As a key design consultant for a state that recently passed a $5.3-billion transportation package, Portland-based David Evans and Associates Inc. helps keep Oregon moving. DEA’s work for the state Dept. of Transportation includes the planned $30-million widening of Interstate 205 in the Portland area, a project so fast-paced that some consultants shied away from pursuing it.
“They felt the accountability aspect of it was more risk than they wanted to take on,” says Mike Baker, DEA vice president and Oregon region transportation business development leader.