Floyd|Snider News and Events
F|S Assists in Terminal 10 Development!
January, 2012
design consultants with permitting, environmental constraints, and agency negotiation support for the Terminal 10 (T-10) utility development project! T-10, on Harbor Island in Seattle, Washington, is a former Superfund site, and spans both uplands and in-water operable units of the Harbor Island Superfund site. To assist the Port, Floyd|Snider directed multiple-agency stakeholder negotiations for stormwater upgrades including key negotiations with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) for the design and locat
ion of the new outfall structure that would provide the required function, while meeting USEPA requests for minimization of visibility and disturbance to the shoreline. Floyd|Snider also negotiated USEPA approval of methods for contaminated soil handling and disposal that met USEPA's needs, while minimizing the Port's requirement for field screening, soil segregation, and off-site disposal of contaminated media. The T-10 construction project was successfully completed in November 2011!
Congratulations, Megan McCullough, PE!
December, 2011
Floyd|Snider wishes congratulations to Megan McCullough for achieving her Professional Engineering licen
se. Megan has been an engineer at Floyd|Snider for over 5 years and has applied her engineering experience to projects that include feasibility study alternatives evaluation, upland remedial design, bid package preparation, design and construction management, and the assembly of design-level cost estimates. Way to go, Megan!
A Warm Welcome to F|S's Newest Team Member!
September, 2011
Floyd|Snider welcomes Toraj Ghofrani, PE, as a Senior Civil Engineer. Toraj has more than 20 years of experience managing and executing upland investigation and cleanup projects in the Pacific Region, for both public and private sector clients. Toraj also has substantial stormwater management and air quality experience. We are delighted to welcome Toraj to our team, and look forward to introducing him to clients and teaming partners.
WSDOT Announces Kiewit-General-Manson with F|S as the Best Value for the SR 520 Bridge Replacement
August, 2011
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) selected Kiewit-General-Manson, A Joint Venture, with Floyd|Snider as a teaming member, as the apparent best price and technical proposal for replacing the aging State Route 520 floating bridge. Construction is scheduled to start on Lake Washington in 2012. The design-build contract includes the six-lane floating bridge, with wider, safer shoulders, transit/HOV lanes, and a bicycle/pedestrian path; towing 33 concrete pontoons; and building 44 supplemental concrete pontoons, 58 anchors, and an east approach connection to SR 520, along with a new maintenance facility and dock. The plan also focuses on impacting traffic as little as possible during construction of the new bridge and the dismantling and removal of the old.
Floyd|Snider headed the project environmental permitting efforts for Kiewit-General-Manson for construction of the graving dock and initial 33 concrete pontoons in Grays Harbor. Floyd|Snider will again lead the environmental permitting for the Design-Builder, in close coordination with WSDOT, and with subcontracted assistance from Anchor QEA. KPFF and Berger-Abam are joint venture partners who will provide design services for the team.
The project's environmentally-focused construction delivery plan will reduce impacts to the environment and local communities. In addition to optimizing the design and ensuring that WSDOT's stated goals for the project are met, Kiewit-General-Manson's proposal protects and enhances nearby shoreline and wetlands, improves culvert fish passages and natural vegetation habitat, increases water quality and runoff treatment into Lake Washington, and provides measurable benefits in costs through recycling and reuse. Kiewit-General-Manson's bid price of $586.5 million for construction of a new, six-lane floating bridge was $163.5 million less than the upset price of $750 million included in the request for proposals. More details about the SR 520 program are online at: www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/sr520bridge.
Welcome Shareholders!
August, 2011
Floyd|Snider would like to welcome our newest company Shareholders! Eleven F|S employees were made ownership offers as part of a long-term ownership transition plan, which will provide opportunities to key employees to purchase shares of company stock over the next 10–15 years. We are very excited for these individuals to have an even more integral role in supporting our clients and community in the coming years. Welcome to Brett Beaulieu, Stephen Bentsen, Erin Breckel, Tom Colligan, Chris Gardner, Allison Geiselbrecht, Jessi Massingale, Megan McCullough, Lisa Meoli, Erin Murray, and Tiffany Volosin.
F|S Welcomes Elena Ramirez!
June, 2011
We are happy to announce that we recently welcomed Elena Ramirez to the Floyd|Snider team. Elena is a Geochemist/Oceanographer with 15 years experience in environmental consulting and academic research. Her experience includes the collection and analysis of physical, chemical, and hydrogeologic data to support Brownfield redevelopment, human health and ecological risk assessment, subsurface fate and transport studies, feasibility studies, and remediation of contaminated sites. Elena also has 8 years complimentary research experience in marine environmental geochemistry.
