Principals & Associates

Who we are, our principals, corporate culture, awards, and how you can join our team.

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Jason C. Luettinger, P.E.

President - CEO
26 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

Education

  • M.S., Environmental Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Qualifications

  • Mr. Luettinger has 29 years of experience with planning, design, and construction management services for water, wastewater, and storm water infrastructure projects ranging in size up to $90 million.
  • Senior large diameter pipeline engineer at Bowen Collins & Associates with experience on over 100,000 feet of steel pipeline projects up to 120-inches in diameter.
  • Experienced with the evaluation and design of water conveyance facilities including intake structures, booster pump stations, irrigation pump stations, and deep well pump stations.
  • Experienced with the evaluation and design of water treatment facilities, including chlorination facilities, fluoridation facilities, polymer feed, grit removal and screening, pre-ozonation facilities, flash mix facilities, flocculation and sedimentation, and water treatment plant hydraulic evaluations.
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Jeff Beckman, P.E.

Vice President of Operations
26 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

Education

  • B.S., Civil Engineering, Utah State University

Qualifications

  • Mr. Beckman has 26 years of experience in planning, detailed design, construction management, and project management of water and wastewater related projects.
  • Mr. Beckman was the Project Manager for the Jordanelle Water Reclamation Facility. The project includes final design of a 2.0 mgd membrane bioreactor water treatment facility. The treatment process was designed to incorporate biological and chemical phosphorus removal to meet stringent effluent requirements.
  • Mr. Beckman served as a lead process design engineer for the Timpanogos WWTP 2009 Plant Expansion Project for the Timpanogos Special Service District. The treatment facility will be expanded from 18 mgd to 30 mgd.

 

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Keith J. Larson, P.E.

Vice President of Human Resources
24 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

Education

  • M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California – Davis
  • B.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Utah

Qualifications

  • Mr. Larson has 24 of experience in planning, design, and construction management of a wide variety of water, wastewater, and storm drain related projects, including over 500,000 feet of pipeline in diameters up to 120 inches.
  • Extensive experience with water and wastewater rate and impact fee studies in Utah and Nevada.
  • Experience working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and flood insurance regulations.
  • Expert with multiple hydraulic and hydrologic computer modeling applications.
  • Detailed training and experience in the evaluation and design of hydraulic surge protection facilities.

Gregory C. Loscher, P.E.

Vice President of Finance
23 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

Education

  • M.S., Civil Engineering, Utah State University
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Utah

Qualifications

  • Mr. Loscher has 24 year of experience in master planning, design, and management of water resources projects
  • Extensive experience in planning, design and construction management of drinking water storage reservoir projects ranging in size from 2 to 50 million gallons.
  • Experienced in master planning, hydrologic and hydraulic modeling of drainage and flood control systems, as well as design of storm drain projects including detention basins, debris structures and pipelines.
  • Experienced in hydraulic modeling of water distribution, pumping, storage and conveyance facilities, and design of water infrastructure projects including well pump stations, booster pump stations, fluoridation facilities, storage tanks, and pipelines.
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Jamie K. Tsandes, PLA, ASLA.

Vice President of Administration
16 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

Education

  • B.L.A., Landscape Architecture, Utah State University

Qualifications

  • Ms. Tsandes has 24 years of experience and is a graduate of Utah State University from the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning. She manages the environmental and landscape architectural design services at BC&A.
  • Her areas of expertise include the management, oversight and preparation of environmental documents (NEPA), environmental permitting, wetlands, stream channel design, habitat restoration and mitigation, design of parks and trails, and water conservation.
  • She provides agency and public coordination/outreach for BC&A projects that involve utilities, infrastructure, community enhancement, and environmental projects.
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Kirk D. Bagley, P.E.

