After more than 13 years of working as a Civil Engineer in two states and a foreign country, I am still amazed by the diversity of this career field and it continues to humble me. Case in point – conceiving, planning and executing a truck trial in Alaska’s interior for an audience not necessarily as […]
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 […]
R&M CONSULTANTS, INC.’s (R&M) hockey team finished their inaugural year with a 7-1-2 record. The team brings together employees from various positions and departments, as well as R&M family members and sub-consultants. Game days vary throughout the week (and sometimes the weekend), and can start as late as 10:45 PM! The time spent with coworkers […]
R&M CONSULTANTS, INC.’s (R&M) Chief Executive Officer, Len Story, PLS is also shaping future leaders through his love of baseball. In early December, Len – known more as a five-time Arctic Man champion than a baseball coach – was presented with the 2016 Ripken Baseball Youth Coach of the Year award in Washington, D.C. The […]
In October 2016, R&M survey crews performed a control and topography survey for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) on Wake Island under our USACE Survey Term Contract. The project included surveying Taxiway Bravo and the roads around the air field to be used for engineering design and upgrades to existing infrastructure. The survey […]
Anchorage’s Sand Lake area is finally getting some much needed infrastructure upgrades. The final phase of the West Dimond Boulevard Upgrade project, which has been the works for the past 11 years, began construction this past May. In 2005, the Municipality of Anchorage (MOA) and R&M Consultants, Inc. (R&M) commenced design work on this project. […]
Meet Land Surveyor Kevin Robar, LSIT. He’s a second generation Alaskan and R&Mer, and fourth generation surveyor! How did you get into surveying? I actually swore I’d never be a surveyor. I’m a fourth generation surveyor. My great grandfather was a surveyor in the early 1900s and surveyed for the railroad in the Amazon jungle. […]
On June 14, locals, officials and project representatives gathered for the grand opening of the new bridge over the Eklutna River, held just past the Chugach State Park Thunderbird Falls trailhead. The Eklutna River Bridge has been closed to vehicle traffic since 2012 due to deterioration and unsafe conditions. This new bridge replaces the 81-year-old […]
Bill Preston, PLS, GISP has been named as the firm’s new Vice President of Geomatics. As R&M’s new Vice President of Geomatics, Preston will be responsible for management of the R&M’s Geomatics Department, which includes land surveying, right of way (ROW) services and geographic information systems.
The Wood River Bridge project, located in southwest Alaska, approximately 20 miles northwest of Dillingham, extended roads and constructed a new 440’ long bridge across the Wood River. The bridge connects the entire community of Aleknagik, previously divided by the Wood River, to the existing roadway system and the regional economic hub of Dillingham.
R&M’s Senior Land Surveyor John Bennett, PLS, SR/WA was inducted into the 2016 Alaska Surveying & Mapping Conference (ASMC) Hall of Fame. “It’s a bit overwhelming. I never considered myself to be in the same class as those who have been inducted before me but now that I see it’s a reality, I’m very honored […]
Brian is a former R&M employee, originally joining the firm in 2008. He left in 2012 and rejoined R&M as a Senior Land Surveyor in October 2015.