Kristen Legg joins the F|S Team!
May, 2011
Floyd|Snider has brought on Kristen Legg as a Technical Editor and Project Assistant, focusing on editing our high-quality company deliverables and organizing the Floyd|Snider library system. She has a number of years of expereince writing, editing, and managing production projects. With additional knowledge in data input and quality control, Kristen will work closely with the technical staff in document development. We are happy to welcome Kristen to the team.
Welcome Lynn Grochala to the F|S Team!
April, 2011
Floyd|Snider recently welcomed Lynn Grochala, an Environmental Scientist with 12 years experience in managing environmental assessment and cleanup projects. Lynn has extensive experience providing regulatory compliance assistance for a variety of client types and preparing technical reports. She also has experience completing subsurface investigations to delineate and characterize contaminant plumes for sites impacted with petroleum hydrocarbons and/or chlorinated solvents and designing and conducting oversight for remedial actions.
F|S Welcomes Shruti Mukhtyar
March, 2011
Floyd|Snider welcomes our newest employee, Shruti Mukhtyar, a GIS analyst with 7 years of experience in spatial analysis, databases, CAD, and GIS. She also has experience with relational database design, VBA customization in MS Access, and programming in Javascript and PHP. We are thrilled to welcome such a qualified analyst to our team.
SR520 Floating Bridge Pontoon Construction Project in Aberdeen - Construction About to Begin!
February, 2011
Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and the Kiewit-General Joint Venture team, with Floyd|Snider, has been working together to complete design and receive all final environmental permits for the construction of the Grays Harbor pontoon casting basin facility at the Aberdeen Log Yard Site in Aberdeen. Construction is scheduled to start on February 16, 2011, following Governor Christine Gregoire's groundbreaking ceremony on the 12th. The project includes the construction of the casting basin facility, and the construction of 33 new floating bridge pontoons for the SR520 floating bridge. By the end of 2012, the first wave of the 33 pontoons will be constructed at the facility. More details about the SR 520 program are online at: www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/sr520bridge.
SPU recently contracts Floyd|Snider and team for the South Park Landfill Project
November, 2010
Floyd|Snider has been contracted to the City of Seattle Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) to provide landfill 
expertise and environmental support services for the historic South Park Landfill site. Floyd|Snider is teaming with Aspect Consulting, Herrera Environmental Consulting, and BHC Consultants for the implementation of a Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study (RI/FS) Work Plan and the development of a Cleanup Action Plan. Information on the South Park Landfill Project can be found at: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/tcp/sites/sparklf/southpark_lf_hp.html
F|S Welcomes Dean Brame to the Company
October, 2010
Floyd|Snider welcomes Dean Brame to our technical team. Dean is a hydrogeologist and soil scientist with over seven years of experience with remedial investigation and feasibility studies, environmental due diligence and compliance, and construction quality assurance projects at industrial, military, and mining sites. Dean's specific expertise includes designing and implementing comprehensive sampling and analysis plans and managing complex project logistics, schedules, and budgets. Floyd|Snider is excited to welcome Dean to our team!
Congratulations to Brett Beaulieu on his Hydrogeologist Licensing!
September, 2010
Brett Beaulieu can now add being a licensed hydrogeologist to his list of credentials! Brett routinely contributes his geology and hydrogeology expertise to Floyd|Snider projects. Brett applies his experience specifically to arsenic and metals geochemistry and fate and transport challenges. Brett has led several hydrogeologic related investigations, modeling evaluations, and remediation efforts. Floyd|Snider is excited for Brett with this achievement and is proud to have Brett as part of our team!
F|S Welcomes Emily and Kathleen
September, 2010
Floyd|Snider welcomes Emily Santee to our technical team and Kathleen Kennedy to our 
administration team.
Emily is a chemical engineer from the University of Washington with a strong background in both analytical research and chemical fate and transport processes. Emily interned with Floyd|Snider during her undergraduate career as a research assistant, and is now enjoying the transition to full-time technical work. Emily joined Floyd|Snider in June of this year. She recently completed her field training and is looking forward to assuming a more hands-on role with the company. Kathleen is a project assistant with particular skills in environmental writing, and a journalism degree from the University of Oregon. Kathleen also joined F|S in June of this year. Kathleen is providing valuable support for the electronic document management system at the company.