Principal - Civil
22 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

Education

  • B.S., Civil Engineering, Utah State University

Qualifications

  • Mr. Bagley has 31 years of experience in planning, design, and project management for various civil engineering projects in Utah.
  • Project Civil Engineer for all of the civil improvements required for the Utah State Capital Restoration Projects.
  • Project Civil Engineer for all of the civil improvement for the City Creek redevelopment project in downtown Salt Lake City.
  • Managed the civil design for numerous site civil project including utility design, demolition, site development, grading and services during construction.
  • Broad experience in the design of treatment plant yard piping and civil design, lift stations, pipelines, and storm detention facilities.
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Thayne Clark, P.E.

Principal - Water Resources
26 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

Education

  • M.S., Civil Engineering, Brigham Young University
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, Brigham Young University

Qualifications

  • Mr. Clark has 26 years of experience in the design of potable water treatment and delivery systems, including water treatment facilities design (arsenic removal), booster stations and pumping systems, mechanical design, and chemical feed systems.
  • Mr. Clark’s experience includes management and design of large dam and reservoir facilities, including dam rehabilitation, dam safety studies, and storm water/flood detention facilities.
  • Mr. Clark has extensive experience in water resources studies, large diameter pipeline alignment studies, and water systems master planning with the use of GIS software.
  • Mr. Clark has many years experience in the design and construction management of wastewater conveyance facilities, including gravity and pumped sewer pipelines, sewer lift stations, sewer treatment processes, and odor removal.

Brent L. Packer, P.E.

Principal - Wastewater
22 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

Education

  • B.S., Civil Engineering, Brigham Young University

Qualifications

  • Mr. Packer has 27 years of experience in planning, design, and project management for various civil engineering projects in Utah.
  • Experienced with the project management, design and construction management of pump stations, force mains, flow meters, sewer, storm drain, water lines, roadways, and bridges.
  • Experienced as a surveyor with boundary, topography, and construction staking of residential and commercial land development.

 

Todd Olsen, P.E.

Principal - Water Resources
21 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

Education

  • B.S., Civil Engineering – Hydraulics and Water Resources, Utah State University

Qualifications

  • Mr. Olsen has over 21 years of experience focused on planning, design and construction management services for water, wastewater, stormwater, and flood control/irrigation infrastructure projects.
  • Extensive experience with hydraulic and hydrologic computer modeling applications including HEC-1, HEC-2, HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, EPANET, and ArcGIS. 
  • Experience as a construction manager, and on-site field representative in related wastewater, water, storm drainage and flood control projects.
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Jon Oldham, P.E.

Principal - Water Resources
18 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

Education

  • B.S., Environmental Engineering – Utah State University
  • M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering – Utah State University

Qualifications

  • Mr. Oldham has 23 years of experience as project manager and on engineering teams for projects involving planning, design, construction, maintenance and repair of water, wastewater, roadway, communication, power utilities and commercial/industrial buildings.
  • Experience as project construction manager on various projects with costs up to $9,000,000. 
  • Before coming to BC&A, Jon served active duty in the United States Air Force as project manager and project engineer for a wide variety of projects in California, Utah and the United Arab Emirates.
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Brandon D. Wyatt, P.E.

Principal - Wastewater
17 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

Education

  • M.E., Civil Engineering, Utah State University
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, Utah State University

Qualifications

  • Mr. Wyatt has 23 years of experience as an engineering consultant.
  • He is a project manager and project engineer for multiple water, wastewater, storm drain, and transportation design projects.
  • His experience includes a wide array of projects from the design of small local storm water improvements to large, regional wastewater treatment plants.
  • Mr. Wyatt has also been involved in all aspects of construction management ranging from on-site engineer’s representative to Owner’s representative and construction manager.

Darin Youngstrom, P.E.

Principal - Electrical
10 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

Education

  • B.S., Electrical Engineering, Boise State University

Qualifications

  • Mr. Youngstrom has 23 years of experience as an electrical engineering consultant.
  • He is experienced in designing lighting and low-voltage power distribution systems including switchgear, transformers, motor control centers, panelboards, and generators.
  • He is also experienced in medium-voltage power distribution systems including metal-clad switchgear, MV fuses, MV transformers, and MV relays.
  • In addition, he is experienced in programming and integration of MV relays, PLC’s, HMI’s and SCADA systems.
  • He is also skilled in performing Fault Current Studies, Breaker Coordination Studies, and Arc Flash Studies.

