Facet partnered with Kitsap County Public Works to design and implement an interpretive program for the Clear Creek Restoration Project. This included twelve educational wayside exhibits and six plant identification plaques that highlight the area’s rich ecological and cultural history. Interpretive themes centered on the importance of salmon, the lifecycle of the stream, and the larger story of floodplain restoration in the Clear Creek watershed.

In 2014, Facet began working with the Whidbey West Water Association to address chronic leaks and aging infrastructure. We assisted the Association in securing a $25,000 planning and design grant, along with project funding through the Washington State Department of Health’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Loan program.

Facet has partnered with the Sierra Country Club Water System for over a decade, providing planning, treatment system design, infrastructure upgrades, and on-call support. We’ve helped improve operations and extend system life through targeted improvements like booster pump upgrades, pressure manifold redesign, and the replacement of a failing ozone/Birm® system with a more efficient sodium hypochlorite/GreensandPlus treatment process.

Facet worked with the City of Stevenson to improve public shoreline access through community engagement, GIS analysis, and project ranking. The team assessed site constraints, developed conceptual alternatives, and created cost estimates to guide decision-making and support a city-wide improvement plan.

Facet conducted a street tree inventory as part of the urban forestry update for the City of Ellensburg, Washington’s longest-standing active Tree City USA

To support PSE’s Energize Eastside project, Facet’s arborists conducted a comprehensive tree inventory that stretched from Redmond to Renton.

In 2018, Facet completed $3 million in renovations - including site improvements and seismic retrofit - for Station 25, the oldest fire station in Kirkland.

Facet was the structural engineer for 8,366-sf of new construction of a $1.4 million administration and storage building at Bellingham International Airport.

Facet provided structural engineering for Tukwila Village, four mixed-use buildings totaling 403 units and a community building. The mixed-use structures are four- and five-story wood structures over two- and three-stories of concrete construction housing both mixed income and affordable senior apartments, and market rate apartments.

Facet assisted Seattle Public Utilities with an analysis of alternatives to improve fish passage, alleviate flooding, and stabilize Lower Taylor Creek.

Facet worked with the Port of Seattle to restore wetlands and shoreline habitat in the Lower Duwamish Waterway, evaluating five potential sites based on suitability and ecological benefits.

Chenega Village, AK engaged Facet in 2023 to provide a study and grant support for a floating breakwater system to protect an existing marina from wind waves. The system is anticipated to be a rigid rectangular floating breakwater composed of modular concrete units around polystyrene cores, anchored with sunken gravity blocks. Grant funding was successfully obtained 2023. Facet then assisted the owner in producing a permit level design and is currently obtaining all project permits.

Facet is the prime consultant for the planning and design of a new waterfront park in Lake Forest Park, transforming former residential properties into a vibrant community space. The site includes the lower segment and mouth of Lyon Creek, a salmon-bearing stream, along with significant trees and wetlands.

Facet has provided arborist services on an “on-needed” basis for various cities. Our scope of work for such projects has included field-based work such as tree inventories and tree risk assessments, wildlife monitoring, urban forestry permit reviews, as well as consultation on tree management and tree planting plans.

Facet provided the City of Mercer Island with a comprehensive tree inventory of city-owned trees within the defined section of the Town Center and Island Crest Way in 2018. These included trees that were in tree grates, and medians, and incorporated into the sidewalk design.

Working collaboratively with the King County Division of Water and Land Resources, Facet created the Guide to Developing Effective Tree Regulations on Private Property to fill a critical need for guidance on developing and implementing private tree regulations. The Guide includes a synthesis of existing regulations in King County jurisdictions that were gathered through code research, an online survey of jurisdictional planning staff, and interviews with four municipalities

Facet is the lead landscape architect on the newest phase of the Google campus in Kirkland, WA. Facet’s design incorporates signature elements, including water features and amenity spaces, like the lushly planted vegetated open-air courtyard, rooftop deck and gardens, and outdoor plazas.

Facet assisted the City of Sammamish with an update to their critical areas regulations to comply with the Washington State Growth Management Act and the Endangered Species Act. As part of this update, Facet provided an in-depth review of “best available science” pertaining to all five critical area types, including wetlands and fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas.

Facet supported Kitsap County with the periodic update of its comprehensive plan. Facet was the prime consultant for the effort, with five subconsultant firms also providing support. In addition to the update of the comprehensive plan, the project included amendments to development regulations, including the Critical Areas Ordinance Update (CAO). To inform the CAO update, Facet began by preparing a Best Available Science Report, which included specific content related to the potential effects of climate change on critical areas.

Facet developed an advance wetland and stream buffer mitigation strategy to improve efficiency of design and permitting for City of Kirkland projects. This approach is superior to the traditional design where each impact has a stand-alone mitigation effort that is designed, permitted, constructed, maintained and monitored on a project-by-project basis.