PSE News
ACEC Oregon – Past Presidents Recognition
Last month’s ACEC Oregon Fall Conference recognized the Association’s past presidents who were in attendance, including Peterson Structural Engineers, Inc. (PSE) Executive Principal, Erik Peterson, PE. Serving from 2012–2013, Erik was the organization's 57th [...]
PSE Intern Spotlight
Peterson Structural Engineers, Inc. (PSE) had the pleasure of hosting Josue Guevara in our Portland office during his 14-week summer internship. Josue tracked his tasks and set goals using a PSE bingo card, which [...]
PSE Swings into 2025 APWA Golf Tournament
Peterson Structural Engineers, Inc. (PSE) traded a day in the office for some fun out on the Coronado Golf Course for the 2025 APWA San Diego County Chapter Open Golf Tournament. Marketing Manager, Elizabeth [...]
PSE Volunteers at Salem, OR Ironman Triathlon
Peterson Structural Engineers, Inc. (PSE) Staff Designer, Cabe Nieth, EIT, volunteered at the Salem, OR Ironman 70.3 Triathlon as part of PSE's Volunteer Time Off (VTO) Program. The VTO Program provides opportunities for employees [...]
APWA San Diego County Chapter 2025 Summer Social
The Peterson Structural Engineers, Inc. (PSE) team including Senior Project Manager, Joe Wendt, PE, Marketing Manager, Elizabeth Butler, Project Engineer, Megan Engle, and Marketing Assistant, Cathleen Meyer had a great time attending the APWA [...]
Hole in One! PSE Steps on the Course to Raise Money for Local Scholarship Fund
PSE Senior Project Manager, Joe Wendt, PE, and Project Engineer, Megan Engle teamed up with fellow industry colleagues on the golf course for the 2025 annual City of San Diego Engineering and Capital Projects [...]
PSE Serves as Structural Engineer of Record for SCWD’s Reservoir 2B Replacement
South Coast Water District (SCWD) celebrated the successful completion of the Reservoir 2B Replacement Project which replaced an existing singular, 100,000 MG reservoir with two new 100,000 MG reservoirs, doubling the water storage capacity [...]
PSE Receives Excellence in Concrete Award
Peterson Structural Engineers, Inc. (PSE) was honored to receive an Excellence in Concrete (EIC) Award for the Washington Park Reservoir Improvements Project at last month's 45th Annual American Concrete Institute (ACI) and Oregon Concrete [...]
PSE Presents at AWWA PNWS 2025 Conference
Peterson Structural Engineers, Inc. (PSE) was excited to be a part of two presentations at the recent Pacific Northwest Section (PNWS) AWWA Conference in Boise, Idaho. PSE Project Managers, Mackenzie Lostra, PE, and Nick [...]
Giving Back to Local Students Through PSE’s VTO Program
Peterson Structural Engineers' (PSE) Volunteer Time Off (VTO) program was in use at the Pacific Northwest District Championship hosted by FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a global robotics community promoting [...]
Fishtrap Creek Suspension Bridge Receives ACEC WA Engineering Excellence Award
The Fishtrap Creek Suspension Bridge project received the ACEC WA Engineering Excellence Best in State Gold Award for "Exceeding Owner/Client Expectations" during last month's ceremonies. The “Mayors’ Bridge,” as it has affectionately become known, [...]
PSE Inspires Future Engineers at UCSD’s Career Fair
PSE returned to UC San Diego for the annual Structural Engineers' Day Career Fair. Associate Project Manager, Rachelle Child, PE, and Project Engineer, Megan Engle represented PSE for the day, showcasing a few of [...]
PSE Works Towards Ending Water Poverty
As a San Diego Committee sponsor, PSE attended Water for People's 13th Annual Luncheon Fundraiser. PSE Vice President, Galit Ryan, PE, Senior Project Manager, Joe Wendt, PE, and Project Engineer, Megan Engle participated in [...]
2024 ACEC San Diego Golf Scholarship Fundraiser
PSE participated in the ACEC CA San Diego Chapter and The City of San Diego Engineering and Capital Projects Department's annual golf tournament. The event marked the 23rd annual tournament with all proceeds allocated [...]
Roof with a View: Renton, WA Steel Water Storage Reservoir
Not only does the 1.29 MG steel water storage reservoir in Renton, Washington showcase a beautiful mural, its roof (towering at a height of 100’) has quite the view of the Puget Sound as [...]
PSE Presents at American Water Works Association ACE24
It was a full room at the American Water Works Association ACE24 last week to hear PSE’s Senior Project Manager, Ethan Alton, PE, SE’s presentation, Building the Tallest Prestressed Reservoir on the West Coast. [...]
PSE Volunteering in the Community
We love to see our team volunteering in the community! Thank you to Veronica Vest, PE and Anna Herren from our Portland office who recently made use of PSE’s Volunteer Time Off program at [...]
Rockwood Water Cascade Reservoir #2 Wins ACEC Oregon 2024 Grand Award
Congratulations are in order to the Rockwood Water Cascade Reservoir #2 project team! The project is a recipient of the ACEC Oregon 2024 Engineering Excellence Grand Award. Peterson Structural Engineers is proud to be [...]
From Student to Professional: A Chat About Navigating the Transition
There are various factors to navigating the transition from student to industry professional, and thanks to Dr. Nirmala Gnanapragasam, Ph.D., P.E, Associate Professor at the Seattle University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, students receive [...]
AWWA Annual Fall Conference 2023 Recap
Many thanks to our Senior Associate, Tom Bloomer, P.E. (pictured left) who co-presented with John Thayer, P.E. of Consor Engineers at the California-Nevada Section American Water Works Association Annual Fall Conference. The presentation highlighted the diving [...]
San Diego Team Helps Water for People Fundraiser
As part of the Volunteer Time Off program at PSE, members of our San Diego office teamed up to help assemble pistachio nut baskets for the annual California-Nevada Section American Water Works Association [...]
PSE Project Featured as ACEC Oregon Engineering Excellence Spotlight Submission
ACEC Oregon's annual Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) competition recognizes engineering firms for projects that demonstrate an exceptional degree of innovation, complexity, achievement, and value. PSE was proud to see our entry for the Rockwood [...]
PSE to Present at the AWWA Annual Fall Conference
We are excited to have Tom Bloomer, PE co-present with John Thayer, PE of Consor Engineers at the California-Nevada Section American Water Works Association Annual Fall Conference this month. Attendees will learn about [...]
Tunnel Hill Reservoir Named 2023 Three-Time Award Winner
We are honored to have provided structural engineering design for the Helix Water District Tunnel Hill Facilities Rehabilitation Project. This project recently received three awards: AWPA San Diego County Chapter 2023 Honor Award, [...]
Lending a Hand at PWX 2023
San Diego team members Galit Ryan(right), and Andrew Wiese(left) were happy to volunteer at Public Works Expo this week! The annual American Public Works Association National Conference was held in downtown at the San [...]
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