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PROJECT PROFILES

EXPANDING ENDEAVORS

EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP

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CONTENTSABOUT USFounded in 1945, Morrison-Maierle is an employee-owned

company with 12 offices throughout Montana, Wyoming,

Washington, and Arizona. As a multi-disciplinary firm, we

provide services in engineering, surveying, planning and

natural sciences and are ranked among the Engineering

News Record’s (ENR) “Top 500 Design Firms” in the United

States and Canada. Morrison-Maierle Systems was found-

ed in 1982 and provides IT solutions for municipalities and

businesses throughout Montana.

This page: New Jeanette Rankin School in Kalispell, Montana; Facing page clockwise from top: Sheridan County Airport in Sheridan, Wyoming; Winco Foods in Helena, Montana; Jefferson River, Montana. Cover photo: A runway end monument for Morrison-Maierle’s Bozeman-Yellowstone International Airport’s Runway 12-30 project that was finished in 2018. These are used to mark both ends of runways, and engineers use them as reference points for a wide variety of things such as striping layouts and measurements.

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

2018 was quite a year, wasn’t it? Anchored on creating solutions that build better communities,

Morrison-Maierle continues to evolve as a company of employee-owners who care deeply

about each other, our clients, and community relationships. That is our legacy and the spirit of

our Vision2020. This annual report shines a light on our accomplishments and transitions in

2018. In reflecting on this report’s content, I’m grateful for our work together, but even more

inspired by what is yet to come.

DEAR EMPLOYEE-OWNER COLLEAGUES, DELIVERING CLIENT SUCCESSThis report also highlights many projects and services we deliver to our clients throughout the upper Rocky Mountain

region. From Systems staff helping prevent cybercrime, to award-winning projects like the Bert Mooney Airport

Terminal, the Cabinet Gorge Bridge, the Montana State University Rendezvous Dining Pavilion — and several others

like the ones profiled on pages 8-13 — it is clear our clients’ success is Morrison-Maierle’s success. I remind you to

pause frequently and know that as an employee-owner YOU are building better communities every day no matter

your organizational role.

THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHTLooking back on a year like 2018 is satisfying. We have again made progress towards our Vision2020

goals by living our core purpose and values, embracing excellence, and creating new opportunities.

But, I’m more about looking out the windshield than in the rear view mirror. Pages 12 and 13 hint at a few

future-focused endeavors. Because of you, I am confident that 2019 and beyond will be an exciting,

challenging and rewarding time to grow our careers as Morrison-Maierle employee-owners.

As some of you know, I’m a fan of the great baseball “philosophers.” When I turn my desk light on each

morning, my gaze lands on a quote pinned to my bulletin board from one of my favorite players, Tony

Gwynn. It reads: “The minute you’re satisfied with where you are, you aren’t there anymore.” This quote

reminds me every day of excellence: one of our core values. I challenge myself – and I challenge you —

to work each day to grow, get better at what we do, and take one more step towards excellence.

I am humbled and thankful to work with, and for you all.

GROWING CAREERS AND LEADERSNothing has given me greater satisfaction than to see many of our colleagues

step up to the call of new leadership roles in 2018. Pages 13, 15, 16 and 17 spotlight

many of these new leaders. Each of these positional changes stemmed from a

powerful ripple throughout our organization, and many of you stepped up your

project or management leadership to fill any voids. A favorite leadership guru, the

late Stephen Covey, expertly explains, “Leadership is a choice, not a position.” I

celebrate you in embracing that truism throughout our organization.

GIVING BACKSix years ago when we sat down to plan our future, we created a Vision2020 goal pledging to give at least 10% of our net income to the

communities where we work and causes we believe in. We have made steady progress on this goal — achieving 8.7% in 2018. Pages

18 and 19 highlight some projects and people who are helping us meet our goals. I’m proud to work with colleagues who give back like

you do.

Scott Murphy is the President and CEO of Morrison-Maierle.

