Michael Sanderson, PE, PTOE, LEED AP, President/CEO, and Danielle Scharf, PE, PTOE, LEED AP, Associate/Senior Transportation Engineer, with Sanderson Stewart, a regional engineering, planning and community development services firm, were both recently certified as National Course Instructors by the National Center for Safe Routes to School.  The National Center for Safe Routes to School assists states and communities in enabling and encouraging children to safely walk and bicycle to school.  As National Course Instructors, Sanderson and Scharf will work with communities to educate and train stakeholders to develop and implement Safe Routes to School programs.

Ed Rintamaki, PLS, has joined Sanderson Stewart as a professional land surveyor. Rintamaki has 9 years of experience in land surveying, construction surveying, subdivision, and platting.  Most recently he has worked for engineering and surveying firms working in Washington, Idaho, Montana and North Dakota.  He holds an AAS degree in Civil Engineering from Michigan Tech University.

Lauren Waterton, AICP, has joined Sanderson Stewart as a Planner. She has 17 years of experience in land and community planning in Colorado and Montana.  Formerly Waterton worked as a planner for the town of Vail, CO, and most recently served as Director of Planning for American Land Development in Bozeman. Waterton holds a BA in Urban Studies from Rhodes College, in Memphis, TN, and a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Portland State University.

Matt Craig has joined Sanderson Stewart as a Field Survey Technician. Craig worked previously for the firm as a seasonal employee, and most recently worked for Hardrives Construction, Inc.  He is a 2008 graduate of Montana State University with a BS in Construction Engineering Technology. 

Monica Sloan has joined Sanderson Stewart as an Administrative Assistant.  In addition to administrative tasks, she will assist with marketing and community outreach and planning projects. Sloan has 7 years of experience working for non-profit organizations in the Pacific Northwest.  She is a graduate of The Evergreen State College, in Olympia, WA, with a BA in Liberal Arts and a Master of Public Administration. 

Brandon Ewen, PLS – Recently passed his Professional Land Surveying Exam (PLS) through the State of Montana. This professional licensing demonstrates a thorough understanding of land surveying practices and principles. Brandon works for Sanderson Stewart, a Billings-based engineering and community development services firm. Brandon also holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Construction Engineering Technology from MSU Bozeman.

Joey Staszcuk, Staff Transportation Engineer with Sanderson Stewart, was recently elected Secretary-Treasurer of the Montana Chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, at the chapter’s recent meeting in Bozeman, MT. 

DJ Clark, PE, PTOE, Sr. Transportation Engineer with Sanderson Stewart, was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the Intermountain Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) at its recent annual meeting in Jackson, Wyoming. The Intermountain Section includes members in the states of Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and Utah.  ITE, a professional society of more than 15,000 transportation professionals, promotes the professional development of its members through education, research and public awareness and facilitates the development of standards and recommended practice procedures in transportation. 

Shiloh Road Corridor Project, in Billings, Montana has received the prestigious Project of the Year Award from the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the American Public Works Association (APWA). Award criteria include project construction management techniques, safety performance, environmental considerations, and unusual accomplishments throughout the design and construction of the project. The 4.5 mile Shiloh Corridor contains an unprecedented eight multilane roundabouts in series, and included widening the existing two-lane facility to a four-lane divided urban street facility. Other features of the project include continuous bicycle and pedestrian facilities, a noise barrier wall to protect nearby residences, and significant landscaping to both control storwater runoff and to beautify this gateway corridor to Billings.

Rick Leuthold, PE, LEED AP, CDP, is the 2011 recipient of the Distinguished Service Award presented by the Billings Engineers Club. The award had been presented every year for over 40 years and recognizes the recipient’s technical contributions, service to the engineering profession through professional societies, and service to the community.  Rick is Chairman and Director of Business Development for Sanderson Stewart, a regional civil engineering and community development services firm.  

John Stewart, PE, was honored at the recent annual banquet of the Billings Engineers Club as a Life Member in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).  The ASCE Life Membership is bestowed on very few engineers and is recognition for lifetime service to the profession of civil engineering. John Stewart is a Director and co-founder of Sanderson Stewart, a regional civil engineering and community development services firm.

DJ Clark, PE, PTOE has recently been promoted to Sr. Engineer/Project Manager at Sanderson Stewart. DJ has 10 years of experience in transportation engineering and land development with expertise in roadway design, traffic operations and impact analysis, transportation planning, and  transportation systems. He is a registered professional engineer in Montana, North Dakota and Wyoming, and he is a certified Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE).  DJ  holds a B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from Montana State University, and he is a past president of the Montana Chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers.

Sanderson Stewart is proudly celebrating its 40th year of providing engineering and community development services throughout the Rocky Mountain Region. Incorporated as Engineering, Inc. on this date in 1969, the firm started by long time Billings-area engineer and land surveyor Jack Mueller and the then newly-graduated Bob Sanderson has seen many changes over the years.  The first was when John Stewart joined the firm after returning home from Iowa in 1971, and the company became Sanderson/Stewart/Mueller Engineering, Inc.

John and Bob bought the company from Jack Mueller in 1976 and remain active on the Board of Directors to this day.  In 2002, Engineering, Inc. as it was then called, was purchased from Bob and John by the current principals: Rick Leuthold, President; Dennis Randall, Vice President; and Michael Sanderson, Managing Director. 

The firm has grown from those early days into a regional firm employing over 60 professionals in 5 offices. In February of this year, the company announced a name change from Engineering, Inc. to Sanderson Stewart, which better defines the company’s more comprehensive service offerings and vision for the future while honoring the integrity and hard work of the founders.