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The American Council of Engineering Companies’ (ACEC) Washington chapter has awarded GeoEngineers the Best in State Silver Award for Exceeding Client Expectations for the Former Scott Paper Mill Remediation and Restoration project at the Port of Anacortes (WA).This annual program recognizes the state’s best engineering achievements, and the awards are among the most prestigious in […]

GeoEngineers’ first commitment is to safety, both in the field and in its 12 offices. To help keep safety top-of-mind among employees, GeoEngineers’ corporate health and safety manager, Wayne Adams, sponsors the Safety Award for Excellence (SAFE) quarterly competition. Wayne has just announced the two SAFE winners for the fourth quarter of 2011, Kim Janci […]

Trenchless Technology magazine ranked GeoEngineers 21st on its recently published list of Top 50 Trenchless Design Firms of 2011. GeoEngineers rose two positions in this year’s list, which is based on 2010 trenchless project revenues. Bernard P. Krys, president and publisher of Trenchless Technology, noted that total trenchless engineering dollars for firms in the 2011 […]

Thanks to a prosperous year made possible by our clients and many successful projects, GeoEngineers is celebrating the 2011 holiday season with a significant contribution to Engineers Without Borders-USA. EWB-USA is a non-profit organization of student and professional engineers and scientists that design and develop sustainable engineering projects for communities in developing countries. GeoEngineers has been […]

A Seattle private family foundation’s headquarters project provided GeoEngineers with the opportunity to advance the understanding of soldier pile and tieback shoring systems through a full-scale demonstration project designed to assess the risk associated with leaving temporary tieback anchors stressed following construction. Tieback anchors typically include steel strands installed in a drilled hole and then […]

The United Way 2011 Live United Campaign gave GeoEngineers’ staff located in the Pacific Northwest one more way to support the communities where they live and work. Employees in its Redmond, Seattle, Portland and Bellingham offices gave a combined total of $29,000 to United Way this year. GeoEngineers’ 30% company match brings the company’s total […]

David Eley, PE, GeoEngineers’ Baton Rouge group leader and associate engineer, presented a talk titled “Estimating Consolidation Settlement for Coastal Fill Projects” at the American Shore and Beach Protection Association (ASBPA) 2011 Coastal Conference, held in New Orleans, Louisiana, October 18-21, 2011. The ASBPA is an organization dedicated to combatting erosion, restoring eroded beaches and […]

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 […]