Bart Brooke, PE

Over 30 Years of Engineering Experience 
After obtaining his degree, Bart began his engineering career in Utah. He completed work in Arizona and his home state of California before moving his family to Idaho in 2010. He has played a significant role on the HECO team since 2011, and continues to play one.

                  OUT OF OFFICE

Cycling, camping, hunting, fishing, skiing, brewing – and drinking – good beer. Raising his energetic identical twin boys with his amazing wife! Volunteering with his church.

               WORK HISTORY & EXPERTISE

He has over ten years experience in land development design of residential tracts to single family residences, commercial, light industrial and mixed-use projects. His experience also includes municipal engineering design projects including street improvements and pavement management. His experience also includes over twenty years in residential, commercial, and industrial construction engineering which entails of construction inspection, surveying, estimating, and project management. Bart’s most recent work has been managing multiple projects with the National Park Service in the Northwest region.

 

 

“I greatly enjoy the variety and intricacy of my profession. There is nothing like having a complicated problem to solve, and the satisfaction of conquering that problem with the best possible solution!”

Education & Training

    • BS, Civil Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1994

Registration

Registered Professional Engineer:

  • Idaho
  • Utah
  • Oregon
  • Alabama
  • California
  • Florida
  • Nevada
  • North Carolina
  • Wyoming
Bart, ever the consummate professional, brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to any project. He is always one willing to engage in ‘give and take’ discussions trying to create the most efficient solution to solve the problem at hand. He is always willing to listen, give his opinions, and incorporate whatever makes the process, the design, or the office work most effective and efficient.
- Coworker

Bart is a highly esteemed team leader. Whenever you have questions, he is always happy to help and share his valuable knowledge and experience. He is very efficient in leading the project including coordinating the work and focusing on details. It is very comfortable to work with him.
- Coworker

EXPERTS

Great teamwork can make things go from subpar to spectacular. Each member of the HECO team is talented, experienced, and dedicated to the providing the highest quality of work.

Our PROJECTS

From small jobs to complex and challenging ones, we approach every project with a commitment to excellence.

Stehekin Wastewater Treatment Plant Replacement

Stehekin, Washington is located along the northeast shore of Lake Chelan in the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area near the south end of North Cascades National Park.  The National Park Service owns and operates a physical-chemical wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), which was designed and constructed in 1974-76 to treat 25,000 gallons per day (gpd) of domestic wastewater from the community near Stehekin Landing.  HECO completed a Condition Assessment Report on the facility, identifying WWTP building and wastewater treatment system deficiencies in order to determine the scope and need for a new wastewater treatment system.

Replacement of Non-Compliant Water Treatment System

Tuolumne Meadows is a popular destination located on Highway 120 in Yosemite National Park.  It is a high use area and is one of the Park’s most prominent attractions.  A surface water treatment system provided treated drinking water for employees and recreational visitors in the Tuolumne Meadows area.  The water treatment system was constructed in 1967 with filtration upgrades in 1984.  It was an aged facility with outdated technology.  HECO evaluated alternatives, which included treatment technologies best suited for remote sites with limited operating staff.

Providing Safe Routes to School

The project included improvements to the sidewalk condition on S. Plymouth Avenue, from a distance of approximately 1300 feet.  Sidewalk improvements include removal and replacement of existing full width sidewalks with 10 ft wide sidewalks, ADA compliant pedestrian ramps, installation of a decorative street lighting system supplemented with roadway lighting as per AASHTO standards with underground electrical conduits for power supply.  The project length is approximately 0.25 miles in length and improved the west side of S. Plymouth Ave.  The HECO Team assisted the city with obtaining funding, and design of the project.

Eagle Road Underpass Pathway

This project involved linking three existing pathways on the east and west side of Eagle Road by construction of a pedestrian underpass under Eagle Road.  Project highlights include installation of pavement, landscaping, benches, lighting, and railing along the underpass portion of the pathway.  The project passes through the existing bank and riprap along the north bridge abutment and the pathway was excavated into existing fill material on the north bank of the river while a concrete cut off stem was constructed.  Riprap armament was relocated on the lower sections of the riverbank.

Wastewater Treatment Facility Improvements

This project included the construction of improvements to the municipal wastewater facility to meet a DEQ issued consent order and to provide adequate capacity for existing connections.  The City’s existing facility was a non-discharging facility and had reached capacity requiring frequent pumping and transport of wastewater to other facilities.  This project designed 19 million gallons, total volume, of new HDPE lined reservoirs to allow for a fully evaporative system and not require any discharge.  The facility was designed utilizing property that was located approximately 110 feet below the existing facility, which eliminated the need for pumping facilities and thereby a very sustainable system with very low operating costs.