Kathleen and Emily are both located in the Seattle office. We are pleased to add them both to our full time staff.
F|S Presents an Overview of the Challenges and Regulations for Dioxins at a NEBC Luncheon
September 1, 2010
At the September 1st Northwest Environmental Business Council 
(NEBC) luncheon titled Dioxins - Technical Challenges and Project Impacts, Floyd|Snider and the Port of Olympia presented two presentations. Jessi Massingale, a Floyd|Snider professional engineer and oceanographer presented an overview of dioxin challenges and current regulations, and Joanne Snarski of the Port of Olympia presented a look at the impact of dioxins to Port projects. Jessi's presentation looked at the source and risk associated with dioxins, dioxin analytical challenges, uplands and in-water background levels in Washington and Puget Sound, current state uplands and sediment regulatory guidance, and a look at overarching challenges.
Follow this link to download the pdf version of Floyd|Snider's presentation: http://nebc.org/Documents/Luncheons/09-01-10_SEA-Lunch-Massingale.pdf
Tiffany Volosin Promoted to Chief Financial Officer
July, 2010
We are proud to announce that Tiffany Volosin has agreed to join the Floyd|Snider management team in
the position of CFO. Tiffany has served as Floyd|Snider Controller since 2004, and has become essential to the operations and financial management of the firm. In her new position, Tiffany will work with the Principals and Associate Principals as a key member of the executive management team guiding the firm's growth and business strategies, risk management, hiring, benefits and operations. Tiffany has significant prior experience assisting startup companies with building financial systems and improving operational efficiency.
Fourth Annual Floyd|Snider Company Retreat
June 30 - July 1 ,2010
This year the fourth annual F|S company retreat was held at the Islandwood learning center on Bainbridge Island. Islandwood is a 255-acre outdoor learning center - literally a school in the woods, and a great location for a company retreat in the summer. Several F|S staff rode their bikes to the ferry, and to Islandwood on Bainbridge. Along with traditional retreat topics about the company, and of course the classic campfire, this year we also participated in fish painting and team building exercises. All of the F|S staff were able to attend and enjoy some time together outside of the office.
F|S Presents Arsenic In-situ Remediation Findings at 2010 Battelle Conference
May 27, 2010
Floyd|Snider presented results from in situ treatment of arsenic in groundwater at the Battelle International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, in Monterey, California. Brett Beaulieu, a F|S hydrogeologist, presented preliminary findings following full-scale in situ reductive precipitation treatment to remediate a multi-acre arsenic plume at the B&L Woodwaste Site in Pierce County, WA. In situ treatment of the leading edges of the plume is part of a remediation strategy designed to protect downgradient receptors in the short term while containment of the source area and extraction of the remainder of the plume are applied over the long term.
More information about the conference is available here: http://www.battelle.org/conferences/chlorinated/
CHB Platinum Anniversary Auction
May 15, 2010
Floyd|Snider rece
ntly sponsored and attended the Citizens for a Healthy Bay (CHB) annual fundraising auction and dinner. This year was the Platinum Anniversary Auction, commemorating the twenty years that CHB has spent in cleaning up, restoring and protecting Commencement Bay. The auction and dinner took place at the Foss Waterway Seaport and was yet again a great CHB event. F|S is also proud to contribute to the Fund the Bay education program.
6th Annual Tacoma Public Works- Relay for Life Golf Tournament
May 15, 2010
Floyd|Snider participate
d for the fifth year in the annual Tacoma Public Works/Relay for Life - 18 hole charity golf tournament. The event took place at the Meadows Golf Course in Tacoma with terrific golfing weather in the 70s. F|S is happy to support and participate in another year of this great charity event and to support such an important cause.
Alaskan Way Viaduct/Seawall Replacement Project
May, 2010
The City of Seattle, thro
ugh Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), is moving forward with replacement of the Elliott Bay seawall structure. Floyd|Snider, as a teaming partner with TETRA TECH, will be providing consulting services regarding management of contaminated sediment, soil, groundwater and stormwater that will be encountered during construction of the new seawall structure. The seawall runs along Elliott Bay in downtown Seattle from South Washington Street to Broad Street. The seawall replacement project involves designing a new earthquake resistant system that will support the street and right-of-way, protect the shoreline and waterfront from coastal erosion, provide access to the waterfront piers, provide opportunities for the public to access the water, improve marine habitat and support upland uses, public spaces, utilities and buildings.
