On March 10, 2010, Wonderware PacWest announced that Portland Engineering, Inc was chosen as a “Most Distinguished Partner”, specifically recognizing PEI as a Wonderware “Regional Strategic System Integrator” who has gone above and beyond to support Wonderware customers. This honor is awarded to those Wonderware PacWest partners who have demonstrated outstanding customer support and satisfaction.

Portland Engineering is proud of our strong relationship with Wonderware. PEI collaborated with the Wonderware Corporate engineering team, located in Lake Forest CA, to develop the ArchestrA System Platform Industry Pack for Water & Wastewater. This effort resulted in a library of industry specific graphics with animation and standard operation faceplates, and includes a set of corresponding application objects.

PEI’s Wonderware services and capabilities include InTouch and ArchestrA-based System Platform HMI / SCADA, Data Historian and Reporting, Manufacturing Execution Systems, Equipment Downtime and OEE Tracking.

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On January 14, 2009 the Oregon Military Department of the Joint Force Headquarters Oregon National Guard Air Component announced that Portland Engineering, Inc. was selected as the Employer of the Year 2008. On March 7, 2009 the Embassy Suites in Portland hosted this Awards Ceremony.

The Nomination for Award sited Jeff Bruce’s “unwavering support” in his role as President in the employ of 1Lt Joshua L. Downs, while Josh served for the 173^rd Fighter Wing Deputy Base Civil Engineer.

The Central Point office continues to work with a large client base of over a dozen municipal water and wastewater facilities. 1Lt Downs’ lead engineering has contributed greatly to Portland Engineering’s mission critical construction projects for the Southern Oregon office.

PEI provided an Opto22 Remote I/O panel, Rosemount Magnetic Flowmeter and Allen Bradley Stanchion-Mounted Strobe Light. The strobe light is energized and alerts operators if any of the six heat trace controllers enters an alarm state whether due to failure or low temperature indication while the flowmeter provides indication as to direction and amount of potable water flow across the spillway.

Emery & Sons has been the General Contractor for this project, which has included the installation of new reactivated sludge pumps and scum pumps. Portland Engineering has been responsible for furnishing two Major Modicon remote IO panels, associated fiber equipment, and start up assistance for all equipment. The project required construction of a new infiltration basin along modifications to the existing basins. Modifications to the existing aeration basins (adding new disc aerators), chlorine contact chamber, chlorine feed system and upgrade to the existing de-chlorination system was also performed as part of this contract.

PEI was the general contractor for installing three-300 HP Variable Frequency Drives at an existing wastewater pumping station.   PEI provided all of this project’s required hardware including the VFD’s to interface with the existing PLC. 

The drives were purchased as open drives, and installed in custom panels designed and provided by PEI, complete with hardwire interlocking for permissives and alarming.  PEI had success with providing a separate hardwired back-up panel to assume all controls, as there had been occurrences of liquid levels or PLC failure prior to the installation. 

PEI provided all scheduling activities for drive installation and testing while the station remained operational.  As general contractor, trade bids for electrical, concrete, miscellaneous piping, and painting were solicited.  The qualified professional contractors were hired under PEI’s umbrella.

Willamette River Water Treatment Plant

A subcontractor on the Willamette River Water Treatment Plant construction team in the year 2000, PEI continues to provide extensive upgrades and field service for the City of Wilsonville water and wastewater system projects and various sites. We are continuing this long-standing relationship with the City of Wilsonville into the year 2010.

Jeff Bruce, P.E., President

Jeff Bruce is a Professional Engineer, and the founder and President of Portland Engineering, Inc. A skilled engineer and dedicated President, Jeff started PEI in 1992 in an effort to provide the highest quality, value engineering services. After nearly two decades of continued growth, Jeff’s hard work remains central to the PEI philosophy that nothing is more important than a strong commitment to professionalism, integrity, and ethics.

