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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 […]

At 7:15 a.m. Tuesday morning, I meet Bill O’Dowd in the lobby of the Saint George Hotel and we walk down Main Street for breakfast at the Weston Café. The sun is just starting to come up and few people are stirring on the streets. While we are waiting for our orders, we strike up […]

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 […]

Exploratory borehole no. 2, Thomas HillAt 8 a.m. Monday, I meet Bill O’Dowd in a hotel lobby in St. Louis, Missouri. We load up the GeoEngineers’ pickup truck and head west on Interstate 70. In St. Charles, we cross the Missouri River for the first time and parallel the river all the way to Columbia. […]

This morning I’m meeting Bill O’Dowd with the National Energy Technology Laboratory and our Project Manager on the Missouri Carbon Sequestration Project to embark on an 850-mile, three-day circuit of Missouri to tour four carbon sequestration drilling sites; meet with representatives of Missouri’s largest electric utility companies; and review research being conducted by Missouri University […]

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 […]

GeoEngineers, Inc. continues to grow its Environmental Services Group in the Midwest with recent hires and new projects. Joining the Springfield, Missouri office are Perry Friedrich, Chuck Kroeger, CHMM and Rita Wiggin as environmental scientists and John Carter, PE, RG as a senior engineer. These hires bring the Springfield Environmental Services Group to eight employees. […]