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Greetings from Olsson Associates
With safety and compliance among our top priorities, we are proud to announce that we have recently accredited many of our testing labs, including our lab in Olathe. We have attained several accreditations from concrete, masonry, and grout testing to soils and aggregate testing.
This month we're showcasing one of the projects that used one of our testing labs. Our Special Inspections team played an important role in the Ransom Memorial Hospital renovation and provided testing services before and while excavating the building. They also tested pavement subgrades, wall backfill, asphaltic concrete, and structural concrete.
Switching gears, we are eager to welcome David Junk and Paul Moore to our Kansas City office, where both will work as members of our Transportation team.
We also are excited to share news about two of our projects that received awards here in Kansas City through the American Public Works Association. It's an honor to have our work recognized, and we share these awards with our clients, as you'll see in the photos below.
If you have questions or would like more information on the information shared in this e-newsletter, or about any of our services, don't hesitate to give me a call.
Sterling Cramer, PE, LEED AP
Kansas City Office Leader
913.748.2519 or scramer@oaconsulting.com
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Testing Labs Recently Accredited
 Many of Olsson's testing labs were recently accredited as a Cement and Concrete Reference Laboratory (CCRL), an AASHTO Materials Reference Laboratory (AMRL), and a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers accredited laboratory. CCRL accreditation encompasses concrete, masonry, and grout testing, and AMRL accreditation encompasses soils and aggregate testing. CCRL and AMRL accreditation are part of the national AASHTO certification process, which allows us to work on Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) projects. The Corps certification allows us to work on federally funded projects. Our accredited labs include Olathe, Kansas; Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska; Des Moines, Iowa; and Sioux City, Iowa. If your project requires material and laboratory testing services, Olsson can perform these tests in accordance with the recognized standards and to the requirements of two of the most recognized agencies for quality control. If your project requires testing provided by an AASHTO or Corps certified laboratory or if you desire more information about the process and procedures by which we obtained our accreditation, please do not hesitate to contact us. |
Featured Project: Ransom Memorial Hospital | Ottawa, Kansas
Ensuring a Solid Renovation
Olsson provided special inspections and materials testing services for a renovation project at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa, Kansas. Olsson's Special Inspections team provided testing services before and while excavating the building and pavement subgrades, wall backfill, asphaltic concrete, and structural concrete. READ MORE |
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David Junk and Paul Moore Join Olsson
We're happy to announce the addition of a team leader and a senior project engineer for our Kansas City Transportation team. David Junk, PE, will lead the firm's Kansas City transportation team and Paul Moore, PE, will manage and design some of the firm's roadway projects.
 David has more than 30 years of professional experience, which includes building and leading transportation departments and designing and overseeing complex multi-phase engineering projects from preliminary design through construction. "Bringing David on board will help add to the transportation expertise we provide to our clients," said Sterling Cramer, office leader for Olsson's Kansas City area locations. "David understands the construction process for roadway projects and he's able to use this knowledge for plans that really work in the field." Before joining Olsson, David spent 19 years with the Kansas Department of Transportation and 12 years with a Kansas City engineering consultancy. He has a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia and an M.B.A. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. David can be reached at 913.748.2508.  Paul has more than 13 years of professional experience, which includes project and budget management, roadway geometrics work, storm sewer design, crew supervision, traffic control and utility coordination. Paul has a B.S. in civil engineering from Kansas State University. He can be reached at 913.748.2579. |
Kansas City Project Awards
In May, the KC Metro Chapter of the American Public Works Association presented awards at its luncheon. Winners included the following:
 National Award Winner for Project of the Year: Transportation - Less than $5 million:
Three-Mile Creek Trail in Leavenworth, Kansas
Pictured, left to right: Mike Hooper (City of Leavenworth), Curt Mader (Olsson), Bob Patzwald (City of Leavenworth), Jimmy Peeler (Mega Industries), Gerald Johnson (APWA), Brian Gordon (Mega Industries), Mike McDonald (City of Leavenworth), and Brad Sonner (Olsson).
 The Chapter Award Winner: Jackson Drive: 37th Terrace to R.D. Mize, City of Independence, Missouri
Pictured, left to right: Gerald Johnson (APWA), John Powell (Director of Public Works Independence), and Jamie Fain (Olsson).
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63-20 Hike!
A Proven Play from the Public/Private Development Partnership Finance Playbook
By Courtney Dunbar
 For even the most visionary communities, project financing can be difficult to obtain. Add to this the fact that many projects are speculative, such as industrial parks, or have little equity to cost of development, like conference centers, public parking structures, or mixed-use developments, and the process can leave the community feeling "sacked" in its efforts.
63-20 corporations provide an option to bring both private development funding and public financing together to allow automatic access to municipal bond financing, without volume cap allocation restrictions, for project finance via the public/private partnership. READ MORE |
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