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Building the best solutions for our clients’ projects is why we do what we do. Every once in a while, we are honored for our work by entities outside of Morrsion-Maierle. Last year was no different, and we’re pleased to showcase these well-deserved awards, honors, and citations

Fuller & Lifetime Achievement Awards

Jeff Ashley, PE, left, received the

George Warren Fuller Award and

Steve Ruhd received the Lifetime

Achievement Award last year. Both

are Water-Wastewater employees

and were honored at the MSAWWA-

MWEA conference for water-

supply professionals in Montana.

NWAAAE Corporate Award of Excellence

The Northwest Chapter of the American

Association of Airport Executives

recognized Morrison-Maierle with its

Corporate Award of Excellence. This

award is given annually to a company that

represents the very best in the field of

aviation, according to NWAAAE. It is the

second time we have received this award.

THREE PROJECTS WIN TOP HONORS The Montana Chapter of the

American Council of Engineering

Companies (ACEC) awarded

Morrison-Maierle with three 2019

Engineering Excellence Awards

for projects in the transportation,

structural systems, and building/

technology categories. Project teams

from our Bozeman, Missoula, and

Helena offices, along with our clients,

were there to receive these awards.

Montana State University Rendezvous Dining Pavilion

This $18.5 million project received top honors in the Building/Technology systems category. A LEED-certified building, this project incorporates mechanical, electrical, and structural engineering solutions for the state’s largest dining facility that now serves 7,000 people a day.

Bert Mooney Airport Terminal

This project incorporated many cost-saving engineering measures that helped create a new terminal that now meets all security and safety measures. At the same time, the structure honors Butte’s rich history with its architectural and engineering elements throughout the building. This facility also provides a gateway for visitors and those new to Butte.

Cabinet Gorge Bridge

Located in the far northwest corner of the state, this project was challenged with deep water, steep slopes, and mid-way through the project, the team had to address a very hard, house-sized boulder. This obstacle required unique design and construction methods. As a result, this project now provides safe transportation in the area.

ENR Top 500Morrison-Maierle was named to Engineering News-

Record ’s (ENR) list of Top 500 Design Firms for 2018.

Morrison-Maierle’s position improved by four places to

343. We were first ranked on ENR’s list in 1965 and have

not missed a year since then.

PSMJ Premier Award for Client SatisfactionMorrison-Maierle received an honorable mention in

PSMJ’s 2018 Premier Award for Client Satisfaction

program. This award honors firms for delivering

exceptional client service and is the only designation in

the AEC industries focusing on client experience.

PROJECT EXCELLENCE

2019 Montana ACECEngineering Excellence

Top from left to right: Bert Mooney Airport Terminal, Cabi-net Gorge Bridge, and MSU Rendezvous Dining Pavilion.

Left to right: Mark Maierle, Heather Mosser, and Cory Kesler are members of Morrison- Maierle’s Airports Market Group.

Client & Owner Private landowners

The Problem The landowners purchased property along the East Gallatin River and came to Morrison-Maierle with some riverbank stability problems. The lawn, (pictured on the left), ran up to the riverbank and was causing severe undercutting and sloughing. As a result, the banks were almost vertical with no woody vegetation to provide stability in the fine-grained, gravelly soils.

The Solution Morrison-Maierle’s solution involved installing a small amount of rip-rap and woody matrix to provide stabilization that would also encourage a wider variety of aquatic habitat to use the area. Engineers

and scientists also created a vegetated riparian bench and used native vegetation to provide natural stability and increase shading at the same time. Additionally, a partnership was formed with the Greater Gallatin Watershed Council that resulted in obtaining a Montana Watershed Coordination Council grant.

The Benefit The project team developed a plan to create a stable riverbank and a more natural riparian area to promote resiliency, decrease erosion, and reduce sediment loading into the East Gallatin River (see photo on the right).

The project was completed in December and the grant reimbursed the landowner.

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Fox Pump Station Improvements

Meadow Hill Middle School Survey

East Gallatin Riverbank Stabilization Project

Round Mountain Phase W Expansion

PROJECT PROFILES

Client Will Robbins

Owner City of Billings, Montana

The Problem The former station pumped to a closed loop system with no storage and was not able to meet peak hour demands. Morrison-Maierle was hired to model, study, and evaluate the pumping capacity issue.

