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  • East Aberdeen Mobility Project moves into second phase
    The Daily World
    DEA’s Debra Seeman spearheads East Aberdeen Mobility study.
  • Park board hires engineers for Southwest LRT tunnel
    Finance & Commerce
    The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board has hired a team which includes David Evans and Associates to engineer tunnel options for the Southwest Light Rail Transit project in the Kenilworth Corridor.
  • DEA’s New 82-foot Survey Vessel Commissioned
    MarineLink.com
    David Evans and Associates, Inc.’s Marine Services Division commissioned its new 82-foot hydrographic survey and scientific vessel Blake in a ceremony held in the vessel’s homeport of Gulfport, Mississippi.
  • New private hydro vessel adds to nation’s capabilities
    NOAA Coast Survey
    New DEA Marine Services survey vessel to carry on great U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey tradition.
  • Survey Vessel Blake christened in Gulfport Harbor
    WLOX 13, Gulfport, Mississippi
    The new catamaran named Blake, commissioned by David Evans and Associates, Inc., was christened at the Gulfport Harbor by state and local leaders. It will perform charting surveys of the Gulfport channel for NOAA.
  • School road project complete The Curry Coastal Pilot
    City, school and state agency representatives, along with those of private construction and design companies — including David Evans and Associates, Inc. — celebrate the completion of a new road, sidewalks, curbs, gutters and crosswalks at Kalmiopsis Elementary School in Brookings, Oregon.
  • David Evans Associates expands footprint with $4M acquisition
    Portland Business Journal
    In primarily an all-stock deal, David Evans and Associates acquired Southern California-based engineering firm Hall & Foreman.
  • David Evans and Associates, Inc. and Hall & Foreman, Inc. announce merger
    Reported in: CE News, Mass Transit
    David Evans and Associates, Inc. expanded its presence in Southern California by merging with Hall & Foreman, Inc., an 85-person, multidisciplinary design firm headquartered in Tustin, California.
  • Tustin Engineering Firm Acquired
    Orange County Business Journal
    Tustin-based engineering firm Hall & Foreman Inc. has been acquired by David Evans and Associates Inc. in Portland.
  • Citizens learn more about transportation projects planned for 76th, 212th roadways
    My Edmonds News
    The City of Edmonds, in conjunction with DEA, holds an open house to discuss two upcoming transportation projects.
  • ENR California Top Design Firms
    ENR California DEA ranks 61st on ENR’s California Top Design Firms List.
  • Stumbling Blocks: Cottage Grove plans to fix crumbling Main Street sidewalks
    Eugene Register-Guard
    DEA is working with Cottage Grove on a new plan to fix Main Street.
  • The Top 500 Design Firms Engineering News-Record ENR ranks DEA No. 105 on Top 500 Design Firms List and No. 73 on Top 100 Pure Designers List.
  • Latest Advances in Laser Scanning and the Impact on Day-to-Day Survey Operations
    HxGN News
    DEA’s Marcus Reedy explains laser scanning’s impact on the survey profession in this podcast.
  • St. Johns parks Chimney and Pier joined by new steel truss bridge
    The Oregonian
    DEA designs bridge that connects two parks.

2013

  • What’s Next in Surveying?
    Nova Learning Network
    NLN quotes DEA’s Director of Surveying & Geomatics, Marcus Reedy.
  • Designers Position for Growth in 2013 and Beyond
    ENR California ENR California quotes DEA’s Zafar Alikhan regarding growth opportunities for design firms.
  • Engineering Stability
    Oregon Business Oregon Business magazine interviews DEA’s President and CEO.
  • Engineering Excellence – Silver and Bronze Awards
    ACEC Washington Impact
    There were 11 Silver Awards and 22 Bronze Awards recognized at the 2013 Engineering Excellence Awards on January 18, 2013. Thirty-nine projects were entered in the Best-in-State track, all competing for the coveted Best-in-State Gold Awards.
  • Leading a Space-Shuttle Dance Through Streets Of L.A.
    Engineering News-Record
    The Space Shuttle continues its move through the world of media with ENR’s recent article describing DEA’s involvement.
  • ODOT timelapse of Sellwood Bridge move
    KGW.com, Portland, Oregon
    Watch a 7-million-pound bridge move, courtesy of ODOT. DEA is the owner’s representative for the Sellwood Bridge move.

