About AXE

A Washington civil engineering firm — run by the people who sign the drawings.

Name: AXE Engineering Services — Arlington
Address: 518 N Olympic Ave, Arlington, WA, 98223, US
Telephone: (360) 652-5820
Price range: $$

AXE Engineering started in Bellingham in January 2017 and opened an Arlington office in 2024. We’re licensed in Washington and we stamp civil engineering, stormwater drainage, land-use permitting, and drafting work across Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish Counties.

Cutting Through Project Barriers

We make every effort to identify and eliminate any barriers that stand in the way of your project's success.

Request a proposal (360) 922-0549

Erin Russell, P.E. — AXE Engineering principal and engineering manager. — Erin Russell, P.E. · Bellingham

License

WA PE-licensed civil engineering firm.

Founded

Established in Bellingham, January 2017.

Offices

Two offices: Bellingham (Whatcom + Skagit) and Arlington (Snohomish).

Growth

Expanded in 2024: Snohomish County Local Expertise in civil, stormwater drainage and landuse permitting added to the bench.

How we got here

Eight years, five milestones.

Provide quality engineering and technical solutions that are responsive to our clients' needs in an innovative, cost-effective, professional, and service-oriented manner.

2017
Bellingham, January 2017
Cutting Through Project Barriers for Whatcom County builders from day one. Civil engineering and stormwater drainage from a Washington PE bench based in Bellingham.
2019
Fixed-fee SFR drainage
We launch the single-family fixed-fee drainage program — one flat price, every city revision included until approved.
2022
Land use formalized
Land-use and permitting becomes its own service line — SEPA, rezones, conditional use permits, shoreline work.
2024
Snohomish bench added
We merge in MAC Engineering and add Snohomish County local expertise in civil, stormwater drainage, and land-use permitting to the bench.
2025
Arlington office opens
The Snohomish office opens in downtown Arlington along the historic main street of N. Olympic Ave.

The bench

The people on your project.

You call once. The same bench — Erin, Jay, Karis, Kyle, and Maddi — handles design, submittal, and any comments from the jurisdiction.

Erin Russell, P.E.

Principal & Engineering Manager · Bellingham

Erin manages civil engineering activities across project design, reports, permitting, and plan preparation. He has been a Project Manager and Civil Engineer/Designer for civil engineering projects in the Pacific Northwest since 2010, with deep expertise in permitting, land development, road and utility design, grading, and stormwater modeling.

Registered Professional Engineer (WA)

Jay Young

Business Development Manager · Bellingham & Arlington

Jay focuses on understanding client needs and creating solutions through thoughtful project planning. A former Chief of Operations with 13+ years of experience building systems for organic business growth, Jay is the person most clients hear from first.

Karis Gerhart, P.E.

Project & Engineering Manager · Bellingham

Karis has been designing civil engineering projects in the Pacific Northwest since 2014, specializing in land development, site layout, stormwater management, grading, and utility design.

Registered Professional Engineer (WA)

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Kyle Basart, EIT

Civil Designer · Bellingham

Kyle has been a Civil Designer for Pacific Northwest civil engineering projects since 2021 and an accredited EIT since 2025, specializing in land development and site-specific civil construction plans.

Engineer in Training (EIT, 2025)

Maddi Schatz

Civil Designer · Arlington

Maddi has been a Civil Designer for Pacific Northwest civil engineering projects since 2018 and is skilled across road and utility design, stormwater design, and site plans.

How we work

Cutting Through Project Barriers.

Teamwork

A collaborative environment that produces superior results for our clients.

Freedom

Flexible schedules and a real commitment to work-life balance.

Empowerment

Authority at every level to make the decisions that drive client satisfaction.

Sense of Urgency

We treat time as a competitive advantage — yours and ours.

Commitment to Client Satisfaction

We deliver on — and aim to exceed — every promise we make.

Where to find us

Two offices. Both open Mon–Fri.

Bellingham · Whatcom & Skagit County

(360) 922-0549

851 Coho Way, Suite #306
Bellingham, WA 98225
Mon–Fri, 8:00am – 4:30pm

Arlington · Snohomish County

(360) 652-5820

518 N Olympic Ave
Arlington, WA 98223
Mon–Fri, 8:00am – 4:30pm