The Maxine Lewis Grove Project won two ASCE awards this year! The 39-unit affordable housing development was recognized by the SLO Branch and Los Angeles Section for Outstanding Urban or Land Development. Congrats to the team and to Claire Hoffman for her civil design work!

It’s great to be in Golden, Colorado, for the 12th Annual APWA Colorado Chapter Conference, which kicks off today! RICK Principal Kevin Gibson, PE, had a chance to catch up with fellow APWA leaders Raquel Speers and Laura Kroeger. We’re proud to sponsor this year’s conference!

The RICK Riders celebrated California Clean Air Day with our fourth annual bike ride from Mission Valley to Fiesta Island and back 🚲 Many RICK employees also carpool year-round, including some who have shared their daily commute for eight years. Thanks to everyone who took part!

Please join us in congratulating RICK’s four newest Associates! Melissa Peace, PLS | Survey, San Diego Carlos Avila | Civil Engineering, San Diego Colin Craig | Information Technology, San Diego Jared Hansmann | Survey, Phoenix Congratulations, Melissa, Carlos, Colin, & Jared!

We're proud to share that RICK's Mikala Randich will be presenting at CASQA 2026 on 10/26. Mikala will showcase how RICK & the City of Encinitas are using an interactive GIS-based dashboard to support smarter storm drain management decisions. 📍 Ballroom A8+A9 🕒 3:05-3:30 PM

A little friendly competition to close out the summer! Our Tucson team took on the slides at Slick City, while Sacramento enjoyed an evening of bowling and pizza at Folsom Lake Bowl. Thanks to everyone who helps organize our RAC outings!

Thank you to everyone who connected with us at #APACA2026 in Los Angeles. We were proud to have Brooke Peterson, Shannon Baer, Greg Mattson, and Sydney Rankmore representing RICK, including Shannon's session and Brooke's "Empowering Takeaways for Women Planners" panel.

RICK recently hosted the APWA Young Professionals Pickleball Social, welcoming nearly 50 attendees for some friendly competition and networking. Thanks to everyone who helped organize the event and joined us for some pickleball! We hope to see everyone back next year.

Our Arvada team joined the 5th Annual A.C.E. Trades Day in Denver, giving students hands-on experience with engineering and construction materials, surveying equipment, and field safety. We’re grateful to the organizers and volunteers for making this event possible!

We’re at ASCE Professional Development Day today! Stop by Booth 44 in Montezuma Hall to meet the RICK team and learn more about what we do. We’re excited to meet you and chat about your interests and future career goals. Stop by Booth 44 anytime before 2:30 p.m.

The RICK team had another great time at the Future Construction Leaders Hard Hat Expo! Students got hands-on with surveying equipment and our EnviroScape watershed model, with some familiar faces returning to the RICK booth for another year. Thanks for having us!

For the fifth year in a row, RICK has received Platinum recognition from SANDAG’s Diamond Awards! Our Carpool Program and participation in Bike Anywhere Day, Clean Air Day, and SANDAG-sponsored webinars helped RICK earn the program’s highest level of recognition.

Last week, RICK’s Abigail Esparza headed to Cal Poly Pomona’s STEM Career Fair to meet future engineers and industry professionals! We loved getting to chat with so many curious students about where they hope to take their careers and what excites them about the industry.

One year ago today, the County of San Diego proclaimed September 25th RICK Day in honor of our 70th anniversary. This year, we celebrated with a RICK Spirit Day! Our team broke out their RICK gear to celebrate 71 years of RICK. 🎉 Happy RICK Day, #teamRICK!

Two RICK projects received Outstanding Project of the Year awards at the 2026 APWA San Diego & Imperial Counties Chapter Awards Gala! 🏆 Maple Canyon Restoration Phases 1 & 2 🏆 Village View Park Both are now eligible to be submitted for national APWA awards!

San Diego hosted its first-ever RICK Bake-Off! Congratulations to this year’s winners: 🫐 Best Taste: Manny Hernandez 🎃 Best Presentation: Olivia Gee 🥕 Most Original: Ana Laura Gomes Thank you to everyone who participated and made our first Bake-Off such a fun one!

A look at the Farmstand and Royal Oak Meadows Park at Viñedo in Paso Robles! RICK has provided civil engineering services for portions of the master-planned community, including improvements at Royal Oak Meadows Park such as a new basketball court, playground, and walking path.

RICK is featured in Landscape Architect and Specifier News’ annual Firms of the Southwest issue! Our two-page feature includes four San Diego projects showcasing the work of our Landscape Architecture team. Take a look at the full feature: landscapearchitect.com/digit…

We had a great time at SDSU’s career fair! Thanks to everyone who stopped by to learn more about RICK and chat with Dorene White and designers Aidan Chenault and Callum McRae about starting a career in engineering. Thank you to SDSU for having us!

This year’s RICNIC took place at Crown Point Park along Mission Bay, with amazing food from Taqueria Los Chuchys and batting cages making their first appearance. Sal Sanchez and Gaven Lejano took the win in our annual cornhole tournament 🏆 #RICNIC2026