North Kansas City Orthoimagery

Posted on September 27th, 2024 by Renee Narvaez

Performed surveying and engineering services for this 2.1 acres to support development of a solar panel farm. Scope included detailed topographic survey of the area bounded by the woods line.

Meramec River Flood Imagery

Posted on September 27th, 2024 by Renee Narvaez

Missouri’s Meramec River is one of the largest free-flowing waterways in the state. Our team monitored the flood waters and was able to conduct aerial imagery acquisition to pull together a complete coverage of the flooded area for local communities and disaster recovery officials.

Vancouver Financial Strategy

Posted on July 31st, 2024 by editor@bowman

The City of Vancouver, WA is the fourth largest city in the state and largely recognized as an extension of the greater Portland, OR metropolitan area. The city has experienced significant growth in recent years and has taken steps to dramatically redevelop its downtown and waterfront amenities along the northern bank of the Columbia River. […]

Utility Infrastructure Financial Consulting/Forecasting

Posted on July 31st, 2024 by editor@bowman

With a population of nearly 100,000 people, Bend, OR is the sixth largest city in the state having doubled in size over only a 25-year period. To address the explosive growth being experienced by the community, our team was first engaged in 2013 to develop water, sewer and storm water financial plans and rate strategies […]

Richland Water/Wastewater Rate Study

Posted on July 30th, 2024 by editor@bowman

The “Tri-Cities” region of Eastern Washington is among the fastest growing areas in the state consisting of the cities of Richland, Pasco and Kennewick. To address the impact of growth on its utilities, and to align the utility rates with updated financial policy drivers, our team was initially engaged by the City of Richland to […]

City of Aurora Water/Wastewater Rate Consulting

Posted on July 30th, 2024 by editor@bowman

The City of Aurora is home to over 400,000 people and is the third largest utility in Colorado. The city is one of the most water-challenged providers in Colorado. Dependent on multiple watersheds, each subjected to the same or greater aridification as the Colorado River, Aurora has often led the way in Colorado in terms […]

South Hillsboro Annexation and Funding Strategy

Posted on July 17th, 2024 by editor@bowman

As the fifth largest city in Oregon, the City of Hillsboro (pop. 107K), is a rapidly growing community within the greater Portland metropolitan area. Our team has assisted the city for over two decades on financial, economic and planning projects including preparing the funding element of the citywide transportation system plan, calculating development impact fees […]

Portland Water Bureau Agreement Consulting

Posted on July 17th, 2024 by editor@bowman

Portland’s wholesale agreement, defining the terms and conditions of service for 19 separate water providers, will expire in 2026. After 20 years of experience with the existing agreement, Portland and many wholesale providers wanted to make key changes to redefine certain aspects of the service provided, the allocation of costs, and sharing of regional risks. […]

Lower Snake River Dam Removal Cost Analysis

Posted on July 17th, 2024 by editor@bowman

The Columbia/Snake River system is the largest wheat export gateway in the U.S. Almost half of the wheat exports arrive by barges moving through the Columbia/Snake River system. It is estimated that each year over 3.5M (4.2M in 2020) metric tons of commodities currently move through the lower Snake River locks. The Pacific Northwest Waterways […]

Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello

Posted on July 9th, 2024 by Renee Narvaez

One of our country’s most important historical sites is yielding more information, thanks to modern technology. Thomas Jefferson’s home, Monticello, was a working, 5,000-acre plantation that was home to Jefferson and hundreds of other people. For several decades, archeologists have been piecing together artifacts and other remnant traces of the inhabitants of the 1800s, and […]