2012

  • Time For a Change ACEC’s Engineering, Inc. ACEC’s Engineering, Inc. magazine quotes DEA’s Director of Surveying & Geomatics, Marcus Reedy, PLS, in its latest edition.
  • How much does a Space Shuttle weigh?
    A bridge over the I-405 will find out Friday. View DEA’s 3D laser scanning video.
  • What stood in the Space Shuttle Endeavour’s way?
    View this video by DEA featuring 3D mobile laser scanning and see.
  • California Science Center’s “flight plan” for Mission 26
    DEA donated scanning services for Endeavour’s move.
  • OSU unveils new maps of Oregon ocean Breaking Waves
    Oregon Sea Grant: Coastal science serving Oregon NOAA, Oregon State University, and DEA team up to create new Oregon seafloor maps that will help with tsunami modeling.
  • The Top 500 Design Firms Engineering News-Record
    DEA is no. 86 on ENR.com’s list of the Top 500 Design firms.
  • Rising Stars in Engineering CE News
    Two DEA employees are featured in CE News’ inaugural list of Rising Stars in Civil Engineering. The list “recognizes 15 professionals, 40 years old or younger working in the United States, who have shown exceptional technical capability, leadership ability, effective teaching or research, or public service benefiting the civil engineering profession, their employers, project owners, and society.”
  • DEA 18th Best Company to Work For in Oregon Oregon Business
    DEA receives Hall of Fame Award from Oregon Business magazine for being named among the best companies to work for in the state for 11 years running.
  • Collaborating to improve the sustainability of public school campuses Green Living Arizona
    “The Phoenix office of Hensel Phelps Construction Co. is working with architects from Stantec and engineers from David Evans and Associates Inc. to design the premier schoolhouse.”
  • DEA wins 2011 Best-of-the-Best Award Engineering News-Record Project: Harbor Drive Pedestrian Bridge. Category: Transportation.
  • Phoenix urban renewal seeks public comments Mail Tribune, Medford, Oregon
    “John Stutesman of David Evans and Associates will facilitate the sessions for the city and also is working with the state to coordinate the Highway 99 study.”
  • DEA wins three ACEC Engineering Excellence Awards DJC Oregon
  • People on the move ENR Construction
    “Al Barkouli, president and CEO of David Evans and Associates Inc. (DEA), a Portland, Ore., design firm, has been named to the same roles in the firm’s holding company, David Evans Enterprises Inc. He joined the design firm in 1988. DEA also has named four new vice presidents…”