The Solution The plan prior to the study was to construct a reservoir and expand the pump station. However, our study showed that it would be better to construct a new closed loop pump station. Furthermore, a water-age analysis showed that adding a reservoir now could cause significant water quality problems during non-peak demand months. Morrison-Maierle designed a new pump station that includes a manufacturer supplied prebuilt pumping system inside a customized building. The station capacity was designed to be easily espanded in the future when water demands increase such that a reservoir can be added without concerns about water age.

The Benefit The City of Billings has an improved water distribution system so that peak hour demand needs can be met while increasing flexibility to handle variable water demands. It also saved the cost of building a reservoir now that would have caused operational and water quality issues in the near future.

Client A&E Architects

Owner Missoula County Public Schools

The Project Meadow Hill Middle School located in Missoula, Montana, was undergoing a 17,500-square-foot addition. This survey located existing site infrastructure and topography on an approximately a 10-acre site for civil design purposes. Located site features included existing buildings, sidewalks and curbs, above-ground utilities and subsurface utilities pertinent to design drawings. Topographic mapping was done to produce a site map with a 1-foot contour interval.

For this project Morrison-Maierle used a

combination of conventional surveying methods: GPS, 3D laser scanning, and photogrammetry using sUAS Drone technology. Existing buildings were scanned using a 3D laser scanner and integrated with conventional surveying methods to create an overall existing site plan and project design base map. Laser scanning data was also used to verify the existing building and design

a highly accurate model. In addition, sUAS drone flight photogrammetry data was used to create high quality orthometric photos.

These high-quality, up-to-date photos were invaluable for the design team throughout the project.

Client Round Mountain Gold Company, Nevada

Owner Kinross Gold

The Problem The Phase W project involved a major expansion to the west of the open pit mine that required designing and rebuilding six major elements of the mine site’s infrastructure on an expedited schedule. As a result, the additional ore mined from the open pit expansion also required a new heap leach pad and a Carbon-in-Column plant.

The Solution Morrison-Maierle pulled in employee-owners from

all of our Market Groups to design the truck shop/warehouse/lube room complex, mine operations building, fuel islands, vehicle and equipment wash bays, ready line, infrastructure pad utilities, and the North Dedicated Pad Vertical Carbon-in-Column Plant to stay ahead of the mine’s rigorous schedule.

The Benefit Morrison-Maierle’s team worked closely with the Round Mountain team that resulted in several facilities that are now optimized for their use and will help them keep pace with the processing demands of the Round Mountain mine.

Many of our 2018 projects used the expertise from multiple Market Groups and employee-owners from across our 8 offices. Here’s a brief overview of what we accomplished

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Client & Owner Montana Department of Resources and Conservation

The Problem Broadwater, Gallatin, Jefferson and Madison counties in Montana have older floodplain mapping in select study areas, however, much of the Beaverhead, Jefferson, Madison, Missouri, and Ruby rivers and related side channels and tributaries have none. In areas without a map, the local government has limited ability to articulate floodplain risks to the landowners in their community. As a result, they cannot regulate development in the river corridor which may put both the individ-ual property owner or adjacent property owners at greater risk for flood related damage.

The Solution Morrison-Maierle’s team of hydraulic engineers and surveyors worked together to collect survey data for the river bottom and hydraulic structures over the rivers. The data was then assembled into FEMA-standard deliverable products and will be used as the basis for hydraulic analyses and eventual floodplain mapping documents.

The Benefit The local governments, in cooperation with Montana’s DNRC and FEMA, will use the floodplain mapping documents to articulate flooding risks to their communities, some of which are quickly growing. The floodplain mapping will be a timely tool for use in protecting both the community as well as the headwaters of the Missouri River.

Client & Owner Montana Department of Resources and Conservation

The Problem Mineral County has older floodplain maps that lacked the detail that a hydraulic analysis would provide.

The Solution Our team of floodplain engineers and spatial mapping technicians worked together to analyze the flooding sources of the Clark Fork River and its tributaries. We performed a hydraulic analysis and associated floodplain mapping as part of the larger Mineral County floodplain mapping project. This data is the basis for flood

insurance rate maps and is a county-wide project administered by the state and federal governments.

