Keeping You Informed

Fisher Creek Campus - Winner of the 2011 Top Projects award for SW Washington
September 2011
Olson Engineering provided all Civil Engineering, Surveying, Planning and Landscape Architecture services for the project. See the attached link for project details: Fisher Creek Campus

The Source Climbing Center - Top 5 Commercial Project in SW Washington for 2011
September 2011
The Source Climbing Center is the first facility solely dedicated to rock climbing in Clark County. Olson Engineering provided all the Civil Engineering and Surveying services for the project.

Jerry Olson Releases his new book, "Surveying North of the River
February 2011
The book documents all 456 of the surveyors associated with the Washington Surveyor General's Office in the Contract Era, 1851-1910. Included are biographies, photos, work assignments and internment data. Most of these surveyors were private contractors operating in a political patronage system, with a broad range of expertise and ethics.

Beginning the book is a brief history of the General Land Office in Washington and the history of the surveyors here. There are 1300+ pages, including an appendix, and nearly 800 photographs. It is published in an eBook format, and a no cost download can be arranged by e-mailing Jerry at wcrolsons@tds.net.

Mike Odren, Landscape Architect, appointed to Clark County Development Engineering Advisory Broad (DEAB)
January 2011
Mike Odren, Landscape Architect and Land Use Planner, for Olson Engineering, Inc. was recently appointed by the Board of County Commissioners to a two year term on the Clark County Development Engineering Advisory Board (DEAB). DEAB was formed by the Board of Clark County Commissioners to serve as a procedural step in reviewing new policy and code changes and to work with Public Works and Community Development on issues related to process improvement, technical issues and proposed fee adjustments.

Other goals of DEAB include achieving department-wide consistency, improving efficiency of development and engineering review processes and project specific technical resolution. Odren has served on a variety of technical advisory committees and focus groups for zoning code formation and modifications and was also a past member of the City of Vancouver's Design Review board. Odren is the first Registered Landscape Architect to serve on the board.

Bowyer Marketplace receives Excellence in Paving Award
January 2011
Bowyer Marketplace received the "Excellence in Paving" award for the paving category from the American Concrete Institute and Oregon Concrete and Aggregate Producers Association at their 2010 awards program. The award was made on the innovative and creative way pervious concrete was combined with traditional drainage schemes to enable the project to proceed. Initially the location of the site within a well head protection area precluded its ability to develop. However, through the combination of pervious concrete, stormwater filters and infiltration systems, OEI developed a viable and cost effective solution that enabled the project to be constructed.

Bowyer Marketplace topped the Beaverton Commuter Plaza and Morrow County Fairfrounds projects to win the award in the Paving Category.