Baseline Celebrates National Engineers Week 2021!

When Baseline Engineering Corporation (Baseline) was founded by John McLain, PE, in 1998, the company’s foundation rooted from its expertise in civil engineering. From there, various different specialties have been added to the company’s services such as planning, surveying, landscape architecture, and more. Undoubtedly, John’s passion for the engineering industry, and the people within it,… Read more »

Streetscapes – Attractive and Functional Aspects

          Streetscapes play an important role in forming the visual aspects, function, and identity of a built environment. Streetscapes help with traffic calming, accessibility, character, a sense of history or community, urban public life, moving people safely and efficiently, and supporting land use function and aesthetics. When designing streetscapes, a deep… Read more »

Chris Manning Promoted to Division Manager and Operations Partner

Chris Manning, PE, Baseline’s Water/Wastewater (W/WW) Division Manager for the past five years, was officially promoted in January to Division Manager and Operations Partner. Through this transition of roles, Chris hopes to continue focusing on the big picture of the company; he plans to use the experience and knowledge he has gained over the years… Read more »

Matt Tyburski, Baseline’s New President!

Matt Tyburski, Chief Financial and Operating Officer (CFO/COO) for the past seven years, has been promoted to President of Baseline. As he reflects on his time working here, he shows gratitude for his CFO/COO role. He loved that every day was filled with a variety of people from all different parts of the industry; whether… Read more »

Baseline’s Holiday Challenge

And Holiday Cheer… There is no doubt that the holiday season looks different this year, requiring everyone to get creative in the way that they celebrate. The traditional holiday parties and cookie exchanges were seemingly impossible to do virtually. Although Baseline managed to put together the next best thing which we named the “Holiday Challenge.”… Read more »

Baseline for Community’s Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive 2020

This year, the need for assistance is greater than ever and Baseline for Community (B4C) sponsored our third company-wide Thanksgiving Food Drive. We sponsored four local food banks within the communities we work — resulting in donating over 750 non-perishable items to four different food bank programs: Gilpin County Food Bank, Community Cupboard Food Pantry… Read more »

Working from Home – Staff Highlight

As employees worldwide were forced to transition into working remotely full-time, everyone adjusted to this unfamiliar territory in different ways. Many have found comfort in relating to or learning from others’ experiences as people navigate through the unknown and accept this virtually-based environment as the new norm. Michael Lujan, one of Baseline’s engineering project managers,… Read more »

Working from Home – Staff Highlight

As Baseline moved to employees to being fully operational from home, each employee has had a different experience— all with some positives and negatives sprinkled in. Sarah Williams, whom is the newest member of the Baseline team, has worked from home in the past. Luckily, her space at home had been set up for a… Read more »

Vince Harris’ 2020 Sabbatical

            As employees look for a place to work, they often seek out information regarding the benefits firms have to offer. At Baseline, one of the most pronounced benefits that employees value is that after seven years of being employed with Baseline they are able to take a month-long sabbatical.… Read more »

New Planning Department Changes

Baseline made a big change in our planning department this summer. For the last 12 years, Vince Harris has been the director of our planning department, he is taking a step back from this role and reducing hours to slowly transition into retirement. Ben Thurston has moved into the planning director role and has taken the lead. Ben is most excited about exploring opportunities to expand Baseline’s planning services into new areas that align with the interests and passions of our staff. This includes our current effort to market and grow our landscape architecture services. He is also excited about the challenge of refining our project management and execution in a way that truly balances our triangle of employees, clients, and finances.

Baseline’s Steamboat Springs Office is Growing with Additional Staff

Steve Batchelder, one of Baseline’s most tenured project engineers, is transitioning from the Golden office to the Steamboat Springs office. Steve brings over 20 years of experience to Baseline and has provided high-quality designs while also maintaining efficiencies in his work which has benefited both the company and its clients. The Steamboat Springs office was… Read more »

Baseline’s New Service – Public Information Management

Baseline is proud to announce a new service category in public information management (PIM) for CDOT construction. For each project, we work with the contractors to develop a strategy for engaging with the public and ensuring that the community is notified of any disruptions as well as communicating project information through CDOT. We develop initial… Read more »

New Survey Drone Expands Services

As technology rapidly progresses, Baseline’s goal is to maintain a strong presence and adapt accordingly. One priority is to make projects more efficient for both, our clients as well as our employees. It is because of this, that in early 2020, our Survey Division purchased a drone to diversify our surveying capabilities meet the goals… Read more »

Exciting Baseline Projects Make Headlines

Recently, two Baseline projects were showcased on various news sites. One new design project is located in Broomfield, CO, and is a 600,000-sf business park and includes two multi-story office buildings, five single-story office buildings, six R&D and flex buildings, a retail building, and four retail pad sites. You can read more about this exciting… Read more »

New Staff Highlight: Sarah Williams, PLA, CPSI

Baseline Welcomes Sarah Williams Baseline’s newest addition to our staff is Sarah Williams, a landscape architect who comes to us from Norris Designs. She graduated from Colorado State University and has been working as a landscape architect for several years. When choosing career paths, Sarah credits her experience and passions for leading her to landscape… Read more »

2020 Virtual Bike MS

On June 27th, Baseline project engineer, Steve Batchelder, PE, took part in the virtual Bike MS ride. Every summer, the National MS Society puts on Bike MS to support MS research. Participants commit to a designated route with stops along the way. Riders and teams choose their distance, and all must meet a fundraising goal… Read more »

Baseline Celebrates National Administrative Professionals Week-Day 5!

This week, Baseline celebrates National Administrative Professionals Week, recognizing the professionals who keep our offices running smoothly every day. All this week, Baseline celebrates these professionals. While Baseline doesn’t have secretaries, this week recognizes the work of our admin team, which includes a variety of talents: office managers, HR, marketing, business development, accounting, and leadership.… Read more »

Baseline Celebrates Administrative Professionals Week-Day 4!

This week, Baseline celebrates National Administrative Professionals Week, recognizing the professionals who keep our offices running smoothly every day. All week, Baseline celebrates these professionals. While Baseline doesn’t have secretaries, this week recognizes the work of our admin team, which includes a variety of talents: office managers, HR, marketing, business development, accounting, and leadership. Marketing… Read more »