The Benefit Mineral County adminis-tration, in cooperation with DNRC and FEMA, will use the floodplain mapping documents to communicate flooding risks to residents along the flooding sources. It will also be the basis for river-ine floodplain development for the next 30-50 years. This flood insurance study will be a timely tool for the community and will also help protect the Clark Fork and Columbia River watersheds.

Madison-Jefferson Phase II Watershed Modernization Project: Floodplain Survey

Clark Fork River Hydraulic Analysis & Floodplain Mapping

Client & Owner City of Missoula

The Project Charged with the goal of meeting the City of Missoula’s Conservation and Climate Action Plan, officials and city leaders hired Morrison-Maierle to study, create the electrical and mechanical engineering design, and provide construction administration for a cogeneration system that generates electricity and thermal energy for its wastewater treatment plant using the

biogas that is produced as part of the solids stabilization process. It also removed the need to flare the biogas when heat is not needed.

Commonly known as a combined heat and power (CHP) system, the cogeneration system, which was selected based on Morrison-Maierle’s study, is now producing more than 24% of the facility’s overall electricity and all the heat required on an average winter day in Missoula.

Client Watertectonics

Owner Aethon Energy Management

The Problem Watertectonics required professional design services for structural, mechanical, and electri-cal engineering for the new Pluto building along with process piping to integrate with the adjacent Neptune Treatment Plant in Moneta, Wyoming. This project was a design-build effort that required a quick and efficient turnaround.

The Solution Morrison-Maierle provided 3D building information modeling of structural and mechanical

solutions using Autodesk’s BIM 360 Team collabora-tion platform. The team, in conjunction with the client, also provided structural design of an interior mez-zanine system and process piping integration to the existing facility that would help meet the objectives of this project. Midway through, the project received additional scope that benefited both the design team and the outcome of the project.

The Benefit In addition to having a new building and process piping, the model created during this project is an added benefit for the client as they con-tinue to use it for internal and external coordination.

Pluto-Brine Water Treatment Plant

Cogeneration System Upgrades

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Bozeman-Yellowstone Airport 11-29 & 12-30 Runway ProjectsClient Bozeman-Yellowstone International Airport (BYIA)

Owner Gallatin County, Montana

The Project With an increasing number of nonstop flights to more than 15 cities across the county and a growing number of general aviation air traffic, BYIA officials determined it was time to develop two consecutive projects

that would meet the needs of this facility. Morrison-Maierle conducted a master plan and determined that designing back-to-back runway projects that included a rigorous construction schedule was the best solution.

The new 11-29 General Aviation Runway project was constructed first, followed by the resurfacing of the 12-30 runway.

Client & Owner System Land, LLC

The Problem System Land decided to develop a 117-acre piece of property in Sheridan County (west of the City of Sheridan, Wyoming) for 5-to-7-acre rural residential lots. The property is also bisected by a major drainage that the subdivision roads crossed in two locations.

The Solution With a 186-foot difference of elevation between the subdivision’s access

to a state highway and the upper elevations of the property, extra attention to the road and utility design was needed to optimize grading without adding unnecessary cost to the project.

The Benefit With proper access now in place, the property affords an incredible view of the Big Goose Creek Valley and the Bighorn Mountains and has sparked lots of early interest from potential buyers.

Vista West Estates Subdivision

PROJECT PROFILES

Valley Pioneers Water Company

NorthWestern Energy Hauser Dam

Client & Owner Valley Pioneers Water Company

The Project Valley Pioneers Water Company (VPWC) contracted Morrison-Maierle to design and upgrade three miles of water main near Golden Valley, Arizona. The scope of services included a design survey that required a GPS/GNSS control survey, topographic and planimetric mapping, and utility locates. The terrain and size of the project were well suited

for drone technology to efficiently collect imagery to map the current conditions. The three-mile corridor was flown in one day, immediately after utilities were located. The utility paint marks were easily seen by the high definition orthorectified imagery, eliminating the need for field crews to survey the utilities on the ground and in traffic.

Morrison-Maierle also combined the client’s historic infrastructure data with

the new survey data to create an updated base map of project corridor.

Client Charter Realty & Development Corp.

