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Connecting Alaskan Communities: Nanwalek-Port Graham Airport Relocation

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 […]

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Meet R&M: Project Engineer Morgan Welch, PE

Morgan has been a civil engineer with R&M since 2009, working on projects in our Surface Transportation, Utilities and Site Development Groups. He has worked on numerous projects in design and construction, and is highly efficient in the use of AutoCAD Civil 3D. Through his active involvement in construction, Morgan has gained practical knowledge which […]

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Complete Streets for A Midtown City Center

MIDTOWN CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS: DENALI STREET AREA – BENSON TO TUDOR ROAD Midtown, once at the southern extent of Anchorage, has surpassed Downtown as an employment center. This expansion occurred mainly during the 1970s and 1980s as major shopping destinations and financial institutions settled in Midtown. These commercial land uses coexist with older, lower income residential […]

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R&M Named Silver Level Bicycle Friendly Business by the League of American Bicyclists

The League of American Bicyclists recognized R&M Consultants, Inc. (R&M) with a Silver-level Bicycle Friendly Business (BFB) award. The firm is one of seven BFBs in Alaska and one of two Silver-level businesses. With this designation, R&M joins a group of 1,118 current BFBs, made up of local businesses, government agencies and Fortune 500 companies […]

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Big Lake Pedestrian Improvements Study Open House #2 On Oct. 12

The second open house for the Big Lake Pedestrian Improvements Study will take place Thursday, October 12 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm at the Big Lake Community Recreation Center. During the open house, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) and R&M will present the draft recommendations for improving pedestrian safety in Big […]

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Danby-Wembley Roundabout Truck Trial: Seeing is Believing

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 […]

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Engineering Camaraderie on the Ice

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 […]

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Rapidly Growing West Anchorage Neighborhood Gets Much Needed Infrastructure Improvements

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. […]

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Eklutna River Bridge Now Open

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 […]

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Connecting a Community: Aleknagik Wood River Bridge

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.

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Meet Rori Van Nortwick, EIT, Engineer and Pageant Queen

Meet Rori Van Nortwick, EIT, R&M’s resident pageant queen. Not only is Rori a Staff Engineer in R&M’s Surface Transportation Group, but she is this year’s Mrs. Alaska United States!

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STREET MAKEOVER: Bike boulevard coming to 27th Avenue

West 27th Avenue is getting a multimodal makeover via recommendations outlined in the 2010 Anchorage Bicycle Plan.

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