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Bret Coburn and Jim Robar, PLS Retire from R&M Consultants, Inc.

Bret Coburn, R&M’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and Jim Robar, PLS, a Senior Land Surveyor in the firm’s Geomatics Department, have retired from R&M Consultants, Inc. (R&M). Bret’s career included more than 34 years of involvement in professional services, land development, construction and finance. He joined R&M in 2002, serving as the firm’s Chief Executive […]

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50 Years of Innovating Alaska

When Ralph and Mary (R&M) Migliaccio founded R&M Geological Consultants in 1968, as a sole proprietorship, the same year oil was discovered in Prudhoe Bay, I am not sure they knew the impact that decision would have on Alaska’s future. In early 1969 Ralph teamed up with James Rooney, PE, James Wellman, PE and Malcolm […]

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MEET R&M: Airport Engineering Group Manager Evan Griffith, PE

Meet Evan Griffith, PE! Evan serves as R&M’s Airport Engineering Group Manager, and has been with the firm for seven years. He has 27 years of Alaska engineering experience, with the last 22 years focused primarily on aviation-related projects. Evan’s experience ranges from single-phase, multi-year rural airport relocation projects to multi-phase or fast track single/multi-year […]

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Bicycle Commuter Challenges Promote a Healthier Community

Commuting by bicycle not only promotes individual health and wellness, but also benefits our community. Fewer vehicles on the road means less congestion, noise and pollution. R&M is doing our part to better our community by promoting bike commuting through participation in internal and local commuter challenges. Participating also offers a fun intra-office competition. Staff […]

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Meet R&M: Senior Geologist Chris Fell, CPG

Chris is a Senior Geologist in R&M’s Earth Sciences Department and has been with the firm for the past four years. His experience includes 13 years of engineering and environmental geology, environmental investigation and remediation, and GIS modeling. Chris has extensive field experience conducting geotechnical and environmental investigations, performing geotechnical special inspections, developing groundwater flow […]

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Nathan Dennis Joins R&M’s Environmental Services Group

Nathan Dennis joins R&M as an Environmental Specialist in our Environmental Services Group. He will be responsible for ongoing regulatory compliance, permitting, environmental baseline monitoring, Phase I and II environmental site assessments (ESA), general contaminated sites work, NEPA impact analysis, SWPPP implementation and other related environmental services in support of highway, street, airport, site development, […]

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Investing in Airline Infrastructure Upgrades and Service Improvements

Work continues at Alaska Airlines facilities across the state as part of their $100 million investment in infrastructure projects. The airline’s 2020 Great Land Improvement Plan includes construction of a new $50 million maintenance hangar on track to be completed this fall, and upgrades to the 11 airport terminals the airlines owns and maintains. Alaska […]

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Golfing for Grandfamilies: Golf Tournament Raises Funds for Local Non-Profit

On July 27, R&M’s clients, employees, families and friends descended on the Anchorage Golf Course to golf, have fun and support the Volunteers of America (VOA) Grandfamilies Network Program. 88 individuals participated in this year’s annual charity tournament, generously donating to the program. A record-breaking $5,410 was raised, a new fundraising level for the tournament. […]

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Giving Back One Brush at a Time

This past June, R&M teamed up with NeighborWorks Alaska to paint a home for a deserving family as a part of the Paint the Town program. Paint the Town is an annual program that brings people from across our community together to give back to those who do not have the resources to take care […]

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Innovative Environmental Characterization Solutions: PFAS Groundwater Characterization at FAI

The Fairbanks International Airport (FAI) is actively investigating potential groundwater and drinking water impacts associated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination discovered at the airport in late 2017. This activity at FAI was prompted by recent investigations at other facilities where fire training and response using Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) occurred and resulting […]

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R&M Ranked #24 on Zweig Group’s 2018 Best Civil Engineering Firms to Work for List

R&M was ranked #24 nationally on Zweig Group’s 2018 Best Civil Engineering Firms to Work For list, a prestigious list honoring outstanding workplaces at architecture, engineering and environmental consulting firms. This represents R&M’s eighth year on the list. Winning firms are recognized for their ability to inspire their teams to perform at the highest levels […]

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New Senior Engineer Brings Wealth of Experience to R&M’s Airport Engineering Group

Carla Baxley, PE joins R&M as a Senior Project Engineer in our Airport Engineering Group. Carla brings 17 years of Alaskan engineering experience to the R&M team, with 12 of those years at the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) serving as a Designer, Project Engineer and Manager on aviation and roadway projects […]

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