November 12, 2008
Berger/Abam Engineers
Berger/Abam Engineers hired
Brett Ozolin,
Jon Mjelde and
Garth Nelson in its Federal Way office and
Mandana Ashti in its Seattle office. Ozolin has engineering experience with waterfront and marine facilities projects, roadway construction, and design and transportation modeling. Ozolin recently completed work on a terminal upgrade feasibility study for the Port of Houston Authority. Mjelde's engineering experience includes waterfront projects that involve preliminary designs of sheet pile walls and modern navigation channels. He is working on the Washington United Terminal 600-foot expansion of the Blair Waterway wharf RO/RO facility improvement project at the Port of Tacoma. Nelson's engineering experience includes waterfront projects that involve preliminary analysis and design. Nelson is also working on the Blair Waterway expansion. Ashti has experience in civil and structural engineering and specializes in bridge structures and member design and cost estimation of structures and superstructures. Ashti has worked on the Lincoln Avenue grade separation, a roadway widening, realignment, and grade separation project for the Port of Tacoma; and is working on the East Marginal Way grade separation for the Port of Seattle.