About

After moving to the Pacific Northwest and starting a family in 1993, Bob spent 12 years in the private engineering and surveying community before forming Carpenter Engineering Inc. in 2005. Carpenter Engineering brings over 25 years of client facing civil engineering experience to your next project. You can reach Bob at 360-574-6088


Latest Projects

124th Subdivision – 57 Single Family Lots

Clark County WA

  • Completion of full civil construction drawings
  • Construction oversite
  • Half street frontage widening
  • Sewer water and storm drain extensions

Parking Lot and Trail Improvements

Port of Kalama (Kalama WA)

  • Provided design review consulting and construction project management
  • New paved walking trails, landscaping, parking facilities and stormwater
  • Worked with the Port and contractor to review all construction progress
  • Project took place on 4 acres of existing gravel parking and boat launch
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Burton Road Townhomes

Vancouver, WA

  • Planning, design and construction of a 10 unit Townhome project.
  • Detailed design of new driveway access.
  • Underground stormwater treatment and detention facilities.
  • Sewer and water extensions.
  • Lighting and landscaping designs.
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Iron Gate 4th Plan

Vancouver, WA

  • Design and construction of a new 15 acre mini storage facility.
  • Re-sloped building pads.
  • Designed plans for drive lanes, underground stormwater treatment, and infiltration galleries
  • Extension of sewer and water treatment utilities
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Iron Gate 5th Street

Vancouver, WA

  • Design and construction of a 1.7 acre mini storage facility.
  • Planning and permitting
  • Engineering plan preparation
  • Retaining wall design
  • Sewer and water utility extensions
  • Stormwater collection systems

Longview School District

Longview, WA

  • 5 year budget estimate of pavement repair and surfacing maintenance needs.
  • Design plans for pavement replacements at school sites.
  • Designs included grading, concrete flatwork, asphalt and seal coating, sidewalks, pedestrian ramps and stormwater control measures.

Pedestrian Safety Improvements

Longview, WA

  • Design of new curb return bulb-outs for improved pedestrian safety.
  • Implementation of sight distance and traffic calming measures.
  • Project included field survey data collection and ADA compliant stormwater utility modifications
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Port of Kalama Stair Repair

Kalama WA

  • Replaced an existing beach access stairway that was damaged by floods.
  • Drafting of stair and rail designs.
  • Structural calculations to size the new glulam beam supports.
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Port of Kalama Building 7412

Kalama, WA

  • Construction and site improvements for a new 45,000 sf industrial building.
  • Design of elevated loading ramps, storm water facilities, grading, sewer, and a water utility extension.
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Stormwater Pump Station

Port of Kalama, WA

  • Removed an existing gravity stormwater outfall pipe to the Columbia River.
  • Replaced pipe with a new 1,000 gpm duplex pump station and 785 ft, 10” force main.

Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures Plans

WA & OR

  • City of Bandon, OR
  • Centralia Light, WA
  • Columbia Power Cooperative, OR
  • Mason County PUD NO. 1, WA
  • Tanner Electric Cooperative, WA

Alliance Industrial Group

Port of Ridgefield, WA

  • Planning, engineering, and permitting for a new 10,000 sf office building
  • Planning, engineering, and permitting for a new 52,000 sf steel fabrication shop.
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Cooks Hill Substation

Centralia, WA

  • Grading and stormwater design for a new 2 acre electrical substation
  • Grading and stormwater design for a new 2 acre utility storage yard.
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Buchan Industrial

Vancouver, WA

  • Site planning, grading, utilities, and stormwater design for a new light industrial office and business use site.

Cowlitz County PUD Pole Yard

Longview, WA

  • Removal and replacement of an existing 2.60 acre paved utility storage yard.
  • New layout and access design with new utility pole racks, stormwater collection facilities, and a sand filtered stormwater treatment design.
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Cowlitz County PUD Parking Lot

Longview, WA

  • Rebuild of a 1.6 acre asphalt parking lot with concrete surfacing.
  • Design and planning of a new stormwater bio-retention facility.

Cowlitz County PUD Fuel Island

Longview, WA

  • Installation of a new above ground 6,000 gallon fuel tank.
  • Installation of a fuel island perimeter cutoff with drains and oil/water separator vaults.