Osborn Consulting named Washington’s Best Workplace

Last night at Safeco Field, Osborn Consulting was named Washington’s Best Workplace by the Puget Sound Business Journal (PSBJ). As the gold medal winner for companies with 10-49 employees, the PSBJ confirmed what Osborn employees already knew.

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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…

Introducing Our Newest Engineers

Two new engineers have been added to the OCI team in order to support new projects and markets. These new hires contribute exceptional talent and expertise and have quickly became integral members of OCI.

One of our new Project Engineers is Joshua Van Wie, E.I.T. Josh received his Master’s in Civ…

“Washington’s Best Workplaces” Finalist

The employees at OCI have long considered the company one of “Washington’s Best Workplaces,” so our full-time team members completed a survey through the Puget Sound Business Journal (PSBJ)  to see how we ranked among small businesses across the state.

After a few months of waiting, we are p…

Osborn Engineers Attend “The Business of Golf”

The American Council of Engineering Companies’ Developing Leaders Group (DLG) hosted “The Business of Golf” last Tuesday (June 9th, 2015) to provide golfing practice and instructions to developing leaders in our industry. With the first day of summer fast approaching, there is a lineup of co…

Osborn Projects Win Two LOCEA Awards

Last night (June 10th, 2015), OCI was presented with two awards at the ASCE Seattle Chapter’s Local Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (LOCEA) award ceremony. Our project in Kenmore, Northshore Summit Park, was selected as the winner for the small projects category, and Bellingham’s 25th St…

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…

Osborn Recognized as Top Women-Owned Business

Last month (March 2015) OCI was recognized in the Puget Sound Business Journal (PSBJ) as one of the Top Women-Owned Businesses. Ranked by 2014 revenue in Washington State, OCI was listed as number forty-seven and one of the few Professional Service firms and one of only two licensed Engineering Cor…

Osborn Consulting at the Tacoma Green Infrastructure Challenge Award Ceremony 2015

This year the City of Tacoma presented a challenge to local engineering firms and universities to redesign sections of Tacoma with environmentally friendly techniques. The redesign was a part of the 2015 Tacoma’s Green Infrastructure Challenge, a competition of the first of its kind in the Pacific…

Presenting at the 2015 Green Gardening Winter Workshop

This Wednesday (February 25th), one of our engineers, Rebekah Weston, had an opportunity to speak at the 2015 Seattle Public Utilities Green Gardening Workshop held at South Seattle Community College. Rebekah partnered with Ida Ottesen, landscape architect from Nakano Associates, to present “From …

ACEC Awards 2015

Last Friday night (January 23rd) was the prestigious 2015 Engineering Excellence Awards ceremony hosted by the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC). Innovative projects from design firms across Washington competed in the “Best in State Projects” category, in which Osborn Consulting …

Meet Our Newest Employees

The end of 2014 was a time of great growth for Osborn Consulting. We recently added four new staff members of exceptional talent to our engineering and administrative teams.
Joining our engineering team is Alison Sparks, an exceptionally qualified engineer-in-training specializing in roadway drainag…

Osborn Team Building

Since last summer OCI has almost doubled in size. After adding seven new employees, we figured it would be a great time to do some team building.

Off we went on a Friday afternoon to the challenge course at the South Bellevue Community Center. After some fun exercises developing our communication s…

Osborn Hidden Talent – Photography?

On a sunny afternoon earlier this month, OCI engineers Deepa and Robert were in the field trying to photograph the conditions of several catch basins for one of our projects. (Not sure what a catch basin is? Learn more here!) Unfortunately, the sun cast shadows on the catch basins and our poor engin…

Meet Alma, Our Newest Project Manager

Almadoria (Alma) Rettinger, PE,  is a project manager with more than 10 years’ experience planning, designing, managing, and supporting multiple water resources and environmental projects in the public and private sector.  Alma has demonstrated knowledge and skills for wellhead design from conce…

Meet Ann, Our New Project Manager

OCI is getting bigger and bigger! We’re excited to announce the newest member of our team, Ann Bryant, PE. Ann is a project manager with nine years of experience involving a variety of complex municipal water and sanitary sewer system projects.  She has provided design work, detailed analysis, co…

Introducing our New Team Member, Rebekah

OCI’s newest addition to our growing team is Rebekah Weston, P.E. Rebekah is a project manager/senior civil engineer with nine years of experience. She enjoys designing, managing, and overseeing construction on a variety of projects including: infrastructure improvements and modeling, water system…

Employee Spotlight: Deepa Mungasavalli

We are excited to announce that Deepa recently passed her Professional Engineer Exam. Congratulations to Deepa on earning your P.E.!

Welcoming Laurie and Alissa to the Team

OCI is growing! We recently hired Laurie Thomsen, P.E. and Alissa Grieves.

Laurie joined our team as Senior Project Manager. Laurie is an accomplished hydraulic and transportation engineering with 14 years’ experience in designing and managing both public and private projects. Laurie received her B…