F|S Field Photo on the Cover of Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation
March 2, 2010
A F|S photo of a PCB field test earned the cover of the Winter 2010 Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation edition. The field test was conducted as part of the In-situ Soil Remediation at Reichhold/SSA Containers Facility in Tacoma, Washington. The purple color shown in the test tube indicates a soil PCB concentration of less than 50 ppm. Way to go Stephen Bentsen and Erin Murray for not only providing environmental engineering services, but also getting great field shots!
F|S Welcomes Tucker Stevens to the Company
February, 2010
Floyd|Snider welcomes Tucker Stevens to our technical team. Tucker is an environmental engineer (EIT) from University of Vermont with a strong background in chemistry and chemical engineering. Tucker's specific expertise includes air toxics, environmental organic chemistry, chemical fate and transport, analytical instrumentation, and chemical engineering. Tucker's favorite projects involve problem solving where smart engineering requires understanding the underlying chemical and physical systems. F|S is pleased to continue to add excellent people to our company. Tucker is located in our Seattle office.
F|S Completes a Successful Expansion of the LNAPL Recovery System at Todd Pacific Shipyards
January, 2010
As part of the Soil and Groundwater Operable Unit for the Harbor Island Superfund Site in coordination with the USEPA, Floyd|Snider recently completed the installation of three new light non-aqueous phase liquid (LNAPL) recovery wells, trenching, and subsurface piping to two central recovery sheds at Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle, WA. Challenges in the project included significant known and unknown subsurface utilities and structures, and coordinating with the shipyard to minimize operational impacts. Floyd|Snider prepared a work plan for the USEPA, developed construction plans and specifications and bidding documents, and provided construction oversight and management services. The LNAPL recovery system now consists of seven active recovery wells and has recovered over 300,000 gallons of LNAPL. Floyd|Snider will continue to provide operation and maintenance assistance throughout the operation of the system and will work with USEPA until the LNAPL recovery is complete.
WSDOT Announces Kiewit-General with F|S as the Best Value Proposal for the SR 520 Bridge Pontoons
December 23, 2009
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) selected the Kiewit-General Joint Venture, with Floyd|Snider as a teaming member, as the apparent best price and technical proposal for building the new State Route 520 floating bridge concrete pontoons in Grays Harbor County. The Kiewit-General team will design and build a new pontoon construction facility in Grays Harbor County - scheduled to begin in late 2010, design and construct 33 new floating bridge pontoons, and store the pontoons until they are needed for the SR 520 floating bridge. Floyd|Snider will lead the project environmental permitting efforts with WSDOT.
In August, WSDOT identified the 55-acre Aberdeen Log Yard as the preferred site for the Grays Harbor area pontoon casting facility. Environmental review of the log yard site and the alternate 90-acre Anderson & Middleton site in Hoquiam is scheduled to be completed in 2010. After environmental review is completed and permits obtained, construction of the pontoon casting facility can begin. By the end of 2012, the first wave of the 33 pontoons will be constructed at the facility. More details about the SR 520 program are online at: www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/sr520bridge.
San Juan County Recently Contracted Floyd|Snider in the Redevelopment of a Transfer Station
November, 2009
Floyd|Snider has been contracted to provide environmental and geotechnical support services to the San Juan County Public Works Department during redevelopment of the Sutton Road Transfer Station in Friday Harbor. Floyd|Snider is teaming with PanGeo to conduct Phase 1 and Phase 2 investigations at the site, and support the County during property acquisition, and site redevelopment. Information on the Transfer Station Replacement Project can be found at:
http://www.sanjuanco.com/TransferStation/Documents.aspx.
F|S Arsenic Remediation Presentation at 2009 GSA Annual Meeting Now Available on the Web
November 17, 2009
Results from remedial design studies for in-situ treatment of arsenic, presented by Brett Beaulieu, LG, a Floyd|Snider Geologist, at the 2009 Portland Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, are available for download as PowerPoint slides from this link: http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2009AM/finalprogram/session_25139.htm.
Full-scale implementation of the in-situ treatment remedy at the B&L Woodwaste Site in Pierce County, Washington is currently underway.
The abstract, Field Testing and Modeling of In-situ Groundwater Arsenic Remediation Through Iron Sulfide Precipitation Near Tacoma, Washington, was co-authored by Samantha Ewing, MS, a Floyd|Snider Geochemist.