Owner Dan Zelson

The Project Morrison-Maierle was asked to redevelop a former gravel pit into a 54-acre, 10-lot commercial subdivision next to the increasingly busy and growing area around the Bozeman airport in Belgrade, Montana.

With years of experience in drafting all the studies, reports, and documentation needed to pass regulatory review, Morrison-Maierle was able to streamline the process in a timely manner.

The client benefited from having most of its engineering, survey, planning and science services done by one firm.

Yellowstone Airport Plaza Subdivision

Client & Owner NorthWestern Energy

The Project Anaconda Foundry Fabrication Company (AFFCO) was tasked by NorthWest-ern Energy to replace and install a state-of-the-art MAVEL Kaplan Vertical turbine to replace a Westing House Electric turbine that had been in use since 1910.

The replacement of this horizontal turbine with a vertical one in a power house that was built in the early 1900s posed several unique engineering challenges.

MAVEL requested a 3D-model of the former horizontal turbine and its surroundings so it could complete its design for its new vertical turbine.

Morrison-Maierle performed a 3D laser scan of the unit in order to create an accurate

model of the conditions inside the power house. This included scanning the existing turbine, penstock, and tailrace sections of the unit.

After the scan was complete and the 3D model was created, AFFCO, MAVEL, North-Western Energy, and Morrison-Maierle were able to assess the structural, electrical, and civil engineering issues using a model that included a multitude of angles that allowed for critical measurements to be taken down to the millimeter.

The 3D model also helped AFFCO in machining and fabricating the non-typical connection pieces.

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Survey Takes to the SkyMorrison-

Maierle’s survey

department

purchased four

drones and

provided training

for five employee-

owners to become

FAA-certified

sUAS drone pilots.

ExpandingServices

New Missoula Office BuildingOur Missoula Morrison-Maierle and Morrison-Maierle

Systems staff moved into their new building on Mount

Avenue. Designed by A&E Architects of Missoula, this

building was a full-service engineering project that was

done by our Missoula staff.

Industrial Market GroupAn increasing number of our clients need more technical services

from several of our market groups. In order to meet their needs,

we grew our Industrial Market Group in 2018 to help create solutions

to expand facilities, install new infrastructure, design new processes

or reconfigure processes to meet new regulations.

EXPANDING ENDEAVORS

Randy Bomar

In 2018 Randy became the Wyoming Operations Manager

and worked to expand our Buildings Market

Group services throughout the state.

Zach Rinker

A structural engineer, Zach was hired as the

first full-time, permanent Buildings

Market Group employee in Wyoming.

Michael Stewart

As we moved into fire protection

engineering services, Michael Stewart

joined our firm and is now working out of our Bozeman office.

GROWTH ON ALL FRONTS With a new building, expanding engineering & survey services, additional

personnel and positions, Morrison-Maierle is ready for new ventures

This page, center: Photo courtesy of Kinross Gold. Facing page: The new Missoula office building has been used for several meetings and after-work events, top and bottom right. The Survey group is now using drones in the field.

Top to bottom: Laura Gundlach, top, James Nickelson, and Tim White.

New 401K Committee Members NamedThree opportunities

opened up on our 401K

Committee

in 2018. We’re

pleased to

say that Laura

Gundlach

from our

Billings Water-

Wastewater

group, James

Nickelson from

our Bozeman

Water-

Wastewater group and

Tim White from our

Bozeman Industrial

group are our newest

members.

Beyond our engineering, survey, planning, and science work, Morrison-

Maierle spent a significant amount of time adding and expanding different

facets of our business to meet future growth opportunities.

Between a new office building in Missoula to house its growing staff, to

drone technology to help our surveyors provide better and more accurate

data, to additional services and people in both Wyoming and fire protection

engineering, 2018 was full of new things to offer our current and future clients.

Here’s a look at some of our recent changes within the company.

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24 and More: Blue Vest Club

At our annual meeting, we designated

a new ESOP group. This new club

is for those with 24 years or more

of participation in our employee-

ownership plan. Twenty individuals

make up this inaugural group who were

all hired before December 31, 1993, and

have had a qualified vesting year every

year since Morrison-Maierle enacted its

employee-ownership plan.

