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Jeff Olson
PE, chief bridge engineer for Murraysmith + Quincy Engineering
As the second engineer to join Quincy Engineering Inc. in 1992, Jeff Olson played an instrumental role in establishing the firm and growing its presence across the West Coast. In addition to his work as a principal engineer and project manager, Olson has served on QEI鈥檚 Board of Directors, most recently as board chairman, and filled the role of chief financial officer for many years.

鈥淎s a result of Jeff鈥檚 guidance and leadership, QEI transformed from a staff of six bridge engineers to more than 90 employees in five offices providing surveys, planning, design and construction management on transportation, bridge and water/wastewater projects in Oregon and California,鈥� said John Quincy, QEI鈥檚 founder.

In the early days of Quincy Engineering, Olson worked on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge replacement after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Later, he led Quincy in designing the Whites Hill slide project in Marin County, the longest single-span steel bridge west of the Mississippi.

Olson鈥檚 accomplishments at Murraysmith + Quincy range from co-partnering on the launch of the firm鈥檚 Salem office in 2004, which has since become a thriving team of 18 staff, to tackling key bridge projects across the region. He now serves as lead bridge engineer for the Oregon Department of Transportation鈥檚 I-205 widening project. He also has worked with ODOT to establish retrofit design standards for its Seismic Retrofit Design Criteria, and served as a member of the Cascadia Seismic Preparedness Committee.

A supporter of Engineers Day in Oregon, Olson has volunteered to interview high school students as part of the Civil Engineering Cooperative Program nomination system. During a project in Roseburg, he also participated in an ODOT program to bring engineers to schools, building wooden bridge abutments that were used for a 鈥淏uild a Paper Bridge鈥� exercise at McGovern Elementary School in Winston.