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Caleb Prentice Returns from Deployment
Posted on Wednesday, November 10th, 2021 by Canyon MalloryIn Firm News, tagged in
Today, we are excited to welcome back engineering technician Caleb Prentice from his recent tour. A Master Sergeant in the Air Force Reserves, he was away from the office for 10 months. A portion of that time was spent in training, while the rest was overseas. In this short interview, Caleb shares a little about […]
3 Practical Engineering Solutions that Solved Complex Problems
Posted on Wednesday, July 14th, 2021 by Canyon MalloryIn Project Strategies, tagged in
Liberty Drive Improvements shown above. Finding the right solutions to solve simple or complicated design issues often requires out-of-the-box thinking. Today, we’re excited to share three practical solutions that solved complex problems. Upper Cedar Creek The City of Olathe, Kansas needed to upgrade their stormwater infrastructure in a busy industrial area to address ongoing flooding […]
APWA Reporter Magazine Article Tackles Stormwater Prioritization, GIS, and PCSWMM
Posted on Wednesday, March 31st, 2021 by Canyon MalloryIn Stormwater, tagged in
Affinis project engineer, John Spell, PE recently wrote an article for APWA’s Reporter magazine. It discusses a Kansas municipality’s stormwater study, which analyzed a historic portion of town. We interviewed John about the article, asking him about the project and his background with GIS and PCSWMM. Can you tell us about the catalyst for the […]
Evaluating Risk and Resilience in Stormwater Systems
Posted on Friday, August 28th, 2020 by Canyon MalloryIn Stormwater, tagged in
The practice of risk and resilience assessment has been around for years for the evaluation of dams, levees, and bridges, because if one were to fail, the effects would be catastrophic. Now, we are seeing risk and resiliency evaluations being applied more broadly to stormwater systems. It is being used to prioritize stormwater improvements and […]
AEC Internship Partnership Key Takeaways
Posted on Wednesday, August 5th, 2020 by Canyon MalloryIn Firm News, tagged in
This year, our two returning interns participated in the 2020 AEC Internship Partnership. Organized by BHC Rhodes, it was created to offer participants exposure to the project life cycle, partner relationships, and disciplines outside of their course of study. Our firm worked with the City of Blue Springs, Missouri; Hollis + Miller Architects; and Kissick […]
Affinis Co-Worker Shares Insight into Environmental Permitting
Posted on Wednesday, May 13th, 2020 by Canyon MalloryIn Federal Services, tagged in Tags: environmental permitting, permitting, regulations
Securing permits for projects can often be a challenge. In this interview Linda Rottinghaus, PE, ENV SP, Principal at Affinis, discusses environmental permitting. She shares her keys to success, a tested approach, and how requirements have changed. When it comes to permitting what are some common roadblocks clients encounter? Over the years, I have found […]
Affinis Interns Recap Their Summer
Posted on Wednesday, September 11th, 2019 by Canyon MalloryIn Firm News, tagged in
This summer, we had two college students working as interns at Affinis. Conner Jackson, a construction engineering technology student at Missouri Western University, served on our construction services team, working largely in the field. Jason Eskina, a civil engineering student from the University of Kansas, was in our Overland Park office, learning from our engineers. […]
A Day in the Life of a Levee Engineer
Posted on Wednesday, April 24th, 2019 by Canyon MalloryIn Stormwater, tagged in Tags: flood season, flooding, levee, levees
Flood season is in full swing for many of our clients, which means our flood fighting team is working around the clock to protect those communities. Last week, we sat down with one of our levee engineers to learn what a typical day looks like during flood season. Here’s what Jason Davis had to say. Jason, […]