Floyd|Snider Successfully Completes In-situ Soil Remediation at Reichhold/SSA Containers Facility
October, 2009
As a keystone property in the Puyallup Tribal Terminal development in Tacoma, WA, Floyd|Snider recently completed the in-situ soil component of the final cleanup action plan on-schedule and under budget. After developing a Focused Feasibility Study and a Cleanup Action Plan in coordination with Ecology, Floyd|Snider developed plans and specifications, prepared a SEPA checklist, selected a contractor, and provided construction management services for a large-scale excavation and disposal of contaminated soil, including F021-listed CAMU-eligible soil and TSCA soil. The project also included dewatering and treatment of impacted groundwater, control and minimization of noxious odors through the application of odor-suppressing foam, and confirmation sampling. The site is a former chemical manufacturing facility and was significantly contaminated with pentachlorophenol, daughter products, and underlying hazardous substances including dioxin and furans.
F|S Annual Pumpkin Carving
October 21, 2009
In preparation for Halloween, Floyd|Snider employees and families came together for our annual pumpkin carving event. This year we enjoyed spooky and scary treats such as mummy cap cakes, witch's hairy finger breadsticks, bone crunching meatballs, and witch's cauldron tortellini!
Congratulations to Jessi Massingale on her PE achievement!
October 1, 2009
We are pleased to announce that Jessi Massingale has a new PE designation to add to her list of achievements over the past 5 years she has been with Floyd|Snider. Jessi is a valuable member of any project team as a sound technical voice, or as a competent manager. Jessi applies her engineering experience to projects that include feasibility study alternatives evaluation, identification of engineering constraints to vessel loading operations, shoreline and sediment remedial design, maintenance dredging bid package preparation, design and construction management, and the assembly of design-level cost estimates. Floyd|Snider is proud to have Jessi as part of our team!
Port of Seattle Contracts F|S for the RIFS Development of the Lora Lake Apartment Property
September, 2009
Floyd|Snider was recently contracted by the Port of Seattle to assist the Port in the Investigation and Site Remediation of the Lora Lake Apartments Property located near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Floyd|Snider will be working with the Port and the Department of Ecology, and other key stakeholders to move the remediation of the Lora Lake Apartments site forward in a manner that best meets the public interest, requirements of the Agreed Order, and the Port's overall objectives for the property.
F|S Employees - Green Team Alternative Commuter Challenge
Fall, 2009
Since early this summer, F|S employees have been participating in an alternative commuting-to-work challenge, led by the firm's Green Team to reduce our carbon footprint. The staff have successfully logged a total of 7,350 alternative commuting miles (i.e., walking, biking, busing, and carpooling).
Ecology Contracts Floyd|Snider to Facilitate Stakeholder Process for LID Standards Recommendations
September, 2009
Floyd|Snider, teaming with SvR Design, was recently contracted to assist Ecology in responding to a Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) ruling requiring the inclusion of Low Impact Development (LID) standards into the Municipal Stormwater General Permits. Floyd|Snider will facilitate Ecology's eight-to-ten month stakeholder process to develop recommendations for the LID standards. The advisory committee meetings are open to the public with specific times on the agenda for public input. More information on the LID committee meetings can be found on Ecology's website: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/stormwater/municipal/LIDstandards.html.
Floyd|Snider Commencement Bay Boat Cruise
July 16, 2009
The Floyd|Snider Client Boat Cruise toured through the Commencement Bay Waterways on the evening of July 16th aboard the "My Girl" ship. The cruise departed from the Thea Foss Waterway as clients, teaming partners, and Floyd|Snider staff enjoyed drinks, hors d'oeuvres, and the company of our colleagues while viewing several project sites from the water. Thanks to all those that were able to attend.
Third Annual Floyd|Snider Company Retreat
June 9-10, 2009
The Third Annual Floyd|Snider retreat was held again this year at the beautiful Whidbey Island Institute in Langley. 100% of the Floyd|Snider staff attended the retreat, and spent two days together enjoying activities such as a scavenger hunt, interactive business meetings, listening to a guest speaker, dinner, badminton, group painting, and campfire snacks.
New Employee Volunteerism Policy
June 1, 2009
Floyd|Snider received an award from the Association of Washington Business for recognizing volunteerism due to a new paid-time-off policy for employees.
Beginning in 2009, Floyd|Snider employees who have been with the company for at least 1 year, are eligible to take an additional week of paid time off to volunteer for any non-profit organization of their choice. The company has always tried to encourage community service and involvement, and is pleased to have the opportunity to give this extra time to employees.