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GeoEngineers sponsored a scholarship through the Puget Sound Engineering and Scholarship Fund (PSE&SSF) for the fourth consecutive year, and University of Washington Sophomore Minda Chen is this cycle’s worthy recipient. The PSE&SSF is a non-profit that supports high school and college students with an interest in science and engineering. The organization runs advocacy programs and […]

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) recently celebrated significant milestones in its I-405/SR 167 Corridor Program with the completion of the I-405/Northeast 132nd Street Interchange Project and the groundbreaking of the I-405/ Brickyard to SR 527 Improvement Project. GeoEngineers is deeply involved with both projects, and we are proud of these important contributions to […]

Metro Parks Tacoma’s Owen Beach Renovation Project has been recognized with at least three awards since it was completed in 2022, most recently winning a Public Works Project of the Year Award (Structures < $5 million) from APWA Washington just last month. GeoEngineers has been contributing environmental and geotechnical expertise to Point Defiance projects for […]

The City of Redmond’s Downtown Park Project recently won an Award of Excellence from the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects. The City of Redmond, Washington, has transformed its downtown area over the past eight years, and this award-winning park is at the center of it all. The project turned an unruly confluence of busy roads […]

GeoEngineers is pleased to announce that Principal Geotechnical Engineer King Chin begins his term as GeoEngineers’ chief executive officer, effective April 12. Former CEO Mike Hutchinson led the firm through eight years of national growth, and Mr. Chin plans to continue building on GeoEngineers’ strong foundation of technical excellence and down-to-earth people. “I’m humbled and […]

Senior Environmental Engineer Ian Maguire was recently named to the Board of Directors for the Oregon Association of Environmental Professionals (OAEP). The OAEP is a non-profit organization that brings professionals from diverse backgrounds together to discuss issues at the intersection of environmental science, state regulation, and business interests. Committed to promoting knowledge exchange and networking, […]

GeoEngineers staff helped organize and teach an upper-level lecture class on port and marine engineering at the University of Washington Tacoma (UWT) during the recent winter quarter.  TCE – 490 Ports and Marine Infrastructure was a weekly course consisting of two-hour lectures from a roster of professional engineers—including Associate Geotechnical Engineer Lyle Stone and Senior […]

Last week, the SH-3 Goosehaven Road Widening Project was named 2023 Innovative Transportation Solution of the Year by the WTS Spokane/Coeur d’Alene Chapter. In this challenging and creative project, GeoEngineers helped the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) widen about three miles of State Highway 3 (SH-3) near St. Maries, Idaho. GeoEngineers staff Dave Lauder, Teresa Dugger, […]

The American Council of Engineering Companies, Washington Chapter (ACEC WA) recognized two GeoEngineers projects with Gold Best-in-State Awards last week—the Seattle Convention Center’s new Summit Building and the Totem Lake Connector Pedestrian Bridge in Kirkland. A group of GeoEngineers staff were on hand to celebrate as the awards were announced at the chapter’s annual Engineering […]

Governor Tina Kotek has appointed Associate Geologist Stephanie Bosze Salisbury to the Oregon State Board of Geologist Examiners (OSBGE). The three-year appointment, effective February 9, 2024, brings Salisbury’s extensive geologic expertise to a key regulatory body overseeing the practice of geology in the state. “I appreciate the opportunities that my licensure has provided me throughout […]