Region: West

The Lords Lake East Dam is a 60-year-old earth fill structure designed and constructed before modern seismic design standards were established. As understanding of seismic risk has evolved, the City sought a practical, risk-informed approach to evaluate the dam’s performance under seismic loading and identify feasible paths to improve its long-term stability. GeoEngineers was engaged to help reduce uncertainty, reconcile conflicting subsurface data, and guide decision-making for potential […]

The Mountain View Business Center in Everett, Washington represents the successful transformation of a former sand and gravel mine into a major industrial and community asset. Over nearly three decades, the 350-acre site evolved from an active mining operation into a thriving business center supported by modern infrastructure, large-scale industrial development, and new public amenities. […]

GeoEngineers provided geotechnical services to Vulcan Real Estate for their development of Sitka Apartments in Seattle, Washington. The seven-story mixed-use complex includes 365 apartments, 19 townhomes and 3,300 square feet of retail space. The project architect, Runberg Architecture Group, designed the complex from the ground up to be environmentally sustainable. Features like electric vehicle charging […]

In 2011, Holland Construction began development of Premiere on Pine, a residential high-rise in downtown Seattle, Washington. The 440-foot tower boasts 40 floors of upscale apartments and is adjacent to the historic Paramount Theater on Pine Street. Holland hired GeoEngineers to provide geotechnical design and construction observation for excavation, shoring, and the building’s structural mat […]

GeoEngineers supported bp’s fourth Advance Mitigation Project (AMP4), part of the company’s ongoing efforts to construct sustainable advance wetland mitigation at its refinery near Bellingham, Washington. The project was designed to compensate for bp’s future wetland and buffer impacts associated with refinery activities. GeoEngineers has worked with bp on Advance Mitigation projects since 2014, providing […]

For decades, community activists and local government officials have been working to revitalize Tacoma, Washington’s East Side—a community that long felt overlooked. Teenagers and children in particular lacked community resources and safe spaces to learn and play. To address these issues Metro Parks Tacoma dreamed big. They joined the Tacoma Housing Authority and Tacoma Public […]

In 2008, Sound Transit launched an ambitious 15-year plan to expand the light rail system in the greater Puget Sound region. GeoEngineers played a key role in supporting this effort, providing geotechnical and environmental engineering services for the $3 billion Federal Way Link Extension (FWLE) project. The FWLE extended the region’s light rail network 7.8 […]

The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) have spent more than two decades systematically restoring aquatic habitat throughout the Walla Walla River Watershed. The Walla Walla River Forks Restoration Project is part of this long-term effort and represents one of the largest and most complex restoration projects completed by CTUIR to date. The […]

GeoEngineers helped the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) upgrade and modernize the I-86/I-15 Interchange in Pocatello, Idaho with eight new bridges and associated infrastructure. ITD’s $112 million project improved safety and replaced aging infrastructure that was originally constructed in the 1960s. GeoEngineers provided comprehensive geotechnical services, including geotechnical design recommendations for MSE retaining walls, driven piles, […]

GeoEngineers is providing geotechnical and engineering geology services for the Moon Pass Road Tunnels and Bridges project, which will rehabilitate and repair eight 100-year-old tunnels deep in the mountains of North Idaho. Originally built for the railroad in the early 1900s, these narrow tunnels were eventually repurposed as part of the US Forest Service Road […]