Francis Malinosky-Rummell, P.E., Vice President

Francis Malinosky-Rummell is a Chemical Engineer and project manager with over eighteen years of experience on a variety of engineering and design projects. In addition to his detailed knowledge of water treatment design and implementation, Francis has a strong background in project management, product development, air quality compliance, food processing, chemical treatment, gas purification and power generation. Francis has been working in industrial automation and controls for over twenty years and has served as Project Manager and Lead Engineer for numerous municipal and industrial instrumentation and controls projects. Francis brings a strong history of projects completed on time and on budget, invaluable experiential knowledge in water treatment plant process engineering and controls design and specification, and a commitment to the highest quality standards and customer service in the industry.

Mike Hogan, Vice President

Mike holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering. Mike has extensive experience in project management and system integration for wastewater, water treatment, water distribution and SCADA telemetry systems, with over twenty years of experience in the design and startup of control systems for a variety of industrial applications. As a Vice President of PEI, Mike has fulfilled many roles including Project Manager and Lead Engineer. Mikes specialties include control systems design and specification, lead technical engineer, field service and process controls engineering, SCADA equipment design standards, control and configuration, and startup and commissioning.

Carl Serpa

Carl Serpa holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering and has more than 20 years of experience in process and control system engineering. Carl has broad experience in developing SCADA equipment design standards, process control programming and integration of Operator Interfaces, control system networks, and historians, in addition to strong skills as a Project Manager related to industrial and municipal control projects.

Josh Downs

Josh is a valuable and accomplished member of the PEI team with experience in mechanical, structural, civil and controls engineering. He is efficient and effective in project management, component design and structural analysis as well as process control design and integration. Josh is a respected by owners and engineers alike for his commitment to doing the job right, and his knowledge of how to. When he isn’t working hard for PEI, Josh is serving our country as an Active Reservist for the Oregon Air National Guard.

Jon Scott, P.E.

Jonathan is a Professional Engineer in Control Systems and a semiprofessional miniature golfer. He has been a Field Service Engineer for Rockwell Automation, an integrator for General Electric, and a Facilities Engineer for semiconductor manufactures. He has been involved in all aspects of engineering from conception and funding, project management, integration, installation and start, up, operations and maintenance, to decommissioning and conversion. He has worked in various industries including water treatment, wastewater, metals, petrochemical, forest products, healthcare, and semiconductors.

Dan Craig

Dan holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer and Information Science from the University of Oregon. Dan is an intuitive programmer with strong system installation and start up experience. He has a background that includes water and wastewater systems and wood processing machinery. He specializes in control system optimization, communications, network design and network security.

Adam Dodge, Controls Specialist

Adam has over twenty years of diversified experience in control systems engineering and demonstrated effective handling of complex projects, developing strong working relationships in the process. Adam has substantial field experience and is a systems startup expert. He also possesses exceptional AutoCAD skills. Prior to working for Portland Engineering, Adam Dodge was employed by a large local hardware and software distributor as their in-house technical specialist for Allen Bradley PLC hardware and Rockwell Software, providing technical expertise to customers in the region.

Chris Gardella

Chris is a Controls Specialist with a background in automated manufacturing. He is an experienced Field Service Technician with excellent troubleshooting skills. His past projects have included SCADA telemetry, PRV and reservoir instrumentation setup and calibration, wastewater systems Aquifer Storage and Recovery Systems and materials handling.

Aaron Childers

Aaron is an automated controls specialist with ten years of experience in controls system integration. Aaron has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and served in the United States Air Force for eight years. With extensive experience in start-up and commissioning, programming and testing PLC and DCS software, developing instrumentation, and coordinating design efforts across multiple disciplines, Aaron has a reputation for dependability, thorough design, and excellence in value engineering.

Charles Joeckel

Charles is a systems integrator with exceptional knowledge and extensive experience in design, specification, and commissioning of control systems for industrial machinery. With over twenty-five years of experience and Bachelor of Science Degree in Technical Engineering, Charles is an accomplished developer and PLC and HMI programmer. With experience in many different system platforms that includes industry standard Allen-Bradley PLC, SLC and ControlLogix systems, Siemens Step 7, Mitsubishi, and GE, Charles understands your system and knows how to improve it.

