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A recent Associated Press article on the number of eagles killed by wind farms in the last five years has been widely circulated among major media outlets, such as NBC News, ABC News, The Weather Channel, and multiple newspapers. The article, and the study it cites, highlights the importance of accurately tracking and reporting bird […]

GeoEngineers’ in-house geotechnical laboratory in Baton Rouge, LA, has reached a new milestone in its recent upgrades. In addition to being able to drill and test five-inch boring samples for the US Army Corps of Engineers, the lab can now log and report data to meet the Corps’ standards. It took more than three weeks […]

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Baton Rouge Branch recently honored GeoEngineers’ Principal Geotechnical Engineer Charlie L. Eustis, PE, with its 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award. The honor recognizes Eustis’s professional achievement in civil engineering and his character, integrity and technical competence. Eustis has worked for 29 years with GeoEngineers and its predecessor company, Louis […]

I recently talked about landside emergency response procedures for the American Public Works Association’s (APWA) Washington Chapter Emerging Professionals Committee. The original request was to focus on the Whidbey Island landslide that occurred this spring.  However, considering the audience, I thought it would be more helpful to incorporate discussions of other emergency-response scenarios I’ve encountered […]

Four teams, representing almost 10 percent of GeoEngineers’ staff, completed the 2013 Ski to Sea Race over Memorial Day weekend in Whatcom County near Bellingham, Wash. The 32 relay racers, sponsored by GeoEngineers, covered more than 93 miles from Mt. Baker to Bellingham Bay, competing in seven different sports: cross-country skiing, downhill skiing, running, road […]

The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration awarded the City of Bellingham a 2012 Exemplary Human Environment Initiative Award for the Inspiration Point Overlook reconstruction completed in 2011. GeoEngineers provided geotechnical engineering and a geohazards assessment for this project, which is located at Woodstock Farm Park along Chuckanut Drive (SR11) near Bellingham, Washington. The […]

GeoEngineers’ in-house laboratory in Baton Rouge, Louisiana has earned certification from the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). This adds to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and ASTM International—formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)—laboratory certifications that the office earned in 2012. To meet USACE-certification […]

The science wing of the Bertschi School, an independent elementary school near downtown Seattle, Washington, is now a fully certified Living Building. Completed in 2011, the 3,380 square foot Living Building Science Wing is the first Living Building on the West Coast and the world’s fourth fully-certified Living Building. This is the first built project […]

GeoEngineers is pleased to announce that Carrie G. Rorem, CPA has joined the firm as its new Chief Financial Officer. Carrie is stepping into the position previously held by GeoEngineers principal Karen Mercier, CFO, who is retiring after more than 20 years of exceptional service to the company. Carrie is a proven finance operations and accounting […]

Ken Fellows and Joe Callaghan, two natural resource and planning group (NRP) leaders at GeoEngineers, will speak at the National Working Waterfronts & Waterways Symposium in Tacoma (WA) March 25-28. The event, sponsored by Washington/Oregon Sea Grant Programs, is the third national symposium on issues related to working waterfronts. Associate Biologist Joe Callaghan, PWS will […]