2011

  • Pile drilling and installation to stabilize Del Mar bluffs completed Carmel Valley News
    “West Coast General Corp. and Condon-Johnson & Associates, Inc. served jointly as general contractors for the project. CALTROP provided construction management services. The project was engineered by David Evans and Associates, Inc.”
  • Five counties work to better link public transit Tillamook Headlight Herald
    “In Clatsop, Tillamook and Lincoln counties, for example, the coastal economies are closely tied to tourism, where visitor travel could be improved through inter-county connections and collective marketing efforts, according to Oregon-based consulting firm, David Evans and Associates Inc. (DEA).”
  • Expanded cloverleaf proposed to ease Arapahoe Road-I-25 congestion Denver Post
    “The solution to one of the Denver area’s biggest travel headaches — the congestion on East Arapahoe Road at Interstate 25 — does not have to include a controversial freeway underpass, according to a consultant. The alternative offered by David Evans and Associates was released last week.”
  • ODOT holds open house on future of Hwy 140 Upper Rogue Independent, Eagle Point, Oregon
    “The project will help move freight to I-5 — getting it off of Highway 62, said Guevara. With a host of deficiencies on the route, ODOT hired consultants, David Evans and Associates, Portland, to come up with a plan. Representing the firm at the open house was project engineer, Jennifer Danziger.”
  • Q&A: David Evans, outgoing, Ken Wightman, incoming Daily Journal of Commerce
    “David Evans founded David Evans and Associates Inc. and its parent company, David Evans Enterprises Inc., in 1976. Evans plans to retire from his company’s board and become chairman emeritus on Monday, when Ken Wightman will take over as board chairman.”
  • Pitfalls and opportunities CE News
    “Civil engineering executives take a look at the past, present, and future of the industry.”
  • ACEC Engineering Excellence: Interstate 5 Victory Boulevard to Lombard Street Daily Journal of Commerce
    “David Evans and Associates was involved with the project through several stages. As the prime consultant, DEA was involved in the project from environmental assessment through design and construction.”

2010

  • RTD’s FasTracks program in high gear Colorado Public Works Journal “David Evans and Associates Inc. is leading a team of over 20 subconsultants to provide transit and civil engineering, bridge and tunnel design, and architectural and landscape architectural services for the project.”
  • The slowdown catches up with consultants Public Works Online “Founded in 1976 by a surveyor and engineer, David and Evans Associates took on telecommunications, transportation, and infrastructure work during the 1980s. When the telecommunications market tanked, it expanded into water and transit. Now, instead of focusing on “energy,” it’s specifically providing “carbon-reduction” designs that help clients earn LEED credits by choosing project components based on how much manufacturing that component contributed to air pollution and how much energy was required. The firm isn’t diversifying just for the heck of it.”
  • Solar Highways Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure “It’s not often that innovation comes from watching television. But don’t tell that to Allison Hamilton, a project director with the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). While watching a NOVA special on PBS about solar power, she noticed solar panels on the German Autobahn. The sight of them made her sit up, turn to her husband, and ask, ‘If they can do that there, why can’t we do it here?’”
  • Desert Park & Play for Adults, Kids, and Dogs Landscape online “The city of Palm Desert, Calif. requested design assistance from David Evans and Associates, Inc. for a 23-acre park site to give the community sports fields, courts and play areas. One design element was to communicate and celebrate the freedoms U.S. citizens enjoy.”
  • LIDAR mapping after Samoan tsunami could boost research efforts Oregon State University News & Research Communications “The research program there was aided by equipment and software loaned by David Evans and Associates, Inc., in Portland, Ore., and Leica Geosystems in San Ramon, Calif. A strategic partnership was recently established between these organizations to provide students with advanced training in geomatics.”
  • Environmental impact of Highway 138 projects assessed The News-Review, Douglas County, Oregon “Although the city of Roseburg is leading the study, ODOT is funding the $1.2 million environmental assessment and has hired a consultant, Portland-based engineering firm David Evans & Associates, to complete it, said Thompson.”
  • Getting a Piece of the Renewable Energy Market CE News “The 135-MW Pine Tree Wind Facility owned by Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWAP) consists of 90, 1.5-MW turbines. At the time of construction, it was the largest municipally owned wind facility in the United States. David Evans and Associates, Inc. (DEA) partnered with Kiewit Pacific Co. as the design-build team that designed, permitted, and constructed this project in just 18 months.”

