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BKI helps utilities develop operational policies and practices to prevent, prepare for and respond to wildfire events. Provide hands on, practical engineering, permitting and planning solutions to public power utilities in the West. To be the premier engineering services partner for small and midsize public utilities in the West. Broad Industry Insights - We leverage our industry knowledge and contacts on behalf of our partners to provide perspective for informed decision-making.

Service of Discovery - We listen to our partners to identify practical solutions that account for system, financial, and political considerations. Boots-on-the-Ground - We like to get our hands dirty and are always available to support our partners no matter what the situation. Our multi-disciplinary team provides diverse services geared toward providing complete engineering and operations support.

When permitting critical projects, we get you permission so you don't have to ask for forgiveness. BKI works with its partners to develop strategies for the short and long-term reliability and viability of utility systems.
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Every utility faces barriers developing direction and solving problems.
We are committed to defining challenges and collaboratively developing solutions to help our utility partners address and accomplish their goals.
As BKI grows, we continue to look for opportunities to create value-added services that fill internal gaps for our often resource constrained partners.
This is why BKI prides itself on employing multi-disciplinary individuals with a wide variety of experience.
Our multi-disciplinary team provides diverse services geared toward providing complete engineering and operations support.
The BKI team managed the Mitchell distribution feeder rebuild project, including providing all qualified professional personnel, labor, supervision, equipment, materials, and tools necessary to rebuild approximately 25 miles of the 24.9-kV feeder, associated tap lines, and appurtenances.
BKI redesigned the circuit for Northern Wasco's I-84 overhead crossing near US 197 after the line was damaged by a construction crew.
The BKI team utilized PLS-CADD, AutoCAD, and appropriate regulations for interstate highway crossing to optimize the design.
BKI completed an interconnection study for the Riverbend Landfill methane gas generation plant owned by Waste Management in McMinnville, OR.
The study was based on an initial plant size of 3.28 MW with a rating of 4.1 MVA at 0.8 power factor.
Maximum future peak generation was assumed to be 8.2 MW.
System upgrades and operational policy modifications were recommended to optimize integration of the generation source.
Yelm Hydro is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric project on the Nisqually River.
The plant contains three generators, nominally rated at 3MW, 3MW, and 6MW respectively.
By Scott Howard, PE, Principal of Waypoint Engineering and Peter Grushevskiy, EIT, Civil Engineering, Environmental & Planning Specialist at BKI Reliable and Resilient Systems are a Must Power providers are trusted by our communities to maintain both the reliability and resiliency of the electrical grid.
By Scott M. Lindsay Wildfires are dominating discussions among our partner utilities these days.
For all the reasons you already know, wildfire preparedness and mitigation has become a top priority for electric utilities in the West.
We are proud of our multi-disciplinary team who bring a wide variety of skills and capabilities.
We believe in the work we do to support our partners and the communities they serve.
BKI is looking for positive, collaborative people to join our growing and developing team.
If you thrive in an innovative, creative, and results oriented environment and are looking to be a part of a growing firm that has over 35 years of experience, BKI is the place for you.
If you are looking for a culture that encourages you to use your technical abilities, organizational skills and enjoys the opportunity to communicate and collaborate with a group of professionals, we believe BKI is an opportunity to explore.
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