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The new ferris wheel located on the end of Pier 57 was a longtime dream of Hal Griffith, restaurateur and owner of the pier on downtown Seattle’s Elliott Bay. GeoEngineers was brought in on the design-build team by Manson Construction for this fast-paced project. The result of the team’s effort was a sturdy foundation for […]

Three geotechnical engineers from GeoEngineers’ Baton Rouge office, David Sauls, PE, Larry Sant, PE and Sunil Malla, PE, represented the company at the Deep Foundations Institute’s 37th Annual Conference in Houston, Texas, October 16-19, 2012. At the event, Larry Sant presented Design-Build Synergy to Deliver Pile Foundations, a paper the three co-wrote for the conference. […]

A crew of hardy volunteers from GeoEngineers’ Tacoma office, Teri Taylor; Eric Heller, PE, LG; Tricia DeOme, LG; Garrett Leque, LG and Dave Phelps, PE, participated in the fifth annual Green Tacoma Day on October 20th. The event was sponsored by the Green Tacoma Partnership, a public-private partnership between the City of Tacoma, Metro Parks, Forterra, and […]

Downtown On the Go (DOTG) has awarded GeoEngineers its 2012 Transportation Innovator Award in the Biking Strong Category. The award highlights GeoEngineers’ leadership and involvement in Bike Month 2012 events and was one of six awards presented October 12th at a Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber luncheon and Transportation Innovator Awards ceremony. Bruce Stirling, PWS, senior project […]

King Chin, PE presented a paper at Navigating Change 2012, the American Public Works Association (APWA) Oregon Chapter fall conference held October 2-5 at Gleneden Beach, Oregon. APWA serves individuals, agencies and private companies involved in public works and infrastructure issues. The national organization represents about 30,000 public works professionals and the Oregon chapter has […]

Senior HR Generalist Matt Clarich and Baton Rouge Lab Manager Dale Ulkins represented GeoEngineers at Hiring Our Heroes, a job fair held in Baton Rouge on September 25th. Nearly 150 people attended the event, which was staged by the US Chamber of Commerce, the Baton Rouge Area Chamber and a number of state and national […]

Environmental scientist Fiona McNair, MS, PWS presented a paper at East or West, Water Defines Us All, the 2012 Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) Pacific Northwest Chapter conference, in Boise, Idaho on September 20th. SWS is a non-profit organization that promotes wetland science and the exchange of wetland-related information. In Fiona’s presentation, “Determining Wetland Mitigation […]

GeoEngineers is providing a full suite of services for Northwest Natural’s Mid-Willamette Valley Feeder project. The company’s ambitious natural gas pipeline improvements will increase capacity of a major pipeline by 25 percent to serve the energy needs of the rapidly growing population of Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Stretching 150 miles south from Portland to Eugene, this […]

Tricia DeOme, LG, an environmental geologist in GeoEngineers’ Tacoma (WA) office, was honored at the spring 2012 shareholders meeting as the company’s Volunteer of the Year. Six months after that ceremony, Tricia details the latest on her volunteer activities and their impact on her community. Tricia’s answer to the question, “What have you been doing […]

GeoEngineers’ Baton Rouge, Louisiana office is closed on Friday, August 31st due to limited/intermittent electrical power. The office closed on Tuesday afternoon, August 28th, as Hurricane Isaac headed toward the Louisiana coast and remained closed on Wednesday and Thursday. To ensure continuity of service to clients, phone calls to the Baton Rouge office are being forwarded […]