2009

  • Getting to the bottom of the Bay’s depths Bay Journal, Chesapeake, Maryland
    David Evans and Associates, Inc., a private company, is conducting the Virginia surveys. By law, NOAA must contract out at least 51 percent of its survey work to the private sector…. Jon Dasler, director of marine services for David Evans and Associates, said two boats operating from Reedville, VA, are gathering data primarily with multibeam and side-scan sonar. “The crew is working 12 hours a day, seven days a week, weather permitting,” Dasler said. “They’ve been going since midsummer and will finish this fall.”
  • U.S. Highway 101 underpass project to move forward east of Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, Washington
    A roadblock to Clallam County’s much-anticipated overpass of U.S. Highway 101 east of Port Angeles has turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
  • Two wheels good; four wheels bad Financial Times, London, England
    At David Evans and Associates, a Portland-based architectural and engineering company, staff are paid not to take the easy commuting option. “Here at our head office, we pay people $1.50 per trip for any commute method that isn’t a single occupancy vehicle,” says Tami Boardman, director of communications.
  • Open house to highlight study of Little Cottonwood traffic Salt Lake Tribune
    Starting last fall, but really kicking into gear this past week (especially today, the peak day of the Wasatch Wildflower Festival), the Park Service specialists and their private-sector partners from David Evans Associates have been doing traffic surveys for what is being dubbed the Albion Basin Alternative Transportation Feasibility Study.
  • Team discusses transportation plan Shoshone News Press, Kellogg, Idaho
    “The whole point of a transportation plan is to identify projects that would improve the transportation system,” said Shawn Hoisington, an engineer with Coeur d’Alene-based David Evans and Associates.
  • Going Beyond Engineering Aspire magazine
    “We found that, today, a bridge project is not a pure bridge project any more,” says Raj Bharil, DEA’s director of the bridge discipline.
  • Green Machine Portland Monthly
    To figure out how best to do that, Hamilton and chief of staff Chip Terhune, with Dave Chen and Mark Edlen (the Gerding/Edlen developer of the Brewery Blocks and the South Waterfront), recruited a think tank of mostly Portland-based green gurus that also included Dan Heagerty, chief strategic officer at David Evans & Associates, the firm involved in every streetcar and light-rail project in metro Portland and in other cities across the country; Steven Straus of Glumac, an engineering firm that specializes in green retrofits of skyscrapers; and Dan Carol, a Eugene-based political consultant who worked in Chicago as the Obama campaign’s director of content and issues and who cofounded the Apollo Alliance, a San Francisco-based green-energy advocacy group.
  • Ivy in the City Sustainable Industries
    Our Green Building Research Lab, where we develop and test new green building technologies provides workforce training and facilitates the adoption of energy-efficient technologies throughout the building industry. We are working with Glumac, Interface Engineering, PAE Consultants, Gerding Edlen, David Evans and Associates and we will be involving others.
  • Deer Park Road overpass approved for U.S. 101 Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, Washington
    County planners used a benefits matrix to settle on “Alternative L,” one of 10 designs conceived by David Evans Associates.
  • Wilsonville challenges cost of I-5 to 99W project The Oregonian
    Bowers on Wednesday said proposed upgrades in Wilsonville aren’t included in the $750 million price. Lead consultant Scott Richman, of David Evans and Associates, said the price is inclusive.
  • Replacement of Sauvie Island Bridge had to shine Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland
    David Evans and Associates Inc. was selected by the county and the state Department of Transportation as the engineering design consultant for the bridge replacement. DEA won an ACEC Grand Award for the project.
  • ACEC lauds numerous other engineering projects Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland
    By combining Washington Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration standards with European design influence, DEA created the first two-lane compact urban roundabout in Vancouver.
  • Investing in your community CE News
    Painting a transitional housing unit on a Saturday morning with 15 co-workers may not sound like the usual way to relax on the weekend. But in the Denver office of David Evans and Associates, Inc. (DEA), it’s an invaluable opportunity for our firm to give back to our community. Since 2002, we’ve partnered with Denver-based Family HomeStead to help the organization fulfill its mission of providing emergency and transitional housing to homeless families with children.
  • City wants freeway ramps to impress San Gabriel Valley Tribune, California
    They have hired a consulting firm, David Evans and Associates, to do the designs and help work with Caltrans. Caltrans owns the property and has the final say on what can be done at the ramps.

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