Gustafson Promoted to Vice President and Director of Merrick & Company’s Los Alamos Office

Oct. 17, 2008 – Los Alamos, NM – Scott Gustafson, P.E., has been promoted to a vice president of Merrick & Company and the manager of the firm’s Los Alamos, New Mexico office.  As a senior manager in his new role, he is responsible for providing leadership as well as overseeing all activities of the firm’s Los Alamos operations and the projects executed by Merrick at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).

Gustafson has been with the firm for 15 years where he has specialized in project and team leadership and mechanical equipment design in a variety of nuclear, mechanical, and material handling related fields.  He is currently managing the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement (CMRR) Special Facilities Equipment project for LANL, and provides executive oversight of the TA-55 Reinvestment Project and various facilities and equipment design projects at LANL.

Gustafson holds a B.S. in engineering with a mechanical specialty from the Colorado School of Mines and is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Glovebox Society.

About Merrick & Company
Merrick & Company, a $75 million, employee-owned engineering, architecture, construction management, and geospatial solutions firm, serves domestic and international clients in the government, energy, life sciences, infrastructure, and mapping markets.   The firm’s work is concentrated on highly technical projects in the fields of renewable energy, nuclear power, government facilities, research laboratories, water resources, public works, and high precision mapping.   In addition to the Los Alamos office, Merrick maintains its headquarters office in Aurora, Colorado as well as maintaining seven offices in the U.S. and additional offices in Canada and Mexico.