Greg Chase, Project Management

Greg serves in the capacity of Operations Manager, overseeing project management, construction management, and handling of all work completed by PEI subcontractors during the installation and commissioning portion of the projects.

Instrumentation and Controls

Portland Engineering Inc. has extensive experience in instrument and controls projects in the Pacific Northwest on both municipal and private industry projects. The variety of controls projects that we have designed and integrated range in complexity from complete new and retrofitted SCADA system with multiple graphical operator interfaces, SQL servers and other databases, and PLCs with hot-backups with fiber network and wireless telemetry networks, to simple debugging of existing systems controls or instrumentation as required on midnight service calls for systems with which we have had no prior exposure.

Mechanical Engineering, Design and Drafting

Portland Engineering excels on mechanical projects that typical mechanical engineering and design firms do not pursue due to the unusual or odd design parameters. Our experience and problem-solving aptitude enables us to thrive on projects that are unusual. Many of our mechanical projects are process oriented, where a firm understanding of chemical or process engineering is needed. PEI’s staff includes licensed mechanical and chemical engineers who also have extensive real-world experience. We have direct experience with process piping projects conveying water, oil, steam and gases. In addition, PEI has direct experience in large and small HVAC projects specifying chillers and air handlers, as well as ducting and DDC controls, and various projects involve material handling, production and packaging.

Construction Management

PEI has a professional Construction Manager on staff. As a general contractor (GC), PEI subcontracts labor specialties to those firms specializing in a given trade, such as electricians and pipe fitters. Most of our GC projects are lump sum contracts for which quality construction management (CM) is essential to limiting the risks not only to ourselves but the success of the project, hence the owner.

System Scope Development and Cost Estimating

PEI provides system scope development for most of our projects, which are design-build projects. We work closely with all stakeholders to determine the system requirements and develop a comprehensive scope of work. Our experience in integrating controls and mechanical engineering projects provides the background necessary to understand the clients’ needs, document the scope, and develop cost estimates with detail and accuracy.

Portland Engineering, Inc. provided the system integration services for the Fern Hill Reservoir Expansion Project. Work included programming system integration, HMI programming, panel design, wiring schematics and loop diagrams, start-up services, video surveillance hardware and integration, and instrumentation procurement.

Over the years, PEI has focused its growth on instrumentation and controls, building extensive experience in a wide variety of applications in industrial and municipal projects. PEI provides engineering services in a format where professionalism, integrity and ethics are the top priority. Value engineering forms the foundation for our continued growth and is particularly suited in controls projects. PEI solves the clients’ needs in a manner that economically maintains and exceeds the clients’ functional philosophies. Portland Engineering, Inc. now has two offices, one in Portland, Oregon and the second in Central Point, Oregon.

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Municipalities

City of Ashland

Barlow Water District

Bonneville Dam Domestic Water Rehab

City of Carlton

City of Coquille

City of Florence

City of Glendale

City of Grants Pass

Harbor Sanitary District

City of Hillsboro / Joint Water Commission

City of La Center

City of Medford

Medford Rural Water Reclamation

North Clackamas County Water Commission

Oak Lodge Water District

City of Redmond

Rogue Valley Sewer Services

City of Salem Willow Lake Headworks Expansion

City of Stayton

City of Tigard

Tri City Water Pollution Control Plant

Veolia NA

City of Wilsonville

Manufacturing

Food

Darigold

Kroger Manufacturing

Pacific Natural Foods

Stalbush Island Farms

United Harvest

Willamette Egg Farms

YoCream International

Metals

Evraz Inc NA / Oregon Steel Portland

SAPA Profiles

Other Manufacturing

Diacon Technologies

Fabrene

JVNW

Lacey Harmer

PDG Oncore

Paramount Petroleum

Protech

Power

Puget Sound Energy, Inc.

Sequential Pacific Biodiesel

Contractors

Black and Veatch

Dynalectric

Emery & Sons Construction Inc.

Ketchum Enterprises

Reese Electric

Slayden Construction Group Inc.

Triad Mechanical Inc.

Government

Oregon Department of Corrections

Oregon University System

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