
The new Seattle Fire Station No. 35. Howard Struve, Senior Associate with Rice Fergus Miller spoke with me about the award-winning Seattle Fire Station No. 35 project in the upper Ballard, Crown Hill neighborhood that opened last year. A… Continue Reading
On becoming a DBIA
Bob was the Project Principal for this design-build reconstruction project at Greenling Road at Naval Base Kitsap (NBK). Before sharing my experience on becoming a DBIA, a basic definition might help some readers. The Design-Build Institute of America (www.dbia.org) is the… Continue Reading
Engineering in Burundi: The trouble with water
Engineering as defined by the Merriam Webster dictionary: “The application of science and mathematics by which the properties of matter and the sources of energy in nature are made useful to people.” I recently got the opportunity to use my… Continue Reading