Reno is ripe for tech-industry development because it has all the necessary elements for success: high-skill labor, developable land, tech infrastructure, a favorable tax climate, and a vibrant quality of life. The one thing holding companies back is water, as the high-tech industry often needs water for cooling and energy generation. In a place where…
Read more >Amy is not your average hire. Most recently, she was the CEO of a 100+ employee-owned environmental and engineering firm located on the West Coast. Her rise in the firm was fueled by excellent mentors, hard work, and consistent execution—and now, Amy will bring the same strategic vision and leadership expertise to DOWL. Amy is…
Read more >DOWL’s City of Yerington (City) Water & Sewer Rehabilitation project recently earned an American Public Works Association (APWA) Nevada Project of the Year Award in the Environmental category! Yerington is a small, rural agricultural community in central Nevada with a population of just over 3,000 that was in dire need of improving its water and…
Read more >Erin Karlin, DOWL’s Marketing Program Manager, isn’t one to talk about herself. In fact, she’s one of those “doer” people we all know, worrying about if things are getting done, seeing they’re not, and then just doing them herself without complaint or requiring fanfare. So to interview Erin about Erin probably wouldn’t have been within…
Read more >We are proud to announce the promotion of two long-time leaders within DOWL to key roles in our Water & Environmental Services (WES) practice area. Bradley Melocik, PE, PH, is the new market sector leader for Surface Water and Luke Tipton, PE, WRS, is the new Water and Wastewater market sector leader. They are following…
Read more >Ever wonder how to make a 30-year transportation engineer thoroughly enjoy his job? According to Steve Noble, DOWL’s alternative delivery leader, it’s adding progressive design-build projects to the mix. “Not only are we actually seeing projects come to life,” said Steve, “but the process is much more collaborative and can take away much of the friction that can happen with other delivery methods.”…
Read more >“Mary will explain that.” It’s a simple sentence but one that means a lot to Mary Hebden, EI, a transportation designer and three-year employee of the firm. She says that her mentor, Matthew Phillips, PE, senior project engineer in the transportation group in Lake Oswego, OR, says that kind of thing often. “In big meetings…
Read more >DOWL has several “lifers” at the firm; people whose progression of professional photographs for the company seems to show that life has been lived, pies have been consumed, and gravity is real. They found their home from day one and it’s been a joy ride ever since. Then, there’s another type who are stuck on…
Read more >Robert Léger (pronounced Leh-Shey) is a key hire senior civil engineer in DOWL’s Portland office. He comes to DOWL with the right kind of experience—over 20 years of large and small site design project management and design development practice. He’s a guy with a variety of interests not typically associated with an engineer. Robert is…
Read more >DOWL’s latest addition to the team is Senior Project Manager Tim Leavitt, PE. His resume is diverse and impressive, including early career experience in construction management/owner’s representation; guiding large, multi-disciplinary project teams; successfully establishing a new architectural/engineering office from the ground up; and providing practice area and business unit leadership. In other words, he’s got…
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