Giving Back: Seattle Works Day 2019
“One day. 50 nonprofits. 1,000 volunteers. One Party”
On Saturday, June 8th, 2019, Osborn Consulting, Inc. (OCI) team members participated in Seattle Works Day 2019. They ventured out to the Lynnwood PAWS Animal Shelter and Wildlife Center to help weed and spread mulch around the shelter’s outdoor…
Osborn Consulting Summer Picnic
With summer in full swing, Office Picnic season is upon us. Here at OCI we are not strangers to the ideas of fun and laughter, in fact they embed themselves at the core of who we are.
Over this past weekend, on Saturday the 21st, OCI team members and their families took to Vasa Park on Lake Sammami…
Giving Back: Solid Ground-Marra Farms
On Saturday, June 23rd OCI employees participated in Seattle Works Day with Solid Ground, a local Seattle based non-profit organization working to end poverty and undo racism in our community. OCI employees worked at the organizations Marra Farms learning about how food is grown, food security and f…
Giving Back: Marymoor Park Tree Planting
On Saturday, October 28, OCI team members and their families volunteered with the King County Parks and Recreation Department at Marymoor Park. The volunteer event was a part of King County’s initiative to plant one million trees by 2020 across King County in both urban and rural areas. Reaching tha…
Osborn Takes to the Green for ASCE Golf
OCI Project Manager Ann Bryant took to the green last Friday (August 18, 2017) to form “The Dream Team” at ASCE Seattle’s annual golf tournament. The Dream Team was the only all-female team to compete in the tournament and had a great time playing together. Thanks to the ASCE Seattle Section for put…
Giving Back: Seattle Works Day 2017
On Saturday, June 17, OCI team members participated in Seattle Works Day, a volunteer event to serve the City of Seattle community. Over 1,000 volunteers participate in this annual day of service, at over 50 nonprofit partner locations throughout the City. OCI’s team faced the challenge of weeding …
Osborn Causes: Seattle Brain Cancer Walk 2017
By Madison Dreiger, OCI Marketing Coordinator
The 10th annual Seattle Brain Cancer Walk took place on Sunday, May 7, at the Seattle Center. I have had the pleasure to participate in the walk for seven of the 10 years it has been put on. I walk to honor my dad and the many other people affected b…
Osborn Causes: Seattle Children’s Wishes For Warriors Auction 2017
By Travis Franklin, OCI CADD Technician
It’s a rare occasion when my wife and I dress up for an event, but this was for a great cause, so we made an exception. Many people don’t realize that children, even infants in the womb, can suffer from a stroke. The 2017 Wishes for Warriors Auction event …
Osborn Consulting’s New Seattle Office!
We are excited to announce that OCI is opening a second office, located in Seattle! As we unpack our boxes and settle into the new space, we invite you to come by on Thursday, May 11 for a casual “Moving-In Party”. We would love to see you there anytime between 5pm and 8pm at our Seattle office, loc…
Stormwater Engineering at Expanding Your Horizons
On Friday, March 25, OCI was honored to present at AAUW’s Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) event at Bellevue College. EYH offers high school girls the opportunity to explore careers in areas based on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). This is the second year that OCI engineers have le…
Giving Back – Food Lifeline
On Thursday, March 9th, OCI team members volunteered their evening packing food at Food Lifeline in Seattle. Over the course of a couple hours they packed over 663 lbs. of cereal, which will provide 3,315 bowls of cereal for hungry people of Western Washington.
If you are interested in voluntee…
On Set with Osborn Consulting
OCI’s kitchen was transformed into a recording studio yesterday (March 8, 2017) to film our very first video production! Behind the camera, Marketing Coordinator Madison Dreiger directs our star actresses, daughters of OCI engineers. Enjoy these behind the scene photos and stay tuned for the finishe…
Volunteering at Food Lifeline
On Wednesday, June 15th, OCI team members volunteered their evening sorting and packing food at Food Lifeline in Seattle. There they received the grand tour of the beautiful new Food Lifeline facility in South Park, including a quick run through the freezer room, and then began putting together sn…
Osborn Engineers Present at “Expanding Your Horizons”
OCI’s own engineers, Rebekah Weston and Alma Rettinger, led their workshop, “Experience Water Resources Engineering with an Interactive Rain Garden” at last week’s “Expanding Your Horizons” event at Bellevue College. Last fall, Rebekah constructed a fully-functioning scale model of the Venema Natur…
Osborn Basketball Champions!
OCI Team Members joined forces with Perteet Engineering this season to compete in the unofficial “Engineer’s Basketball League.” The team included members who play basketball often in their free time and those who haven’t touched a basketball in years. After an inspirational season of developing t…
2016 Women in Leadership Symposium
Osborn Consulting (OCI) is a sponsor for the annual Women in Leadership Symposium to be held on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016 from 8:30AM – 6:00PM at the Mercer Island Community and Event Center. This is OCI’s third time participating in the event; OCI President Tarelle Osborn spoke at the 2014 …
Bioretention in the Classroom
OCI Project Manager Rebekah Weston designed and built a scale model segment of the Venema Natural Drainage Basin, one of our recently constructed projects. Rebekah completed the model for educational purposes and has shown it at this year’s APWA conference and will now be taking it into the classr…
Osborn Ospreys
More commonly known as Sea Hawks (Go Hawks!), a family of ospreys have made their home atop a telephone pole outside of OCI’s office. The osprey chicks hatched from their eggs in the Spring and today they were finally ready to spread their wings! Senior Engineer Robert Parish, our avid office bir…
National Public Works Week Recognition
This year marks the 55th annual National Public Works Week, as sponsored by the American Public Works Association. Governor Jay Inslee (of Washington State) has issued a proclamation addressing the vital importance of public works infrastructure, facilities, and services, saying, “I urge all peo…
ASCE YMF First Annual Executive Forum
President of OCI, Tarelle Osborn, will be a distinguished panelist at the May 29th ASCE Younger Member Forum’s Annual Executive Forum discussing “Engineering Firms: Does Size Matter?” Panelists represent senior leadership of small and large engineering firms and public sector clients, making f…