ESOP external trustee namedMorrison-Maierle hired Great Banc

in 2018 to serve as our external

trustee on the ESOP Committee.

In this capacity, they will assist

management, the Board, and the

ESOP Committee in making decisions

regarding the ESOP. Some of their

specific duties include:

• Serve as an informed shareholder

• Determine value of the ESOP shares

• Vote on the ESOP shares for election

of the Board of Directors and other

major governance matters

• Safeguard and invest assets of the

trust

• Hire qualified advisors

• Maintain records of process, actions,

and decisions

• Analyze significant proposed

financial transactions

Second year of 100% ownership brings new ESOP member and other celebration events

EMPLOYEE-OWNERSHIP MOVES INTO HIGH GEAR

Morrison-Maierle’s second year as an 100% ESOP

company brought more changes to the company and our

employee-owners.

Longtime committee member, Jason Mercer stepped

aside as Chair, which created yet another chance for

an employee-owner to serve. The committee solicited

letters of interest, and after much deliberation, the

committee asked Jeff Cicon from our Kalispell office to

step in. Jona Parriman moved into the Chair role.

Our ESOP Celebration Committee also stepped up once

again and orchestrated several events in October —

Employee Ownership Month — to increase awareness,

provide educational events, and a little fun to celebrate

our 100% employee-owned company.

EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIPVested EmployeesMorrison-Maierle and Systems

employee-owners stepped up to the

next level of vesting in 2018. Here’s a list

of those who moved up and their years

of service:

24+ Years Scott Bell, 33 years; Evan

Borer, 37 years; Nigel Davis, 26 years;

Gunnar Getchell, 34 years; Tom

Heinecke, 26 years; Kathy Jensen, 26

years; Kurt Keith, 24 years; Mark Maierle,

24 years; Steve Malmberg, 29 years;

Bob Morrison, 26 years; John Morrison,

60 years; Craig Nowak, 26 years; Tim

Orthmeyer, 26 years; Ken Salo, 39 years;

Jack Schunke, 42 years; Anita Shontz,

28 years; Kent Sielbach, 35 years; Joel

Spring, 26 years; Alan Stanberry, 29

years; John Wells, 34 years.

18-23 Years Nancy Cormier, Chuck

Davis, Phill Forbes, Kevin Jacobsen,

James Nickelson, John Pavsek, Craig

Schaeffer, Shaun Shea, and Tim Wick

12-17 Years Deborah Aasved, Mike

Brandt, Mike Carlson, Tom Coburn,

Kurtis DeShaw, Letha Ebelt, Alan

Erickson, Amy Galt, Zane Green,

Melinda Hankel, Rika Lashley, Kim

Longenecker, Toby McClue, George

Price, and John Thomas

6-11 Years Angie Benedetti, Kris

Buehler, David Hallsten, Verna Kroll,

Kristyn Mayernik, Garrett Schultz, Ty

Walker, Eric Webber, and Aubrey Yerger

ProudOwners

Jeff Cicon

Jeff is our newest ESOP Committee

member. He’s a senior engineer in Kalispell

office’s Water-Wastewater group.

Jona Parriman

Longtime member Jona Parriman is now serving as Chair. She

manages our Accounting

Department.

Jay Fischer

A senior structural engineering and

recent ESOP Committee member, Jay Fischer has been

named Vice Chair.

Left: Bob Mor-rison removes one ESOP vest and gladly dons his new 24+ ESOP vest that signifies his continuous participation in the plan for 26 years. New ESOP Chair Jona Parriman helps Tom Heinecke with his new vest.

Newly vested ESOP members pose for a photo at the 2018 Annual Meeting in Helena, Montana.

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Jim Scoles, PE, SEIn his new role, Jim stepped into the

leadership role in December following

Phill Forbes who is working on projects.

Jay Fischer, PEWith 20 years at Morrison-Maierle, Jay,

a structural engineer, is heading up

Bozeman’s Buildings engineering work.

Aaron McConkey, PEAfter three years with Morrison-Maierle,

Aaron relocated from the Kalispell office

and stepped into his first leadership role.

Brian Aschim, PEA 15-year employee-owner, Brian, a senior

structural engineer in our Bozeman office,

took on this promotion in early August.