Cristina Nelson, P.E.

Principal - Water/Pipelines
16 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

Education

  • M.E., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Utah State University
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, Utah State University

Qualifications

  • Ms. Nelson has 16 years of experience which includes working on engineering teams involving planning, design, and construction management of water and wastewater projects.
  • She has served as project manager or project engineer for the planning and design of water pipelines and other conveyance facilities utilizing traditional construction techniques and trenchless installation methods.
  • Ms. Nelson’s experience includes the design of water pump stations, well houses and other control facilities.
  • She has experience in the design of hydraulic structures including the development and rehabilitation of potable water springs, diversions structures, stream control structures, oil contamination prevention structures, and canal modifications.
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Eric Neil, P.E.

Principal - Civil
18 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

Education

  • M.E., Civil Engineering, Utah State University
  • B.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Utah State University

Qualifications

  • Mr. Neil has 18 years of civil engineering experience with a vast knowledge of designing complex large projects. These projects include drinking water well pump house designs; secondary and sanitary sewer pump station designs; water, sewer and storm sewer pipeline designs; water reservoir designs; booster pump station projects; hydraulic modeling; site civil planning and design; and hydrologic and hydraulic studies and reports.

Shane Cavanaugh, P.E.

Principal - Electrical
8 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

Education

  • B.S. Electrical Engineering, Boise State University

Qualifications

  • Mr. Cavanaugh has 18 years of experience and has worked on many industrial and commercial electrical safety projects. He serves as one of Bowen Collins & Associate’s lead electrical engineers on electrical safety, power system studies, and NFPA 70E related topics. He has completed over 50 arc flash studies ranging from the small station projects with only a few arc flash labels, all the way to large industrial campuses with thousands of arc flash labels. Shane has also done extensive work related to NFPA 70E including consulting on safety audits, written electrical safety plans, PPE selection, and safety training.
  • Shane has also has gained experience in project management, project pricing, lighting design, and low voltage power distribution.  He has experience in the design of fire alarm, SCADA, controls, and emergency power generation systems. With extensive experience in both power system design and electrical worker safety, Mr. Cavanaugh is able to incorporate each element in to all projects.

Brian Mecham, S.E.

Principal - Construction Manager
17 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

Education

  • M.A., Business Administration, University of Phoenix
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, Utah

Qualifications

  • Mr. Mecham has 25 years of experience which includes design and construction of diverse projects. These projects include water treatment plants, hydraulic structures, pipelines, roadways, bridges, sewer lift stations, large water tanks, well houses, concrete, masonry, steel, and wood-engineered buildings. Brian leads our team of construction managers who oversee several of our large and small scale project from bidding of the project to construction project close-out.

Aaron Anderson, P.E.

Principal - Water Resources
10 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

Education

B.S. in Civil Engineering, Utah State University

M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utah State University

Qualifications

  • Mr. Anderson has 10 years of experience in hydraulic modeling, designing water conveyance systems, utility planning, sewer/storm drain infrastructure, financial analysis for utility rate studies and impact fee facility plans.
  • In addition to experience with planning and design, Mr. Anderson provides construction management services on a number of projects in our St. George, Utah area office.
  • Mr. Anderson is the lead author of a presentation for the Association of State Dam Safety Officials focusing on dam spillway vibrations.

Clinton Merrell, P.E.

Principal - Water Resources
7 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

Education

B.S. in Civil Engineering, Brigham Young University

M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Brigham Young University

Qualifications

  • Mr. Merrell has 15 years of experience and is a Certified Floodplain Manager with vast experience in roadway design, impact/risk analysis, roadway drainage design, and construction management. He has extensive and recent experience on flood control, drainage, and roadway projects and is registered in Utah, California, and Colorado.
  • His civil engineering and drafting experience has made him a valuable asset to Bowen Collins & Associates and is our department lead for computer aided drafting and 3D design.
  • In his years in professional practice, Mr. Merrell has analyzed, and designed drainage systems associated with numerous transportation and flood control projects throughout Utah and California.  This experience includes performing bridge and culvert hydraulic analyses using industry standard software and modeling techniques, performing large scale hydrologic analyses, designing open and closed stormwater drainage systems, and utilizing geographic information systems to analyze and catalog hydrologic data.
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Steven Meyer, P.E.

