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Ken Fellows, a noted Puget Sound area civil engineer and frequent collaborator on environmental engineering projects in the region, will be joining GeoEngineers as a principal engineer. He will work out of the Tacoma office beginning August 25. With more than 20 years of experience in the environmental field, Ken specializes in leading multi-disciplinary teams […]

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) announced today that joint venture Kiewit-General-Manson submitted the apparent best combination of bid price and technical proposal for replacing the aging SR 520 floating bridge across Lake Washington. GeoEngineers is part of the Kiewit team and will provide geotechnical, seismic and hydrogeological services on this signature project. Construction […]

GeoEngineers is pleased to announce that geotechnical engineers Matt Smith, PE and D.J. Thompson, PE have been promoted to Principal and Associate, respectively. Smith, who joined GeoEngineers in 1995 and works from GeoEngineers’ Redmond office, is a recognized leader in the Puget Sound development market. His technical specialties include innovative shoring systems for high-rise urban structures, deep […]

For the past 20 years, Greater Spokane Incorporated (GSI) has invited eastern Washington and north Idaho members, volunteers, business owners and the community to nominate businesses for an AGORA Award. AGORA is the Greek term for marketplace. The award recognizes Inland Northwest firms that demonstrate business excellence in the local community. GeoEngineers was nominated for […]

On Friday, May 20, 2011, GeoEngineers staff members participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the re-opening of the Seafarers’ Memorial Park and the completion of the former Scott Paper Mill Site environmental clean-up project in Anacortes, Washington. At the ceremony, Becky Darden, project manager for the Port of Anacortes, addressed the crowd and praised GeoEngineers […]

GeoEngineers is pleased to announce that David P. Sauls, PE, Principal in GeoEngineers’ Baton Rouge, Louisiana office, was recently promoted to leader of the company’s South Business Unit. Sauls was also elected by the shareholders to GeoEngineers’ Board of Directors on March 5, 2011 at the company’s annual meeting in Seattle, Washington, where its headquarters […]

GeoEngineers’ trenchless experts presented two papers at the recent North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT) No-Dig 2011 conference March 28 – 30 in Washington DC. Michelle Ramos and Brian Ranney presented a paper titled Mixing Oil and Water—Lessons learned from oil/gas and municipal projects. This paper presented similarities and differences in design approach between […]

The best river environment for thriving salmon populations isn’t always the best for humans who also use the rivers and streams the fish inhabit. Efforts to enhance habitat with engineered structures such as engineered log jams (ELJs) and large woody debris placements can increase the risk of drowning or injury for fishers, swimmers, kayakers and […]

The Science and Technology Policy Institute, a department of the Institute for Defense Analyses, has invited Gordon Denby, GeoEngineers’ President and a Principal Geotechnical Engineer, to serve on a panel of experts to plan for the future of the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES). NEES was originally founded in 2004 to provide earthquake engineering […]

For the third year in a row, GeoEngineers took home a Grand Award at the American Council of Engineering Companies of Missouri (ACEC) Engineering Excellence Awards. The Pipeline Crossing of Mississippi River Levee project was the top in the energy category. This annual program recognizes the state’s best engineering achievements, and the awards are among […]