Newtok is the first documented U.S. village to fully relocate due to climate change. This article explores how the community, with help from R&M and partners, is building a new school in Mertarvik — preserving education, culture and resilience amid erosion, flooding and thawing permafrost.
With sweeping changes to environmental regulations reshaping how projects move forward, staying compliant while meeting project goals is more challenging than ever. In this article, R&M shares how a foundation of proactive planning, clear communication, collaboration and a commitment to excellence enables us to guide clients through uncertainty — keeping projects on track, compliant and successful in a shifting regulatory landscape.
Nick Parker, LSIT, Lindsey Sutherland and Adam Dalton, EIT recently joined R&M. Nick joined R&M’s Land Surveying Group as a Staff Surveyor. He has spent the last four summers as a Geomatics Intern with the firm, returning full-time after earning his B.S. in Geomatics from the University of Alaska Anchorage this past May. Nick has […]
Lauren Jennings, CESCL joins R&M as an Environmental Specialist in the firm’s Earth Sciences Department. In this position, Lauren will be responsible for National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) impact analysis and document preparation, regulatory permitting, environmental field surveys (invasive species, wetlands, eagle nests, etc.), storm water management, and other related office and field-based environmental services […]
After eight years of hard work, the five mile portion of the Seward Highway through Bird Creek and Indian is newly rehabilitated with fresh pavement and improved features!
Construction of the new pier at Palmer Station, Antarctica was completed at the end of April, the first major milestone in modernizing the research station and expanding its capacity for scientific research.
Animated 3D flythrough of the proposed Mertarvik Airport site. Prepared by R&M for the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities.
R&M has expanded our service offerings in our Fairbanks office to include environmental services with the addition of Erica Betts, CESCL to our team.
The Water Street Trestle #2 Reconstruction in Ketchikan was a technically challenging project perched on a steep cliff in a historical district and a dense, actively-used and space-constrained residential area.
Stacey brings five years of environmental consulting experience to R&M, with a broad range of experience in air quality compliance and permitting, water quality monitoring, storm water conveyance design, and soil contamination for both government agencies and private industry.
R&M designed 4.5 miles of road improvements, a new 885’ bridge crossing over the creek, scenic overviews, rest areas and trailhead amenities.
BIORKA ISLAND DOCK REPLACEMENT The dock facility serving the Biorka Island NEXRAD installation is at the end of its service life. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is replacing the dock to allow continued use of this facility, as well as other activities on the island. R&M provided civil and geotechnical engineering, surveying and environmental services […]