Carl Anderson named new COOCarl Anderson, PE, our longtime Billings Operations

Manager was promoted as the company’s Chief

Operations Officer. He replaced Bob Morrison, PE,

who stepped down as interim COO and is now a

project engineer in the Water-Wastewater Market

Group. Jill Cook took over Carl’s responsibilities as

Morrison-Maierle’s Billings Operations Manager.

In his new role, Carl oversees all operations in the

company’s 12 offices.

Carl began his Morrison-Maierle career in 2004 as

the Billings Operations Manager, became a vice

president in 2006, and has served on the Board of

Directors since 2008. He is a senior water-wastewater

engineer.

Jill Cook, PEA longtime member of the Water-

Wastewater group, Jill stepped into Carl

Anderson’s role in late August.

Travis Eickman, PEAs a veteran member of the Bozeman

Airports Group, Travis replaced Jack

Schunke who is returning to project work.

Zane Green, PEIn his new position, Zane is now

overseeing all water-wastewater projects

in the company’s four Wyoming offices.

Mike Gray, PGNew to Morrison-Maierle, Mike has taken

over Ken Salo’s role as Natural Resources

Market Group Leader.

EMPLOYEES STEP INTO NEW ROLESAs longtime leaders transition into project work, new opportunities open up

Four of our corporate-level employee-owners — Bob Morrison, Ken Salo,

Jack Schunke, and Phill Forbes — decided to hand off their leadership duties

in 2018 and take on more engineering projects. These decisions, coupled with

some new positions, created leadership opportunities for employee-owners

and a chance to bring a senior geologist into our Morrison-Maierle family.

NEW LEADERSHIP

Billings Operations Manager

Bozeman Operations Manager

Natural Resources Market Group Leader

Transportation Market Group Leader

Bozeman Buildings Office Group Leader

Wyoming Water/Wastewater Office Group Leader

Missoula Water/Wastewater Office Group Leader

Market Group CAD Leader

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT

We celebrated with Make-A-Wish as they

raised enough for 40 wishes for Montana

children with life-threatening medical

conditions last year. Morrison-Maierle and

its technology company, Morrison-Maierle

Systems — both with employee-owners

who have family members touched by

Make-A-Wish — helped raise $8,000 for

the organization and funded one wish.

Here’s what each office raised:

Systems $1,715

Helena-Great Falls $1,480

Missoula $1,195

Billings $1,050

Bozeman $1,040

Kalispell $520

Corporate $1,000

Our culture at Morrison-Maierle and Systems is about creating

great solutions for our communities. Without our communities, we

wouldn’t be able to do what we do. To that end, we support any

employee-owner who wants to give back. Here are just a few ways

we gave back in 2018.

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Kris BuehlerKris’ oldest daughter, Stephanie, was diagnosed with Osteogenic Sarcoma in 1993. Her wish was a family trip and a chance to meet and hang out with country

artist, Teri Clark. The Make-A-Wish team met the family in Lubbock, Texas, for the concert and a

weekend of sightseeing. This memory stayed with them and helped 20 years later when the cancer

returned and Stephanie lost her fight on July 5, 2015. Kris says, “That Make-A-Wish trip was a memory she

cherished through her whole young life.”

Alan EricksonAlan’s 4-year-old niece, Peri, was diagnosed with

Biliary Atresia shortly after she was born. Her wish was a family trip to Disney World to meet “Elsa.”

Make-A-Wish paid for a trip to the Florida amusement park for Peri and her family. And yes, Alan says, she met Elsa. After four years of living with emergency flights to Denver, Peri’s mom, Claire, was fortunate enough to donate a portion of her liver to Peri and both are currently doing well. “Make-A-Wish and Angel Flight will forever get my family’s support,”

says Alan.

CharitableGiving

Make-A-Wish Montana’s Douglas Koester, left, Teresa Thomson (Systems), Debbie Aasved, and Toby McClue (Morrison-Maierle) celebrate reaching Morri-son-Maierle and Systems’ fundraising goal. Teresa raised the most money and Debbie and Toby orches-trated the firm-wide event.

