Enhancing Legacy, Engaging Process: Thesis complete!

Congratulations to Hailey Mackay for publishing her master’s thesis. “The thesis proposes the use of plants to remove hazardous wastes from soil and water, a process known as phytoremediation, as a promising alternative to traditional methods of toxics clean-up. This project focuses…

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Life by Design: Jill McFarland, Landscape Architect

After nearly two decades as a landscape designer, Jill McFarland is now a landscape architect. “Most people already thought I was one,” she laughed. “Even my kids!” Jill went to architecture school at the University of Minnesota and earned her master’s in landscape…

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Sweet! Mentors needed for Lemonade Day

When you see a little leaguer holding a bat the wrong way, you teach her to choke up. When a budding artist struggles with a pair of scissors, you gently turn them around. If your pint-sized pianist can’t remember the…

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Local Middle School Mathletes Advance to State Competition

If a 3-ounce can of tomato sauce costs $1.68, what is the price per ounce in cents? The first place team from Jefferson Middle School including Coach Venkata Nallamalli. In just seconds, local mathletes from Jefferson Middle School answered that and a variety…

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Road Trip to Client Meeting Skids Off-Course

Wild Winter Weather Strands SCJ Engineers, Turning Rental Car Into Makeshift Motel Last week’s winter storm in Oregon was historic. It surprised meteorologists and stopped the masses in their tracks. For hundreds of motorists, including two from SCJ, that stop…

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SCJ Enthusiastically Expands to a New Office in Centralia

SCJ team at ribbon cutting. Front row from left: Communications Manager Pam Folsom; Centralia Project Engineer Charlie Severs; Centralia Office Manager & Principal Brandon Johnson, Senior Principal Jean Carr, Transportation Engineer Anne Sylvester, Senior Principal Perry Shea, and Principal Eric…

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