Principal - Wastewater
19 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

Education

B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utah State University

Qualifications

  • Mr. Meyer has over 18 years of experience in sewer pipeline and manhole rehabilitation design, trenchless construction design, sewer collection systems design, and construction management.
  • Mr. Meyer has experience in construction management and the cost analysis and estimation of several sewer projects for various wastewater districts and cities throughout the State of Utah and Colorado including for South Valley Sewer District’s Jordan River Outfall Relief Line Sewer Project where approximately 4,170 linear feet of 48-inch diameter sewer pipe was installed.
  • Mr. Meyer is a certified inspector from the NASSCO Inspector Training Certification Program specifically designed for manhole and pipe rehabilitation. He is also certified with NASSCO for PACP (pipe), MACP (manhole), and LACP (lateral) condition assessments. He is also licensed in Utah, Colorado, and Idaho.

Justin Dietrich, P.E.

Principal - Water Resources
9 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

Education

M.E., Civil Engineering, Utah State University

B.S., Civil Engineering, Utah State University

Qualifications

  • Mr. Dietrich has 9 years of experience in water, wastewater, and storm water planning and design projects. He is specifically involved in the design of pipelines, pump stations, well houses, lift stations, and site plans. Additionally, Mr. Dietrich provides financial and administrative analysis for these types of projects and planning efforts (impact fee facilities plans, impact fee analyses, rate studies, feasibility studies, construction management, plan review, alternative analyses, and cost estimating).
  • His technical skillset includes experience in hydraulic and hydrologic analysis using hand methods as well as modeling software such as Autodesk SSA, HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, EPANet, InfoWater, and ArcGIS.

Associates

Chris DeKorver, P.G.

Associate - Hydrogeology
16 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

He holds a B.S. in Geological Engineering from the University of Utah. Chris was appointed to an Associate with BC&A in January 2022.

Jordan Oyler

Associate - Water Resources
17 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

He holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Utah State University. Jordan was appointed to an Associate with BC&A in January 2022.

Stephen Cohen, P.E., S.E.

Associate - Structural
11 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

He holds a M.S. in Civil Engineering from Utah State University. Stephen was appointed to an Associate with BC&A in January 2022.

Brian Romrell, P.E.

Associate - Water Resources
19 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

He holds a B.S. and M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Utah. Brian was appointed to an Associate with BC&A in January 2023.

Andrew McKinnon, P.E.

Associate - Water Resources
16 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

He holds a B.S. and M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Utah. Andrew was appointed to an Associate with BC&A in January 2023.

Matt Thompson

Associate - Construction Manager
16 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

ACI Concrete Field Testing Technician Grade 1, ACI Reinforced Concrete Special Inspector, ICC Structural Masonry Special Inspector, Certified HDPE fusion technician. Matt was appointed to an Associate with BC&A in January 2023.

Cameron Jenkins, P.E.

Associate - Water Resources
5 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

He holds a B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from Brigham Young University. Cameron was appointed to an Associate with BC&A in January 2024.

Kameron Ballentine, P.E.

Associate - Water Resources
16 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

He holds a B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from Utah State University. Kameron was appointed to an Associate with BC&A in January 2024.

Josh Bean, P.E.

Associate - Civil
8 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

Josh holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Brigham Young University. He was appointed to an Associate with BC&A in January 2024.

Tyler Seamons, P.E.

Associate - Water Resources
10 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

Tyler holds a B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from Utah State University. He was appointed to an Associate with BC&A in January 2024.

Roland Rocha, P.E.

Associate - Water Resources
7 years of service with
Bowen Collins & Associates.

Roland holds a B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from Brigham Young University. He was appointed to an Associate with BC&A in January 2024.