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Six Things You Need to Know About Fire Riser Room Design We live in a world where project budgets are based on cost per square foot. The efficient use of floor space matters in order to minimize costs for owners and maximize occupancy use for end-users. One factor in this equation is the design and incorporation of fire riser rooms in commercial spaces. When it comes to maximizing the floorplan of a commercial facility, teams can find themselves at a standstill as owners, general contractors, consultants, and fire marshals may have a variety of questions on the correct approach. In order to help your projectRead More →

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If your reasons for wanting to add a carbon-in-column plant are for primary gold recovery or as a scavenger circuit to pull ounces from re-circulation, your next question might be, “Would a vertical design make more sense?” Debbie Johnston takes you through the process.Read More →

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Why Every Project Team Needs an RCDD After a decade of working together, Pete Weber, a designer specializing in low-voltage solutions and Morrison-Maierle’s Buildings Market Group joined forces in April 2019. Furthering his capabilities and his career, Pete recently passed his Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD®) exam.We asked Pete a few questions about his RCDD certification and how this might enhance future building projects. Q: What is an RCDD? Pete: RCDD stands for Registered Communications Distribution Designer. It is an internationally recognized certification that’s been around since 1984. Only about 7,500 people in the world have successfully passed the exam. There are about 10 ofRead More →

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Missoula Buildings Group Volunteers on Park Upgrade Project Thanks goes out to several members of our Missoula Buildings Market Group – electrical, mechanical, structural engineers and CAD designers for their volunteer efforts upgrading Missoula’s Dragon’s Hollow Play area.  Located downtown next to A Carousel for Missoula, the play area is an all-abilities playground that was in need of some upgrades. Our team, who are very familiar with building upgrades of all kinds, showed up on a very rainy Saturday to help with the effort. Thanks goes out to all, especially Ross Balfour, who coordinated the effort and recruited volunteers.Read More →

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Ravalli Electric Co-Op The Ravalli Electric Co-Op is a nonprofit electrical utility provider in Ravalli County, MT. Serving over 10,000 members, giving back to the community and sustainable operations are two of the Co-Op’s main goals. Keeping these two priorities in mind, Morrison-Maierle provided energy-efficient and sustainable mechanical, electrical, and structural engineering designs for the Co-op’s new multi-building workplace.  Structural Design  The Challenge: With 19,400 square feet of office space and 30,950 square feet of warehouse and garage parking space, this project needed a variety of structures included in this multi-building complex. Structures include office space, staffing training rooms, large vehicle storage, wash bays, and dry storageRead More →

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Morrison-Maierle hires Pete Weber and adds new service to its buildings design team Morrison-Maierle is pleased to announce the hiring of Pete Weber, an engineering designer who brings 25 years of experience in the low-voltage discipline to its Buildings Market Group consisting of structural, mechanical, and electrical engineers. He will be based in the company’s Missoula office. Pete has spent the last 19 years working in the Architecture/Engineering industry on communications infrastructure for buildings projects and will help Morrison-Maierle grow and develop its low-voltage discipline. “Pete has worked with several Morrison-Maierle employee-owners on a wide variety of projects over the past 10 years. We areRead More →

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Aaron McConkey named new water-wastewater leader in Missoula office Morrison-Maierle is pleased to announce that Aaron McConkey is the new Market Group Office Leader for the Water -Wastewater group in its Missoula location. Aaron came to Morrison-Maierle’s Kalispell office in 2015 after working for the City of Kalispell Public Works Department as a project manager for three years and for Schwarz Engineering for seven years before then. While at Morrison-Maierle he has been a project engineer and design engineer for projects in Hot Springs, Bigfork, Kalispell, Libby and others. He graduated from Montana State University in 2005 with a B.S. in civil engineering. He hasRead More →

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Maria Chesnut promoted as Buildings Market Group Office Leader in Missoula Maria Chesnut, PE, MLSE, a Senior Structural Engineer in the Missoula office was recently promoted as the office’s Buildings Market Group Office Leader. She started her career in 2003 in Seattle and came to Morrison-Maierle’s Missoula office a little over three years ago after working in Missoula for Beaudette Consulting Engineers. She says she’s “grateful to be part of the Buildings Market Group with such highly motivated and talented peers.” One of things she enjoys best about Morrison-Maierle is the ability to work across all of our offices to strengthen the team. A nativeRead More →

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Kim Williams Trail Extension Project Morrison-Maierle was hired by the City of Missoula to design the 0.22 mile-long segment of the Kim Williams Trail Extension Project connecting southwest Missoula to East Missoula. The funding source, a Community Transportation Enhancement Program grant, was contingent on fast approaching deadlines which provoked the City of Missoula to seek the completion of the project in very short order. In response to the time constraints, Morrison-Maierle proposed a plan founded on an accelerated design schedule, our technical experience with the trail system, and successful coordination with Montana Rail Link (MRL), Montana Department of Transportation, and local landowners. The Morrison-Maierle designRead More →

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Chad Taylor

Morrison-Maierle is pleased to announce the hiring of Chad Taylor to its Buildings Market Group in Missoula. As a senior structural engineer, Chad Taylor, PE, will be joining the group after working for Eclipse Engineering in Missoula for the past three years. With a B.S. in civil engineering from Washington State University and a M.S. also in civil engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, Taylor specializes in seismic resistant design especially for upgrades to existing buildings. Currently he is designing the renovations to an existing metal warehouse building to house an indoor 50-ft tall rock climbing wall. Outside of work he serves on theRead More →

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Missoula International Airport Air Traffic Control Tower On September 30, 2012, Missoula International Airport’s air traffic controllers began work in a new six-story, 101-foot, $6.77 million air traffic control tower. Completed under budget and ahead of schedule, the new tower offers controllers unencumbered views in all directions. Morrison-Maierle led the consulting effort of the new air traffic control tower. The project lasted three years and consisted of design, construction management and grant management. The standard FAA control tower design was modified to better fit the climate of Missoula and included new fiber optic lines, a 150 kW emergency generator, natural gas, hot water heat, andRead More →

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