SEATTLE (July 15, 2019) – Cascade Design Collaborative, a Seattle-based landscape architecture and urban design firm, has joined Osborn Consulting, a civil design and engineering consulting firm headquartered in Bellevue with additional offices in Seattle and Spokane. The terms of the agreement have not been released.
Cascade Design Collaborative has been serving clients throughout the Puget Sound region for over 20 years, focusing on urban and street design, green stormwater infrastructure, early learning, K-12, and higher-education, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, public process outreach, parks, and other public and cultural projects. Their collaborative design approach for the public realm emphasizes connection to community and nature, sustainability, and outdoor learning.
Osborn Consulting was founded in 2004 by Tarelle Osborn, PE, and has worked with Cascade Design Collaborative to deliver local projects for the last decade. Osborn Consulting primarily focuses on capital projects including stormwater management, transportation drainage, utilities planning and design, fish passage and habitat restoration, and environmental compliance.
Kas Kinkead, PLA, FASLA, will lead Osborn Consulting’s new Landscape Architecture and Urban Design Group, supported by the entire team from Cascade Design Collaborative. The team includes eight Landscape Architects and Urban Designers. They will continue to operate out of their downtown Seattle office, with the flexibility to work from any of Osborn Consulting’s offices.
With the addition of the new Landscape Architecture and Urban Design group, Osborn Consulting is now a team of over 50 inspired design professionals and support staff. Osborn Consulting is a full-service design firm providing civil engineering, landscape architecture, and urban design. From conceptual planning through design plans, specifications, and estimates (PS&E), and construction support, Osborn Consulting provides a range of services for all phases of transportation, development, restoration, and mitigation projects. Osborn Consulting is a federally certified Small Business Enterprise (SBE) and a state certified Disadvantaged Women-Owned Business Enterprise (DBE / WBE).
