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Greetings from Olsson Associates
Can you believe it's already mid-February? We have some good stuff to share with you this month: details on what our survey team is doing, a feature on one of our senior scientists, and an introduction to a new planner who just joined Olsson.
2011 was a good year for us, and we're looking forward to staying in touch and working with you in 2012! |
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You'll Find Us Everywhere, Sometimes Even with Robots
By Dana Sperling, PLS, Senior Surveyor, Denver Office
The great thing about being a team leader for a survey crew is that you never know where you'll end up next. A shopping mall, a rural train station, a riverbank, an oil and gas field--you name it, and, if you are on a survey crew, you may be there at some point.
But, no matter where the survey crew goes, we focus on providing customized services, in a timely manner, using the most efficient number of people and equipment.
Taking a Robot Along Can Help
Although some concepts used in surveying are the same concepts used thousands of years ago back in ancient Egypt, an interesting technological improvement in recent years has been to use robots.
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A Red Wagon Full of Fossils Paves Way to a Geology Career
Featured Employee: James Hix, Senior Scientist, Denver
As a seven-year-old, James Hix found his first clam shell fossil behind a fence near his neighbor's back yard. He ran home to get his red wagon, where he placed all of the fossilized shells he collected, unknowingly feeding what would become an endless curiosity about the earth's formations.
A family friend noticed James' clam shell fossil collection and said, "Maybe you'll grow up to be a geologist someday." That idea stuck -- today, James is a geologist and a senior project scientist at Olsson, providing assessment and remediation services to a variety of clients, including the oil and gas industry.
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NEW HIRE
Kevin Klinkenberg, AIA
Senior Planner, Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning Team
Kevin Klinkenberg, AIA, has joined Olsson's Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning team as a senior planner. He will work with members of the firm's Land Development and Urban Planning teams across the country, including Denver, Kansas City, Omaha, and Phoenix.
Kevin has more than 18 years of experience within a wide range of planning and urban design projects in all regions of the country. His expertise ranges from the design and master planning of neighborhoods and communities to writing form-based zoning codes for developers and municipalities. He is a frequent speaker and writer on issues related to designing and planning of walkable communities, including several years as a faculty member with the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the Form-Based Codes Institute.
In 2010, Kevin served as the president of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Kansas City chapter. He is a fellow with the Knight Program in Community Building through the University of Miami and the Knight Foundation and is a graduate of the University of Kansas. He has also been a member of the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) since 1997.
You can see examples of Kevin's past project work here. |
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New Professional Engineers at Olsson
Congrats to the following individuals who recently passed their PE exams and became licensed professional engineers:
Carrie Romero, Omaha Water Resources
Tim Jensen, Omaha Geotechnical
Jared Jochum, Lincoln Automation and Technology
Ross Barron, Lincoln Bridge/Structural
Joel Jirak, Lincoln Public Infrastructure
Jeremy Walker, Siouxland Public Infrastructure
Carlos Medina, Hastings Public Infrastructure
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Colorado Certifications
Congrats to our Colorado employees who recently received certifications:
Sara Stoddart (Grand Junction) passed her Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control certification, and Jessica Bowser (Golden), Kirk Richards, Jason McLarty, and Tammie Lee Crossen (all Grand Junction) passed their CPESC-IT certifications.
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