Engineering Story of The Day “I was designing a hydraulic asphalt lined overflow pond for a sanitary sewer lift station. The pond area already existed as a decommissioned WWTP lagoon. It supposedly had a clay liner (found out from the geotech that it did not…). It had an old lift station that came on when… Read more »
Baseline Celebrates National Engineers Week – Day 1!
Engineering Story of The Day “When I was planning and engineering a 1,100-acre resort project in Costa Rica, a local employee of Baseline and I set out to find 2-3 wells on the property to use as our water source. One step in the process is sampling and testing the groundwater to know what technology… Read more »
Floodplain Management
Are you planning a building project near a river? Are you trying to understand floodplain management and how to comply with FEMA standards? If so, you’ve come to the right place. Baseline Engineering Corporation understands that it can be overwhelming trying to keep track of every aspect of a building project. Hiring a company that… Read more »
Surveyors Complete UAV Pilot Licensing
In January, Aaron Demo, Doug Lancaster, Jayme Hobin, and Danielle Bustos braved the cold to complete drone flight school each earning their Part 107 certification which allows them to legally pilot an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV or drone) for commercial use under FAA regulation. The flight school our team participated in was administered by an… Read more »
Infrastructure Report Card for Better Quality of Life
Last week, the Colorado Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) released a report card for Colorado’s infrastructure—the first since 2010 — garnering a C- grade for the state. Baseline Engineering Corporation Division Manager and ASCE Colorado Section President, Kim Swearingen, PE, MBA, attended and emceed the Infrastructure Report Card release on January… Read more »
Angel Tree at Baseline
B4C 2019 Angel Tree Event Through the Salvation Army, Baseline for Community (B4C) brought Angel Trees to our lobbies in Golden, Loveland, and Colorado Springs. The Angel Tree program provides Christmas gifts to children from less fortunate families who might not be able to celebrate the holidays. Tags are displayed on the trees with a… Read more »
CSU’s Florencio Guzman Diaz Receives 2019 Baseline Engineering Scholarship
Baseline is proud to support future engineers at Colorado State University’s (CSU) College of Engineering. This year, the Baseline Engineering Scholarship was awarded to Florencio Guzman Diaz who is a junior from Trinidad, CO and majoring in environmental engineering. “The scope of my intended major environmental engineering is wide and vast. The areas of specialization… Read more »
Baseline for Community’s Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive
In November, Baseline for Community (B4C) sponsored our second company-wide Thanksgiving Food Drive — resulting in donating 876 lbs of non-perishable items to four different food bank programs: Food Bank of the Rockies, Care and Share Food Bank for Southern Colorado, Food Bank for Larimer County, and LiftUp Routt County — surpassing last year’s food… Read more »
Celebrating National Planners Week – Day 5!
Planning Story of the Day “Back in 1999, I was the planning manager for the City of Lakewood. I was asked by the mayor and city manager to provide an entire day tour for a gentleman coming in from New Jersey who was considering buying 100 acres in Lakewood to develop (his first development project… Read more »
Celebrating National Community Planners Week – Day 4!
Planning Story of the Day “As planners, we are routinely asked to facilitate neighborhood meetings. Development proposals are presented to neighboring property owners to inform and to identify potential compatibility concerns. We are particularly adept at active listening, and creative problem-solving whenever we can. On one occasion, at particularly well-attended neighborhood meeting for a housing… Read more »