All of our offices participated in charity events in 2018. Here are just a few shots from events in Helena, Billings, Cody, Kalis-pell, and Missoula.

Thank you, Morrison-Maierle! We look forward to partnering with you in 2019 to grant even more wishes.

Douglas Koester, President & CEO, Make-A-Wish Montana

22 232018 Year in Review Morrison-Maierle

MORRISON-MAIERLE SYSTEMS

TECHNOLOGY SIMPLIFIED

In today’s world, data is currency. As cybercrime

intensifies, the demand for security increases. The

businesses and municipalities that we’re privileged

to work alongside trust us as their IT partner, which

motivates our team to go above and beyond in

the service and solutions we provide to them. In

2018, our technicians spent time obtaining new

certifications, our customer-service team provided

on-the-spot help, and our sales team rolled out

solutions to meet client needs.

A LOOK AT OUR 2018 PROJECTSManaged Services provides many

benefits for a wide-range of clients

As a Montana-owned and operated

technology consulting business,

Morrison-Maierle Systems serves a

wide range of clients with large and

small technology services, products

and projects. In 2018, we continued to

build our managed service offerings.

Here on the right are just three

examples of the work we do and the

types of clients we serve.

Three Locations,One Great Team

Yellowstone Art MuseumA Billings, Montana-based non-profit, the Yellowstone

Art Museum had been doing most of its IT work

in-house. One of our clients from another Billings

business came to work at YAM and recommended

Morrison-Maierle Systems to the museum’s

management. Frustrated with the constant work

needed to maintain and improve their IT system, YAM

hired Systems to do an analysis of the business. After

upgrading their server, we came up with a list of things

they could do in-house that would save them money.

This cost-savings allowed the museum, which operates

on grants and monetary gifts, to sign a fully managed

services contract that has freed their internal IT

employee to do other things for the organization.

Datsopoulos, MacDonald & Lind, P.C.In practice since 1974 in Missoula, Datsopoulos,

MacDonald & Lind is a general practice law firm. Like

many firms, DM&L had a increasing need for a system

that protected its reams of confidential information.

Their former IT was pieced together with various

network and operating systems that no longer met

their security and operational needs. Through an

acquisition, Morrison-Maierle Systems became DM&L’s

IT provider where they found themselves charged

with earning their client’s trust. After more than three

years of a commitment to customer service, fast and

effective technology solutions, and a state-of-the-art

server, Systems is getting a great report from DM&L.

Fairmont Hot SpringsA resort halfway between Glacier and Yellowstone

National Parks, Fairmont Hot Springs is a full-service

hotel, golf club and hot springs with fine and casual

dining and 152 rooms. Before becoming one of

Morrison-Maierle Systems’ clients, they had a server

with virtually no backup system in place in addition

to lots of IT problems they didn’t know they had. Our

team of technicians came up with a solution that

would immediately restore their system should it fail.

The current system they had in place would have

taken them nearly a week to recover and restore their

data. From that point, Fairmont made the decision

to become a fully managed services client and now

considers Systems an extension of their staff.

Thank you, ToddAt the end of 2018, we said good-bye to friend and long-time employee

owner, Todd Nutting. Todd retired on December 31 after an impressive 15-

year career with Systems.

Todd was instrumental from the beginning in the Billings

Systems office and served as Operations Manager for a time

followed by a career as a full-time technician. His skill and

knowledge of IT made a huge difference at Systems as the

company continued to add more products and services for its

customers.

He began his career as a motorcycle mechanic before turning to IT, says

Shaun Brown, President of Systems. Todd’s plans are to go back to where

he started with motorcycles, build a shop, rebuild a Harley Davidson, and

spend as much time as possible with his kids and grandkids.

Thanks for everything, Todd, and best wishes to your and your family.

TrustworthyWe are once again

finalizing our

annual MSP Cloud

Verify certification.

What does this

mean? As a

Managed Service

Provider (MSP),

our industry

is surprisingly

not regulated.

By voluntarily

seeking out this

certification, we

are demonstrating

our commitment

to our clients, and

to our core values.

We are proud

to be the only

certified MSP in

Montana.

Pictured from left to right are our teams from Helena, Billings, and Missoula.

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