Former intern Felipe Ruiz, EIT recently joined R&M as a full-time Staff Engineer in the firm’s Waterfront and Structural Engineering Groups. As part of these groups, Felipe will be involved with civil and structural design of port and harbor development, airport and utility projects. His responsibilities include civil and structural analysis, load calculations, modeling and […]
Industry: State Government Market: Alaska Services: Design, construction operation and maintenance of Alaska’s essential infrastructure. Mission: “Keep Alaska Moving” through service and infrastructure. Client Since: 1975 (as Alaska Department of Highways) The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) is an integral part of Alaska. The Department has been designing, constructing, operating and maintaining […]
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 […]
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 […]
Located near the southern tip of the Kenai Peninsula, the villages of Nanwalek and Port Graham are mainly accessed by aircraft. Currently, the two Alaska Native villages have separate airports, both of which have several safety issues and do not meet FAA standards. This includes the existing runways not being adequate to accommodate the range […]
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 […]
The Cold Bay Airport is a regional airport hub serving the communities of Cold Bay, Sand Point, King Cove, False Pass and Nelson Lagoon. These communities are geographically remote and not accessible by road. As a result, the airport has become their transportation lifeline, providing the primary means for passenger transportation, mail/cargo delivery, medevac and […]
Two University of Alaska graduates recently joined the R&M team: Corey Prewett, EIT, CESCL joined R&M’s Site Development Group in May 2016 as a Staff Engineer. He provides civil engineering support on site development projects, including schools, universities, harbors and other facilities. His responsibilities include AutoCAD drafting on building sites, including grading and drainage; submittal […]
Frank Rast, PE joined R&M in 1989 as a Project Engineer. Over the past 25 years, Frank worked on a variety of civil engineering projects, with a focus on site design, airports and utilities.
